Wondering when you need to get that film school application in? Below is a list of all current graduate film school deadlines as of September 2022.
Be sure to log your application with our Application Database after you've applied so we can improve our acceptance statistics for each film program. Acceptance statistics are accessible on the links to each program below.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a list is meant to be a guideline with the best info at the time of its writing. Please triple check with the school to make sure the deadline is correct. Please let us know of any errors so it can be fixed.
November 1, 2022
- UCLA TFT - Cinematography (M.F.A.)
- UCLA TFT - Documentary (M.F.A.)
- UCLA TFT - Producers Program (M.F.A.)
- UCLA TFT - Production/Directing (M.F.A.)
- UCLA TFT - Screenwriting (M.F.A.)
November 2, 2022
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) - Screenwriting MFA (First deadline)
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) - Creative Producing MFA (First deadline)
November 15, 2022
- USC Cinematic Arts - Film and Television Production (MFA)
- USC Cinematic Arts - Peter Stark Producing Program (MFA)
- USC Cinematic Arts - Writing for Screen & Television (MFA)
November 30, 2022
December 1, 2022
- American Film Institute (AFI) - Cinematography
- American Film Institute (AFI) - Directing
- American Film Institute (AFI) - Editing
- American Film Institute (AFI) - Producing
- American Film Institute (AFI) - Screenwriting
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Film Production (Directing)
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Film Production (Cinematography)
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Film and TV Producing
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Documentary Filmmaking
- Chapman University - Dodge College MBA/MFA in Film and TV Producing
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Film Production (Editing)
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Film Production (Sound Design)
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Production Design
- Chapman University - Dodge College MA in Film Studies
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Screenwriting
- Chapman University - Dodge College MFA in Television Writing and Producing
- Florida State University - MFA in Production
- Florida State University - MFA in Writing
- NYU - Tisch Kanbar Institute of Film and Television (M.F.A.)
- NYU - Tisch Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
- NYU - Tisch Kanbar/Stern - MBA/MFA Dual Degree in Producing (Kanbar Deadline)
- UCLA TFT - Design for Theater and Entertainment (M.F.A.)
- USC Cinematic Arts - Division of Cinema & Media Studies (MA)
- UT Austin - MFA in Screenwriting Program
- UT Austin - MFA program in Film and Media Production
December 15, 2022
- Columbia University - Creative Producing (M.F.A.)
- Columbia University - Screenwriting/Directing (M.F.A.)
- DePaul University - MFA in Film and Television Directing
- DePaul University - MFA in Film and Television Directing (Priority Deadline)
- DePaul University - MFA in Screenwriting (Priority Deadline)
- LMU - Film & Television Production (M.F.A.)
- LMU - Writing & Producing for Television (M.F.A.)
- LMU - Writing for the Screen (M.F.A.)
- NYU - Tisch Kanbar/Stern - MBA/MFA Dual Degree in Producing (Stern Deadline)
January 5, 2023*
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) - Program in Film and Video (M.F.A.) *their website still has 2022 dates
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)- Film Directing (M.F.A.) *their website still has 2022 dates
January 13, 2023
- Columbia College Chicago - Cinema Directing (M.F.A.)
- Columbia College Chicago - Cinema and Television Producing (MFA)
January 15, 2023*
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) Feirstein - MFA in Screenwriting
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) Feirstein - MFA in Directing
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) Feirstein - MFA in Cinematography
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) Feirstein - MFA in Producing
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) Feirstein - MFA in Post-Production
- Northwestern MFA Writing for the Screen and Stage Fall
- Syracuse University - Newhouse School Of Public Communications (MFA) *their website still has 2022 dates
January 18, 2023
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) - Screenwriting MFA (Second deadline)
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) - Creative Producing MFA (Second deadline)
February 1, 2023*
- Boston University - College of Communication (M.F.A. Screenwriting) (Priority Deadline) *their website still has 2022 dates
- Emerson College - MFA in Film & Media Art
- Emerson College - MFA in Writing for Film and Television (Priority Deadline)
- University of Miami - School of Communication - (M.F.A.) Program in Motion Pictures (Priority Deadline) *their website still has 2022 dates
- San Francisco State University - School of Cinema (M.F.A.)
February 10, 2023
February 15, 2023
April 1, 2023
- Emerson College - MFA in Writing for Film and Television (Final Deadline)
May 1, 2023*
- Boston University - College of Communication (M.F.A. Screenwriting) (Final Master’s Deadline) *their website still has 2022 dates
June 1, 2023
- American University - School of Communication (M.A.) (Final deadline for international students)
June 15, 2023
- DePaul University - MFA in Film and Television Directing (Final Deadline)
- DePaul University - MFA in Screenwriting (Final Deadline)
July 1, 2023
- American University - School of Communication (M.A.) (Master's Application Final Deadline)
July 15, 2023*
- University of Miami - School of Communication - (M.F.A.) Program in Motion Pictures (Final Deadline) *their website still has 2022 dates
