- Nonprofit/For-Profit?
- Nonprofit
- Total Undergrad Student Body
- 3,675
- Total Graduate Student Body
- 1,462
- Undergraduate Entering Cohort Size
- 12
Each student is offered ample opportunity to grow and advance their conceptual, technical, and professional skills. They are encouraged to take creative risks, and to push the boundaries of conventional forms. They are introduced to a diverse canon of creators and works, and are asked to investigate complex histories and contexts as they strive to become reflexive and conscientious artists.
We aim to foster a supportive and collaborative creative community in which differences are respected and celebrated. We value the personal perspectives that each student brings to the classroom, and our goal is to elevate that unique voice to the forefront of their artistic vision.
Tuition & Cost of Attendance Details
$60-65K
Scholarship Opportunities Detailed
Scholarships
Pratt offers undergraduate students various types of scholarships: a generous program of merit-based scholarships and restricted and endowed scholarships, as well as a variety of other special […]
- Undergrad Application Fee
- $50
- International App. Fee
- $90
- Minimum High School GPA
- None
More Info on Undergraduate Application Requirements:
- Portfolio
- Transcripts
- Option Letters of Recommendation
- Essay
- Notification of Decision
- Two weeks after deadline
- Who owns the copyrights of work produced?
- Student owns all copyrights
- Start of Production Classes
- First Year
- Camera Types Available
- Editing & Finishing Software Taught
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Filmmaking Facilities
- Sound Stage(s)
- Green Screen Studio
- Sound Recording Studio(s)
- Color Correction Suites
- Editing Bays
- Screening Rooms
- Sound Mixing Suites
- Internship Opportunities
- Student must arrange independently
- School provides internship resources
Internship Opportunities Detailed
Students receive school credit for industry internships. This program helps prepare students for future employment searches by supporting them through the process of finding and applying for internships related to their specific career goals and interests. Our internship coordinator works with students one-on-one throughout the process. Saturday Night Live, A24, and AbelCine are our most recurring partners.
- Job Placement
- School connects students with alumni
- School provides career development training
- School operates job board or listing service
- School assists with film festival submissions
- School hosts job fairs or recruiting events
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni include Cannes Golden Camera nominee Owen Kline (Funny Pages), Emmy award nominees John Requa & Glenn Ficarra (Bad Santa, This is Us, Crazy, Stupid, Love, I Love You Phillip Morris), YouTube phenomenon Joel Haver, Berlinale Special Jury Prize winner Myrsini Aristidou, Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding US Narrative Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival winner April Maxey, commercial cinematographer Mika Altskan, whose work includes Billie Eilish’s Nike ad and whose narrative work includes Wild Nights with Emily (2018) which premiered at SXSW, award winning commercial director Aubrey Smyth, acclaimed documentarians Josh Koury and Myles Kane (Netflix's The Voyeur, HBO's I'll Be Gone In the Dark) and Golden Globe nominated screenwriter Liz Hannah (Steven Speilberg's The Post, Netflix's Mindhunter, Hulu’s The Girl from Plainville).
More recent alumni include Mackie Mallison was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2023 in Filmmaker Magazine last year. Mackie Mallison’s short film It Smelled like Springtime (2022) premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2023 and his senior thesis film Live From the Clouds (2023) screened at SXSW in 2024.
Yessenia Sanchez, whose thesis film Double Cultura (2022) was streaming on HBOMax as part of the Latino Short Film Competition in 2023/24, Korean TV series cinematographer Park Min-woo (Oasis), and Jihea Han’s experimental thesis film Temporary Solution for the Permanent Problems (2019) had its festival premiere at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
More recent alumni include Mackie Mallison was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2023 in Filmmaker Magazine last year. Mackie Mallison’s short film It Smelled like Springtime (2022) premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2023 and his senior thesis film Live From the Clouds (2023) screened at SXSW in 2024.
Yessenia Sanchez, whose thesis film Double Cultura (2022) was streaming on HBOMax as part of the Latino Short Film Competition in 2023/24, Korean TV series cinematographer Park Min-woo (Oasis), and Jihea Han’s experimental thesis film Temporary Solution for the Permanent Problems (2019) had its festival premiere at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
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