If you’re looking for a great film school in Chico CA, or Redding CA area, welcome to the FILM CONNECTION! We’re the only film school that gets you inside an actual Chico or Redding film production company, where you will learn directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting, or general production as a film student extern. In the Chico-Redding area, one of the smartest ways to break into the film business is to start inside a Chico-Redding film production company as a film extern.
Located in the Sacramento Valley in north-central California, the towns of Chico and Redding are about 90 minutes apart and have a combined population of around 165,000 people. Both towns are within driving range of both the mountains and the coast, making this area ideal for finding diverse filmmaking locations. Los Angeles is a day’s drive away, but this area is home to several film and television production companies, which is how we connect you to the industry. So if you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman, but DON’T want to live in L.A., the Chico-Redding area could be a great alternative.
Some of the well-known movies that have used locations in the Chico, Redding, and surrounding areas include Dark Woods, Immortal, American Beauty, Memoirs of a Geisha, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Phenomenon, and even classics such as Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Cape Fear, and Gone with the Wind.