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The Film B.F.A. Program

The Film Program provides highly motivated and talented students with intensive training in all aspects of filmmaking. Students develop significant skills in directing, cinematography, editing, production, scriptwriting, and film analysis. By the end of the sophomore year, students consult with the film faculty and choose to focus on either fiction, documentary, or experimental film in their junior year.

The primary emphasis of the B.F.A. program is on directing. At the end of the junior year, however, film majors who have demonstrated exceptional talent in cinematography or screenwriting have the option of specializing in those areas, subject to approval by the board of study. The board’s decision is based on demonstration of the student’s technical and artistic proficiency.

Facilities
Film majors enjoy a high equipment-to-student ratio and have access to a fully equipped sound stage, mix studio, equipment store, screening rooms, digital and 16mm film editing studios, and optical printer.

About Our Alumni
More than 85 percent of Film Program alumni have found work in the film and television industries. Graduates include:

• Oscar-winner Chris Wedge (Blue Sky Studios; Robots, Ice Age, Bunny)
• Hal Hartley (The Girl From Monday, No Such Thing, The Book of Life, Henry Fool, Flirt, Amateur, Fay Grim, and Simple Men)
• Nick Gomez (Drowning Mona, illtown, New Jersey Drive)
• Austin Chick (XX/XY, August)
• Ilya Chaiken (Margarita Happy Hour, The Liberty Kid)
• E. Elias Merhige (Suspect Zero, Shadow of the Vampire)

Updated June 20, 2008