For this year’s rankings, THR consulted a brain trust of industry insiders, and also solicited anonymous votes from members of the Writers Guild of America, West, American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Here is what the THR report says about CalArts:
“Art school grads are supposed to be penurious, but at Valencia’s CalArts, films made by alums have grossed more than $25 billion. The Los Angeles Times called it “the Harvard Business School of animation.” Three of nine student films in the Telluride Film Festival’s most recent Filmmakers of Tomorrow program were by CalArtians, and three of this year’s Academy Award nominees for animated feature were by alums. CalArts also was represented heavily at the New York Film Festival, the Whitney Museum Biennial, Sundance (where Yung Jake was tabbed a breakout art star by LA Weekly) and PBS’ recent Film School Shorts series. Alumni cover the waterfront from pop culture to high culture: As James Mangold’s The Wolverine headed for the multiplex, Erika Vogt has had big shows at Manhattan’s New Museum and L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art.”
Below is the complete list of the top 25 film schools:
1. University of Southern California
2. American Film Institute
3. New York University
4. University of California, Los Angeles
5. California Institute of the Arts
6. Columbia University
7. Chapman University
8. Emerson College
9. Loyola Marymount University
10. University of Texas at Austin
11. Boston University
12. University of North Carolina School of the Arts
13. Northwestern University
14. Columbia College Chicago
15. Art Center College of Design
16. Syracuse University
17. Florida State University
18. Wesleyan University
19. Rhode Island School of Design
20. Stanford University
21. DePaul University
22. Ithaca College
23. Savannah College of Art and Design
24. Ringling College of Art and Design
25. Colorado Film School
CalArts Ranked No. 5 U.S. Film School
