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. Film School is a five-piece indie rock band from San Franciso, California, and New York, New York. ... A film being made in Warsaw, Bracka street Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and finally distribution to an audience. ... Film theory debates the essence of the cinema and provides conceptual frameworks for analyzing, among other things, the film image, narrative structure, the function of film artists, the relationship of film to reality, and the film spectators position in the cinematic experience. ... Screenwriting refers to the art and craft of writing screenplays for film or television. ...

Various debates have raged over the years on the importance of film school in allowing one to enter the film industry. Of course, examples can be offered from both sides, as directors Francis Ford Coppola (UCLA Film School, MFA film directing), Martin Scorsese (NYU Film School, MFA film directing), and George Lucas (USC Film School, MFA film directing) graduated from prestigious film schools, whereas Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher had no formal college film training. The rapid rise of independent filmmaking and digital video have changed this debate somewhat, as anyone with a few thousand dollars can shoot their own film (and some have done so quite successfully) with little formal knowledge of the industry. Thus, it can be argued that the high cost of attending a film school can now be spent on making films and learning through practical experience. Others argue that film school is important because it builds on the knowledge and experience of others, allows students to develop their skills under the guidance of professional instructors, and affords students the opportunity to network and connect with others interested in filmmaking, as well as with those who may eventually offer them careers in the industry. One example is that the more prestigious schools allow their students to showcase work in film festivals near the end of the semester for film producers and executives. Cinema admissions in 1995 The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... 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. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (b. ... Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU). ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... The USC School of Cinematic Arts, formerly named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV), is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award- and Palme dOr-winning American film director, screenwriter and actor. ... David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director and music video director known for his dark and stylish films, particularly Fight Club and Se7en. ... An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the studio system. ... Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, of the video signal. ...

List of film schools or programs worldwide

Australia

CILECT Members: CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / International Association of Film and Television Schools) is the association of the worlds major film and television schools. ...

• Australian Film Television and Radio School
• Victorian College of the Arts

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) is the Australian national centre for professional education and advanced training in film, television, radio and digital media. ... The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is an educational institution in Melbourne, which offers courses and training in fine art, dance, drama, film and television, music and production. ...

Belgium

• RITS

Canada

• York University Department of Film
• Vancouver Film School
• UBC
• Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia)

This article is about the Canadian university. ... There are other articles with similar names; see Vancouver Film Studios. ... UBC is an abbreviation with a variety of meanings: University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Concordia is the Latin word for harmony, literally with (one) heart. ...

Czech Republic

• Film School in Pisek

The Film School in Pisek is a private school located in South Bohemias town of Pisek and headed by Miroslav Ondricek. ...

France

• La Femis - Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son, Paris

La Fémis, is the French State Film school based in Paris, has come to be a prestigious reference, providing an excellent level of training (46 to 50 students are selected each year among 1500 candidates), based on high standards regarding films, permanent transversal collaboration between the various departments and...

Germany

CILECT Members: CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / International Association of Film and Television Schools) is the association of the worlds major film and television schools. ...

• Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
• Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg
• Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy Berlin) is a film school in Berlin, Germany. ... ‹ The template below (Foreignchar) is being considered for deletion. ... The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. ...

India

• Film and Television Institute of India
• Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata
• AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
• Digital Video Production, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India.
• Asian Academy Of Film & Television, Noida
• Whistling Woods International Institute for Films, Media, Animationa and Media Arts, Mumbai
• Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad-AP

Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. ... Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute is a film institute in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... The Asian Academy of Film & Television is the pioneer most Film school in this part of the world. ... [University of Hyderabad Official Site] Also known as: University of Hyderabad Hyderabad Central University HCU ...

Ireland

• New Media Technology College

NMTC was set up in 2000 to offer highly specialised programmes in Digital Media. ...

Israel

• The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
• TAU Department of Film and Television, Tel-Aviv

The Sam Spiegel School Film and Television, Jerusalem, founded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Jerusalem Foundation in 1989, has become Israels leading school of film and television, achieving international acclaim and standing. ...

Italy

• Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome
• Scuola di Cinema Televisione e Nuovi Media, Milan
• Zelig School for Documentary, Television and New Media, Bolzano

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Jordan

• Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts

The Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts (RSICA) is a new upcoming film school in Aqaba, Jordan. ...

New Zealand

• Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Auckland
• South Seas Film School, Auckland
• Unitec New Zealand, School of Performing and Screen Arts, Auckland

The Auckland University of Technology (AUT University) is the newest university in New Zealand (NZ), formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. ... Unitec New Zealand is a major polytechnic tertiary education institute situated in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Philippines

• Asia Pacific Film Institute

The Asia Pacific Film Institute is a film school in the Philippines. ...

Poland

• Lodz Film School

Film Schools in Africa The National Film School in Lodz - Poland () - one of the most famous film schools on the world. ...

South Africa

CILECT Members: CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / International Association of Film and Television Schools) is the association of the worlds major film and television schools. ...

• South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA), Johannesburg and Cape Town

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Cameroon

• KM Professional Film Academy, Douala & Buea - Cameroon, west Central Africa, Member of The audio-visual Syndicate in Cameroon (SYNAVCAM)

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United Arab Emirates

American University of Sharjah The American University of Sharjah (AUS) (in Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في الشارقة) is a coeducational higher educational institution in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1997. ...

