The MFA Program in Directing is dedicated to developing cinema storytellers by cultivating the leadership role of the director and fostering the individual director’s personal style and voice. The best directors need equal mastery of leadership, storytelling, and production skills, and Columbia’s two-year MFA program in Directing focuses on working with producers to create cinematic character-driven narratives that are collaborative, diverse, authentic, invoke a human experience and connect with an audience. This 52-credit, two-year program immerses the student in rigorous coursework in writing, directing, and production as preparation for their thesis film.

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