Film schools Film schools (AFI Conservatory) First Year - Fellows from all disciplines work on at least three digital video or high definition short films (up to 30 minutes). ...more on Wikipedia about "AFI Conservatory"
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Film Institute"
Beijing Film Academy (北京电影学院; pinyin: Běijīng Diànyìng Xuéyuàn; abbreviated BFA) is a prestigious film school located in Beijing, China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beijing Film Academy"
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly known as CalArts, and located in Valencia, California, USA, grants degrees in visual and performing arts. Incorporated in 1961, it was the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the performing arts. It was the dream and vision of Walt Disney to create such an institute, who provided funding for it in his will. Initially formed through the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute (founded 1921) and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music (founded 1883), it opened at its present campus in Valencia, California, in November 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "California Institute of the Arts"
Chapman University is a private university located in Orange County, California, USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chapman University"
Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States. It evolved from a speech college for women founded in 1890 and is named after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. During its early history, the institution served as a teachers college and later focused on the growing field of radio broadcasting. ...more on Wikipedia about "Columbia College Chicago"
Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1754 as King's College and is the fifth oldest chartered institution of higher education in the United States. During these early years, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Livingston studied at Columbia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Columbia University"
Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory", in Boston, Massachusetts. Moving around to a number of places in its history, the college's main campus is now located near the Boston Common, at the gateway to the Theatre District. There are also campuses in Los Angeles and the Netherlands. The college claims to be "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts context." ...more on Wikipedia about "Emerson College"
A Film school is a generic term for any educational institution dedicated to teaching moviemaking, including, but not limited to, film production, theory, and writing for the screen. Usually hands on technical training is incorporated as part of the curriculum, such as learning how to use cameras, light meters and other equipment. Most schools are tied to existing colleges and universities, often in art or communication departments. Some are privately owned and not tied to universities, such as technical schools offering associate degrees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Film school"
Florida State's School of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts (known more commonly as The Florida State Film School) is one of the colleges that make up Florida State University (FSU). ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida State Film School"
Florida State University, also commonly referred to as "FSU" or "Florida State", is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded and located in Tallahassee, Florida in 1851. Its president is Dr. T. K. Wetherell. The university is composed of 17 colleges and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study. FSU is well-known for its programs in Business, Creative Writing, Criminal Justice, Evolutionary Biology, Dance, Film, Music, Hospitality, Information Studies, and Meteorology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida State University"
The All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography S.A. Gerasimov (Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова ), former All- Union State Institute of Cinematography (Всесоюзный государственный институт кинематографии), abbreviated as VGIK, is the world's oldest educational institution in Cinematography, founded in 1919. The institute is located in Moscow, Russia. Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Aleksey Batalov were among its most distinguished professors. In 1986 it was named after Russian film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov. It is one of the few film schools to focus its teaching methods through the production of 35mm film. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography"
Jean Picker Firstenberg has been the CEO and Director of the Film school, the American Film Institute since 1980. She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1958. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Picker Firstenberg"
Founded in 2002, the London Film Academy is a non-profit making trust. ...more on Wikipedia about "London Film Academy"
The Leon Schiller's National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź is the most notable academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff in Poland. It was founded on March 8, 1948 in Łódź and was initially planned to be moved to Warsaw as soon as the city is rebuilt after the Warsaw Uprising. However, in the end the school remained in Łódź and is one of the best-known institutions of higher education in that town. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Film School in Łódź"
New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. Its primary campus is in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 by Albert Gallatin and a group of prominent New Yorkers, NYU has become the largest private, not-for-profit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 39,408. The University comprises 14 schools, colleges, and divisions, which occupy six major centers across Manhattan.
...more on Wikipedia about "New York University"The North Carolina School of the Arts is an internationally recognized conservatory of the performing arts located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. It was the first state-supported residential school of its kind in the United States of America. Established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1963, the North Carolina School of the Arts opened in 1965. In 1972, the North Carolina School of the Arts became part of the University of North Carolina system. ...more on Wikipedia about "North Carolina School of the Arts"
Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern's main campus is a 240-acre (970,000 m²) parcel in Evanston, along the shore of Lake Michigan. Several of Northwestern's professional schools are located in Chicago, on a 25-acre (101,000 m²) campus near the Magnificent Mile. As of August 31, 2004, Northwestern's endowment and other trust funds totaled approximately $4.92 billion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Northwestern University"
San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. It is located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, California near Lake Merced, Fort Funston, and only a mile north of Daly City. ...more on Wikipedia about "San Francisco State University"
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance is listed by the Council on Higher Education as one of the top six private tertiary institutions in South Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance"
Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 14 schools that make up New York University (NYU). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tisch School of the Arts"
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The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT), located in Los Angeles, USA, is unique in that it combines all three ( theater, film, and television) of these aspects into a single school. According to the Princeton Review/Gourman Report, the undergraduate programs are ranked first out of 500 nationally, while the graduate programs are usually found within the top 3, according to the US News and World Report. Among the school's resources are the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the largest university-based archive of its kind in the world, and The Geffen Playhouse. ...more on Wikipedia about "UCLA School of Theater Film and Television"
The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university located in the residential area of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. It is the second-oldest campus in the University of California system and the largest university in terms of enrollment in the state of California. ...more on Wikipedia about "University of California, Los Angeles"
The University of Southern California (also known as USC, 'SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), California's oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "University of Southern California"
The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. The main campus is located less than a mile from the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Founded in 1883, the University is sometimes referred to as a " Public Ivy," and it is currently (as of Fall 2005) the fifth largest single-campus in the nation by enrollment, with upwards of 50,000 students and 20,000 faculty and staff. ...more on Wikipedia about "University of Texas at Austin"
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