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“My favorite TRAIN thing is to be in an intensive dialogue with the whole class, TO GAIN LIANNE HALFON GUILLAUME about something Producing Discipline ARETOS we’ve read, Head Department Chair, where ’s part American Entertainment Design Institute analysis and VARIETY Art Center College of ROUNDS UP TOP Los Angeles Design Pasadena part on-the-spot ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS AND At AFI, Halfon’s focus has Aretos has helped to disovery.” been to design a program put an emphasis on the EDUCATORS AROUND THE GLOBE Lianne Halfon that teaches students the school’s much-buzzed hard skills that producers game design track. “Our By Nick Clement, Paul Gaita, need to know, from identi- students work together to Todd Gilchrist, Akiva Gottlieb fying material, to story create stories, and then and Malina Saval development, production tell them visually for ani- and post-production, with mation, live-action movies a concrete understanding or games, mimicking the of each process. “My work environment they favorite thing is to be in will encounter in the an intensive dialogue with industry,” he says. the whole class, about He’s excited about the something we’ve read, technological progression where it’s part analysis of his department. “We and part on-the-spot use VR and -cap- discovery,” Halfon says. ture to design and build New strategies are worlds that do not exist.” being implemented. “I Aretos carries more added the first workshop than 20 years of experi- on documentaries last ence as a concept artist, year, and we’re going to art director and produc- continue to expand our tion designer in the focus on and film and new media,” she says. industries, with credits Halfon’s credits include including “” and “Juno” and “ World.” “Puss in Boots.”

EACH YEAR, VARIETY COMPILES A LIST of the top entertainment education programs in the and abroad. This year, FILM ACADEMY BELMONT UNIVERSITY BIOLA UNIVERSITY coronavirus has beset the world, forcing the Beijing Nashville La Mirada temporary closure of colleges and universi- The sole film academy in In Belmont’s motion pictures Biola’s School of Cinema and and the largest school of its department, students shoot Media Arts offers its graduating ties, and that includes film and digital arts kind in Asia, the Beijing Film and edit their first film immedi- students ample opportunities programs around the globe. But in the midst of Academy has trained directors ately after the semester starts. to break into the biz. With more including and The school boasts a 250-seat than $3 million in state-of-the- this ravaging crisis, centers of higher educa- over the course of theater and sound-mixing art technology and equipment tion are implementing remote learning tech- its 65-year history. Students stage and it’s one of those and staffed with such industry use the academy’s four rare programs in professionals as screenwriter niques to keep their students on track. Now, professional film and which students have access Chris Masi (“Being Mary Jane,” the latest film and production to cutting-edge Dolby Atmos “Graceland”) and veteran TV more than ever, it’s a time for creativity to equipment as part of their sound-mixing equipment. writer-producer Michael War- reign supreme, a time for artistry to thrive and studies; the school also hosts Classes are offered in directing, ren, Biola offers courses in both many of Asia’s most important writing, creative producing, technical and creative aspects a time for aspiring filmmakers — screenwrit- film festivals, including the screenplay analysis, cinema- of , with overall ers, directors, , everyone, really — to Intl. Student Film and tography, set management, concentrations in entertain- Festival. film history and studies, ment producing, game design harness this time of solitude and draft what among others. and interactive media and production. Students also have could become the blockbusters, TV series and 24-hour access to the universi- indie films of tomorrow. ty’s 10,000-sq.-ft. . Not only are these film schools and their fac- ulty prepping students for successful careers in the entertainment biz, but they are also guiding them with structure, encouragement and artistic expertise through one of the most turbulent eras in modern-day society.

