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Proven Value
The Screenwriting & Film Studies graduate programs are designed by UCLA instructors, but Hollins’ students pay less in tuition and fees. Contact Tim Albaugh, director of Hollins’ graduate Screenwriting & Film Studies program and UCLA Film School professor, to learn more.
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Six-Week Summer Sessions
Our program is a perfect fit for students who are not able to commit to a year-round graduate program. Our schedule also allows us to attract top-notch film and television writers, filmmakers and scholars to teach and share their professional experience.
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Creative Haven
Hollins’ low-residency programs and picturesque campus setting offer students a creative escape for the summer. Our 475-acre campus is located in Roanoke, Virginia and is minutes away from the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail and Roanoke’s historic downtown and city market.
Be the artist you were born to be
Screenwriting & Film Studies M.A. & M.F.A.
Summer 2016: June 20 - July 29
Our M.A. and M.F.A. summer graduate programs offer a riveting experience unlike anything on the East Coast. We’ll challenge your expectations and help harness your writing gifts for the big screen and television. Small classes mean you’ll grow as a writer under personalized instruction. And you’ll develop close relationships with classmates, professors, and industry professionals alike.
Our M.A. and M.F.A. summer graduate programs offer a riveting experience unlike anything on the East Coast. We’ll challenge your expectations and help harness your writing gifts for the big screen and television. Small classes mean you’ll grow as a writer under personalized instruction. And you’ll develop close relationships with classmates, professors, and industry professionals alike.
Program Highlights
Our internationally renowned faculty members bring in industry experts. Our students get ample opportunities to network and work with some of the industry's best. Small class sizes allow our instructors to get to know students each student and work closely with them to achieve their goals. Faculty and Guest Credits:
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Hal Ackerman
Past Co-chair of UCLA’s M.F.A. program in screenwriting.
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Scott Kosar
Screenwriter of The Machinist and The Crazies.
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Kelly Fullerton
MTV’s Awkward and ABC Family’s The Fosters
Our students go on to do great things after graduation in both screenwriting and teaching. Alumni Credits:
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Will Hicks
Film and video faculty, Community College of Aurora
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Jared Gordon
Creative Director at Winter Twilight Productions, LLC & Professor at Emerson College
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Dave DeBorde
Producer of the theatrical film, Old Fashioned