UCLA Professional Programs at TFT

Late applications are now being considered for UCLA’s Summer 2021 Professional Program in PRODUCING (ONLINE)! This ONLINE program meets for 38 weeknights over a ten-week period, beginning JUNE 21. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu... Over 30 different guest lecturers cover their topic of expertise, including: Production Preparation, Career Planning, Low Budget Filmmaking, Line Producing, Financing, Budgeting, Story Structure, Pitching, Producing for Immersive Media, Multiplatform Storytelling, Working Creatively with China's Film Industry, Contracts/ Negotiations, Clearance/Copyright, Completion Bonds, Representation, Television Development, Marketing, Theatrical Distribution, Alternative Distribution, Post-Production Editing, Post-Production Sound, numerous Film and Television Case Studies and more. Taught by core UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television faculty, this graduate-level competitive admission program also features notable guest speakers. Check out our faculty page for more info. For more information click below, or email us at [email protected]. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu

We posted a new podcast episode with screenwriter Ed Solomon. Enjoy! https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/podcasts/ Ep. 7 - Ed Solomon Join Professional Programs instructors Chris Kyle and Simon Herbert as they pick the brain of Ed Solomon, writer of all of the Bill and Ted movies, the Now You See Me franchise, HBO's Mosaic series, Levity, Men in Black and many more. Learn what Ed believes a screenwriter's role is on set, why every movie has its own structure, why he took his name off X-Men, and after having a major motion picture released in each of the last five decades his plans for the future.

Applications are now available for the Summer 2021 Writing for Late Night Comedy workshop with Holly Wortell. Do you want to write for SNL? The Daily Show? Samantha Bee? Stephen Colbert? Amy Shumer? John Oliver? Fallon? Corden? Conan? Kimmel? Join Emmy-nominated instructor Holly Wortell as she examines the successful writing elements of late night TV talk shows and sketch comedy shows.... Learn joke and sketch writing format and structure, satire, content creation, how to identify trends in current shows, and how to create the POV or edge to make a writer stand out. Master the ability to create new material daily, to take headlines or news stories and turn them into marketable material, and to pull from personal life and observations. By the end of this workshop, writers will have created a complete talk show packet and sketch portfolio with elements specific to each writer’s goal, and leave with a plan to move forward with that material. This workshop is limited to 12 students. This workshop is only available online. Students must be 21 or over to participate in this workshop. Application Deadline: May 28, 2021 Tuition: $1100 This course meets online ten times over 10 weeks, on Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 4pm, beginning June 19, 2021. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/writing-for-late/

Applications are now available for UCLA’s 2021-2022 Professional Programs in SCREENWRITING and WRITING FOR TELEVISION. Study with us ONLINE! Write two feature screenplays -- or a TV spec and two original TV pilots -- in nine months. Apply at professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu... Both programs begin Sept. 27. Learn from renowned UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television instructors and receive: A world-class education in three quarters. An intimate classroom environment with a maximum of 10 students per workshop. Guidance from initial story concept through navigating the industry. Graduates receive a certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. This is a competitive admission program. Apply early.

APPLY BY May 24 for UCLA’s Summer 2021 Professional Program in PRODUCING (ONLINE)! This ONLINE program meets for 38 weeknights over a ten-week period, beginning June 21. Over 30 different guest lecturers cover their topic of expertise, including: Production Preparation, Career Planning, Low Budget Filmmaking, Line Producing, Financing, Budgeting, Story Structure, Pitching, Producing for Immersive Media, Multiplatform Storytelling, Working Creatively with China's Film Industry..., Contracts/ Negotiations, Clearance/Copyright, Completion Bonds, Representation, Television Development, Marketing, Theatrical Distribution, Alternative Distribution, Post-Production Editing, Post-Production Sound, numerous Film and Television Case Studies and more. Taught by core UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television faculty, this graduate-level competitive admission program also features notable guest speakers. Check out our faculty page for more info. For more information click below, or email us at [email protected]. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/producing/

Check out Acting for the Camera alum Colton Mastro's new short. It's 1917 meets the pandemic. This one deserves to go viral! WATCH IT! SHARE IT! https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=skgcruZichc

APPLY BY Nov. 23 for UCLA’s Winter 2021 Professional Program in PRODUCING (ONLINE)! This ONLINE program meets for 38 weeknights over a ten-week period, beginning January 4. Over 30 different guest lecturers cover their topic of expertise, including: Production Preparation, Career Planning, Low Budget Filmmaking, Line Producing, Financing, Budgeting, Story Structure, Pitching, Producing for Immersive Media, Multiplatform Storytelling, Working Creatively with China's Film Indus...try, Contracts/ Negotiations, Clearance/Copyright, Completion Bonds, Representation, Television Development, Marketing, Theatrical Distribution, Alternative Distribution, Post-Production Editing, Post-Production Sound, numerous Film and Television Case Studies and more. Taught by core UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television faculty, this graduate-level competitive admission program also features notable guest speakers. Check out our faculty page for more info. For more information click below, or email us at [email protected]. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/producing/

The application period has closed for our 2020-2021 Professional Programs in Screenwriting, Writing for Television and Acting for the Camera. Applications for these 2021-2022 programs will be available on our website on January 15, 2021.