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BOSTON UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE CALIFORNIA STATE CENTRO DE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Boston OF UNIVERSITY, CAPACITACIÓN Middletown, Conn. Valencia NORTHRIDGE CINEMATOGRÁFICA Students get practical The College of Film and the Northridge Mexico City, Mexico experience through media Students and alumni of CalArts' Moving at this liberal arts studies and skills at BU’s School of Film/Video (“CalAr- CSUN’s Dept. of Cinema Founded in 1975, the Centro de school offers an undergraduate Film & Television Program. As tians”) have been at the helm of and Television Arts recently Capacitación Cinematográfica major and minor focused on part of the school’s College 12 Academy Award winners for completed a production facility is a public federal film school both the study and practice of of Communication, they learn animated feature, including the update that will give students that takes a deliberately broad filmmaking. According to the theory and technique through past seven consecutive Oscars access to cutting-edge tech- approach to the study of the school, learning happens not small classes with media in that category, while toons nology in nearly every medium. moving image, linking it with just in the classroom, but all professionals in every field, directed by CalArts alumni The update, made possible by other disciplines and artistic over campus. A student-run and apply that knowledge grossed more than $48 billion a grant from the Hollywood practices. The school offers film series programs classic using the latest tech on faculty at the box office between 1985 Foreign Press Assn., includes a two primary programs of study: and contemporary movies productions or through BU’s and 2019. Netflix has recently state-of-the-art mixing console, one in general film studies, four nights a week, and the student-produced content tapped CalArts alumni to direct new equipment, upgraded lab the other in screenwriting. Reid Cinema Archive contains distribution network, butv10. features and series for its facilities and a The CCC’s Opera Prima project primary materials from the , including the room. The HFPA also gave a is an internal competition that careers of Frank Capra, Ingrid 2019 Oscar nominee “Klaus.” $60,000 grant for student gives young filmmakers the Bergman and others. Recent filmmakers to complete their ability to produce a profession- graduates include Benh Zeitlin, senior thesis projects. al debut feature with significant who directed “Beasts of the institutional support. Alums Southern Wild” with a crew include Oscar-nominated that included several fellow cinematographer Rodrigo Wesleyan alums. Prieto (“Brokeback Mountain,” “The Irishman”).

COLORADO FILM SCHOOL Denver

Providing students with hands-on experience is key to the Colorado Film School's REB approach to education. Stu- BRADDOCK dents begin utilizing equipment Dean in their first week, and have College of Motion access to professional gear Picture Arts and a virtual studio system, Florida State FS Greenlight, which teaches University budget management and Tallahassee story development. They can A main architect of the also work on documentaries college’s production for the state government or programs, Braddock has television advertisements for been with the school local businesses. Graduates since it was created have gone on to productions in 1989 when he was including “ 2” and “The admitted to the very first Walking Dead.” MFA class. As dean, he also teaches one-on-one pitching and film market- ing workshops. “Our focus is on how filmmakers work together collaboratively,” says Braddock of FSU’s education model. “We take a group of diverse students, we put them together in teams and we have them do practi- cal work solving problems READY, SET, GO that come along to make Students work on their movies.” a film project at California Institute of the Arts titled “Lisa and Liza.” BRADDOCK: BRUCE W. PALMER; LISA & LIZA: RAFAEL HERNANDEZ/CALARTS RAFAEL & LIZA: LISA PALMER; BRUCE W. BRADDOCK:

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COLUMBIA COLLEGE DEPAUL UNIVERSITY CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO New York, N.Y. Chicago Orange ART, DESIGN AND Chicago TECHNOLOGY Kathryn Bigelow, James Professional-level facilities, Newly appointed Dodge Dublin Students can pursue a BA in Mangold, Lisa Cholodenko and including three soundstages, College of Film and Media dean filmmaking or a BFA in cinema Kimberly Peirce are among the motion capture stages and Stephen Galloway aims to build The only institute of its kind in art and science at the school. celebrated filmmakers who a 32,000 sq. ft. production more connections between Ireland, IADT offers undergrad- A wealth of facilities, from took part in Columbia’s School space, are part of the under- Hollywood and the school by uate degrees in an array of camera and lighting equipment of the Arts’ rigorous graduate graduate and graduate film providing students with pro- film and television disci- centers to post-production and undergraduate programs. program at DePaul. The former fessional-level experience that plines, including production, suites and screening rooms, The school offers MFAs in consists of a BA and BFA in they can later apply to industry animation and design, as well are available for use, and screenwriting, directing and animation, while graduate jobs. Students can utilize as a postgraduate degree in students can also participate in creative producing, as well students focus on film and three industry-standard-size screenwriting. Small class sizes internships with media entities as an MA and undergraduate television; DePaul also offers a soundstages, a 6,000-sq.-ft. focusing on projects, inter- (recent opportunities have degrees in film and media 10-week immersion program in scene shop and 7,000-sq.-ft. action between the creative, included spots at Showtime studies. The faculty includes Los Angeles and collaborations prop-and-set warehouse to business and tech schools and Networks) or have the oppor- such industry notables as with the celebrated Second bring their ideas to screen. exceptional facilities — includ- tunity to connect with industry writer-producer-director James City improv school for under- ing a Digital Media Incubation professionals through the Schamus, distributor-producer grad and graduate degrees in Centre on campus — are semester in L.A. program. Ira Deutchman, filmmakers comedy filmmaking. among the highlights of the Katherine Dieckmann and Bette IADT experience. Graduates Gordon and Emmy-winning include Oscar-nominated screenwriter Trey Ellis. cinematographer Robbie Ryan (“The Favourite”).

