UCLA Professional Programs at TFT

Check out Acting for the Camera and Producing alum Rafaella Biscayn in The Strangers Chapter 1 in theaters this weekend. She’s an actor and co-producer on this one.

Professional Program in Screenwriting alum Dan Mazeau wrote a new movie that's coming out on Netflix this weekend. Looks great! Spread the word!

Study Producing for Film, TV and Streaming at UCLA.

Apply by March 4 for the Spring Professional Program in Producing.

Earn your graduate-level certificate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Classes take place online. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/producing/

Taught by UCLA TFT faculty — and over 30 notable industry guests covering their topic of expertise — this competitive admission, online, certificate program provides an intensive overview of producing for contemporary film, television and streaming media.

The program meets on zoom for 38 weeknights beginning April 1.

Scheduled topics include: Navigating your Producing Career, Story Structure and Screenwriting, Showrunning, Streaming, Feature Film Marketing, Feature Film Distribution, Representation, Completion Bonds, Film and Television Case Studies, Physical Production, Line Producing, Budgeting, Branded Content, Contracts, Clearance and Copyright, Multiplatform Storytelling, Independent Producing, Producing and Directing Documentaries, International Financing, Post-Production Sound, Post-Production Editing, Pitching, and more.

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Write 2 feature screenplays, or 3 TV scripts, in only eight months.

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2023 Professional Program in Writing for Television student, Emma Fiske-Dobell, just won the Humanitas' David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award! It’s a pretty major achievement and comes with a $20,000 prize.

She wrote the script in our class this year, and beat out students from every college across the United States, and from every discipline and major. (This is our second student to win a Humanitas in the last few years.)

Go Emma!

Write two feature screenplays -- or a TV spec and two original TV pilots -- in less than nine months.

APPLY by AUG. 28 for UCLA's 2023-2024 Professional Programs in Screenwriting or Writing for Television.

Both programs begin this fall.

Learn from renowned UCLA instructors and receive:

A world-class education in less than a year.

An intimate environment with a maximum of 10 students per instructor.

Guidance from writing your script through navigating the industry.

A certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Find out more at http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/professional-programs/

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APPLY by MAY 23. UCLA’s summer Professional Programs in DIRECTING and PRODUCING for film and TV.

Both programs begin in June.

Earn your certificate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Directing - UCLA TFT Professional Programs   IN THIS SECTION APPLY NOW DIRECTING The Professional Program in Directing provides an overview of the art and craft of Directing in the current film and television industries. This graduate-level competitive admission program is taught in small seminar-style lectures by credentialed industry gues...

Free panel! RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-black-dress-culture-series-tickets-607726405037 Deborah Nadoolman Landis, who teaches Costume Design in our Professional Program in Directing, is a host for this event.

Deborah has created iconic costumes throughout her career, such as the fedora and jacket of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the "college" sweatshirt worn by John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi) in Animal House, and Michael Jackson's red jacket in Thriller. In addition to many Drama-Logue Awards for her theater designs, she was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for Coming to America.

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Check out the Professional Programs newest podcast episode! https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/podcasts/

Simon Herbert visits with Barbara Curry, a UCLA Professional Programs and MFA screenwriting alum, whose writing credits include The Boy Next Door, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Bosch: Legacy, Anything for Love and Interrogation. Barbara was as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in downtown Los Angeles for nearly a decade, working in the Major Violent Crimes Unit on federal cases that included murder-for-hire, prison murder, racketeering, arson, kidnapping, and bank robbery--that is, until Hollywood literally came calling.

Study DIRECTING this summer at UCLA! Earn your graduate-level certificate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Study with special guest professionals from projects like The Last of Us, Daisy Jones & The Six, Jack Ryan, 9-1-1, High School Musical the Musical The Series, The Hunger Games, Babylon, Anvil:The Story of Anvil, 24, Fresh Off the Boat, The Shield, Single Drunk Female, Final Destination, The Goldbergs, American Pie, Pen15, Medium, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Grimm, Captain Phillips, Detroit Rock City, Justice League, There’s Something About Mary, Hitchcock The Amazing Spiderman, Wildcat, I Feel Pretty, and many more.

