<p>Now I would like your opinions on this. What are some of the best film schools in the country? I mainly look at the notable alumni in a school, and see how successful they are. I've made up a list of which schools are the best and which schools are the worst. Maybe I've missed some, please give me your opinion.</p>
<p>obviously USC and Wesleyan have to be near the top. other than that not totally sure</p>
<p>You first.</p>
<p>It is not technically in the country but it The Vancouver Film School has an excellent reputation, and alumni with academy awards. </p>
<p>Notable Faculty: </p>
<p>Stan Edmonds, Head of Makeup Design for Film & Television - Key Makeup Artist on The Butterfly Effect, Get Carter, and Scary Movie, and Makeup Department Head on I, Robot</p>
<p>Michael S. Baser, Head of Writing for Film & Television - writer/producer whose credits include Good Times, Three’s Company, The Jeffersons, and Maude (TV series)</p>
<p>Marv Newland, Instructor - Animator of the 1969 short Bambi Meets Godzilla</p>
<p>Mark Busse, Instructor - Founder & Managing Director of Industrial Brand, Founder & Host of CreativeMornings in Vancouver, author of “Design School Didn’t Tell You…” column in Design Edge Magazine</p>
<p>Notable Alumni:</p>
<p>Magda Apanowicz – actor known for her roles as Andy Jensen on the TV series Kyle XY and Lacy Rand on Caprica</p>
<p>Neill Blomkamp - Oscar nominated screenwriter and director of District 9</p>
<p>Sara Canning - Series Regular, Seasons 1 & 2 on the television series The Vampire Diaries numerous film & television credits</p>
<p>Jonathan Cherry - actor in House of the Dead, Final Destination 2 and many other television and film productions</p>
<p>Colin Cunningham - actor in television and film on both sides of the border.</p>
<p>Colin Davies - VFX Supervisor and partner and SPIN VFX in Toronto.</p>
<p>David Gratton - Founder and CEO of digital agency Work At Play</p>
<p>Hanna Hall - She is most known for her roles in Forrest Gump, The Virgin Suicides and the 2007 remake of Halloween.</p>
<p>Neil Kopp - producer of Old Joy and director Gus Van Sant’s 2007 film Paranoid Park for which Kopp won a 2008 Independent Spirit Award</p>
<p>John G. Lenic – TV producer and production manager best known for his work on Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Stargate Universe</p>
<p>Alec McClymont - lead CGI artist and animator who shared a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Special Visual Effects - Series on Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)</p>
<p>Chad Moffitt - Academy Award–winning animator on The Lord of the Rings</p>
<p>Lon Molnar - co-founder, CEO, and senior visual effects supervisor at Toronto-based visual effects studio Intelligent Creatures</p>
<p>Scott Mosier - film producer, editor, and cameo actor who produced the Academy Award nominated documentary Salim Baba. He met Kevin Smith and cinematographer Dave Klein at VFS, and since graduating, the three have collaborated on the films in the View Askewniverse</p>
<p>Andrew Overtoom - Animation Director on SpongeBob SquarePants, for which he was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2007</p>
<p>Kevin Smith - director of Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl and Clerks II; Smith dropped out in 1990[14] and was presented with an honorary diploma in 2005</p>
<p>Dave Klein - cinematographer, best known for work with Kevin Smith</p>
<p>Tara Spencer-Nairn - actor in Corner Gas</p>
<p>Emilie Ullerup - actor in Sanctuary</p>
<p>Seth Lochhead - writer of Hanna</p>
<p>James Wootton - Co-Director of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic</p>
<p>Jewel Staite - Canadian-born actress famous for her work on Joss Whedon’s Firefly, and Stargate: Atlantis</p>
<p>Anugrah Bohrey - writer of “Best of Luck (2012 film)” and Himmat Singh</p>
<p>Clint Eland - Founder & President of Mercury Filmworks, Canada’s largest privately owned animation production studio.</p>
<p>Nyu…</p>
<p>In no particular order - UCLA, USC, NYU, Chapman, Northwestern, Columbia College (Chicago) Florida State, Syracuse, UNC… Also, the entertainment industry is very Ivy League-heavy… lots of Harvard and Yale types.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from some that University of Wisconsin- Mikwaukee was a good film school, but from others that’ve said it’s not. Does anyone know truly how good that school is or isn’t?</p>
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<p>True enough in the case of Harvard and Yale, but not because they went to film school. A lot of Harvard alum got their start writing for the Lampoon and most Yale alum have the Drama School on their resume, not film studies.</p>
<p>Offhand I’d say USC, NYU, Wesleyan, and Emerson are a few choices. But you should be able to do research yourself online and with some college guide books and come up with a lot more schools.</p>
<p>Probably USC, they are very big on film. Its also an incredible school.</p>
<p>This would be better if they had put the size of the school in the denominator, but interesting nonetheless:</p>
<p>[The</a> top 25 film schools, ranked by ?big data? | VentureBeat](<a href=“http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/29/the-top-25-film-schools-ranked-by-big-data/]The”>The top 25 film schools, ranked by 'big data' | VentureBeat)</p>
<p>One on the list that hasn’t been mentioned is U of Michigan.</p>
<p>^^Agree with the comment that said, including actors probably skews the results. Actors are by their nature highly intelligent and it would stand to reason that there would be some correlation with the top private and state flagship public’s. But, that doesn’t translate as having a great film school.</p>
<p>^^^^ “Actors are by their nature highly intelligent”</p>
<p>Lol…</p>
<p>No disrespect to any aspiring actors on this thread but I thought about all the actors in Hollywood and just couldn’t suppress a laugh.</p>
<p>^^Hey, anybody who rates an IMDB biography - AND a photograph - has my respect.</p>
<p>By UNC listed above I’m guessing that they meant the North Carolina School of the Arts, which is part of the UNC System. Florida State is probably the second best film school in the East after NYU. Also look at Ithaca College; Middlebury; some of the City University of New York schools; Temple; UNC-Wilmington. Almost any large state university will have a film program of some type if not the breadth or depth of say USC. Take a look at what we here at UW-Madison have to offer in the Radio, Television, and Film concentration in the Communication Arts Department as an example: <a href=“https://commarts.wisc.edu/undergraduate/major[/url]”>A Generous Gift from Communication Arts Alumni – Department of Communication Arts – UW–Madison. You will note that it is critical studies heavy as opposed to production. </p>
<p>You can search the colleges’ websites for additional information. Remember you will be required to do your own research in college so now is a good time to star.</p>
<p>USC
UCLA
NYU</p>
<p>Those are the big three… then there’s LMU, Chapman, UT Austin, Emerson… BU has a good program. But remember, “making it” somehow is about connections, which you can make at schools other than USC… My safeties are CSUN and CSULA due to their location and the mere fact that they HAVE programs.</p>