EMERSON COLLEGE Boston and Los Angeles

Approximately 1,700 students explore an array of disciplines in Emerson's visual and media arts program, including film and video production and writing for film and television. The college recently initiated a three-year BFA program in film arts in partnership with the Par- is College of Arts, as well as an emerging media lab that allows students to attend classes in both Boston and Los Angeles and work on animation, pho- tography and design projects.

EAST COAST STUDIES Boston’s Emerson College, located in the city's Back Bay area, affords film students use of the school's high-tech post-

production facilities. DEREK PALMER

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LA FEMIS GERASIMOV INSTITUTE ITALIAN NATIONAL LODZ FILM SCHOOL Paris OF CINEMATOGRAPHY FILM SCHOOL Lodz, Poland Moscow Rome The admissions process for the Poland's national film school French state film school is so Founded in 1919, the world's Located near Cinecitta Studios offers full-time studies in four rigorous that it was the subject oldest film school has trained in Rome, the National Film departments — film and tele- of an entire documentary, some of the pioneering figures School — part of the Centro vision direction, cinematogra- RUSSELL 2016’s “The Competition.” For in the history of cinema, Sperimentale di Cinematogra- phy/TV production, acting and HARBAUGH, those who make the cut, La including Sergei Eisenstein and fia — is not only the oldest film production organization — as GEOFF TARSON Femis offers training in not just leading Russian director Andrei school in Europe, but well as part-time, post-gradu- Assistant Professors directing, screenwriting and Tarkovsky. Students explore also one of the most com- ate studies and doctorates in The Lawrence all areas of film and television petitive in Italy. Students are specific disciplines. Nearly 300 producing, but also distribu- Herbert School of tion and theater management. production as part selected through a rigorous Communication student film projects are pro- La Femis doesn’t maintain a of a humanities-based audition process to enroll in Hofstra University duced each year with the assis- permanent faculty, so students curriculum; foreign students such courses as production, Hempstead, N.Y. tance of artistic supervisors receive support from 500 with a university degree can direction, animation and and professional post-produc- Harbaugh leads several professional tutors. Famous enroll in a shorter, three-year screenwriting, taught by tion facilities. The school can screenwriting workshops alums include directors Claire program or participate in top figures in international also count such leading world and a script analysis Denis (“High Life”) and Celine extended education in various cinema. Among its graduates cinema figures as Krzysztof course, while Tarson Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady media disciplines. are director Michelangelo Kieslowski and Andrzej Wajda teaches various television on Fire”). Antonioni and cinematogra- among its alumni. writing classes. “Just pher Vittorio Storaro. recently, there was a substantial renovation and modernization to one of our TV studios in the building,” says Tarson. Harbaugh says they’ve “developed a BFA program in writing for the screen, which we hope will offer our students deeper study in writing for film, television and the spaces between.”

