I had a great experience with Film Connection and my mentor, Donny Baker, from ES Studios. He taught me everything I needed to know about being a director/producer and the importance of always being prepared for the shoot
If you are accepted into our program, you will have access to our Connections. We are called the Film Connection for a reason.
The legendary movie company paid for two students to learn with us. Faye Garrison and Uriel Soto Jr., Both studied under Adam Mosely (U2).
Home to the very best studio for electronic and dance music in Orange Country we train our students here and offer workshops here.
The biggest baddest horror movie Production Company on the planet (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge).
13x Grammy Winner is a NAAM Panelist for the Film Connection and is always look for talented Engineers, Mix Engineers, and Producers.
Build Your Real Industry Contacts When You Graduate
The more connections you have in music, the more you will work, the more you will work, the more you will make, the more you make the more freedom you will have.
Most schools make a ton of promises and give you very few connections. Film Connection not only gives you a world class education in the very best a setting (a real film studio and and with a PRO FILM PRODUCER), we also give you connections.
Hear How Film Connection is Different From the Professionals Around the Globe.
Screenwriter for The Wild, Snow Dogs, The In Crowd
Credits: Defendor, The Art of the Steal
Credits: Sweet Home Alabama, The Hollywood Pitching Bible
Credits: The Relic, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Credits: The West Wing, Meet Joe Black, Duckman
Producer of Project Greenlight
Sundance Award-winning Producer of the Academy Award-winning film, The Sessions.
Credits: Liar Liar, The Little Rascals, Hearbreakers
Credits: Being John Malkovich, Saved! and Velvet Goldmine.
From his early days in pop film, Hans has written original scores for such films as Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Gladiator (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2005) Sherlock Holmes (2009) and over 100 others.
The Film Connection was recently invited onto the Larry King program to talk about how our externship program is making a difference by connecting our students and getting them hired.
Judge Mathis and RRF are helping inner city youth get educated through the RRF program.
Dr. Drew and RRF have helped Tracey Wilson, a former gang member, get into film school, and are now helping him make his first documentary about getting your GED and going to college.
Joel Schumacher and RRF have donated to The Endometriosis Foundation of America. This group aims to increase disease recognition, provide advocacy, facilitate expert surgical training, and fund landmark endometriosis research.
and RRF have donated to Get Prepared California: American Red Cross.
and RRF have donated to the Breast Care Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Henry Bromell produced, created, directed the series Homeland, and has written and produced the television dramas Northern Exposure, I’ll Fly Away, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, Carnivale, Brotherhood, Rubicon, and Homeland.
and RRF have donated to the Hide & Seek Foundation’s SOAR (Support of Accelerated Research).
“I am excited by the new structure of the program at Film Connection Film Institute. The concept of one-on-one instruction with an active film professional definitely beats a University classroom full of students listening to someone who may not be as immediately connected to the industry.”
“Being paired with working professionals and established companies allows up-and-coming artists to learn on the job, introduces them to the realities of film production, and helps them acquire the tools needed to become successful. Two of our current staff are graduates of the Film Connection.”
“Our first extern in this program was put right in the middle of the action and it was amazing how he was able to learn by doing. This Film Connection is great for people with a sincere interest in this field. Our extern turned out to be a reliable resource and we hope his experience at Studios 121 will be the start of a great career!”
“I went to a good film school, but the day I graduated I had no idea what to do. No one wanted to hand me thousands of dollars to direct or produce anything so I had to figure it out on my own.”
Great program. I’m proud to be a part of it.” Jeff has worked on over 200 film sets and has been a Set Decorator on hit movies, “Dude Where’s My Car”, “Nurse Betty”, “Blade 2”, “Beautiful”, “She’s All That” as well as TV shows “Modern Family”, “Trust Me” and “Miami Medical”.
Richard Berg is an Art Director’s Guild and Emmy nominated Production Designer. He is responsible for the Production Design of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Eleventh Hour, Miami Medical, Chase and Modern Family. Berg is also an architect.
“Film Connection truly is the ‘Film School of Hard Knocks.’ It helps new students to gain experience and network and teaches one thing I always preach to young filmmakers: practicality. It gives new students and would-be filmmakers, writers and editors, a chance to connect personally with their mentors.”
Equal parts MacGyver, Steven Spielberg and Gandhi, Brian has ideas. Ideas about marketing, ideas about communication and ideas about fixing just about anything that might be broken. When he’s not sharing his ideas with clients you can usually find him fixing things at his own home or eagerly searching for things that may need fixing…
Carl Millender born in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 5, 1970 is a pioneer in the film and television industry. In 1990 Carl Millender became a cultural consultant for NBC’s new programs, including “The Fresh Prince of Bel-air”, “Seinfeld”…
David’s stage and studio clients include: Bravo, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”, Sex & The City, American Cancer Society, Clairol, Law & Order – Criminal Intent, Amazon, Verizon, VH1, The History Channel, MTV, Director’s Guild of America and many many more.
Jason Hewitt, a native of Louisiana, left the technology industry to join the film and television industry. Hewitt was an early mover in the Internet economy, founding the website creation and marketing management company Planet Symphony in 1994.
Marc is an accomplished executive with a consistent record of managing costs, measuring progress with metrics and creating operational efficiencies. He’s a thoughtful and enthusiastic professional possessing the ability to create a vision, gain executive alignment and effectively lead dynamic high performance teams for success.
Some of our graduates have gone on to become film directors, script writers, and production company owners. Others are creating and producing their own films across genres like documentary, drama, comedy, action, and animation
I had a great experience with Film Connection and my mentor, Donny Baker, from ES Studios. He taught me everything I needed to know about being a director/producer and the importance of always being prepared for the shoot
Jorge Fuentes Quiroz
After working in media for a couple of years, I decided to take my skills to the next level in filmmaking. I was fortunate to have joined Film Connection; they supported me from day one with my registration and all the necessary paperwork
Noah Gonzalez
Film Connection does a fantastic job placing you on REAL sets with EXPERIENCED directors, opening doors to build meaningful connections with your mentor and ensuring ongoing learning. You truly get out of the program what you put in.
Octavio Preciado
I got great movie recommendations that gave me many creative influences. My mentor gave constructive feedback on my script. I learned about how to work on a film set and collaborate with other art departments. I enjoyed my experience with Film Connection.
Josh Chacko – Arlington, Washington
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