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Film & Acting Schools

Film schools and acting schools are educational institutions dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of moviemaking. Film students learn the dynamics of storytelling, film production, and theatre. 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. Online film schools and training programs have become popular for people that are unable to attend a tradition film school.

United States Film Schools

Alabama Film Schools

Univ. of Alabama - Tuscaloosa - Communications & Film

Arizona Film Schools

Alpha Pacific Institute - Phoenix

Arizona State University School of Theatre & Film - Tempe

ASU Herberger College of the Arts - Tempe

Collins College, Tempe

Scottsdale Community College Film - Scottsdale

University of Arizona, Tucson

Zaki Gordon Institute for Indie Filmmaking - Sedona

California Film Schools

The Acting Corps - Boot Camp - Los Angeles

American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Acting School

The American film Institute - Los Angeles

The Art Center College of Design - Pasadena

The Art Institute of California - Santa Monica

Azusa Pacific University - Azusa

Biola University - La Mirada

Brooks Institute - Santa Barbara & Ventura

California College of Arts - San Francisco - Oakland

California State University - Long Beach

California State University - Northridge

Cinema Training Center Film School - N. Hollywood

Chapman University - Orange

Cinema Arts Tech - Van Nuy's

Cinema Makeup School, Hollywood

Columbia College Hollywood - Tarzana

De Anza College - Cupertino

Directors Guild - Sherman Oaks

DV Camps - Digital Imaging Center - Various cities

Film & TV Connection - Various cities

Film Connection Film Institute - Hollywood

Filmmaker's Central School of Cinema - Hollywood

Hollywood Actors Studio - Actor Training

Hollywood Seminars - Los Angeles

Idyllwild Arts Academy - Idyllwild

Ivana Chubbuck Studio - Acting School - Los Angeles

Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute - Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Film School - Los Angeles

Loyola Marymount University - Los Angeles

Movie in Box Filmmaking Seminars - Sherman Oaks

No Budget Film School - Hollywood

Orange Coast College - Orange

SAE Institute of Technology - Los Angeles

San Francisco Film Society

Stella Adler - A Studio for Actors - Los Angeles

Theatre of Arts Hollywood - Acting School

UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV -  Westwood

USC School of Cinematic Arts - Los Angeles

Video Symphony - TV & Film School - Burbank

Colorado Film Schools

Adventure Film School - Boulder

Colorado Film School - Denver

Connecticut Film Schools

Fairfield University College - Media - Film - TV

District of Columbia Film Schools

American University - Film & Media Arts - Washington

George Washington Univ, Documentary Center

Howard Univ, School of Communications - Washington

Florida Film Schools

The Documentary Institute – Univ. of Florida - Gainesville

Florida State University Film School, Tallahassee

Full Sail Real World Education - Winter Park

Miami Dade Community College - Entertainment & Design

Palm Beach Community College - Film & TV Internship

Palm Beach Film School - West Palm Beach

University of Central Florida, Film Program - Orlando

University of Miami - School of Communication

Valencia Community College - Arts & Ent. - Orlando

Georgia Film Schools

American Intercontinental Univ - Buckhead - Atlanta

Savannah College of Art and Design - Savanna

Illinois Film Schools

Columbia College Chicago

DePaul University - Cinema and Interactive Arts - Chicago

S. Illinois University Carbondale - Cinema & Photography

University of Illinois - Chicago - Moving Image Arts

Indiana Film Schools

Ball State University - Muncie

Indiana Univ. Communication & Culture - Bloomington

Iowa Film Schools

University of Iowa - Cinema & Comparative Literature

Kansas Film Schools

University of Kansas Dept. of Theatre & Film - Lawrence

Massachusetts Film Schools

Boston University Film Program - Boston

Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston Univ. - Boston

Emerson College: Visual & Media Arts - Boston

Fitchburg State College - Communications Media

Worcester State College - Media Production

Michigan Film Schools

Grand Valley State Univ. Film & Video - Allendale

Motion Picture Institute of Michigan - Troy

Minnesota Film Schools

Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Minneapolis College - Art & Design

