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The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
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Average Tuition:$65,800 Notable Alumni:David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, Patty Jenkins, Terrance Malick, John McTiernan, Mimi Leder, Ari Aster, Sam Esmail, Sian Heder, etc. AFI is the industry's most prestigious graduate program, offering MFA programs in Screenwriting, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Producing, Production Design, etc. It's highly ...
Average Tuition:$63,000 (undergraduate); $68,000 (graduate) Notable Alumni:Chloé Zhao, Dee Rees, Kristen Bell, Lady GaGA, Bruce Dallas Howard, Adam Sandler, Joel Coen, Ang Lee, Spike Lee, Donald Glover, etc. New York University's Tisch School of the Arts is theperforming, cinematic, and media arts school of the East Coast, centered on the grounds o...
Average Tuition:$63,468 (undergrad); $37,149-$54,461 (graduate) Notable Alumni:John M. Chu, Ryan Coogler, Ron Howard, John Singleton, Judd Apatow, John August, John Carpenter, George Lucas, Kevin Feige, Rian Johnson, Shawn Levy, Shonda Rhimes, Lee Unkrich, Robert Zemeckis, etc. USC's The School of Cinematic Arts is the quintessential film school co...
Average Tuition:$60,290 (undergrad); $46,936 TO $49,788 (graduate) Notable Alumni:The Duffer Brothers, Justin Simien, Carlos López Estrada Chapman University's The Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is one of the faster-growing film and media programs in the world, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, with programs in film production, scr...
Average Tuition:$54,440 Notable Alumni:Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, John Lasseter Originally founded by Walt Disney, CalArts remains to be the best program for animators that want to work in the studio system. It's known for both traditional and experimental mediamaking, offering unique equipment for students. What they say: CalArts offers b...
Average Tuition:(undergrad) $13,804 resident, $31,026 nonresident; (graduate) $17,756 resident, $32,858 nonresident Notable Alumni:Dustin Lance Black, Shane Black, David Koepp, Justin Lin, Steve Martin, Jim Morrison, Eric Roth, Penelope Spheeris, Ben Stiller, etc. UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television is the top public school for most stude...
American Film Institute (Los Angeles)New York University (New York)University of Southern California (Los Angeles)Chapman University (Orange, CA)"Do I need to go to film school?" This is the most common question asked by future cinematic storytellers, whether they want to be directors, screenwriters, producers, editors, or beyond. In the film and television industry, nobody really cares if you have a film degree. What really matters is the raw talent that you have, which is hopefully paired...
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The AFI Silver presents the richness of American and world cinema, exploring all forms of the moving image in the digital era and seeing the screen itself as a source of literacy, learning and vision for the future.
