Wanna be a Filmmaker?

If you always dream to tell your owns story and make a movie than join one of the best film studies program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Did you know that the famous animated series “South Park” creators graduated from this program?

At Colorado University (CU) you can chose two kinds of film degrees: filmmaking and critical studies. Students can earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree in filmmaking that focuses on the art of independent filmmaking. The critical studies bachelor’s degree emphasizes the theory and history of film as an art form. One of the program’s most important components is international films. Film Studies at CU

“South Park”
Former CU film students Matt Stone and Trey Parker created the world famous animated series “South Park,” which won the 2006 George Foster Peabody Award. The CU film study home page quotes the Peabody Committee’s description of South Park as "Comedy Central's notoriously rude, undeniably fearless lampoon of all that is self-important and hypocritical in American life, regardless of race, creed, color or celebrity status." South Park

Three CU Students Selected for Sundance Summer Internship
In 2006, CU film students Ken Amarit, America Palacios and Matt Talarico attended the Summer Internship Program of the Filmmakers Lab at the Sundance Institute in Utah. The Filmmakers Lab lasted three weeks, and the new filmmakers gain hands-on experience in film rehearsing, shooting and editing scenes. They work hand-in-hand with directors, editors, cinematographers and actors. Sundance Institute

2008 Award Winners
The 2008 CU film students’ movie “Brock vs. Jon,” directed by Zachary Dripps, won a prize for Best Music in the 24 hour filmmaking festival “Shoot Out Boulder.”
“CU students are doing a great job,” said Michael Conti, director of the Film festival “Shoot Out Boulder,” “and they are participating every year.” CU Film studies student Zachary Dripps has participated in the Boulder film festival for the last two years. He said that local festivals are a great opportunity to explore and practice your experience and knowledge.
Dripps said talking with other filmmaker students in America, led him to believe that CU Film Studies offers a great program. “Students are learning everything: how to write a plot, shoot, edit and analyze.”

Dripps said he would like to make movies in Colorado because he thinks the state has a great range of scenery for filmmaking. Dripps pointed out that in the early days of movie-making in America, there were discussions by producers on whether to locate in California or Colorado. He said he hopes to be like Woody Allen, to make a movie and also act in it. Dripps said that CU Film studies are teaching all the necessary skills for that. Film Studies at CU

Film studies at CU are located at ATLAS Center