Feb 272010
I plan on editiong films for my career. What are some good colleges to got for film making? I got some information on New York Film Academy. That places looks great! Is that place as great as it seems? Please only answer if you have gone to college for film making.
Kirckaldy or dundee?
USC. Her’s some of their famous alumni.
Amir Cyrus Ahanchian
Sasha Alexander
Scott Alexander
Elizabeth Allen
Thom Andersen
Judd Apatow
Gregg Araki
Aditya Assarat
Doug Atchison
John August
Richard L. Bare
Hal Barwood
Walt Becker
David Bezmozgis
Mehcad Brooks
Norman Buckley
Ben Burtt
John Carpenter
Nick Castle
Jack Couffer
Mark Z. Danielewski
Caleb Deschanel
Trygve Allister Diesen
Scott Derrickson
Clint Eastwood (Honorary Diploma)
Bobby Florsheim
Frank E. Flowers
Brian Grazer
Bob Gale
Scott Gimple
Alfred Gough
Ashley Greyson
Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Conrad Hall
Jane Hamsher
James Haven
Grant Heslov
Matthew Ryan Hoge
Ron Howard
James Ivory
Joe Johnston
Rian Johnson
Larry Karaszewski
Jonathan Ke Quan
Richard Kelly
Tim Kring
Eric Kripke
Ken Kwapis
Jon Landau
Chris Chan Lee
R. Eric Lieb
Doug Liman
John Longenecker
George Lucas
Gregory Markopoulos
Richard Martini
John Milius
Miles Millar
F. Hudson Miller
Stephen Mirrione
Walter Murch
Laura Neri
Dan O’Bannon
Randy Olson
Tom Oesch
Richard Outten
Chris Parson
Paula Patton
Sam Peckinpah (drama major)
Brian Wayne Peterson
Shawn Piller
Stu Pollard
Kevin Reynolds
Jay Roach
Shonda Rhimes
Gary Rydstrom
Edward Saxon
Josh Schwartz
Leigh Scott
Stacey Sher
Christine Shin
Sofia Shinas
Bryan Singer[10]
John Singleton
Kevin Stea
Tim Story
Stephen Sommers
Guido Mina di Sospiro
David H. Steinberg
Steven Spielberg (Honorary Diploma)
Stephan Szpak-Fleet
Jon Turteltaub
Eric Trueheart
Lee Unkrich
Christopher Vogler
Matthew Weiner
John Wells
Alexander Winn
Freddie Wong
Robert Zemeckis
Laura Ziskin
I have not gone to film school but does any other university come close to that list?
NYFA is great! But film schools are really, really expensive! Here’s a directory of the best film schools worldwide:
http://www.filmschools.com/
Hope this helps!