U.S. Midwest
Outstanding Producing Training: Columbia College Chicago
Few programs prepare grads to bring projects to fruition like Columbia College Chicago’s Creative Producing MFA. Aspiring producers undergo a curriculum that trains them in financing, mastering legal procedures and hiring talent. During the first year, a cinema “boot camp” lays an intellectual and practical foundation, and exposes producing students to directing ones to foster interdisciplinary collaboration. In the second part of the program, students are tasked with developing a slate of long-form projects.
Top-Notch Equipment and Facilities: DePaul University
“Talk Talk,” a student short directed by DePaul University student Eden Ames. Photograph by Ellen Dziubek
“DePaul formed an alliance with Cinespace Chicago Film Studios in 2013, acquiring 20,000 square feet of space, including a 10,000-square-foot soundstage and support facilities,” says Elly Kafritsas-Wessels of the school’s College of Computing and Digital Media. “This past year, due to the tremendous growth of the cinema program, the school expanded its footprint at Cinespace to over 32,000 square feet, adding two additional stages, two editing studios, an advanced camera checkout facility, classrooms and offices. The space has one of the largest green screens in the Midwest, and hosts a number of technical workshops with AbelCine.” Wowza.
Accomplished Faculty: Northwestern University
Outstanding Theory and Criticism Training: School of the Art Institute Chicago
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