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A film school is a generic term for any educational institution dedicated to teaching moviemaking, including, but not limited to, film production, theory, and writing for the screen. Usually hands on technical training is incorporated as part of the curriculum, such as learning how to use cameras, light meters and other equipment. 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.

Various debates have raged over the years on the importance of film school in allowing one to enter the film industry. Of course, examples can be offered from both sides, as directors Francis Ford Coppola (UCLA Film School, MFA film directing), Martin Scorsese (NYU Film School, MFA film directing), and George Lucas (USC Film School, MFA film directing) graduated from prestigious film schools, whereas Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David Fincher had no formal college film training. The rapid rise of independent filmmaking and digital video have changed this debate somewhat, as anyone with a few thousand dollars can shoot their own film (and some have done so quite successfully) with little formal knowledge of the industry. Thus, it can be argued that the high cost of attending a film school can now be spent on making films and learning through practical experience. Others argue that film school is important because it allows students to develop their skills under the guidance of professional instructors, and to network and connect with others interested in filmmaking, as well as with those who may eventually offer them careers in the industry. One example is that the more prestigious schools allow their students to showcase work in film festivals near the end of the semester for film producers and executives.

Contents 1 List of film schools or programs in Australia 1.1 Sydney 2 List of film schools or programs in the United States 2.1 Arizona 2.2 California 2.3 Connecticut 2.4 Florida 2.5 Georgia 2.6 Illinois 2.7 Indiana 2.8 Iowa 2.9 Louisiana 2.10 Maryland 2.11 Massachusetts 2.12 Minnesota 2.13 Mississippi 2.14 New Jersey 2.15 New Mexico 2.16 New York 2.17 North Carolina 2.18 Pennsylvania 2.19 Rhode Island 2.20 South Carolina 2.21 Texas 2.22 Vermont 3 Non-degree programs in the United States 3.1 High school film programs 4 See also 5 External links

• PartyCp8 Film School [1]

• Arizona State University - School of Theatre and Film
• Scottsdale Community College
• University of Arizona - Department of Media Arts

• AFI - AFI Conservatory (American Film Institute)
• Academy of Art University - School of Motion Pictures and Television - San Francisco
• Art Center College of Design
• Brooks Institute of Photography
• CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
• Cal State LA Studios (California State University, Los Angeles)
• Chapman University - Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
• Columbia College Hollywood
• DeAnza College (community college)[2]
• Los Angeles Film School- EMAS
• Loyola Marymount University Department of Film and Television
• PartyCp8 Film School [3]
• San Francisco Art Institute [www.sfai.edu]
• San Francisco State University [4]
• USC School of Cinematic Arts/USC School of Cinema - Television (University of Southern California)
• UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (University of California, Los Angeles)
• University of California, Santa Cruz [5]
• University of California, Irvine [6]

• Yale film studies program [7]
• University of Hartford [8]

• Florida State University - School of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts
• Ringling School of Art and Design
• University of Central Florida [9]
• University of Miami
• Palm Beach Community College [10]
• Full Sail [11]

• Georgia Tech, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts - School of Literature, Communication, and Culture [12]
• Savannah College of Art and Design

• Columbia College
• Collins College
• DePaul University- Digital Cinema Program
• Northwestern University
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• Ball State University - Department of Telecommunications, Center for Media Design

• University of Iowa - Cinema and Comparative Literature Department

• University of New Orleans - Department of Drama & Communications

• Towson University - Electronic Media and Film

• Boston University (BU) - College of Communication (COM)
• Emerson College - Department of Visual and Media Arts
• Fitchburg State College- Department of Film/Video
• Film studies at the five colleges [13]
• Harvard film studies [14]
• MIT Media Lab

• Minneapolis College - MCTC - Film / Video / Screenwriting and Sound Arts[15]

• The University of Southern Mississippi

• Princeton film studies [16]

• College of Santa Fe - Moving Image Arts Department

• University of Buffalo
• Columbia University - School of the Arts
• Ithaca College - Park School of Communications
• NYU Tisch School of the Arts (New York University)
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• School of Visual Arts
• SUNY Purchase
• Syracuse University

• North Carolina School of the Arts [17]

• Temple University - Film and Media Arts
• Point Park University - Film and Video Production, Cinema & Digital Arts

• RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - Department of Film, Animation and Video

• Bob Jones University

• Southern Methodist University
• University of North Texas
• University of Texas at Austin - Department of Radio, Television and Film

• Bennington College
• Burlington College
• Green Mountain College

• Full Sail Real World Education
• The New York Film Academy
• Los Angeles Film School The Los Angeles Film School
• Independent Student Media

Due to the increasing ease and low costs of digital video production and post-production, high schools are slowly starting to build programs that teach film technique. Perhaps the most successful of these programs is Grant High School in Los Angeles, California. Grant has won seven CINE Golden Eagles in six years (this is better than USC's or UCLA's current track record).

Prominent high school film programs in the United States include:

• Culver City High School in Culver City, California.
• Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida
• Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan
• Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan
• Grant High School in Los Angeles, California
• Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California[18]
• Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana, Orange County, California
• Lawrence High School in Lawrenceville, NJ
• Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland[19]
• Germantown High School in Memphis, Tennessee
• Scotts Valley High School in Scotts Valley, California
• Skyline High School in Oakland, California
• Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
• Providence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.

• Visual anthropology programs

• List of film schools
• USC, UCLA, and CalArts - Los Angeles Times
• 2001 film school rankings - U.S. News and World Report
• video-film.info Film Schools around the world
• SAE Institute Bangkok Thailand Digital Film Making School in Bangkok Thailand