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Enroll in the School of Motion Pictures & Television and focus your talents on directing, editing, cinematography, screenwriting, production design...
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Cinematography
  2. Directing
  3. Editing
  4. Producing
  5. Production Design
  6. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$20k to $30k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Rolling Admission
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Focusing on the art and craft of visual storytelling, Fellows receive instruction from professional cinematographers.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Cinematography
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Tuition Detail
$59,348 first year $61,425 second year
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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The Directing program focuses on narrative, visual language and performance.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Directing
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Tuition Detail
$59,348 first year $61,425 second year
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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First year editors work on six narrative digital project.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Editing
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Tuition Detail
$59,348 first year $61,425 second year
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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Producing Fellows graduate with an ability to think creatively and lead with confidence and authority.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Producing
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Tuition Detail
$59,348 first year $61,425 second year
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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Only with the mastery of production design can AFI Fellows create believable and imaginative worlds onscreen. The curriculum challenges them to visually and physically construct an environment that becomes the essential foundation of the narrative storytelling process. Fellows collaborate on at least three narrative projects in the first year and design an entire thesis production, while completing an original portfolio in the second year.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Production Design
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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Screenwriting Fellows find their unique voices, while learning the essence of working as part of a creative team.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year Conservatory
Concentrations
  1. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$60k to $70k
Tuition Detail
$63,575 first year, $65,800 second year
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Dramatic Writing
  2. Playwriting
  3. Writing for Screen & Television
Yearly Tuition
$20k to $30k
Tuition Detail
Tuition Per Semester Unit: $840
Deadline Details
Priority Deadline: April 1, 2021
Final Deadline: May 1, 2021
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ArtCenter's graduate Film program provides developing filmmakers with an immersive opportunity to refine and expand their visual storytelling abilities under the mentorship and guidance of top Hollywood talent and decision makers.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
Tuition Detail
$23,724 per term
Deadline Details
January 15
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The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Screenwriting targets those who desire a professionally-oriented education and training in screenwriting for film,
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$5k to $10k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2022
The MFA in Television, Film and Theatre (TVFT) is a three-year, terminal degree program that prepares students for diverse professional and academic careers in content creation, acting, and writing in the narrative media. The program includes coursework in theory and aesthetics of theater, film, television and new media along with the politics of narrative, and the positioning of storytelling in the context of critical race theory, gender, and class. Students will also learn current industry...
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$5k to $10k
Tuition Detail
Resident: $8,196.16
Non-Resident: $17,700.16
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The CSUN Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting Program offers an intensive, pragmatic terminal degree experience that prepares career-minded students..
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$10k to $20k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Feb 10, 2023
The MFA Film program prepares students to create and thrive in the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary film. Our unique multidisciplinary culture provides the ideal conditions for exploring the themes and topics you care about from many perspectives, including artist, craftsperson, and entrepreneur. With the mentorship of our award-winning faculty, students strengthen conceptual capabilities, refine working methods, and expand their understanding of the moving image.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Directing
  2. Film & Television Production
  3. Screenwriting
Yearly Tuition
$50k to $60k
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The Program in Film and Video is designed for students who use film and video as media for personal expression and exploration—those artists for whom
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2022
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A unique three-year graduate course of study, the Film Directing Program (FDP) enables students to develop innovative approaches to storytelling...
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Directing
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2022
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In the two-year M.A. Film Studies program, students take courses that establish the key academic methods in the fields of film and media studies, with the opportunity to personalize their degree with a choice of electives. In the second year, students work with faculty to write their Master’s thesis. At the end of the M.A. program, students present an oral defense of their thesis.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MA
Concentrations
  1. Film Studies
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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Offered in conjunction with Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and the Argyros School of Business and Economics, the three-year MBA/MFA. in Film and Television Producing is designed for people who seek management or executive level positions at production companies, talent agencies, studios or television networks. This three-year program provides a broad education of business in general and how it all works. As part of the MBA. component, you’ll study business...
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
  2. MFA/MBA Dual Degree Program
Concentrations
  1. Producing
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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The two-year MFA in Documentary Filmmaking is a program that is uniquely focused on documentary storytelling. In this program you will gain hands-on production experience, learn about the history and aesthetics of the documentary form, study documentary genres, and learn how to develop compelling, original content through a rigorous and creative development process. In your first two semesters, you learn the fundamentals of the complete documentary production process from concept to...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Documentary Filmmaking
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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The two-year MFA in Film and Television Producing is a mentoring-focused, hands-on program that explores all aspects of film producing including both the business and creative dimensions. During your first year you will get a foundation in producing and learn the best practices in the industry. You will immediately apply these skills on various student film productions. Throughout this process, you’ll be closely mentored by our industry active faculty comprised of producers and executives...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Producing
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
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The three-year MFA in Film Production is a mentoring-focused, hands-on program that explores all aspects of film production through the use of visual storytelling techniques, industry standard tools and best professional practices. Students must choose an area of specialization at the point of application in either directing, cinematography, editing or sound design.
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Cinematography
  2. Film & Television Production
Yearly Tuition
$40k to $50k
Application Deadline Types
  1. Regular Decision
Regular Decision Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2022

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