Minneapolis College - Art & Design Media Arts

Minnesota State University-Moorhead

Montana Film Schools

Montana State Univ. Bozeman - Film & Photography

Multiple Locations

The Art Institutes

Nevada Film Schools

The Art Institute of Las Vegas

Las Vegas School of Film - Las Vegas

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

New Mexico Film Schools

College of Santa Fe Moving Image Arts - Santé Fe

New York / New Jersey Film Schools

American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Acting School

Brooklyn College Department of Film - Brooklyn, NY

Columbia University School of the Arts - Manhattan, NY

Fairleigh Dickinson - Visual & Perform Arts - Teaneck, NJ

Five Towns - Media & Performing Arts - Long Island

Industry Film Schools - Shrewsbury, NJ

The International Film Institute of New York - Bronxville, NY

Ithaca Film School - Ithaca, NY

The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop - Manhattan, NY

Lights Film School - Manhattan, NY

New York Conservatory For Dramatic Arts - Manhattan, NY

New York Film Academy - Worldwide

Syracuse Univ, Newhouse - Public Communications

Tisch School of the Arts Asia - Manhattan, NY

Tisch School of the Arts at NYU - Manhattan, NY

North Carolina Film Schools

Blue Ridge Motion Pictures Film Institute - Asheville

North Carolina School of the Arts - Winston-Salem

Saint Augustine's - Visual & Performing  Arts - Raleigh

Univ. of N. Carolina - Broadcasting & Cinema - Greensboro

Univ. of N. Carolina, Wilmington - Film Studies

Univ. of N. Carolina School of the Arts - Winston - Salem

Ohio Film Schools

Cleveland State University - Film & Digital Media

Ohio University School of Film - Athens

Oklahoma Film Schools

University of Oklahoma, Film and Video Studies - Norman

Online Classes

Film School Online - Digital Video DV Film making courses

Masters in Advertising Programs

Pennsylvania Film Schools

Antoinette Westphal - Media Arts & Design- Philadelphia

Point Park University, Cinema and Digital Arts - Pittsburgh

Temple Univ, Dept. of Film &  Media Arts - Philadelphia

University of Pittsburgh - Film Studies

South Carolina Film Schools

Carolina Film Institute - Greenville

Trident Tech College ilm, Media & Visual Arts - Charleston

Texas Film Schools

Mediatech Institute - Dallas / Austin / Houston

Univ of Texas at Austin Dept. of Radio - Television - Film

Tennessee Film Schools

University of Memphis - Video & Film

Watkins College of Art & Design Film School - Nashville

Utah Film Schools

University of Utah Film Division - Salt Lake City

Vermont Film Schools

Burlington College - Film Production

Middlebury College - Film & Media Culture

Virginia Film Schools

Regent Univ School of Communication & the Arts - Virginia Bch

Virginia Commonwealth Univ - Cinema Program - Richmond

Washington State Film Schools

Seattle Film Institute - Seattle

Univ. of Washington, Literature & Cinema Studies - Seattle

Wisconsin Film Schools

Lawrence University Department of Theatre Arts - Appleton

Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Peck School of The Arts

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Radio-TV-Film

International Film Schools

Africa

Act Cape Town International - Johannesburg, South Africa

City Varsity - Media & Creative Arts - Cape Town, S. Africa

Higher Institute/ AV & Film Studies - Tunisia

Nigeria - Polyframe School of Films

SAE Institute - Cape Town, South Africa

The South African School of Motion Picture Medium

University of Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa

Argentina

Universidad del Cine - Buenos Aires

Australia

APA International Film Schools - Sydney

Australian Film, Television & Radio School (various locations)

