Film School Class Descriptions

Whether you are looking for graduate, undergraduate or online courses, Academy of Art University’s film school has exactly what you need:

Directing, Editing, Screenwriting (Script writing for film and television), Special Effects (Underwater Filming, Film Makeup, Film Costume Design), Acting (Film, Commercial, Television, Theatre, Shakespearean, Voiceover), Performance Arts (Dance, Fencing, Voice and Singing, Broadway Musicals), Producing (Film Production, Television Production, Commercial Production, Production Design), Cinematography (Digital Cinematography, Lighting, Cinematography Lighting), Music Videos, and more!

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Career Opportunities in Film:

Actor, Producer, Director, Editor, Gaffer, Camera Operator, Art Director, Set Designer, Screenwriter, Location Manager, and more!

Film Production Firms Hiring Our Grads:

From LA and India to Vancouver and New York, our grads are hired by some of the top film production studios in the world:

Electronic Arts, Geffen Records, J. Walter Thompson Specialized Communications, PBS/Discovery Channel, Radium, San Francisco Cinematheque, Spreckels Performing Arts Center, ABS CBN International TV, American Idol, The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, Artist International, Boxcar Theatre Company, Canon Inc., Current TV, LLC, United Airlines, Vivian Weisman Productions, Wieden + Kennedy, Zephyr Films

Film Degree Programs

Undergraduate Degree Programs
Graduate Degree Program

Online Film Degree Programs

Associate of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts

Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

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