Loyola Marymount

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University offers two different screenwriting two-year Master of Fine Arts degrees at its Los Angeles based School of Film and Television: Writing and Producing for Television, and Feature Film Writing. 

LMU: “The MFA in Writing and Producing for Television trains writer-producers who will become the creative leaders of television programming. The television writing student must complete a portfolio, which consists of a one-hour teleplay, a half-hour teleplay, an original television series pilot, and produce a presentation of the pilot. The MFA in Feature Film Screenwriting trains students to write and work in long form storytelling where students must complete a portfolio that includes three feature screenplays and develop a project adapted from another medium. Students of either program can take elective courses in the other.” 

Both screenwriting programs teach the importance of story and its faculty help students find and express their creative voice, learning about dialogue, character, story plotting, visual writing, and cinematic structure. During the course, students write and rewrite feature length screenplays, study different genres, and learn how to adapt stories from different mediums.

Degree Offered:

• Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting

Visit the Loyola Marymount University Website for more information and to apply.