The Films

UCLA's Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media offers programs of study in the history and theory as well as the creative and technical aspects of the moving image. The department provides a scholarly, creative, and professional approach to the study of these media and seeks to help each student discover his or her powers as an independent artist and communicator. The department's undergraduate film major is ranked first out of 500 nationally (Princeton Review / Gourman Report) and our graduate program is consistently among the nation's top three (U.S. News and World Report). The strong academic foundations of these programs are enhanced by access to exceptional resources, including the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the largest university-based moving image collection in the world. The proximity of the world's entertainment center, in Los Angeles, gives students access to people accomplished in their fields, many of whom are supportive UCLA alumni. Working and highly place professionals visit the campus regularly as instructors or come to work here as adjunct and visiting professors.