Check out our newest podcast release BILLY RAY PART 2 - THE COMEY RULE at https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/podcasts/ UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting instructors, Chris Kyle and Simon Herbert, talk to screenwriter/director (and UCLA alum and Professional Program in Producing instructor) Billy Ray about what it took to create The Comey Rule -- the most anticipated political television mini-series of the upcoming Fall 2020 season. How did Billy Ray convince... real-life Comey that he was the chronicler to tell his story; even as the country descends into polarized hysteria on the next roundabout? Billy answers this and more. This is a podcast you'll want to share!

Apply by August 17! Study with us ONLINE! Are you going to write two feature screenplays -- or a TV spec and two original TV pilots -- in nine months? You will if you are accepted into the 2020-2021 UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting or the Professional Program in Writing for Television.... Both programs begin Sept. 28. Learn from renowned UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television instructors and receive: A world-class education in three quarters. An intimate classroom environment with a maximum of 10 students per workshop . Guidance from initial story concept through navigating the industry. Graduates receive a certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. This is a competitive admission program. Apply early. http://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu

Check out the UCLA Professional Programs Summer 2020 Newsletter! New podcasts with Felicia D. Henderson, Liz Tigelaar and Billy Ray. New special guest and student pics. Alumni News and more. ... https://mailchi.mp//ucla-professional-programs-summer-2020

Applications are now available for the Fall 2020 Writing for Late Night Comedy workshop with Holly Wortell. Do you want to write for SNL? The Daily Show? Samantha Bee? Stephen Colbert? Amy Shumer? John Oliver? Fallon? Corden? Conan? Kimmel? Join Emmy-nominated instructor Holly Wortell as she examines the successful writing elements of late night TV talk shows and sketch comedy shows.... Learn joke and sketch writing format and structure, satire, content creation, how to identify trends in current shows, and how to create the POV or edge to make a writer stand out. Master the ability to create new material daily, to take headlines or news stories and turn them into marketable material, and to pull from personal life and observations. By the end of this workshop, writers will have created a complete talk show packet and sketch portfolio with elements specific to each writer’s goal, and leave with a plan to move forward with that material. This workshop is limited to 12 students. This workshop is only available online. Students must be 21 or over to participate in this workshop. Application Deadline:September 14, 2020 Tuition: $1100 This course meets online ten times over 10 weeks, on Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 4pm, beginning October 3, 2020. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/writing-for-late/

Due to the pandemic, the 2020-2021 Professional Program in Acting for the Camera will now take place entirely ONLINE on the Zoom platform. You can now study with us from anywhere in the world. Apply by Aug. 17. Callbacks have already begun.

Check out this new podcast episode with Cynthia Erivo.

The CW has given a straight-to-series order to Kung Fu, starring Acting for the Camera alum Olivia Liang! She's the lead! Check her out on the poster below. Congrats, Olivia! https://deadline.com//kung-fu-republic-of-sarah-the-cw-ne/

Applications are now available for UCLA's Professional Program in Acting for the Camera. Callbacks begin in late May. Gain knowledge from successful professionals in the industry. Recent guests have included: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Wendell Pierce, Amy Ryan, Whitney Cummings, James Ponsoldt (Director of The Circle, The Spectacular Now), Sacha Gervasi (Director of November Criminals, Hitchcock, Anvil: The Story of Anvil), Chelsea Handler, April Webster (Casting Direc...tor of Star Wars), Grace Wu (EVP Casting at NBC), Kate Adler (EVP Comedy at CBS), Tony Sepulveda (Senior VP Casting at WB), Anya Colloff (Casting Director of Fresh Off the Boat, New Girl), Jeffrey Reiner (Director of The Affair), Adam Chase (TV EP of Mom), Alfred Molina (Angie Tribeca, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple, Reno 911!), Bonnie Zane (Casting Director), Aaron Lipstadt (Director of Elementary, Grimm), Ryan Stiles (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Nestor Carbonell (Lost, The Dark Knight) and many more. Learn from renowned UCLA instructors and receive: A world-class acting education in three quarters An intimate classroom environment with a maximum of 16 students per workshop. Access to casting decision-makers A certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Students are encouraged to apply early. Space is limited. International student application deadline: June 22. US. Student application deadline: August 17. https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/acting-for-the-c/

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher made a surprise visit to Hugh Sterbakov's online Writing for Television workshop to give feedback on our writers' pilot pitches! How cool is that?

Hip hop mogul 50 Cent joined our Producing students last Monday night! (Pictured left to right: Jeff Hirsch - President and CEO of Starz, Curtis "50 Cent Jackson - EP, Co-Star and Director of Power on Starz, Tom Nunan - Producer of Academy Award-winning Crash.)

Congrats to Professional Program in Producing alums Sy Huq and Rafaella Biscayn. Sy's new short film Things That Fall is an official contender for the 92nd Academy Awards!