The Silence of the Lambs (film) American Film Institute named Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) the number one film villain of all time and Clarice Starling (as portrayed by Foster) the sixth-greatest film hero of all time. In 2011, ABC aired a prime-time special, "", that counted down the best films chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and "People" magazine. "The Silence of the Lambs" was selected as the 1 Best Suspense/Thriller and Dr. Hannibal Lecter was selected as the 4 Greatest Film Character. The film and its characters have appeared in the following AFI "100 Years" lists: In
Michael Foster (agent) a controlling stake. PFD was headed by Matthew Freud, who had invested in MF Management. Among his clients at Rights House was Sacha Baron Cohen. In 2013, Foster sold his stakes in his companies The Rights House and PFD when he decided to stop being an agent. He also previously had a stake in production company Carnival Films. In September 2012, Foster founded a charity, Creative Access, with Josie Dobrin to help ethnic minorities into internships, working with recruitment companies SEO London and New Deal of the Mind. It was initially funded by Foster and other private donors included Richard