What is Film Connection?

We are the apprenticeship/internship program that puts you in a real film production company (in any city you choose) from day one.

3 Reasons why Film Connection is better than traditional film school.

We cost much much less than most every other film school or film programs.
We connect you into the industry by putting you in a real film company or with a real freelance filmmaker from day one.
With us you learn one on one, from an industry professional.

The Film Directing and Producing Program

If you are serious about a career in the film business, you should probably start to ask yourself some very serious questions about the best way to make your career a reality. Questions like:

Is traditional film school the best way to break into the film business? Is traditional film school at a cost of 20 -150 thousand dollars the best investment of my money during these tough economic times? Can I learn what I need to know to succeed in the film business without regular film school?

Our answer: The best way to break into the film business is to get an APPRENTICESHIP inside a real film production company, save the money you are thinking of spending on film school, and learn ONE on ONE from a real filmmaker, a professional filmmaker who is doing what you want to do for a living, That is making films, TV, or commercials. This mentor-apprentice paradigm teaches you as it connects you into the film business. Ask any professional filmmaker working in the biz today and they will all tell you the same thing: they learned most of what they know today, from learning on the job, not from film school.

Use your brain, ask the tough questions, be a smart student before you sign up for an EXPENSIVE FILM SCHOOL

QUESTION: If you were to go to traditional film school and spend 20 -150 thousand dollars, where do you think you will need to go TO GET A JOB after you graduate?

ANSWER: You will need to get an internship in a real film production company of course. And they will most likely ask you to work for FREE. The degree you earned will mean nothing to them. You will start from the exact same place you are in today without the degree.

BIGGER QUESTION: Why not just go to The Film Connection and get in the door of a real company and be an apprentice, an intern, and a student all at once for 75% less money. Start now, get connected as you get trained. Click here to see how much we cost.

View our course curriculum, school locations, our costs compare to other schools, and meet our students & graduates.

Watch Our Movie

If you've dreamed of being a filmmaker, or working in the film industry, take five minutes and watch our video. The Film Connection, where dreams happen at a price you can afford.

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Learn Where You Live

Film Connection's Film Institute, your alternative to film school, offers private, one-on-one training in directing, producing, editing, acting and more, inthe real world. We have thousands of private tutors and mentors to choose from and because you will be learning and apprenticing where you live, there are no relocations costs. We often times can be quite flexible in our scheduling too, so you don't have to quit your "day job" to go to our film school alternative.

Film Connection offers programs in film making, acting, film directing, film producing, editing, screen writing, cinematography and more in most major cities and towns including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Detroit, Miami, Portland, Philadelphia, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, etc. (Note: acting class currently in LA only)

Your Film Connection classroom is in an actual film production company or real film set in your city or town.

Your mentor (tutor) is a working film professional who trains you one-on-one.

Train part-time, nights or weekends. Train around your current job

Film Connection's Film Institute takes you out of the classroom and onto real movie sets where you'll learn by doing while you apprentice, one-on-one with your mentor, a working professional in the area of film you want to study. No other film school comes close.

Does The Film Connection Program Work?

Each month, we ask our film school alternative students to provide us with feedback on how they are doing and what they've been up to. The one thing all of our film students seem to have in common, besides a passion for breaking into the film industry, is that every day that goes by, the more convinced they are about the value of The Film Connection. You see each day they attend The Film Connection, the more they reailize they are that much closer to a career in film. Colleen Rowley, is just one such student, who is being mentored in her home town of Portland, Oregon. Click here for her story and others

Our Mentor Apprentice Program Gives You The Edge

Thinking about going to traditional film school or acting school for a career in the film business? Want to be a Film Director, Film Producer, Actor, Editor, Camera Operator, Screenwriter, Lighting Director, or other Film Career? You have a couple of choices: 1.) Go to a traditional film school or college/university at a cost of between $15 – $80,000 and sit in a classroom with a bunch of other out of work film students while you work on pretend “film projects” or 2.) Go to Film Connection, where we've been teaching up and coming film professionals for 25 years, and learn the common sense way: ONE-on-ONE on real film and video shoots where you will serve as an apprentice under a real life film producer, director, editor, actor, etc. Film Connection knows what every single film professional knows --- the only way to get a job in the film business is to learn on real gear, while working on real projects under a real life film pro.

GO TO SCHOOL ON REAL SHOOTS

Learn Final Cut Pro. Find new meanings for crossing the line, mini moles, flags, put a sock on it, and more in private, one-on-one or two-on-one sessions on real film and video shoots. Your teacher is a real film director, film producer, editor, screenwriter, lighting director, camera operator, actor or film professional that takes you through our structured course curriculum while working on their shoots. No experience is required. Part Time, Nights and Weekend courses are available. This allows you to train around your current job.

HOW AM I GOING TO PAY FOR THIS?

Film Connection Offers Complete Financial Aid Package from Sallie Mae the nation's leading provider of student loans. Not only will Sallie Mae cover the entire tuition cost ($7750), but they'll also loan up to 60% additional ($4650) for living expenses and/or equipment purchases if you choose. So, if you are 18 years of age or older, have a good credit history, you can qualify for a ZERO DOWN, low interest student loan and take up to 15 years to pay it back. Call one of our Sallie Mae Financial Aid Advisors at
800.755.7597 to qualify. Plus, we have other financial aid packages so we're sure we can find one to fit your budget.

Learn Filmmaking from a
Professional Filmmaker

Learn Right - Learn Fast - Learn Smart

Film Connection's Mentor Apprentice Programs in directing, acting, producing, editing, camera, writing and more make it possible for you to learn one-on-one from a film professional. Best of all, you don't have to go broke in the process! And we have financing programs for qualified individuals.