The UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television (TFT), is one of the twelve schools within UCLA. It is located in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is unique in that it combines all three (theatre, film, and television) of these aspects into a single school. According to the Princeton Review/Gourman Report, the undergraduate programs in theatre, film, and television are ranked first out of 500 nationally, while the graduate programs are usually found within the top 3, according to the U.S. News & World Report . Among the school's resources are the Geffen Playhouse, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the largest university-based archive of its kind in the world. The Archive constitutes one of the largest collections of media materials in the United States - second only to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Its vaults hold more than 220,000 motion picture and television titles and 27 million feet of newsreel footage.
The School's total enrollment, in 2003, consisted of 310 students out of 3,688 applicants (8.4%).
With 140 faculty members teaching 410 undergrads, and 390 grad students, the student to teacher ratio is about 6:1.
Department of Theatre
The different areas of theatre studies at UCLA's Department of Theatre consist of:
- Acting
- Critical Studies
- Design
- Directing
- Musical Theatre
- Playwriting
- Production Management / Technology
Undergraduate program
The undergraduate program requires an interview/audition process for all applicants. The program teaches the general studies of theater broadly, before allowing the student to study their specified area of study.
Graduate program
Offering a Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, the graduate program requires an audition for all acting applicants, and a possible interview for the other applicants. Each applicant must apply for a specific area of study.
Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media
There are three distinct areas of courses offered in UCLA's Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media:
- Critical studies - the history, theory, and aesthetics of film and television
- Film and television production (study and field), digital, experimental, and animation
- Film and television craft-writing, film directing, television directing, photography, sound recording, and editing
Undergraduate program
A Bachelor of Arts in film and television degree can be sought after a student has completed two years of general college studies. This upper division program is another two years that involves the learning of the history and theory aspect of film and television, along with the basic learning of production.
The first year of the program is a general introduction to all areas of the study. The second year, each student must concentrate on one of the following aspects:
- Film production
- Television Production
- Narrative
- Documentary
- Screenwriting
- Animation
- Critical Studies
Students must all complete one internship during their senior year.
Graduate program
Offering a Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, the graduate program offers two main areas of study. A Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy degree are available for critical studies. The Master of Fine Arts degree can be obtained with the choice of four specializations:
- Production/Directing (3 year program)
- Screenwriting (2 year program)
- Animation (3 year program)
- Producers Program (2 year program)
Producers Program focuses on the production and business side of Film, Television, and Digital Media.
UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and Producing, is the only non-degree screenwriting and producing program that has oversight by the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, and the only viable alternative to the UCLA MFA Screenwriting and Producing Program. In the Professional Program, students focus on the theory and craft of professional screenwriting and producing, without having to take the critical studies seminars and related electives that are required to obtain a degree. The goal of this graduate-level program, which takes place over three academic quarters, is for the student to start and complete two original feature length screenplays. Upon successfully finishing the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, students receive a certificate of completion.
Facilities
The School of Theatre, Film and Television consists of a linked network of professional theatres, sound stages, and television studios. From theatrical spaces outfitted with state of the art intelligent lighting systems to animation studios equipped with the latest 3D computer graphics software, the School provides comprehensive and up to date facilities for instruction and production.
The Billy Wilder Theatre at the Hammer Museum
The Billy Wilder Theater is situated on the Courtyard level of the Hammer Museum. Equipped with the highest standards of film and video projection and sound, the theater, which cost $7.5 million to complete, is one of the few in the country where audiences may watch the entire spectrum of moving images in their original formats: from the earliest silent films requiring variable speed projection to the most current digital cinema and video. Though built first of all as an ideal screening room for the moving image, the Billy Wilder Theater also provides an intimate and technically advanced showcase for events including artists’ lectures, literary readings, musical concerts, and public conversations.
Made possible by a $5 million gift from Audrey L. Wilder and designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, the state-of-the-art, 295-seat Billy Wilder Theatre is the new home of the Archive’s renowned cinematheque and of the Hammer’s engaging and provocative public programs. Located at the Hammer Museum in Westwood Village, the Billy Wilder Theater offers one of the most advanced, comfortable, and intimate cultural venues on the West Coast, where the Museum and the Archive are now beginning to present their exciting programs.
"Cultural Roundtable" at THE NEW LATC
In 2006, the UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television joined a multicultural consortium of theatre organizations known as the "Cultural Roundtable," brought together to produce theatre works for a diverse audience that is the City of Los Angeles. Led by the Latino Theatre Company, the "Cultural Roundtable" also includes Robey Theatre Company, Playwrights Arena, Cedar Grove OnStage, Culture Clash, American Indian Dance Theatre and UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television.
Distinguished Alumni
- Allison Anders, MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" awardee
- M.K. Asante, Jr.
- Dustin Lance Black, won 2009 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Milk
- Jack Black
- Shane Black
- Lloyd Bridges
- Carol Burnett
- Charles Burnett, MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" awardee
- Nicolas Cage, Academy Award winner
- James Coburn, Academy Award winner
- Francis Ford Coppola, five-time Academy Award winner
- Alex Cox
- Dean Cundey
- Jonathan Dayton
- Jamaa Fanaka
- Valerie Faris
- Alex Gibney, Academy Award winner
- Dan Gordon
- Robert David Hall
- Catherine Hardwicke
- Mariska Hargitay, Golden Globe and Emmy winner
- Mark Harmon
- Kayo Hatta, Sundance Film Festival award winner
- James Horner, Academy Award winner
- Lew Hunter
- Gil Kenan, Academy Award nominee
- David Koepp
- Scott Kosar
- Justin Lin
- Jayne Mansfield, Golden Globe winner
- Ray Manzarek
- Frank Marshall
- Christel Miller
- Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of The Doors
- Robert A. Nakamura filmmaker, co-founder of Visual Communications (VC)
- Victor Nuñez
- Lisa Onodera
- Michael Ovitz
- Alexander Payne, Academy Award winner
- Rob Reiner, two-time Emmy winner
- Nancy Richardson
- Tim Robbins, Academy Award winner
- Scott Rosenberg
- Eric Roth, Academy Award winner
- Pietro Scalia, two-time Academy Award winner
- Joel Schumacher
- Paul Schrader, Academy Award nominee
- Tom Shadyac
- Brad Silberling
- Tom Skerritt
- Penelope Spheeris
- Jorma Taccone
- George Takei
- Ham Tran
- Gore Verbinski
- David S. Ward, Academy Award winner
- Aron J. Warner, Academy Award winner
- Jaleel White
- Gregory Widen
- John Williams, five-time Academy Award winner
- Hoyt Yeatman
UCLA Festival
2009's "UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work," is a nine-day celebration of the newest work by students from the school, taking place at UCLA and other sites from June 5 through 13.
One part of the fest
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