This competitive-admission program was designed for the new up-and-coming director: someone who has not yet commanded a proper industry film or television set, and wants to have a full understanding of the scope of their responsibilities before they arrive on the job.

The program will cover the basics of directing, introduce students to the above and below-the-line industry partners they will be working with, and delve deeper into the director’s artistic and technical responsibilities to these people and to themselves.

Over two dozen special guest instructors will not only provide their technical expertise, but their words of wisdom and warning for navigating the directing process: including the choices new directors must make, and the pitfalls they should avoid, to begin and sustain a long and successful career.

For more information, go to

Directing - UCLA TFT Professional Programs   IN THIS SECTION APPLY NOW DIRECTING The Professional Program in Directing provides an overview of the art and craft of Directing in the current film and television industries. This graduate-level competitive admission program is taught in small seminar-style lectures by credentialed industry gues...

Think you can write two feature screenplays -- or a TV spec and two original TV pilots -- in less than nine months? If you are accepted into the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting or Writing for Television, you will.

Both programs begin this fall. YOU MUST APPLY BY AUG. 28.
Learn from renowned UCLA instructors and receive:

A world-class education in less than a year.

An intimate environment with a maximum of 10 students per instructor.

Guidance from writing your script through navigating the industry.

A certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Find out more at http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/professional-programs/

UCLA TFT Professional Programs UCLA TFT Professional Programs. Screenwriting. Producing. Writing for Television. Acting for the Camera. Directing.

Apply by May 23 for the Summer 2023 Professional Program in Producing. Earn your graduate-level certificate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Classes take place online. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/producing/

Taught by UCLA TFT faculty — and over 30 notable industry guests covering their topic of expertise — this competitive admission, online, certificate program provides an intensive overview of producing for contemporary film, television, streaming, and immersive media.

The program meets on zoom for 38 weeknights beginning June 20.

Scheduled topics include: Navigating your Producing Career, Story Structure and Screenwriting, Showrunning, Streaming, Feature Film Marketing, Feature Film Distribution, Representation, Completion Bonds, Film and Television Case Studies, Physical Production, Line Producing, Budgeting, Branded Content, Contracts, Clearance and Copyright, Multiplatform Storytelling, Independent Producing, Producing and Directing Documentaries, International Financing, Post-Production Sound, Post-Production Editing, Pitching, and more.

Producing - UCLA TFT Professional Programs   IN THIS SECTION APPLY NOW PRODUCING (ONLINE) The Professional Program in Producing (Online) is modeled after the UCLA M.F.A. Producers Program and provides an intensive overview of the contemporary film, TV and digital media landscape, up-to-the-minute industry insight, and the tools needed to na...

Gigantic congratulations to recent alum Ian Stokell for his Oscar nomination! Make sure to watch the Academy Awards and cheer for Ian!
Oscar Nomination - Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA - Winner Best Adapted Screenplay
National Board of Review - Winner Best Adapted Screenplay

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/

Oscars: Full List of Nominations 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' leads the nominees with 11, followed by 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' 'Elvis,' 'The Fabelmans,' 'Tár,' 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'

Check out 2022 alum (screenwriting, producing) Ian Stokell's All Quiet on the Western Front in theaters this week!
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/movies/182953-all-quiet-on-the-western-front

Info & showtimes for All Quiet on the Western Front - Landmark Theatres Browse the latest showtimes and find out more info on All Quiet on the Western Front at Landmark Theatres

Check out the new Ana de Armas podcast episode we just sponsored with Backstage! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ_Lh9fHG2A

Ana de Armas on Where Her Own Life Inspired Her Marilyn Monroe Ana de Armas is already well on her way to superstardom—but playing Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde” has put her right in the center of the cultural conversation, ...

