Cinema Department at San Francisco State University
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| Established | 1967 |
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Academic staff
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| Students | 950 |
| Undergraduates | 900 |
| Postgraduates | 50 |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Website | www |
The School of Cinema is housed in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University (SFSU). It is located in San Francisco, California, USA and offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts in Cinema. The program has been included in the list of "Top 25 Film Schools" by The Hollywood Reporter every year since 2014.
The curriculum combines film production, screenwriting, animation and critical theory in both its undergraduate and graduate programs. The School offers a wide range of courses in digital, interactive, and experimental production, as well as cinema history, theory, and criticism Currently there are approximately 950 students enrolled, the majority in the undergraduate program.
The department's production and research facilities include:
The School of Cinema was founded amid the political activism and artistic experimentation of the 1960s. Originally part of the Broadcast and Electronic Arts Department, Cinema faculty such as Jim Goldner successfully made the case to the university that filmmaking was both an art and industry, and that it needed to be housed in a separate Department.
In the 1990s, a new facility was constructed, featuring a 2500 square foot shooting stage, greatly enlarging the department's post-production studios and labs,and beginning the transition from analogue to digital processes. A new screening room, the Coppola Theater (FA 101), equipped for both 16mm and 35mm projection and featuring a Dolby sound system, was named for former Dean of Creative Arts, August Coppola, whose efforts were primarily responsible for funding the new building. Digital upgrades to sound and editing labs have further modernized the department's production facilities.
In more recent times, filmmakers as diverse as Francis Ford Coppola and Ken Burns have given talks, master classes and screenings of their work. Alumni have also returned to the Department to critique student work, to provide internships, and to continue the tradition of giving back to their community. And the Department has long-standing relationships with the San Francisco Film Society and Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), among many other San Francisco-based film production and cultural institutions.
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