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Full Sail University, an award-winning educational institution focusing on entertainment media and emerging technologies, has a history of Oscar success.
You get to a point where you have to ask yourself… Is film school really such a crucial step for…

We’ve chosen 40 schools ahead of the trends that matter in 2018, organized them by region, and highlighted their individual…

This week, Australian director Patrick Hughes (Victorian College of the Arts, part of University of Melbourne) shares his film school…

Which school should you go to? Kyle Mooney (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Critical Studies program) shares his experience.

When I was in film school, a rumor developed that the school owned any student film we made there, stripping…

Out of the hundreds of bachelors and masters programs in the U.S. and Canada, we’ve chosen 40 schools that best…

Paul Dudbridge’s digestible Shooting Better Movies: The Student Filmmakers’ Guide compiles an easy to reference guide for the neophyte filmmaker.

Over the evolution of film school in America, how did we get from early pedagogical attempts to the hundreds of…

Fear not the unorthodox job! How Joe Syracuse got his moviemaking start by driving sex workers around Los Angeles to…

For our summer issue, we put together the following film school flowchart. May it provide some guidance in a time…

Jon M. Chu (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Class of 2003) shares his experience. The director’s latest feature, Now You…

The Fits director Anna Rose Holmer (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Undergrad Class of 2007) shares her film school…

This week, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (Columbia University's School of the Arts, Class of '94 and '95) share…

This week, James Wong (Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, Class of '83) shares his wisdom. Amongst his…

This week, Bao Nguyen (School of Visual Arts, class of '11) shares his wisdom. The director’s documentary on Saturday Night…

In our Summer 2015 Guide, MovieMaker's Kerry O'Conor speaks with film school educators across the U.S. to discover everything you…

This week, Kimberly Levin (NYU's Tisch School of the Arts) shares her wisdom. The director's feature Runoff opens in theaters…

This week, Rick Famuyiwa (University of Southern California, Class of 1996) shares his wisdom. The director's high-school comedy, Dope, opened…

Director Eli Roth shares his film school wisdom. His latest feature, Knock Knock, starring Keanu Reeves, opens in theaters nationwide…

Film School Roundtable: Andrew Bujalski (Harvard University, Class of 1999) offers his own school wisdom as his latest feature, Results,…

While I have fond memories of film school, I also remember immense feelings of frustration. Why did I have to

Whatever your film education desire, the growing crop of film education programs is making experts out of novices every day.