Bond University - Film & TV - Gold Coast

Griffith University Film School - Brisbane, Queensland

The International Film School - Sydney

International Film College - Gold Coast

Participate Film Academy - Sydney

Queensland School of Film and Television - Queensland

SAE Institute, Byron Bay - World Headquarters - Byron Bay

Screenwise - Surry Hills

Summer School in Filmmaking at Melbourne University

Sydney Film School - Sydney

Victorian College of the Arts - Melbourne

Belgium

Institut National Superieure des Arts du Spectacle - Brussels

Narafi Film School - Brussels

Bulgaria

National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts - Sofia

Canada

Centre for Arts and Technology - Kelowna, BC

Columbia Academy: Entertainment & Communications - Vancouver

EScape Movieworks Inc - Vancouver, BC

Emily Carr University - Art + Design & Media - Vancouver

Digital Film Academy of Toronto, Ontario

Humber - Acting, Film & TV - Toronto

Langara College Film Arts Program - Vancouver, BC

Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia Univ - Montreal

Pacific Audio Visual Institute - Vancouver, BC

Queen's University Department of Film Studies - Kingston

Red Deer College Dept of Motion Picture Arts - Red Deer, Alberta

Ryerson Polytechnic - Image Arts, Film, Photography, Media - Toronto

Sheridan Inst. Tech - Animation, Arts & Design - Oakville, Ontario

Toronto Film College - Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Film School - Toronto, Ontario

University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC

Victoria Motion Picture School - Vancouver Island, BC

Colombia

Universidad Manuela Beltran - Bogata

Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogata

Costa Rica

CRAFT - Art, Film & Television Media Course - Tamarindo

Global Media Adventures Documentary Films Program - Samara

Cuba

Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV - San Antonio de los Banos

Czech Republic

Film and TV School - The Academy Of Performing Arts - Prague

FAMO - Film Academy of Miroslav Ondricek - Pisek

Film School - Zlin

Prague Film School - Prague

Denmark

The European Film College - Ebeltoft

National Film School of Denmark - Copenhagen

Estonia

Baltic Film and Media School Tallinn

Finland

University of Helsinki - Film & TV studies

France

Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais CLCF - Paris

Ecole Superieure Libre d'Etudes Cinematographiques - Paris

Ecole Natl. Superieure des metiers de l'image et du son) - Paris

EICAR - The International Film School - Paris

Germany

Academy of Media Arts - Cologne

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie - Berlin

Film Akademie - Baden - Wirttemberg - Ludwigsburg

Hamburg Media School - Hamburg

Hochschule fďr Film und Fernsehen - Potsdam-Babelsberg

Hochschule fďr Film und Fernsehen - Munich

Masterclass - Ludwigsburg

Univ. of Applied Sciences: Visual Media/Cinematography - Berlin

Greece

Stavrakos Academy - Athens

Iceland

The Icelandic Film School - Reykjavik

India

CRAFT: Center For Research in Art of Film & TV - Delhi

Asian Academy of Film & Television - Noida

Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Maharashtra

Film and Television Institute of Tamilnadu - Chennai

MadArts - Jaspal Bhatti Film School - Mohali

Whistling Woods Intl. Institute - Mumbai, Maharashtra

Indonesia

Digital Studio College - Jakarta

Ireland

Digital Film School - Dublin

New Media Technology College - Dublin

University College Dublin Centre for Film Studies - Dublin

Italy

Italian National School of Cinema - Rome

New Renaissance - Florence

Scuola di Cinema Pigrecoemme - Naples

Mexico

Centro - Mexico City

The Film Workshops - Monterrey

Instituto Ruso Mexicano De Serguei Eisenstein - Mexico City

Westbridge Film School - Mexico City

Netherlands

Maurits Binger Film Instituut - Amsterdam

Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie - Amsterdam

New Zealand

The Film School - Wellington

New Zealand Film Academy - Auckland

Southseas Film School - Auckland

Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts - Auckland

Norway

Lillehammer Univ. College / HiL - Hřgskolen i Lillehammer

Noroff Instituttet - Oslo

Pakistan

National College of Arts - Lahore

Philippines

Asia Pacific Film Institute - Manila

International Academy of Film and Television - Cebu

Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center - San Juan

University of the Philippines Film Institute - Quezon City

Portugal

Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema - Lisbon

Universidade Lusofona - Lisbon

Romania

Universitatea Hyperion - Bucharest

Universitatea Media - Bucharest

Univ. Nationala De Arta Teatrala Si Cinematografica - Bucharest

Russia

Russian State Institute of Cinematography - Moscow

Serbia

Department of Drama - Novi Sad

Faculty of Dramatic Arta - Belgrade

Singapore

NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia

Spain

CICE - Escuela Profesional de Nuevas Technologias - Madrid

ESCAC - Barcelona

Escuela de Cine y Television Septima Ars - Madrid

Escuela de Cinema y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad - Madrid

