About Us
The Graduate Program offers a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Production.
The program is dedicated to developing screen storytellers by fostering the individual filmmaker's personal voice and vision and cultivating the leadership role of the director. This writer/director program teaches authorship by asking the student filmmaker to create work that is authentic, diverse, and invokes the human experience. Each student creates a body of work in a collaborative environment that will help prepare for a career in the film and video profession.
This 60-credit program immerses the student in rigorous coursework in writing, directing, theory, and production as preparation for their thesis film.
Highlights of the Program
- Students are engaged in filmmaking every semester through thesis
- Students make their own thesis and own the rights to all of their films
- Intimate class size and focus on nurturing the individual voice of each student
- A supportive, diverse, and cooperative community both outside and within the program
- Projects shot on variety of formats, including HD and traditional 16mm
- Substantial equipment and resources, including crew
- Diversity of stylistic approach and subject matter, with an emphasis on storytelling
- An active internship office with industry contacts
- Collaboration with MFA Program in Music Composition for the Screen
- One of the most livable and affordable big cities in the country with excellent public transportation and one of the most vibrant theater communities in the country
Please direct any general questions regarding the program to our Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Film & Video between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at 312-369-6730/1 or send an e-mail to gradfilm@colum.edu
If you are interested in a departmental tour, please call 312-369-6731 or 312-369-6730 to make an appointment.
If you have admission or application-related questions, please contact the Graduate Office:
Phone: 312-369-7260
E-mail: gradsch@colum.edu
Website: www.colum.edu/graduate
Graduate Office
Columbia College Chicago
600 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 200
Chicago IL 60605-1996