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WELCOME FROM executive DIRECTOR MAGDALENE BRANDEIS
When you become a part of our MFA Programs in Film and Television Writing, you join
a community of world-class filmmakers: directors,
television writers, screenwriters, and producers who gather together in a cutting edge/urban
arts incubator.
Led by legendary producer, Artistic Director Christine Vachon of Killer Films and our stellar faculty, our mission is to train students in all forms of visual storytelling.
Television WRITING WITH ALAN KINGSBERG
Our MFA in Television Writing is among the most comprehensive in the world. Students
will graduate with a portfolio of three original pilot scripts; they will also write,
direct and produce a micro pilot for an original web series. Additionally, students
will learn how to work in collaborative writers rooms with working showrunners to
break stories and build season arcs on both open-ended and limited series. Upon graduation,
MFA students will be ready to break in and thrive in professional writers rooms as
well as succeed as content creators.
Tips from the Writers Room
Writers and showrunners share tips about working in professional writers rooms
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
IN THE LOOP is the monthly newsletter for the Film and TV Writing program. Read the latest edition!
CHRISTINE VACHON will deliver the keynote speech at Sundance Film Festival: London in June
JANUARY 2022 FILM GRAD YI-CHIANG LIN talks with Shoutout LA about his thesis feature film
PRODUCTION I AND II SCREENINGS are held in person at Cinepolis theater in Chelsea
EUGINA GELBELMAN'S FEATURE The White Goddess premiered at the Fright Nights Festival in Austria
TEENAGE EUTHANASIA is named by Time Magazine as one of the best TV shows for September 2021
VIDEO DIRECTED BY LISA THOMAS for The Dust Bowl Faeries wins a Munich video music award
MICAH DEMBY NETS TURNER RESEARCH AWARD for her short film, Silhouette
LILLY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY SIMONE PERO, will star Patricia Clarkson in the lead role as Lilly Ledbetter
TRAILER FOR 'TRANS IN TRUMPLAND' produced by Jamie DiNicola is released, series to debut on Topic
SBU ANNOUNCES THE MFA IN TV WRITING, the first in the SUNY system
TOM OF YOUR LIFE, produced by James Sharpe, won awards at several film festivals
poster art
View the poster art for features that have come out of the MFA in Film program.
