Kenneth Glen Wlaschin (July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009) was an American film programmer and author.
[5][1] In 1968, he moved back to England and worked for London Weekend Television as a drama series editor.
[5][6][7] In 1983, he moved back to the United States to become artistic director at the Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Filmex) which ran until 1985.
He became the American Film Institute's director of exhibition programming in 1984 and in January 1987, the Institute launched the AFI Fest Los Angeles to take the place of Filmex, with Wlashchin named as director of the new festival.
He later became the Institute's director of creative affairs and was also vice chairman of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation and director of the National Film Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.