What are the famous film schools in the United States?

NO.1 USC

Elizabeth Daly, the longtime dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, had no peers when it came to convincing big names to write big checks. In 2016, the school's most famous alumnus, George Lucas, 67, pledged an additional $10 million (for a total of $20 million) to his African-American and Hispanic students, the school's first move in Hollywood. part of the effort. This year, John Wells (82), producer of Shameless, The West Wing and ER, made what's being called a "major gift" to the writing department (big enough to bring it back to life) Screenwriter and television writer named John Wells). “I ran out of money my first year in the master’s program,” Wells recalls. "The founder of the Peter Stark Producing Project, Art Murphy, made a few calls and paid for my tuition. This year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association launched a new $2 million fund to help those who are not native of filmmakers. But what puts USC at the top of THR's list is the school's top-notch faculty and facilities (like the new Jaunt Film Virtual Reality Lab), not to mention location, location. Location. Its campus in Fair Park puts it right in Hollywood's backyard

Tuition is $51,442 (undergraduate); $31,710-$46,454 (graduate)

Notable Alumni, Matt Reeves, Shonda Rhimes, Bryan Singer, Shonda Rhimes, Shonda Rhimes

NO2. NYU

The East Coast's most prestigious film school continues to make waves on the West Coast . Alum (“04”) on “Spider-Man: Homecoming” directed three episodes of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” This year, the academy launched a program to give out free productions to graduates. equipment that helped them gain an edge in making their first film. Wendy Calhoun, 91, whose writing and producing credits include TV series Empire, Nashville and Revenge, said that in the beginning, funding was the biggest challenge, but New York College prepared her for the reality of financing. “I was a nanny, a music video production coordinator, a feature film PA and an audiobook producer,” she says before I took on this role. A skilled producer. Dean Allyson Green is also celebrating the School of Art’s first class of graduates with dual majors in film and business, thanks to a partnership with the elite school this year, courtesy of “Sesame Street’s” Kaufman. Studio collaboration, college students have a historic new series, and Orange is a new generation of Black and Birdman

Tuition $52,902 (undergraduate); $56,454 (graduate). )

Famous alumni: James Franco, Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese

NO.3UCLA, California, Los Angeles

This year, UCLA School of Drama, Film And TV Begins partnered with the university (Coted'azur) to create an "immersive" scriptwriting program in which students spend six weeks on the French coast writing their own original feature-length scripts (the trip culminated in a red carpet walk at Cannes During the festival), those staying in Westwood have plenty to do, including a virtual reality lab equipped with 360-degree cameras and a head-mounted display system, in addition to the Hollywood-adjacent one. Aside from its location and stellar academic reputation, the best part about TFT at UCLA is its free-spirited attitude toward filmmaking. "My first few films were about friends of transgender people," says director Penelope Spheeris, 73, who went on to create the acclaimed documentary series The Decline of Western Civilization. “I was an outsider and I didn’t follow the mold that other students followed, and that was okay.

"It's okay to be different."

Tuition is $15,967 (in-state undergraduate); $16,899-27,936 (in-state graduate); $43,941 (out-of-state undergraduate); $32,001-40 , $181 (out-of-state college graduates),

Famous alumni: Joe Russo, Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola

NO.4 American Film Institute American Film Institute

Last fall, after a teachers' uprising ousted controversial President Jan Schuette, 30 teachers signed an open letter accusing the German director of fostering a "culture of fear, intimidation and bullying" that engulfed the famous school. The school was thrown into an uncertain future. In May of this year, President Richard Gladstein's recruitment drive began on FIO's campus. The Oscar-nominated producer (Pulp Fiction, The Bourne Identity, Apple Rules) told him that his first act would be to establish an advisory board (director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Gus Van Sant would be among its members) with Students collaborate on their senior thesis. He also plans to give students more room to experiment outside of their own creative spaces. "Writers want to direct, directors want to learn cinematography and cinematographers, they just want to be isolated," he quipped about the change. But without any academic experience (at least after attending film school in Buri in the 1980s), he will be working for him as he takes over the still-vibrant 50-year-old institution.

Tuition: $48,676 (firstyear); $60,253 (secondyear)

Famous alumni: Patty Jenkins, Sam Esmail, David Lynch, Terrence Malick

NO.5ColumbiaUniversity

This fall, the Ivy League’s MFA Film program will open at the just-completed Lenfer Center for the Arts (designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano) on its Upper Manhattan campus Open a 150-seat theater. "The theater expands our ability to get filmmakers from around the world," said film director Kathryn Bigelow, who invited Kathryn Bigelow, 81, to become the first director to use the theater (on her latest film Detroit). A few blocks north is a new production center packed with state-of-the-art equipment. And the school’s digital lab, which focuses on virtual reality and augmented reality technology, continues to grow. In May, the students presented their final projects at Google's New York offices. Ryan said: "Our programming is based on storytelling and our filmmakers will do anything for our future.

Tuition$58,728(grad)/zd/lx