film school

[ film skool ]

noun

1. a school for teaching the craft of filmmaking, typically inclusive of production, theory, and screenwriting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of film school¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Swinton Byrne’s casting added another layer of reality-bending, as her real-life mother, Tilda Swinton, not only played Julie’s mother in the film but had been a close friend of Hogg’s in film school, starring in Hogg’s graduation thesis project.

From Vox

Currently housed at the university’s Tempe, Arizona campus, the film school will relocate in fall 2022 to a new 118,000 square feet facility in downtown Mesa, Arizona.

From Essence.com

I had been away in film school for about a year and then I had known gentrification was happening and already been mad about it, but to see how much had changed in one year was devastating.

From Ozy

Lawrence, 43, entered the filmmaking world while attending film school at Loyola Marymount University.

From The Daily Beast

How many kids basically went to film school for $3.75 a week?

From The Daily Beast

I read that you were kicked out of film school after working on the short Vengeance is Mine?

From The Daily Beast

Meet the British blaggers whose first movie after film school has been nominated for an Academy Award.

From The Daily Beast

Meet the Brits whose first movie after film school, The Voorman Problem, has been nominated for an Oscar.

From The Daily Beast