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Develop the courage and confidence to express your personal vision through film. Whether you are a budding screenwriter, producer, editor, or director, the Master of Fine Arts in cinema arts offers you the opportunity to tap into your creativity and learn all aspects of the art, craft, and business of storytelling. This program offers graduate students a rare opportunity to study on a live studio lot.
With concentrations in cinematography, digital animation and visual effects, directing, post-production, producing, and screenwriting, this program prepares students for a wide variety of careers in the film industry, including film and television editor, director, producer, entertainment executive, or critic.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2023–24 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
The Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema offers a Master of Fine Arts degree in cinema arts with a concentration in one of the following areas: directing, cinematography, screenwriting, post-production, digital animation and visual effects, and producing. The three-year, 66-credit concentrations in directing, cinematography, screenwriting, post-production, and digital animation and visual effects, and the two-year 52-credit concentration in producing, prepare students for professional careers in their area of specialization through a combination of practical and theoretical courses.
66 credits are required for the concentrations in directing, cinematography, screenwriting, post-production, and digital animation and visual effects; 52 credits are required for the concentration in producing.
Students must complete requirements in one specialization.
Demonstrate a command of industry standard equipment and technology—including camera, grip, lighting, and color correction—and successfully apply them to the execution of student film productions.
Submit the following documents to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
You may submit your résumé and statement of purpose via e-mail.
Additional/Optional items: You are welcome to submit up to five additional items on Slideroom (either visual pieces, such as videos, photos, visual documentation of creative work, or written pieces, provided you played a key role on those works). Clearly describe exactly your role on each item that you submit on Slideroom.
While you are required to submit a portfolio of your creative work on Slideroom, you are permitted to supplement your portfolio by listing a URL to an online portfolio of your creative work on your résumé or CV.
Refer to the instructions at Graduate Admissions.
25 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 E: Feirstein@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.237.3410
Or contact:
222 West Quad Center 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 E: grads@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.4536
Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
To make an appointment with a graduate admissions counselor, visit:
BC Admissions Appointment Tool
All of the following courses: FILM 7013G, 7201G, 7202G, 7211G, 7221G, 7231G, 7241G, 7541G, 7542G, 7821G, 7832G, 7951G, 7201G, 7202G, 7211G, 7221G, 7231G, 7241G, 7541G, 7542G, 7821G, 7832G, 7951G, and any three graduate film courses not required for the M.F.A. in cinema arts and for this specialization.
All of the following courses: FILM 7005G, 7014G, 7601G, 7611G, 7612G, 7613G, 7614G, 7621G, 7622G, 7624G, 7631G, 7634G, 7943G, 7955G, 7965G, 7966G, and five elective courses*.
*Examples of Digital Animation & Visual Effects Advanced Discipline Electives:
All of the following courses: FILM 7013G, 7014G, 7023G, 7801G, 7811G, 7942G, 7964G, 7101G, 7111G, 7121G, 7131G, 7201G, 7202G, 7301G, 7821G, 7831G, 7832G, 7951G, 7961G, and any two graduate film courses not required for the M.F.A. in cinema arts and for this specialization.
All of the following courses: FILM 7013G, 7014G, 7023G, 7501G, 7502G, 7511G, 7513G, 7515G, 7521G, 7522G, 7523G, 7541G, 7801G, 7811G, 7832G, 7953G, 7963G, 7964G, and any three graduate film course not required for the M.F.A. in cinema arts and for this specialization.
All of the following courses: FILM 7016G, 7302G, 7401G, 7411G, 7414G, 7422G, 7423G, 7462G, 7471G, 7531G, 7801G, 7832G, 7942G, 7951G, 7961G, 7964G, and any one graduate film course not required for the M.F.A. in cinema arts and for this specialization.
All of the following courses: FILM 7013G, 7014G, 7023G, 7801G, 7811G, 7942G, 7964G, 7301G, 7302G, 7312G, 7321G, 7322G, 7323G, 7331G, 7332G, 7821G, 7952G, 7962G, and any four graduate film courses not required for the M.F.A. in cinema arts and for this specialization.
Brooklyn College is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Charles Haine is a currently an assistant professor the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Br...
Paula J. Massood is the author of Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film (...
Rick Lopez is a filmmaker-hyphenate… a showrunner, a producer, a director, cinematographer,...
Ricardo Hernández Anzola graduated from Columbia University?s film MFA program, and during his t...
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the cinema arts M.F.A. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, inlcuding:
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