1. University of Southern California
University of Southern California. The American film industry has a long history, well-equipped, first-class teachers (basically American professors), standard taste in Hollywood, and a serious tendency to institutionalize industrialization. Famous alumni who are often mentioned: george lucas, Ron Howard, robert zemeckis and so on.
2.AFI American Film Academy
American Film Academy. While running a film archive, a film academy was also set up, which only issued MFA and certificates and only recruited students with relevant experience. The competition is fierce. Located in the highland of Hollywood, it is also the training place for Hollywood talents, but after all, it is known as the preservation place of American film art and has a unique taste. This can be seen from the famous alumni: david lynch (personal favorite), darren aronofsky and terrence malick.
3. UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles. It is competitive with USC, whether it is a comprehensive academic, sports or film. They are all in Los Angeles, but the area is a little better than the University of Southern California. Movies can't compete with USC in industrialization and technology, so they emphasize the cultivation of personal style, claiming that "unlike USC, we don't make movie puppets." Famous alumnus: francis ford coppola. There are actors Tim Robbins, jim morrison, Door House, and Cai Kangyong.
4.NYU new york University
New york University. In my own school, my opinions are mostly biased. Generally speaking, American film academies include the University of Southern California on the west coast and NYU on the east coast. Far from Hollywood, the style is more diversified and personalized, emphasizing the combination of world movies and American movies, so professors are very strange (this semester just finished a class of professors who came to the United States during the Soviet era). Many graduates make independent films (referring to unemployment), but the school has been trying to maintain its influence in the mainstream film industry. I know my alumni well. Here are a few that are often mentioned: martin scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Si Tong, Joe Coen (brother of the Cohen brothers), and james frank also studied there.
5..La Fmis French National Higher Vocational College of Audio and Video
French National Higher Vocational College of Audio and Video. It was once called the French Institute of Advanced Film Studies, where Angelopoulos, Schlondorf and others studied.
6. Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University. A hippie college of arts and sciences in the United States has a free school spirit, a high academic level and fierce competition for admission. Movies can be said to be magical primary schools. He paid close attention to film theory and history, and collected many precious original film historical materials, including the first-hand information of famous filmmakers such as Ingrid Bergman, Ferini and Roberto Rossellini. A large number of graduates entered the film industry. I am not sure whether I will make a film in the future, and I want to develop in the direction of historical research or production. A good student who is more traditional is worth considering.
7. california institute of the arts
California institute of the arts. Founded by Walter Disney, the goal at that time was to become "California Institute of Technology in Art", and its character animation, experimental animation and experimental film were all famous, which also met the needs of setting up the direction of mainstream narrative film directors in the industry. A large number of influential alumni in the industry include: tim burton, John Lester, etc.
8. Emerson College
Emerson college. In Boston, media schools with good reputation pay attention to technical training. It is said that many graduates have entered the television industry.
9. Columbia University
The MFA Department of Film is located in the Art College, and the undergraduate major is only film. Focus on cultivating students' writing, narrative skills and independent production ability. Therefore, although the training in film production technology is relatively insufficient, there are quite a high proportion of outstanding screenwriters and directors among alumni. These include: kathryn bigelow, etc. In addition, Milos Furman, james shams, film critic andrew sarris, etc. Are all here or have been here.