New York University

New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, New York 10012
212.998.1212

The Tisch School of the Arts, founded in 1965, provides undergraduate and graduate training in aspects of the performing and visual arts. Departments and programs offering professional training are acting, dance, design, drama, performance studies, film and television, cinema studies, photography, dramatic writing, musical theatre, and interactive telecommunications. Degrees offered are the BFA, MFA, MPS, and, through the Graduate School of Arts and Science, the MA and PhD.

Introduction: The film program is recognized internationally as the premier training site for professionals in film, television and radio. Students are required to perform in all crew positions (director, cinematographer, editor, etc.) as they produce works that are reviewed and evaluated by faculty and fellow students. Films are owned by the students who created them.

BFA Program: Undergraduates are provided with a variety of creative experiences in the conceptual and production phases, and intensive coursework is offered in directing, producing, writing and acting, as well as in the craft and technical skills of film editing, video post-production and sound mixing. In addition, students are encouraged to experience the full range of artistic expression by taking courses in other departments of the Tisch School, as well as at the College of Arts and Science. Fewer than 300 of the more than 1,000 applicants are admitted into the undergraduate program, leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

MFA Program: Graduate students develop their creative talent through actual production experience and learn about business procedures used in the profession. The program culminates with production of a thesis film in the form of a dramatic short or documentary. Fewer than 40 of the more than 800 applicants are admitted to the three-year graduate program, leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree.

State-of-the-art facilities include 60 editing rooms, 25 film and video screening rooms and theaters, animation studios, a cinema studies archive, broadcast-quality television studios, three film soundstages, and the University radio station, WNYU-FM.

Alumni: Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Joel Coen, Martin Brest, Susan Seidelman, Joel Silver, Amy Heckerling, Chris Columbus, Billy Crystal.