Top Majors
- Film and Television BA
- Film and Television BFA
- Television Writing and Business BFA
Top Minors
- Writing for Television
- Acting
- Photography
- Creative Writing
Companies Providing Real-World Experience
- Fox Entertainment
- Mandalay Pictures
- Blumhouse Productions
- Fancy Film
Unforgettable Guests
David Chameides, steadicam operator for “Donnie Darko,” “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “Ozark, “St. Vincent,” and more.
Alison Small, producer of “Cocaine Bear” and “Bottoms.”
Guy Norman Bee, director of series episodes, including “Supernatural,” “Third Watch,” and “iZombie.”
Producer Dashawna Wright MFA '18, director Clare Cooney, writer Jose Nateras, and star Ignacio Diaz-Silverio. The group participated in a panel led by graduating CTVA student Jen Haskins focusing on the making and premiere of the horror feature "Departing Seniors" at Chicago International Film Festival.
Memorable Moments
Semester in LA lectures, industry events, and internships
Columbia Works: Production Connections, a career and resource fair (March 1, 2024)
“Kung Fu Panda 4” advance screening and giveaways (Feb. 24, 2024)
Student Projects
13 BFA Thesis films
15 BA Fictional Cinema Production films
20 MFA Thesis films
All were made collaboratively by graduating students along with the countless other students needed to create these shorts from script to screen.
Graduate Employers
- Disney
- Positive Space Media
- SMUGGLER
- Broadway in Chicago
- Dome Productions and Chicago Dancemakers Forum
- Saints Creative
- Block Museum of Art