You've found the right place if you are looking for top-notch, small film schools.
There are many ranking factors for majors and fields of study, but we only considered schools with undergraduate enrollments between 350 and 10,000.
This list includes schools that can help you get work in a video production company. You can view a list at DesignRush of the top companies.
These schools offer one-on-one training for filmmakers that can help them launch their careers in the industry. These schools offer programs that are both hands-on and intensive for filmmakers and smaller colleges or universities that have a great film program.
Many schools prepare graduates for careers in Film Production Baltimore, Photography, and the Visual Arts. Students can find work with major film companies, news stations, advertising agencies, or self-employed by learning the fundamental principles of editing, filming, and production.
The award for Top Film Schools 2018 goes…
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy (NYFA) is for a new generation of storytellers: passionate visual/performing artists who want to learn through doing in an intensive, hands-on environment.
NYFA is proud to be the school choice for many Hollywood filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg and Al Pacino, Jodie Foster, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, and Al Pacino.
NYFA offers accelerated degrees, conservatory or workshop programs to students from more than 120 countries. There are campuses in New York City and Los Angeles; South Beach, Miami, Gold Coast, Sydney, Australia, and a year-round location in Florence, Italy. International summer workshops are available.
Colorado Film School
The Colorado Film School is located in Denver, CO. It was recently named one of the top 25 film schools in the entire world. Students can earn certificates, AAS, and then transfer to bachelor's degrees.
“All CFS students start with a core set of Core courses that provide a foundational understanding across all fields, encouraging a deeper understanding the entire film-making process.” Film school focuses on six core topics.
- Screenwriting
- Writing/Producing
- Writing/Directing
- Acting/Directing
- Cinematography
- Post-Production
Colorado Film School only has 350+ students, but it produces nearly 1,000 films per year.
Laguna College of Art & Design
Their mission is to provide an exceptional education for a select group of students, allowing them to have all the skills and connections necessary to succeed in today's creative and thriving industries.
LCAD's liberal arts programs are enhanced each semester by “special guests who interact with their students one-on-one.” For example, our World Cinema class has hosted Barbara Schock (Academy Award-winning writer/director/actress), Mary Iannelli (TV costume designer), and Michael Schiffer (writer/producer of color correction services, Lean on Me, Crimson Tide, Very Bad Things, and the video games Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Call of Duty 2).”
Program overview: To be a skilled artist or designer, one must observe light, color, form, and balance. To be a great designer or artist, one must also be an avid observer of the world and its inhabitants.
Cogswell Polytechnical College
Cogswell offers degrees in Digital Art & Animation and Game Design & Development.
Cogswell's students can quickly move into rapidly changing professions, such as engineering, technology, and digital arts.
Cornish College of the Arts
The Cornish BFA Film Program is located in Seattle and will equip you with the skills, portfolio, connections, and contacts you need to be a visionary filmmaker.
Lyall Bush, a well-known Seattle writer, editor, and producer, will guide you. You'll explore both the business and art of film-making on various platforms so that you are ready for whatever your creative vision takes.
Cornish College of the Arts offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
UNCSA has less than 800 students and is one of the top film schools in the nation. Their most unique program is the school of film-making.
“In your two-year first year at UNCSA, you will shoot and direct six digital films. You also take practical courses in all aspects of modern film production Baltimore. You'll then choose a concentration, such as producing, editing, animating, and more, and work with your classmates to create ambitious 16-mm shorts that are submitted to film festivals all over the globe.
Susan Ruskin is the school's dean. She worked as a producer for Gilda Radner and was a part of the development for George Lucas. A recent screenwriting alumna (2011) got her dream job writing for “This Is Us.”
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
MCAD film-making majors can do it all: writing and directing, producing, shooting, editing, acting, and sometimes even acting. This program will help you refine your style and bring your vision to reality, whether a music video, documentary or feature film.
You will be a film-making major.
- Learn how to structure a variety of motion-picture projects
- Films that change perception, shape experience, and transform the world are possible.
- Internships and production opportunities offer real-world experience
- Learn foundational skills in a variety of creative media
- Learn the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a career in film-making
California Institute of the Arts
CalArts is located north of LA in Santa Clarita, CA. CalArts supports all types of sound and moving image approaches, with the ultimate goal of creating “total filmmaker/videomaker artists.”
The entire Fall semester 2016 student enrollment was 1,459, with Film/Video accounting for 27%. The average class is between 2 and 20 students. Their most notable alumni include John Lasseter and Brad Bird, Kirby Dick and Tim Burton, Brenda Chapman (co-director of Brave, the first woman to win an Oscar in an animated feature), and many others.
