The Columbia University School of the Arts , also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA, is the division of the university that offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre and Writing, as well as a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Film Studies. It works closely with the Arts Initiative at Columbia University (CUArts) and organizes the Columbia University Film Festival. Founded in 1948, the school is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
Programs
Film
A world-renowned film school, the Film Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees with concentrations in Screenwriting/Directing and Creative Producing. The program also offers in MA in Film Studies.
The select MFA program accepts only 6% of applicants, having an annual incoming class of 65 out of the 1000+ applicants. The film program accepts 46 out of approx. 700 applicants. It is considered one of the top film schools in the world.
Theatre
The Theatre Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Theatre with concentrations in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, stage management and theatre management and producing. The Theatre Program also offers a Ph.D. and joint JD/MFA degree in association with Columbia Law School.
Visual Arts
In the Visual Arts Program, students work in the fields of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, digital media, drawing, performance and video art.
Writing
The program offers degrees in creative writing, with concentrations in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. One of its more notable features are "master classes", four-week courses for writers (as opposed to critical scholars) "designed to stimulate provocative discussions about literary craft and artistic choices". Master Class faculty have recently included Helen Vendler, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, James Wood, Richard Ford, Han Ong, Susan Choi, and Jonathan Ames. The writing division also employs prestigious writers as seminar and workshop instructors; these have recently included Zadie Smith, Gary Shteyngart, Nathan Englander, Myla Goldberg, Adam Haslett, Jessica Hagedorn, Phillip Lopate, Marie Howe, Eamon Grennan, Paul LaFarge, David Gates, Francisco Goldman, Darcy Frey, and David Ebershoff.
Future
According to the Proposed Manhattanville Academic Mixed-Use Environmental Impact Statement, Columbia intends to expand, as-of-right, its presence in Manhattanville by adaptively reusing Prentis Hall for the School of the Arts. Columbia currently owns and occupies Prentis Hall, 628â€"644 West 125th Street, with approximately 91,000 gross square feet (gsf) of academic space. By the 2015 analysis year, Prentis Hall may be enlarged to include an additional floor of approximately 17,000 gsf of additional academic space.
Notable alumni and attendees
Film
- Sophie Barthes - screenwriter, film director
- Albert Berger - Producer Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain
- Kathryn Bigelow (1979) - screenwriter, film director, producer and two time Academy Award winner for The Hurt Locker (2009).
- Richard Brick (1971) - producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, Caught; Co-Producer Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Arizona Dream
- Lisa Cholodenko (1998) - screenwriter and film director, The Kids Are All Right, Laurel Canyon, The L Word
- Richard Corliss - Time magazine film critic
- Cherien Dabis (2004) - filmmaker, screenwriter - The L Word, Amreeka
- Nicole Holofcener - film and TV director, screenwriter Please Give, Enough Said, Friends With Money, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under
- Simon Kinberg - screenwriter Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Yves Lavandier (1983â€"85) - screenwriter, director and script doctor
- Jennifer Lee (2005) - Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph
- John Magary - film director, screenwriter The Mend (film)
- James Mangold - film director, screenwriter Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, Cop Land
- Kimberly Peirce - director, Boys Don't Cry, Stop-Loss
- Ntshaveni Wa Luruli - film director
- Aaron Woolfolk, M.A. 1998 - film director, screenwriter The Harimaya Bridge
Theatre
- James Rebhorn (1972) - actor
- Kathryn Shaw - director, actor, writer
- Albert Hall (1971) - actor
- Jay Scheib (1997) - theatre director
- Claire Labine, head writer of Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, General Hospital, Where The Heart Is, Guiding Light
Writing
- Jonathan Ames (1989) - writer
- Jesse Ball (2004) - writer
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (1974) - poet
- John Bowe (1994) - journalist focussing on modern slavery
- Richard Corliss (1974) - film critic
- Kiran Desai (1999) - winner of the Booker Prize for her novel The Inheritance of Loss
- Meghan Daum (1996) - writer and journalist
- Stephen J. Dubner (1990) - writer, Freakonomics
- James Franco - (2010) actor
- Philip Gourevitch (1992) - writer and journalist, editor-in-chief of The Paris Review
- Tama Janowitz (1986) - writer
- Maureen Johnson (2003) - novelist
- Heidi Julavits - writer
- Dave King (1999) - novelist
- Peter Knobler - writer, editor
- Benjamin Kunkel - author of Indecision
- Jean Kwok - novelist
- Alec Michod (1999) - novelist
- Susan Minot (1983) - novelist and screenwriter
- Rick Moody (1986) - novelist
- Ed Park - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
- Katha Pollitt (1975) - feminist writer
- Richard Price (1976) - novelist and screenwriter
- Anna Rabinowitz (1990) - poet, librettist
- Vendela Vida - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
Visual Arts
- David Altmejd - artist of sculptural systems
- Marc Handelman - painter
- Lisi Raskin (2003) - visual artist
- Mika Rottenberg - video artist
- Dana Schutz (2002) - painter
- Banks Violette (2000) - sculptor
Music
- Laurie Anderson (1972) - musician
- Kenneth Ascher, DMA (1966 CC; 1968 GSAS; 1971 SOA) â€" jazz pianist, composer
- Tan Dun (1993) - composer
Notable faculty
- Adrienne Rich - poet
- Kristin Linklater - renowned vocal instructor
- Anne Bogart - theater director
- Richard Howard - Pulitzer Prize winning poet
- Binnie Kirshenbaum - author
- Tom Kalin - screenwriter, film director, and producer
- Ramin Bahrani - film director
- Ben Marcus - fiction writer
- Gregory Mosher - Tony Award winning theatrical producer
- Mira Nair - director of Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala, and Vanity Fair
- Andrei Åžerban - theater director
- Anthony Bergman- producer Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Friends With Money
- Barbara De Fina- producer Goodfellas, You Can Count on Me, Kundun, The Grifters
- Ira Deutchman- producer "Kiss Me, Guido", "All I Wanna Do", "Way Past Cool"
- Andy Bienen- screenwriter Boys Don't Cry
- James Schamus- producer The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk
- Peter Sollett- director, screenwriter Raising Victor Vargas, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Michael Hausman- producer Brokeback Mountain, Gangs of New York, The Firm, All the King's Men
- Richard Brick- Co-Producer Sweet and Lowdown, Celebrity, Deconstructing Harry; Producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, "Caught"
- Miloš Forman- film director
- Rirkrit Tiravanija - artist
- Jon Kessler - artist
- Sanford Biggers - artist
- Thomas Roma - artist
- Tomas Vu - artist
- Sarah Sze - artist
- Kara Walker - artist
- Shelly Silver - artist
- Mark Dion - artist
- Matthew Buckingham - artist
- Matthew Ritchie - artist
- Dana Schutz - artist
- Liam Gillick - artist
- Rineke Dijkstra - artist
See also
- Columbia University
References
External links
- Official website
- Columbia University School of the Arts on Twitter
- School of the Arts Film Program homepage
- School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program homepage
- School of the Arts Visual Arts Program homepage
- School of the Arts Writing Program homepage
- Columbia University Film Festival
- CUArts
- Our Word: Writers of Color at Columbia University School of the Arts
- Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
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