The School of Visual Arts’ MFA Social Documentary Film program teaches the artistic skills and techniques needed to tell compelling true stories that stimulate meaningful dialogue. SocDoc not only teaches the fundamentals of great storytelling, but guides students toward a career in the thriving documentary industry. The award winning-faculty is helmed by producer Maro Chermayeff […]
NYU’s NewsDoc program prepares students to report and produce for traditional and nontraditional media. Emphasizing not only the story but the storytelling, the program’s goal is for students to be skilled in both form and content, able tell a story by effectively using all aspects of the medium. The program culminates with each student producing, […]
Students in The Documentary Project at Columbia Journalism School learn to write, film and narrate the stories of our time, from deadline reporting to profile writing and documentary features. Successful candidates have leveraged their work to include magazine features, NPR radio stories and newspaper articles. Columbia’s showcase includes: Born to Stay (USA, 24 min., Daniela […]
The School of Visual Arts’ MFA Social Documentary Film program teaches the artistic skills and techniques needed to tell compelling true stories that stimulate meaningful dialogue. SocDoc not only teaches the fundamentals of great storytelling, but guides students toward a career in the thriving documentary industry. The award winning-faculty is helmed by producer Maro Chermayeff […]
The Integrated Media Arts M.F.A. Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York combines traditional documentary film production with new and emerging media arts. The IMA embraces an expanded idea of socially engaged non-fiction media on both a platform and a formal level. Our students and alumni have exhibited at HotDocs, IDFA, […]
New York Film Academy students learn to make films by making films. Intensive, hands-on Conservatory and MFA programs in Documentary Filmmaking, as well as short-term workshops, pair rigorous instruction with mentoring in order to support students as they work on a series of their own documentary films. Under the guidance of a worldclass faculty, this […]
Students in The Documentary Project at Columbia learn to write, film and narrate the stories of our time, from deadline reporting to profile writing and documentary features. Successful candidates have leveraged their work to include magazine features, NPR radio stories and newspaper articles Columbia’s showcase includes: In Blind Date (USA, 35 min., Nicole Ellis, Maya […]
University The News and Documentary program at NYU Journalism prepares students to report and produce for traditional and nontraditional media. Emphasizing not only the story, but the storytelling, the program’s goal is for students to be skilled in both form and content, able tell a story by effectively using all aspects of the medium. The […]
New York Film Academy offers an array of programs designed to educate talented and committed documentary filmmakers in a hands-on, total immersion, professional and supportive environment. At The Academy, students learn to make documentaries by making documentaries. Named one of the 10 Best Documentary Programs by Independent magazine, New York Film Academy boasts a distinguished […]
The students selected for this prestigious program are trained to be independent film producers and directors. Under the direction of Professors June Cross and Betsy West, they undertake courses in journalism, documentary production, visual storytelling, camerawork and editing, and they receive one-on-one coaching from a faculty adviser. Students also learn the business side of documentaries—negotiating […]