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May 16, 2022
Full Sail University, an award-winning educational institution focusing on entertainment media and emerging technologies, has a history of Oscar success.
May 22, 2021
You get to a point where you have to ask yourself… Is film school really such a crucial step for…
September 15, 2018
We’ve chosen 40 schools ahead of the trends that matter in 2018, organized them by region, and highlighted their individual…
September 12, 2017
This week, Australian director Patrick Hughes (Victorian College of the Arts, part of University of Melbourne) shares his film school…
August 4, 2017
Which school should you go to? Kyle Mooney (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Critical Studies program) shares his experience.
July 25, 2017
When I was in film school, a rumor developed that the school owned any student film we made there, stripping…
July 19, 2017
Out of the hundreds of bachelors and masters programs in the U.S. and Canada, we’ve chosen 40 schools that best…
July 7, 2017
Paul Dudbridge’s digestible Shooting Better Movies: The Student Filmmakers’ Guide compiles an easy to reference guide for the neophyte filmmaker.
July 5, 2017
Over the evolution of film school in America, how did we get from early pedagogical attempts to the hundreds of…
August 1, 2016
Fear not the unorthodox job! How Joe Syracuse got his moviemaking start by driving sex workers around Los Angeles to…
July 14, 2016
For our summer issue, we put together the following film school flowchart. May it provide some guidance in a time…
June 6, 2016
Jon M. Chu (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Class of 2003) shares his experience. The director’s latest feature, Now You…
June 2, 2016
The Fits director Anna Rose Holmer (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Undergrad Class of 2007) shares her film school…
August 14, 2015
This week, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (Columbia University's School of the Arts, Class of '94 and '95) share…
August 7, 2015
This week, James Wong (Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, Class of '83) shares his wisdom. Amongst his…
July 31, 2015
This week, Bao Nguyen (School of Visual Arts, class of '11) shares his wisdom. The director’s documentary on Saturday Night…
July 27, 2015
In our Summer 2015 Guide, MovieMaker's Kerry O'Conor speaks with film school educators across the U.S. to discover everything you…
July 24, 2015
This week, Kimberly Levin (NYU's Tisch School of the Arts) shares her wisdom. The director's feature Runoff opens in theaters…
June 26, 2015
This week, Rick Famuyiwa (University of Southern California, Class of 1996) shares his wisdom. The director's high-school comedy, Dope, opened…
June 19, 2015
Director Eli Roth shares his film school wisdom. His latest feature, Knock Knock, starring Keanu Reeves, opens in theaters nationwide…
June 5, 2015
Film School Roundtable: Andrew Bujalski (Harvard University, Class of 1999) offers his own school wisdom as his latest feature, Results,…
February 27, 2013
While I have fond memories of film school, I also remember immense feelings of frustration. Why did I have to
February 3, 2007
Whatever your film education desire, the growing crop of film education programs is making experts out of novices every day.
June 21, 2003
Daniele Suissa trained as a director in Paris, emigrated to Canada and then directed and/or produced 29 movies before satisfying…