2331 Third St.
San Francisco, Calif. 94107

The San Francisco School of Digital filmmaking gives aspiring screenwriters, film makers, and actors the tools to begin a career in the industry. The school's curriculum is project-based, allowing students to develop hands-on skills, while giving life to their creative ideas.

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking offers a digital filmmaking program and workshop, film Acting classes, and screenwriting workshops. The digital filmmaking program is a one-year intensive, hands-on program preparing students for a career in the motion picture industry. The courses are taught by an award winning staff and students get the opportunity to create five short movies. Students also become part of a crew of professionals on a feature-length motion picture. The digital filmmaking workshops are five- or six-week hands-on classes that introduce students to filmmaking. In each workshop, students write, produce, direct and edit their own short films and they serve as crew members on their classmates' projects. SFSDF offers a filmmaking workshops in the fall, winter and summer filmmaking workshops.

Film acting classes are offered in a series and teach students to act for the camera, maximize their skills, and work with filmmakers in a professional environment. Classes are offered in eight-week cycles. SFSDF classes include acting essentials, film acting, dynamic audition skills, and the business of acting. There are a variety of screenwriting workshops, including an intensive 10-week course in the art of screenwriting, taught by award winning writer/actor James Savoca.

Quick Facts

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking's faculty consists of directors, producers, writers, musicians, editors, actors, art directors, and sound designers.

The school has small class sizes, allowing students to receive individual attention and have greater access to filmmaking equipment.

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking's third street sound stage is 50 feet x 50 feet with an 18-foot high lighting grid spanning the whole sound stage. It has a green screen and extensive lighting and grip equipment through a partnership with Richard Favaro Lighting. In addition, students have their own mise en place in the production office where they can write, research, conduct meetings, edit, and research for their courses.

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