ists ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁Chicago ▁Category : 1 9 4 7 ▁death s ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁male ▁writers ▁Category : Nov el ists ▁from ▁Illinois ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁non - f iction ▁writers ▁Category : American ▁male ▁non - f iction ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁A FI ' s ▁ 1 0 ▁Top ▁ 1 0 ▁hon ors ▁the ▁ten ▁greatest ▁US ▁films ▁in ▁ten ▁classic ▁film ▁gen res . ▁Pres ented ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Film ▁Institute ▁( A FI ), ▁the ▁lists ▁were ▁un ve iled ▁on ▁a ▁television ▁special ▁broadcast ▁by ▁CBS ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁In ▁the ▁special , ▁various ▁actors ▁and ▁direct ors , ▁among ▁them ▁Cl int ▁East wood , ▁Qu entin ▁Tar ant ino , ▁Kirk ▁Douglas , ▁Harrison ▁Ford , ▁Martin ▁Sc ors ese , ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg , ▁George ▁Lucas , ▁Roman ▁Pol ans ki , ▁and ▁Jane ▁F onda , ▁discussed ▁their ▁adm iration ▁for ▁and ▁personal ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁films ▁c ited . ▁ ▁The ▁entire ▁list ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 ▁nominated ▁films ▁is ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁American ▁Film ▁Institute ▁website . ▁ ▁To ▁date , ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁final ▁program ▁in ▁A FI ' s ▁count down ▁spe ci als . ▁ ▁An imation ▁A FI ▁defines ▁" anim ated " ▁as ▁a ▁genre ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁film ' s ▁images ▁are ▁primarily ▁created ▁by ▁computer ▁or ▁hand ▁and ▁the ▁characters