Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts
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The Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (colloquially known as The Film School) is the film school of the Florida State University. About 215 students are enrolled in classes, including undergraduates and graduate students, including Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts students.
In 2017, Reb Braddock was named dean of the college. He succeeded Frank Patterson, who left the film school that year to become president of Pinewood Atlanta Studios.[2]
The Hollywood Reporter placed the college in its annual list of the top 25 American film schools in 2019,[3] 2021, and 2022.[4]
Notable alumni
- Barry Jenkins – writer and director, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk
- T.S. Nowlin – screenwriter, The Maze Runner series
- Sam Beam – composer, Twilight
- Wes Ball – director, The Maze Runner series
- Josh Tickell – writer and director, Fuel
- David Robert Mitchell – writer and director, The Myth of the American Sleepover, It Follows
- Ron J. Friedman – writer, Brother Bear, Chicken Little, Open Season
- Greg Marcks – writer and director, 11:14, Echelon Conspiracy
- Matt Chapman – co-creator (as one of The Brothers Chaps), Homestar Runner
- Joi McMillon – editor, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Lauren Miller – actress and screenwriter
- Nat Sanders – editor, Short Term 12, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Dan Murrell – editor and writer for Screen Junkies
- Oualid Mouaness - director, 1982
Notable faculty
- Chip Chalmers – television director, Miami Vice, 7th Heaven, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place
- Victor Nuñez – writer and director, Ruby in Paradise, Coastlines, Ulee's Gold
- Donald Ungurait – founding dean, director of more than 50 plays, musicals and operas
- Mark Vargo, ASC – cinematographer, Deep Impact, Ghostbusters, Rise of the Planet of the Apes[5][6]
References
- ^ http://www.ir.fsu.edu/Factbooks/2014-15/Enrollments_College.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Reb Braddock named dean of FSU's College of Motion Picture Arts".
- ^ "The Top 25 American Film Schools, Ranked". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 August 2019.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (2022-08-05). "2022's Top 25 American Film Schools, Ranked". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Faculty & Staff | College of Motion Picture Arts". College of Motion Picture Arts. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "Mark Vargo". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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