ECAM - Madrid

Escuela Superior de Dibujo Professional - Madrid

Kinema Escuela de Cine - Bilbao

Metropolis: Escuela de Cine y Arte Dramďtico - Madrid

A Film International Film Workshops - Sitges, Barcelona

Septima Ars School of Cinema and TV - Madrid

Switzerland

European Film Actor School - Zurich

Turkey

Mimar Sinan University - Turkish Film and TV Institute - Istanbul

United Kingdom

Central Film School - London

Dream Foundation - Media & Art Design - Cambridge

Elstree Film School - Borehamwood

International Film School - Newport, Wales

Leeds Metropolitan University Northern School - Leeds

London Film Academy - London

London Film School - London

Metropolitan Film School - London

Raindance.TV - 99 Minute Film School - London

SAE Institute - London

The School of Media Arts and Imaging - Dundee, Scotland

Screen Academy Scotland at Napier University - Dundee, Scotland

Staffordshire Univ. Dept. of Media & Entertainment Tech

South Thames College Film School - London

UK National Film & Television School - Beaconsfield

University of Westminster Film School, Harrow Campus - London

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is unique in that it combines all three into a single school. Five-time Academy Award-winning, American film director, producer and screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola earned an M.F.A. in film directing at UCLA. The USC School of Cinematic Arts is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. American film producer, director, and screenwriters George Lucas and Steven Spielberg became good friends while attending the University of Southern California. While attending USC, film director, producer, and writer, John Singleton wrote the script of his critically acclaimed film Boyz n the Hood. At age 23, he was the youngest person ever nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, and the only African-American to be nominated for the award. Tisch School of the Arts is best known for its renowned acting program, and its impressive film program (often called the NYU Film School), one of the most selective film schools in the world. American film director, producer, writer, and actor, Spike Lee earned an MFA in film directing. Academy Award for Best Director recipient, Martin Scorsese also earned an MFA in film directing from NYU.

FAFSA – Federal Student Aid

Federal Student Aid, is an office of the U.S. Department of Education, who ensures that all eligible individuals can benefit from federally funded or federally guaranteed financial assistance for education beyond high school. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (known as the FAFSA) is a form that can be filled out annually by current and anticipating college students (both undergraduate and graduate) in the United States  to determine their eligibility for federal student financial aid ( including Pell Grants, Stafford loans, Plus loans, and work-study programs).

The Pell Grant is a type of post-secondary, educational federal grant that does not require repayment. The Pell Grant is awarded based on a “financial need” formula determined by the U.S Congress, using criteria submitted through (FAFSA).

A Stafford Loan is a student loan offered to eligible students enrolled in accredited American institutions of higher education. The loans are guaranteed by the full faith of the U.S Government, which they offer a lower interest rate than the borrower would otherwise be able to get for a private loan. No payments are expected on the loan while the student is enrolled as a full or half time student. Deferment of repayment continues for six months after the student leaves school either by dropping below half-time enrollment, or withdrawing. Stafford loans are available both as subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Subsidized loans are offered to students based on demonstrated financial need. The interest on subsidized loans is paid by the federal government while the student is in school, during the grace period, and during authorized deferment. For unsubsidized loans, students are responsible for all of the interest that accrues while the student is enrolled in school. The interest may be deferred through enrollment. Unpaid interest that is deferred until after graduation is capitalized (added to the loan principal).

A Plus Loan is a student loan offered to parents of students enrolled at least half time in eligible programs at participating and eligible post-secondary institutions. As of July 1, 2006, Plus Loans are also available to graduate and professional students at participating and eligible postsecondary institutions.

Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative experience, commonly known as a “co-op” provides academic credit for structured job experience.

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