United Kingdom

CILECT Member: CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / International Association of Film and Television Schools) is the association of the worlds major film and television schools. ...

The following film schools are internationally accredited by the Cannes-based CILECT: The International Association of Film and Television Schools. CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / International Association of Film and Television Schools) is the association of the worlds major film and television schools. ...

• National Film and Television School
• The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
• Screen Academy Scotland at Napier University
• University of Westminster

NFTS Logo The NFTS was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 25 miles west of London, and close to some of the UKs major film studios, such as Pinewood Studios, also in Buckinghamshire. ... The Arts Institute at Bournemouth is a small specialist arts college located in Bournemouth, next to Bournemouth University. ... The Screen Academy Scotland is a collaboration between Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art. ... Napier University is a university in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. ...

United States

Arizona

• Zaki Gordon Institute - Independent Film Making(Yavapai College)

The Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Film (commonly known as ZGI) is an accredited part of Yavapai College and a member of CILECT. It is located in Sedona, Arizona. ...

California

• AFI Conservatory - A division of American Film Institute
• Brooks Institute of Photography
• Chapman University
• California College of the Arts
• Cal State LA Studios (California State University, Los Angeles)
• Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University
• Columbia College Hollywood
• California State University, Long Beach
• California State University, Northridge
• Los Angeles Film School- LAFS
• Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television
• San Francisco State University Cinema department
• USC School of Cinematic Arts/USC School of Cinema - Television (University of Southern California)
• UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Video Symphony TV & Film School (Burbank, CA)

American Film Institute Campus. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Entrance of the Ventura Campus The Brooks Institute of Photography is a for-profit college based in Santa Barbara, California and Ventura, California. ... Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA. // The mission of Chapman University is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive lives as global citizens. ... Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is a regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in Oakland and San Francisco, California, USA. It is one of the premier fine arts and design institutions in the United States. ... Cal State LA Studios is the production area of the Television, Film, and Media Studies program at California State University, Los Angeles, the only CSU campus in the Los Angeles basin. ... California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or CSLA) is a public university, part of the California State University system. ... The Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, located in Orange, California, is a part of Chapman University. ... Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA. // The mission of Chapman University is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive lives as global citizens. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Walter Pyramid, the Universitys most prominent sporting complex and most recognizable landmark. ... California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge, or C-Sun) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of the California State University system, CSUN was founded in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College... The Los Angeles Film School was founded by Hollywood professionals who recognised the need for a new kind of film school, one that balanced the practical with the academic. ... Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California, USA. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. ... San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public university located in the southwestern San Francisco, California, bordering Lake Merced and Lowell High School, near Fort Funston and Daly City, near the San Mateo County line. ... The University of Southern Californias School of Cinema-Television is the oldest film school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... 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. ... The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

District of Columbia

CILECT Member:

• American University School of Communication - Film and Media Arts Studies

The School of Communication at American University is highly regarded for its faculty, facilities, and high professional standards by The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications [1]. The school offers four majors: communication studies (BA), print/broadcast journalism (BA), public communication (BA), and visual media (BA). ...

Florida

• School of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts at Florida State University
• University of Central Florida Film School

FSU MFA Film Shoot One of the only film schools in the country to be recognized by the Directors Guild of America for its distinguished contribution to American culture through the world of film and television, Florida States College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts (known more commonly... Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU)[8] is a public research university located in Tallahassee. ...

Georgia

• Savannah College of Art and Design

This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Illinois

• Columbia College
• DePaul University- Digital Cinema Program

Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States. ... DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest who valued philanthropy, Saint Vincent de Paul. ...

Massachusetts

• Fitchburg State College
• Hampshire College
• Emerson College

Fitchburg State College, is a four year public institution of higher learning located in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. ... Hampshire College is an experimenting private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Montana

• Montana State University, offers the only Master of Fine Arts degree in Science and Natural History Filmmaking.

Montana State University - Bozeman (MSU) is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana, USA. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the states land-grant university. ...

New Mexico

• Moving Image Arts at the College of Santa Fe

College of Santa Fe is a small liberal arts college in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...

New York

• Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
• Columbia University School of the Arts Film Division
• School of Visual Arts
• New York Film Academy Film School & Acting School
• City College of New York- City University of New York
• SUNY Purchase
• Vassar College Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film

Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU). ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... The Columbia University School of the Arts , also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA, is the division of the university that offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Writing. ... The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in Manhattan, New York City and is one of the nations leading independent colleges of art and design. ... New York Film Academy is a private film and acting school based in New York City. ... “City College” redirects here. ... Purchase College, also known as SUNY Purchase or State University of New York College at Purchase, is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York and is a part of the State University of New York system. ... Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Founded as a womens college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become coeducational. ...

South Carolina

• Film Production at Trident Technical Collegeis the only two-year college in the country training students on 35mm film equipment. [2]

See also

• Visual anthropology programs

Visual anthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology that developed out of the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and since the mid-1990s, new media. ...

Wikiversity links

• Wikiversity Film School

External links

• filmmaking.net Film Schools Directory - Provides details for over 860 film schools in 65 countries.
• USC, UCLA, and CalArts - Los Angeles Times
• 2001 film school rankings - U.S. News and World Report