THE LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL Los Angeles

Located in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles Film School has offered students degrees in film production, YA’KE SMITH MICHELLE AMOR digital filmmaking, animation, Associate Professor GILLIE music production, entertain- & Associate Dean Clinical Professor of ment business and writing, for Diversity, Screenwriting, School since 1999. Its alumni include Equity and Inclusion of Film and Television Oscar-nominated film editor Moody College of Loyola Marymount Communication, Radio- Martin Pensa (“Dallas Buyers University Television-Film Dept. Los Angeles Club”) and film and music University of Texas video director Hannah Lux at Austin Gillie serves as a faculty Davis, who has worked with adviser for the school’s , Halsey and Smith teaches directing Storytellers of Color Demi Lovato. workshops, while also Organization. The recent serving as the first trend in students shifting diversity, equity and from film to TV is notice- inclusion leader. “Our goal able. “While I under- is to support students stand it from a practical who felt marginalized in standpoint, it’s sad that the past,” he says. The we’re not getting as many school has an emerging original script program revolving around ideas," says Gillie, who SCREEN TIME 3D animation and visual is serving her third term Students at Hofstra effects and black sitcom as co-chair of the WGAW University’s department writing. “We’re always Committee of Black Writ- of Radio/Television/Film trying to stay in tune with ers. “You’re good enough,” get hands-on experience the larger areas of the she tells them. “Your art is learning a panoply of industry,” he says. good enough." filmmaking tools. HARBAUGH, TARSON: VICTORIA CHONG (2); SMITH: GREG SCHNABEL; GILLIE: MASEO PHOTO CHONG (2); SCHNABEL; GILLIE: MASEO SMITH: GREG VICTORIA TARSON: HARBAUGH,

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MOUNT SAINT MARY’S NATIONAL FILM AND NEW YORK FILM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY TELEVISION SCHOOL ACADEMY UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN — Los Angeles London Evanston, Ill. MILWAUKEE Combining state-of-the-art Milwaukee, Wis. After decades as a go-to Opened in 1971, the NFTS facilities and equipment with After launching an Open TV location for film and television claims to offer more behind- its international campuses and distribution platform in 2015 The filmmaking programs at production from “Beverly Hills, the-camera courses than interactive learning opportuni- to create and distribute pro- the Peck School of the Arts 90210” to “Veep,” Mount Saint any other film school, with ties, NYFA immerses students gramming outside of the Los include undergraduate degrees Mary’s appeals to creative hands-on instruction in not just from day one in a curriculum Angeles bubble, Northwest- in film and animation, and hopefuls as much for its prox- directing and cinematography, designed and taught by indus- ern’s School of Communication an interdisciplinary graduate imity to Hollywood as its edu- but also script supervision and try professionals. Utilizing sat- wraps plans this year for a degree in film that focuses on cational pathways to careers production accounting. Cours- ellite programs from New York state-of-the-art 24,000-sq.-ft. non-commercial time-based in Hollywood. Concentrations es are designed for students to Los Angeles to Australia and creative hub for MFA programs art. The curriculum offers a in acting, screenwriting, with at least a little experience, Beijing, faculty focus on disci- including four multi-use black mixture of the practical and the cinematography, directing, the school says most students plines spanning all forms — and box spaces outfitted with A/V theoretical, with an emphasis editing, producing, visual are in their early 20s to mid-30s platforms — of the moving equipment for film screenings, on flexibility and collabora- effects and more offer a thor- when they arrive. Senior teach- image, emphasizing everything a gallery space, plus teaching tion. The school’s UWM Union ough overview of the contem- ing staff includes filmmaker from production to preserva- and administrative offices. Cinema offers a wide range of porary entertainment industry. Alex Garland, and the school tion. Featuring youth programs, The center fulfills ambitions to adventurous programming, Meanwhile, a longstanding hosts dozens of exclusive, fine arts degrees and graduate expand interdisciplinary gradu- including weekly Experimental relationship with Sunset Gower star-studded masterclasses opportunities, NYFA serves ate programming with curricula Tuesdays and a Documentary Studios offers production each year. Successful alums creatives through all stages of in playwriting, television writing Frontiers program that takes space for students to put their include Oscar-winning cine- their entertainment education and comedy while developing an expansive view of studies into practical use. matographer Roger Deakins, and growth. partnerships with established nonfiction cinema. “Wallace & Gromit’s” Nick Park Chicago arts organizations and directors Lynne Ramsay and audiences. and David Yates.

SO CAL USC’s School of Cinematic Arts is divided into seven all-encompassing divisions.