In part one of our podcast with Sacha Gervasi (listen at https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/podcasts), Sacha discusses the rerelease of Anvil! The Story of Anvil, his brilliant and timeless heavy metal documentary about the cost of refusing to give up on your dream. Sacha has built his career on the belief that if there’s something true in your heart, a story that you must tell, then you just can’t fail. Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which rereleases on 215 screens next week, is about the bravery and reality of being an artist. And it asks the question, What is success? Is success about money? Is success about external things? Or is success about being true to your passion and following it no matter what?

You can join Sacha, Anvil, Steve-O, and many more renowned metal musicians and celebrity guests at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills on Sept. 22 for a screening and special live performance by the band. Tickets are available at https://www.anvilthefilm.com

Anvil: The Story of Anvil | Official Website | September 22 2022 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Anvil: The Story of Anvil on the official site. In theaters September 22 2022 brought to you by Utopia. Directed by: Sacha Gervasi. Starring: Robb Reiner, Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Scott Ian, Slash, Lars Ulrich, Tom Araya, Jon Zazula, Lemmy

Netflix just released a trailer for recent screenwriting and producing alum Ian Stokell's adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqgmaO15x4

All Quiet on the Western Front | Official Teaser | Netflix All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first...

This episode brought to you by UCLA Professional Programs.

"In the Envelope returns to its awards season roots with a special episode devoted to the 94th Academy Awards. Host Vinnie Mancuso and Backstage Managing Editor Ben Lindsay break down their hopes, wishes, and predictions for this year's biggest categories. Can Jane Campion take home best director and best picture for "Power of the Dog?" Is "The Lost Daughter" the best film of 2021? Why was Nicolas Cage's performance in "Pig" not nominated? We dive into all these questions, as well as looking back at our favorite Oscar-nominated "In the Envelope" guests over the years. Listen in for anecdotes + acting advice from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessica Chastain, Rebecca Ferguson, and more. Brought to you by UCLA's Professional Programs at the School of Theater, Film & Television."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQnmzBgQ4o

94th Academy Awards Special - In The Envelope: The Actor's Podcast "In the Envelope" returns to its awards season roots with a special episode devoted to the 94th Academy Awards. Host Vinnie Mancuso and Backstage Managing Ed...

Catch UCLA Acting for the Camera instructors Megan McNulty and Nikki DeLoach this Saturday at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT in Taking the Reins on the Hallmark Channel as part of their Fall Harvest movie series. Taking the Reins marks their first joint venture as co-executive producers, starring Nikki as Sam with Megan as Amanda. As partners, Nikki and Megan continue to develop and write television and features, with their joint mission to share incredible stories that celebrate the truth, power and beauty of humanity. Nikki and Megan truly believe that we are better together. Tune in this Saturday, September 25th and stay tuned for their 2021 Christmas movie they developed, wrote, and are producing for Hallmark.

Do you like Ted Lasso? How about Brett Goldstein who plays Roy Kent? Check out the new podcast we sponsored with Backstage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7OYAKw3YA

Brett Goldstein Talks Writing & Acting on ‘Ted Lasso’ - In The Envelope: The Actor's Podcast Actor, writer, and comedian Brett Goldstein has made, by his own admission, “loads of stuff that no one’s watched.” As he explains to Backstage, breakthrough...

The Summer 2021 Professional Programs Newsletter is out! Check it out here:
https://mailchi.mp/tft/ucla-professional-programs-summer-2021-newsletter-4868293

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We posted a new podcast episode with screenwriter Ed Solomon. Enjoy! https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/podcasts/

Ep. 7 - Ed Solomon
Join Professional Programs instructors Chris Kyle and Simon Herbert as they pick the brain of Ed Solomon, writer of all of the Bill and Ted movies, the Now You See Me franchise, HBO's Mosaic series, Levity, Men in Black and many more. Learn what Ed believes a screenwriter's role is on set, why every movie has its own structure, why he took his name off X-Men, and — after having a major motion picture released in each of the last five decades — his plans for the future.

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