UCLA Professional Programs at TFT

08/24/2026

Thanks for listing the Professional Programs, MovieMaker! https://www.moviemaker.com/best-film-schools-us-and-canada-2026/

07/31/2026

Write 2 feature screenplays,
or 3 teleplays (1 show spec and 2 original pilots),
between October and June!

Apply by Aug. 10!
Classes begin Sept. 28

These are yearlong, competitive-admission,
graduate level Professional Programs
offered by the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television.

In addition to weekly recorded lectures,
and live weekly Q&As,
students learn directly from working professionals
in an intimate classroom environment
with a maximum of 10 students per workshop.

Find us at https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/

UCLA TFT Professional Programs. Screenwriting. Producing. Writing for Television. Acting for the Camera. Directing.

07/31/2026

Check out our summer 2026 newsletter here! Includes a Q&A with Howard Suber, who's Power of Film Series is currently on HBO and will be running 24/7 at George Lucas's new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Email from UCLA TFT Professional Programs Apply by AUG 10 for the 2026-2027 programs!   APPLY BY AUG 10! SUMMER 2026 NEWSLETTER Q&A with Howard Suber PROGRAM UPDATES Directing, Producing, Screenwriti

07/17/2026

Huge news for TFT.

This is "KABC UCLA Sundance announcement" by UCLA TFT Professional Programs on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

04/16/2026

Congrats to Professional Program in Screenwriting alum Gwenola Balmelle whose writing on Bandi helped it reach Top 10 worldwide on Netflix!!

Bandi – Official Trailer | NetflixRelease: April 9, 2026After their mother's death, a group of orphaned siblings in Martinique struggles to get by, driving s...

02/26/2026

The deadline to apply to the UCLA TFT spring 2026 Professional Program in DIRECTING for film and television is this Monday, March 2. Classes start March 30. This program is only offered once per year.

The Professional Program in Directing provides an overview of the art and craft of Directing in the current film and television industries. This graduate-level competitive admission program is taught in small seminar-style lectures by credentialed industry guest speakers who provide current insights...

11/13/2025

FREE SCREENING at UCLA. RSVP below! Join us on Tuesday, November 25 at 7pm in UCLA TFT’s James Bridges Theater for screenings of two Oscar qualifying films from two different UCLA Professional Programs alum!

We will be screening the short film RISE—the first Zimbabwean film to qualify for the Oscars, written and directed by Screenwriting and Writing for Television alum Jessica Rowlands.

This will be followed by a screening of PAPA BUKA—the official submission for the Oscars from Papua New Guinea in the Best International Feature Film category, starring Acting for the Camera alum Ritabhari Chakraborty.

The evening’s screenings are for the Academy members, as well as friends and alum of TFT, and will be followed by a Q&A with actors and the creative teams.

Click below to RSVP.

Event Address: James Bridges Theater, UCLA 235 Charles E Young Dr N Los Angeles, CA 90095 Contact us at [email protected] with any questions.

10/16/2025

Check out Producing and Acting alum Kayci Laycob's new movie Everything to Me!

It's releasing tomorrow on Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft, Google Play/Youtube, Fandango, Dish, DirectTV, Comcast, Cox, Spectrum, and Verizon.

10/16/2025

Check out Producing alum Grace Santos' new movie Almost Popular. Now streaming.

09/10/2025

Here's the trailer for Sacha's movie. Don't miss it!

LA premiere & LIVE performance 9/22 & In Theaters Nationwide 9/27 🤘https://www.anvilthefilm.com/Originally released in '08, the award-winning Anvil! The Sto...