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PEPPERDINE PRATT INSTITUTE SAN FRANCISCO STATE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF UNIVERSITY Brooklyn UNIVERSITY ART AND DESIGN Malibu Savannah, Georgia Pratt promotes its educational San Francisco Relocated from South Los boundaries well outside its Featuring one of the most SCAD’s film and TV programs Angeles to Malibu in 1972, the campuses in Brooklyn and Man- diverse student bodies in the train students in both the tech- campus of this private research hattan. Its programs emphasize country, it’s no surprise that nical and conceptual aspects university offers students a pic- both local communities around IDRISSOU one of the core principles for of filmmaking, with a focus on turesque backdrop for study, the school and the diverse MORA-KPAI its college of liberal and cre- career preparation. The school backed by Christian principles. cultures of students and facul- Assistant Professor, ative arts is social engagement. offers a BFA, an MA or an MFA, Undergraduate communica- ty. Undergraduate film and fine Media Arts, Sciences Paired with creative expression which can be completed either tions and film studies programs arts programs teach students and Studies and critical thinking, faculty in Savannah or Atlanta. In Roy H. Park School of teach form, technique, history the basics in production offer an in-depth education Atlanta, students have access Communications and criticism while instructors and theory with an eye on covering the language and to a 60,000-sq.-ft. digital Ithaca College in each course pose moral, current standards while media center, and on the main New York mechanics of cinema as a aesthetic and ideological encouraging creative explo- medium and art form across campus, there’s the Savannah At Park school, six over- questions to students. Seaver ration, boundary-pushing and all platforms in order to nurture Film Studios, a 22,000-sq.-ft. lapping programs offer College promotes understand- personal discovery. authentic, individual voices production facility. SCAD’s a hands-on filmmaking ing of communication methods for and from each student. GradPath also enables students education. Mora-Kpai is and systems while cultivating Meanwhile, graduate programs to complete an accelerated developing a program to attitudes of intersectionality encourage mastery, critical BFA and MA in as few as four take students to Cannes and interconnectedness. examination and experimenta- years or a BFA and MFA in five. to participate in the tion in cinema production annual global film event and history. from the inside. “Interna- tional festivals like Cannes can expose American students to a diversity of voices from our heteroge- neous world,” Mora-Kpai says. “Good cinema education must go hand in hand with an education in critical thinking and an open mind."

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE Bronxville, N.Y.

This tiny liberal arts college is well-stocked with a sound- stage, editing lab and anima- tion studio. In addition, the Cin- ema Sarah Lawrence program offers a unique semester-long “study away” intensive on the Bronxville, N.Y., campus that immerses students in every aspect of making a feature film. Directors J.J. Abrams and Brian De Palma are among the school’s most famous alums; the latter taught at the school and filmed his 1980 comedy “Home Movies” with a crew of Sarah Lawrence students.

OH CANADA Vancouver Film School has long been touted for its cutting-edge filmmaking programs, including its top- notch animation track. VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL: DANNY CHAN FILM SCHOOL: DANNY VANCOUVER

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UNIVERSITY OF THE STUDIO SCHOOL SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Palo Alto Sydney, Australia Syracuse, N.Y.

