ScriptLinks CA Education & Events
schools, workshops, conferences, programs and online classes
Academy of Art University - (San Francisco) online school of Motion Pictures and Television
Act Four Screenplays - group and private online classes, for features
AFI Conservatory - 2-year screenwriting fellowship in a workshop setting at American Film Institute
A-List Screenwriting - weekend lectures, 3-day or weeklong workshops by lecturer, script consultant and screenwriter James P. Mercurio
ASA International Screenwriters Conference - Selling To Hollywood, workshops, pitch opportunity, part of San Diego Film Festival
Barry Casson - Victoria filmmaker and speaker, former head of Victoria Motion Picture School, seminars: 'How To Succeed In The Film Industry,' 'How To Attract The Film Industry To Your Community,' and 'The Weekend Film School'
Beyond Structure - development and fiction workshop by David S. Freeman, LA's and NY's most popular screenwriting analyst
BlueCat Workshop - ten-page workshops led by Gordy Hoffman
The Business of Show Institute - Marvin V. Acuna's ('The 7 Habits of Hollywood's Most Successful Six (and Seven) Figure Screenwriters') monthly teleseminars with guest screenwriting experts
California State University Northridge - Master of Arts in Screenwriting, intense focus on professional screenwriting
Canadian Film Centre - (Toronto) founded by Norman Jewison, development and training for filmmakers
Canadian Screen Training Centre - (Ottawa) screen industry workshops, summer institute
CBC Prime Time Television Program - 5-month residency in TV series development, must have a TV spec script, original dramatic screenplay, and dramatic TV series project to apply
Chapman College - (California) 2-year MFA in Screenwriting at the College of Film & Media Arts
Cloud Creek Institute For The Arts - (Arkansas) online classes with Larry Brody and onsite 3-day weekend workshops in film and TV writing
Dara Marks - Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc 2-day intensive seminar, workshop and lectures based on her book, Hollywood's #1 Rated Script Consultant by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Development Heaven - seminars and private classes by writer and top screenwriting teacher Jeff Kitchen
Dov S-S Simens' Film School - 2-day film school for filmmakers and writers
Edwards/Skerbelis Entertainment - filmmaking and screenwriting workshops and seminars, in person and online
Elizabeth Ayres Centre for Creative Writing - online workshops in 5-week sessions
E-script - online courses and workshops in screenwriting and television writing in five and ten-week terms
Euroscript - (UK) day, weekend, and evening courses; project development workshops
Film Independent - LA independent filmmaking organization, screenwriter program
TheFilmSchool - (Seattle) 3-week intensive programs in screenwriting and directing, speaker series, prodigy camp, scholarship contest
Film School Online - founded by New York University's Institute of Film and TV production supervisor; online courses include screenwriting, with audio lectures and sample lessons
4 Screenwriters - professional online screenwriting community, live chat support, various classes
FTX West - (Vancouver) pitch market, film industry seminars and workshops
Gotham Writers' Workshop - NY Campus and online, 10 and 6-week workshops, selling seminars, special TV workshops, one-day workshops
The Gulf Islands Film & Television School - media production training facility on Galiano Island, BC
Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute - correspondence or online course based on handbook 'Magic Methods of Screenwriting' by Donna Lee
Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts - (Toronto) comic scriptwriting by correspondence
Keep Writing - 4 online courses, screenwriting retreat at Sundance, mentoring program and workshops by Dave Trottier author of The Screenwriter's Bible
LA Feature Film Academy - hands-on filmmaking, half-year screenwriting program
Langara College - (Vancouver) Film Arts writing program, students will produce two of their own films
Lew Hunter's Summer Screenwriting Colony - summer colony patterned after the UCLA/MFA Screenwriting Program
Linda Seger - (Colorado) international seminars based on her 9 books including 'Making A Good Script Great,' consulted on over 2000 screenplays
Loyola Marymount College - (LA) School of Film & Television MFA Screenwriting Program, student completes 2 features and a teleplay
Maui Writers Retreat - (Hawaii) intensive, hands-on workshops
Movie In A Month - book and CD screenwriting course by screenwriter James Lamberg
Nashville Screenwriters Conference - (Tennessee) open-to-the-public weekend of intimate special screenings and interactive panels, music element
National Screen Institute - film and TV school programs include TV series development and narrative design in the gaming industry
National University Masters - campuses in California and Nevada, some on military bases; screenwriting workshops
