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72 Top American Film Schools for Filmmakers of 2021

TOUSEEF MALIK by TOUSEEF MALIK
May 4, 2021
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Some are private, some state-financed, and all have websites that you’ll find by plugging the school name into a search engine. Academic facilities, expertise, cost, and reputations vary widely. Most colleges offer BA, BS, or BFA undergraduate degrees, and many offer MA or MFA graduate degrees. Be advised that a BS (Bachelor of Science) is going to be technology-based, whereas a Ph.D., being a degree in scholarship, will be a film studies degree rather than one that involves making films. Graduate schools sometimes prefer people with undergraduate film degrees, sometimes not. Graduate degree programs, which presume that you are a little older and more sophisticated, are more likely to specialize in directing.
All selective film schools want to see what proof you can produce that you are reliable, self-motivated, collaborative, and tenacious in carrying long projects through to completion. Your résumé and application letter should address these points as best you can, and show that you have a mature understanding of the medium’s complexity.

Top American Film Schools
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  1. American Film Institute (Graduate students only)
  2. American University
  3. Boston University
  4. California Institute of the Arts
  5. Chapman University
  6. Columbia College Chicago
  7. Columbia University
  8. Curtin University of Technology
  9. Doane College
  10. Duke University
  11. Eastern Michigan University
  12. Emerson College
  13. Florida Metropolitan University,
  14. Melbourne
  15. Florida State University
  16. Gallaudet University
  17. Georgia State University
  18. Grand Valley State University
  19. Hellenic Cinema/TV School (Greece)
  20. Houston Community College Southwest
  21. Ithaca College
  22. Lane Community College
  23. La Salle University
  24. Los Angeles Film Studies Center
  25. Loyola Marymount University
  26. Mills College
  27. Montana State University
  28. Montclair State University
  29. New York Film Academy Ltd.
  30. New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)
  31. North Carolina School of the Arts
  32. Northeastern University
  33. Ohio University
  34. Piedmont Community College
  35. Rochester Institute of Technology
  36. Rowan University
  37. Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
  38. San Antonio College
  39. San Diego State University
  40. San Francisco State University
  41. School of Visual Arts, Inc.
  42. Smith College
  43. Southern Illinois University
  44. Stanford University (documentary only)
  45. Suffolk University
  46. Syracuse University
  47. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
  48. Universidad de las Comunicaciones (Santiago, Chile)
  49. Unitec Institute of Technology
  50. University of Arizona
  51. University of California at Los Angeles
  52. University of Central Florida
  53. University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
  54. University of Hartford
  55. University of Kansas
  56. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  57. University of New Orleans, Lakefront
  58. University of North Carolina
  59. University of South Carolina
  60. University of Southern California
  61. University of Texas at Austin
  62. University of Toledo
  63. University of Toronto
  64. University of Washington, Educational Outreach
  65. University of Windsor
  66. Valencia Community College
  67. Vanderbilt University
  68. Vassar College
  69. Villanova University
  70. Watkins Film School
  71. William Patterson University
  72. York University
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There are major film schools around the world but be warned that most, especially national entities, are small, elitist, and set very competitive entry requirements. Others may be hand-to-mouth, private institutions that are enthusiastic, and great as a social experience, but use underemployed and possibly undereducated local film workers as part-time teachers. If you are accepted into a foreign school, apply for a student visa early because obtaining one can be a long and uncertain process. This is particularly true for anyone applying from abroad to an
American school.
You cannot work or support yourself in another country unless you are a citizen. Most countries’ immigration policies exclude foreign workers wherever their own filmmakers are underemployed. That situation changes only if you have special, unusual, and fully accredited skills to offer. Check local conditions with the school’s admissions officer and with the country’s consulate before committing yourself. Also, check the length of time of the visa granted against the average time it takes students to graduate—sometimes these durations are incompatible.

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SCHOOLS AFFILIATED WITH CILECT

CILECT’s website (www.cilect.org/).1 Clicking on a school’s name will give you standard information and a link to the school’s website. The + sign before a phone or fax number means you must first enter your country’s overseas telephone code (011 in the United States). The numbers that follow are the country code, the area or city code, and finally the school’s phone number—as in 44(0)20 7836 9642 for the London Film School. If you are calling from overseas, don’t dial what’s in parentheses. CILECT is an excellent source of international information and technical reviews. Don’t overlook Corresponding Members; there may be one available to give local advice in your own country. Spanish speakers willing to study in Latin America should consider the Escuela Internacional de Cine Televisión international (EICTV) in Cuba. Although spartan and running under perpetual material difficulties, it is modestly priced, idealistic, and consistently gets work of really outstanding authorship from its students. Many countries now have excellent national and private schools. Some— such as the European Film College in Denmark and the Maurits Binger Film Institute (Binger Filmlab) in Amsterdam—even teach in English. Many European schools teach summer film courses in English, which is another (and very pleasant) way to find out whether you like the work.

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