Los Angeles Based at Waterloo Studios, Considered one of the top After rebranding from the Rela- A film and media BA from a full-fledged production journalism schools in the Admission is highly competitive tivity School in 2017, the Studio Stanford grounds students in a facility in New South Wales, the country, the S.I. Newhouse at the oldest and largest film School has been inspired global history of cinema. One school’s emphasis is on honing School of Public Commu- school in the U.S., which has by feedback and guidance popular course offers a com- your craft as soon as possible. nications maintains stellar seven divisions that cover the from artists, industry insiders parative approach to Holly- The school offers one-year programs in broadcasting as entire spectrum of media-mak- and thought leaders so that wood and musicals, diplomas, advanced diploma well as film and television. ing. The School of Cinematic the curriculum evolved into and spring seminars focus and certifications in screen and Partnered with the School of Arts’ BA, BFA and MFA degrees cross-disciplinary collaboration on Stanley Kubrick and How- media, all geared toward entry the Visual Arts, Syracuse first are focused on both the craft to generate real-world insights ard Hawks. The documentary into the film/TV industry. One teaches undergraduates about and the business of Hollywood, and practical experience. film and video MFA program, benefit for student filmmakers: media in both technique and training students not just for Career-focused programs which admits only eight stu- Sydney Film School shares theory, including how audio careers in filmmaking, but also and college-level learning dents per year, emphasizes its studio with the prestigious and video are used to tell sto- for posts at talent agencies, objectives taught by industry formally bold approaches to Sydney Actors School and col- ries. Subsequent years focus management firms and professionals prepare students stories about social change. laborations between directors more intently on individual stu- international distributors. The for diverse, ever-evolving work- Several recent MFA thesis and actors are encouraged. dent interests and goals, with a production facilities, archives place challenges. have been showcased wide variety of extracurricular and libraries are vast and com- by ’ activities to gain experience in prehensive, and the alumni net- Op-Docs series. work is a who’s-who of industry their chosen field. movers and shakers. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY OF New York, N.Y. CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY MICHIGAN Berkeley Ann Arbor, Mich. Founded on the principle of creating work for critique, The department of film and Formerly known as Screen Arts NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts media emphasizes both film and Cultures, the Film, TV and and the Kanbar Film Institute history and theory. Under- Media department is focused enable students to create graduates can discover global TOM NUNAN on both critical studies and ASH SMITH numerous short films during and the history of Lecturer and Adviser creative production. The FTVM Assistant Professor of their time in the program — avant-garde film, while gradu- UCLA School of covers media from across Emerging Media Arts the more work they make, ate students can tackle Freud Theater, Film and the globe, and production University of the better. Maintaining the and Lacan and the intersec- Television training for screens of every Nebraska-Lincoln Los Angeles Lincoln, Neb. internationalism of its program tions of film and architecture. size. The doctorate program is in a city with a rich history of The campus is home to the For 26 years, Nunan has interdisciplinary in emphasis, Smith’s background as a cultural diversity, NYU brings Pacific Film Archive, making taught the graduate but begins with coursework speculative artist, design- together people from around Berkeley a year-round hub for Producers Program, covering the historical and er and researcher ties into the world while upholding the visiting filmmakers and essen- focusing on how the theoretical foundations of her role as a professor voices that define the film mar- tial international programming, industry works. “Students cinema and media. The school’s focusing on filmmaking ketplace with influences from which recently included retro- are so eager and excited archival holdings include and storytelling on new many traditions. spectives of David Lynch and about their projects and materials from Robert Altman platforms. “There are so Agnès Varda. their enthusiasm and and Orson Welles. many important stories energy is one-of-a-kind,” that need to be told he says. “When I gradu- from so many different ated from UCLA TFT in perspectives from across 1984, most students were the world,” she says. interested in breaking The school’s new center into the movies,” he says. for emerging media arts “Today, the majority of will emphasize elements students see more of virtual reality and mixed opportunities in TV, media. “I’m drawn to streaming in particular.” immersive storytelling Nunan is founder and and the idea that you partner of film-TV produc- can create content tion company Bull’s through world building,” Eye Entertainment. says Smith. SMITH: PAUL OAKLEY; NEBRASKA JOHNNY CARSON CENTER: JUSTIN MOHLING; GOODWIN: ALLEN AYCOCK MOHLING; GOODWIN: JUSTIN CENTER: JOHNNY CARSON NEBRASKA OAKLEY; SMITH: PAUL

VANCOUVER FILM YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL New Haven, Conn. Vancouver, Canada Yale’s Film and Media Studies The premier post-secondary program is oriented around entertainment arts institution in the history, theory, criticism Canada for more than 30 years, JOY GOODWIN and production of cinema and the Vancouver Film School other moving-image media, Director of Graduate offers prospective students Screenwriting with an undergraduate major University of North an intensive one-year film and a graduate degree. Course- Carolina School of production program taught by work might include a seminar the Arts Winston- industry professionals. The pro- on black media and poetics Salem, N.C. gram has yielded alumni who centered around the FX show were credited on 17 of the 20 For almost 50 years, the “Atlanta,” or a survey of East highest-grossing films world- UNC School of the Arts Asian martial arts films from wide in 2019 alone. Among the has generated scores Kurosawa to Wong Kar-wai. VFS grads making an impact in of now-famous alumni Resources include the Yale the entertainment industry are who’ve made a mark Film Study Center, which (“District 9”) in the biz. Goodwin, regularly screens classic and and filmmaker-author-podcast- who leads its new contemporary 35mm prints HERE’S JOHNNY er Kevin Smith. screenwriting graduate from the archive. Students gather at program, credits Nebraska's Johnny inclusivity and intimacy Carson Center for for the high percentage Emerging Media Arts. of students who advance professionally. “Because of our location, we really “Because of our form a tight-knit artistic location, we community,” Goodwin says. “Our faculty have really form a amazing credentials, yet tight-knit artistic they also have the time community.” and the inclination to be truly dedicated mentors.” Joy Goodwin

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