The North Carolina School of the Arts

The North Carolina School of the Arts
School of Filmmaking
1533 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2188
336.770.1330 (voice) 336.770.1339 (fax)

The School of Filmmaking trains exceptionally talented students for professional careers in the moving image arts. This program stresses the collaborative creative process of filmmaking. The program does not seek to train professionals as specialists in one facet or another of the filmmaking arts and sciences. It does, however, seek to develop and nurture the complete filmmaker— a storyteller of vision and insight who knows and appreciates the entire spectrum of components that are essential to the creation of a theatrical motion picture. The intense conservatory training concentrates on screenwriting, directing, cinematography, editing and sound, producing, and production design. Students are expected to have or to develop a strong base in liberal arts and sciences with intensive course work in screenwriting, film production and producing, directing, film history, film theory and film criticism. The School of Filmmaking works closely with the Schools of Drama, Design & Production, Music, Dance and the Visual Arts Program as essential contributors to the filmmaking process.

The faculty of the School of Filmmaking consists of working professionals from the motion picture and television industry. The relationship between faculty and students is one of "master-apprentice" involving close collaboration in all aspects of the development, production and exhibition of motion pictures. Students work in both video and film producing several productions of varying length over the course of their studies. The Bachelor of Fine Arts is awarded to those students who satisfactorily fulfill the requirements of the program.

Dale Pollock, Dean
Gerald Paonessa, Assistant Dean, Production
Steven L. Jones, Assistant Dean, Instruction