New York Film Academy - one year screenwriting program: each student writes two features, one TV spec script and a number of treatments; hands-on short-term intensive workshops
New York University - Tisch School Of The Arts Certificate in Dramatic Writing: Screenwriting includes screenwriting workshop, students complete a feature
On The Page - Six Steps To A Screenplay classes and seminars with Pilar Allessandra, DVD and online workbook
Pacific Film & Multimedia Academy - (Victoria) full-time courses in Motion Picture Production, 6-week part-time New Media Studies program
PitchFest - US and Canada, pitch events include free classes
Praxis Centre for Screenwriters - (Vancouver) part of Simon Fraser University; seminars, courses and weekend workshops
Raindance - (UK - London) full-time and part-time filmmaking courses, including screenwriting for film and TV
Raindance Canada - (Toronto) filmmaking school with weekend screenwriting course
Robert McKee's Story Seminar - creative writing instructor and premiere screenwriting guru's intensive 3-day course based on his book 'Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting'
Screenplay Mastery - story and script consultant Michael Hauge, author of Writing Screenplays That Sell, has presented seminars and lectures to more than 40,000 participants internationally
The Screenwriters Group - write a script with online course, rewrite with notes and analysis, seminars in LA
Screenwriters Institute - online classes for Beginner, Moderate and Advanced screenwriters
Screenwriters Online's Master Class - 3-night class in chat room, with top producers, studio executives, agents and award winning screenwriters
Screenwriters Summit - weekend workshop with screenwriting gurus Syd Field, Linda Seger, Michael Hauge and John Truby
The Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe - Screenwriting Symposium on art and craft, Hollywood Connection for marketing and pitch opportunity
Screenwriting Events - lists events for screenwriters
The Screenwriting Expo - major conference and trade show in LA, Golden Pitch Festival
Screenwriting In New York - 2-week or 5-week courses, small groups, practical, learn by doing process with Irv Bauer
Screenwriting Seminars By Phone - creating, pitching, and selling, plus free phone seminars with screenwriter/pitchman Steve Kaire
Script A Wish - (LA) workshops with lectures and mentor sessions for writer's groups
Script For Sale - online classes for new or professional screenwriters
Script Hollywood - workshops and seminars by two veteran screenwriters Christopher and Kathleen Riley
Script Secrets - William C. Martell's lectures and seminars, classes on CD
Scriptwriters Showcase - scriptwriting and creative development industry conference
Shapiro Seminars - Arnold Shapiro's one-day course in selling a TV show
Sherwood Oaks Experimental College - (Hollywood) access to Hollywood professionals in seminars and classes, recommended as not pushing a formula
Skip Press - email courses: Your Screenwriting Career, Your Hollywood Breakthrough, Novelize Your Screenplay
Spalding University - (Kentucky) Master of Fine Arts in Writing
The Story Coach - Patrick A. Horton's workshops and seminars based on The Story of Transformation and The Transformation of Story
Sunset Script - online training programs, weekend forums
SydField.com - online 5-week course with MP3 audio lessons, exclusive seminars and workshops
Trebas Institute - (Toronto and Montreal) entertainment industry courses including Film & Television Production
UBC Writing Centre - (Vancouver) continuing studies course Writing For The Screen, one-week summer intensive program
UCLA School of Film Television and Theater - (LA) prestigious graduate-level certificate programs, available online with dedicated chat room, students complete 2 features in one academic year, part-time Professional Program in Screenwriting
University of Southern California (USC) - (LA) considered among the best film schools with invaluable industry connections, undergraduate and graduate screenwriting programs at its School of Cinema & Television, 2-year program concentrates on writing for narrative film and TV
Vancouver Film School - Writing For Film and TV year-long program, build a portfolio including feature, TV, and short film scripts, and a produced short film
Vermont College of Fine Arts - 5-day working conference in theatre and/or film writing
West Coast Screenwriting - (Vancouver Island) workshops with two teachers, collaborative, tag-team approach
Writers Boot Camp - 6-week course and alumni rewriting session held in LA, NY and online
Writers University - online courses include lectures and feedback
Writer's Village University - online courses, members educational community includes chats, resources, study rooms, free Character Building Workshop
Writers' Workshop - (UK - London) 1-day workshop, screenwriting weekend, course (1 day a week for 7 weeks)
The Write Step - (Vancouver) classes and workshops in a broad range of writing genres, emphasis on the spiritual
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Last Updated - Thursday, November 12, 2009
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