Columbia Filmmakers Honored as 2025 Academy Award Nominees
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The Film MFA Program is one of the top-ranked film programs in the world. Led by a faculty of working professionals from the Hollywood, international, and independent film communities, and renowned for its devotion to story, the program fosters cutting-edge creativity, intellectual rigor, and hands-on practicality with a uniquely integrated curriculum. Our concentrations in Screenwriting & Directing, Creative Producing, and Writing for Film & Television are among the world's premiere training grounds for emerging filmmakers.
Year after year, our diverse and international alumni are celebrated at the highest levels of industry achievement in television, film, and new media including top prizes at the Oscar and Emmy Awards as well as accolades and prizes at Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Telluride, and more.
Above: Still from A Complete Unknown, co-written and directed by James Mangold '99. Read more.
Writer and co-director: Jennifer Lee '05
Writer-director: Greg Mottola '91
Writer, director, producer: Kathryn Bigelow '79
Co-writer and director: James Mangold '99
Co-creator, executive producer, writer: Ashley Lyle '07
Writer-director: Sandi Tan '00