Film-Making

Pittsburgh Region

• CMU Entertainment Technology Center
  A computer science and fine arts research center based at Carnegie Mellon University performing research in interactive multimedia.
• Duquesne University: Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts
  Learn to design and implement multimedia for distribution via any medium including; CD-ROM, DVD, and the World Wide Web.
• IATSE Local 489: Studio Mechanics of Southwestern Pennsylvania
  Representing Motion Picture Technicians, Craftspersons, and Artisans of the Greater Pittsburgh Area and Southwestern Pennsylvania.
• Pittsburgh Filmmakers
  One of the largest and oldest independent media arts center in the country; committed to the advancement of artistic excellence in film, video, photography and digital media through programs in education, equipment access, community outreach and exhibition.
• Pittsburgh Film Office
  Working to encourage movie production companies to use Pittsburgh as a shooting location.
• Pennsylvania Film Office (filminpa.com)
  A state agency that works to attract and facilitate the production of motion pictures, television, films and commercials here in Pennsylvania.
• Pittsburgh Film Workers' Association
  meets once monthly at Pittsburgh Filmmakers' Building on Melwood
• Point Park University: Cinema & Digital Arts
  Offers progrmas leading to a B.A. in Cinema Production, a B.A. in Screenwriting, and a B.A. in Digital Arts.
• Steeltown Entertainment Project
  The Steeltown Entertainment Project connects entertainment professionals, with Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA) ties, to projects, people and partnerships in order to support and invest in the socially and commercially significant film and media industry of the Pittsburgh region.
• The Talent Group
  A talent agency representing both union and nonunion actors and models.
• University of Pittsburgh: Film Studies
  The Film Studies Program offers interdisciplinary courses in history, aesthetics, theory, production of cinema, and critical studies, and, by special arrangement with Pittsburgh Filmmakers, courses in film, video, and photography production at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
• Viewpoint Production Services
  Professional Audio and Equipment Rental and Mobile Production Services Company. Mt. Nebo Road, Pittsburgh, PA

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United States

• American Film Institute Conservatory
  The AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles trains aspiring film and videomakers in a conservatory environment, providing a curriculum that enables Fellows to concentrate solely on the art and craft of the moving image. AFI's Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies offers an MFA in Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting.
• Film Underground
  provides practical and relevant articles on moviemaking, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of story-telling. Affiliated with Northwest Film School.
• Filmmaker.com
  Includes many links to websites and organizations of interest to filmmakers.
• Filmmaker Magazine
  A publication for the independent filmmaker from the Independent Feature Project.
• Independent Feature Project
  The IFP is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated resources, information and avenues of communication for its members: independent filmmakers, industry professionals and independent film enthusiasts.
• Yahoo! Filmmaking
  Links to web resources of use to the independent filmmaker.