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245 Master's degrees in Film Studies in North America
Theatre - Directing and Music Direction
The Theatre - Directing and Music Direction MFA at The University of Montana is an advanced postgraduate programme designed for creative leaders. This full-time course offers specialised training in artistic leadership. Students develop professional expertise over several years of intensive study at the Missoula campus.
Media Ventures
The master’s program in Media Ventures at Boston University is an advanced degree program for creative, enterprising students who are interested in innovative media models, and who want to learn the skills and strategies to bring their ideas to the marketplace.
Costume Production
The Graduate Costume Production program from Carnegie Mellon University produces leaders and innovators who are capable of working collaboratively and interdisciplinarity in the fields of modern costume making and management. These artisans work at the intersections of time-honored techniques, innovative methodologies, and emerging technologies as prolific contributors to the industry.
Film and Television Producing
Offered in conjunction with Chapman University’s School of Law and Dodge College of Film and Television Producing, the four-year JD/MFA in Film and Television Producing is designed for those who seek careers as entertainment attorneys; legal counselors at production companies, agencies, guilds or studios; or as producers or other executives in the entertainment industry.
Dramatic Art
The two-year program in Dramatic Art at the University of California, Davis, is designed to provide a course of rigorous, advanced training and practice that enables mid-career artists to explore and expand areas of expertise in order to develop artistically and professionally.
Mass Communication
At Mass Communication from The University of Iowa is awarded by the Graduate College. Instruction is offered in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Media Arts
The MA in Media Arts at the University of Michigan strives to develop artists and technologists committed to expanding the boundaries of artistic expression through digital media
Scenic Technology and Design
The MFA in Theatre: Specialization in Scenic Technology and Design from Louisiana State University prepares the theatre artisan/manager to undertake positions with a wide scope of responsibility.
Film Studies
The Film Studies at The University of Iowa is awarded by the Graduate College. The program is offered in the Department of Cinematic Arts in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The MA is offered with a thesis only.
Motion Pictures and Television
The Motion Pictures and Television program at Academy of Art University is a streamlined training in the development and direction of an original short film or extended scene.
Media Arts
The Media Arts MA program offered at University of South Carolina provides advanced education in media theory, history, and artistic practice. The program prepares students to pursue media arts in a variety of contexts including independent, commercial, and academic.
Documentary Media
Our Documentary Media students at Northwestern University are diverse, driven, multi-faceted media-makers. Some create social-impact documentaries, others blend fiction and nonfiction. Still others embrace emerging technologies.
Experimental and Documentary Arts
The Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program at Duke University brings together two forms of artistic activity — the documentary approach and experimental production in analog, digital, and computational media — in a unique program that will foster collaborations across disciplines and media as it trains sophisticated, creative art practitioners.
Cinema
The Cinema MFA program offered at San Francisco State University is intended for individuals who wish to pursue independent film and media production.
Art
The Art program at University of Lethbridge provides graduate students the opportunity to pursue contemporary art production through theoretical and practical scholarship. Encompassing material, critical, and conceptual investigations, students work with an open studio context with faculty who are active artists and scholars.
English and Film Studies
The English and Film Studies programme at Wilfrid Laurier University offers courses and faculty expertise in literature and global cultures, film and media studies, and professional skills.
Film and Media Production
New York Film Academy’s Masters of Arts in Film and Media Production (MA) is an intensive, one-year graduate program with a strong focus on film theory, concept, and content creation.
Theatre
The Theatre programme at The University of Montana offers advanced MA and MFA degrees. Students can specialise in acting, design, technology, or directing through full-time study. This comprehensive curriculum provides professional training within a creative environment, preparing graduates for diverse roles in the arts.
Stage and Production Management
The Stage and Production Management master's program from Carnegie Mellon University offers specialized graduate training in both areas. We believe a broad education and training in the facilitation of the arts is crucial in today’s professional environment.
Documentary
The Documentary program at Columbia University combines world‐class training in how to be a reporter with professional skills in the craft of long-form visual storytelling.