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Discover the artist you want to be and develop the skills to achieve your vision. Shoot and edit your own films on state-of-the-art equipment while being a part of a collaborative community of filmmakers in NYC.
Type
Undergraduate, BFA
Credits
126
Duration
4 Years
Courses
Plan of Study
School and Department
School of Art,
Film/Video

A Film Program with High-End Tech in a Creative Art School Environment

woman in long hallway, wall covered in graffiti, with man holding camera pointed at her
Andrew Guaman directing his Film+Fashion class project, ‘Loteria’

Immerse yourself in your creative practice from the first semester—making 12–20 short films by the time you have graduated—using Pratt’s high-end equipment, cinema cameras, and facilities. You are part of a community of artists encouraged to take creative risks and push the boundaries of conventional filmmaking.

Learn All Aspects of Filmmaking

Explore narrative, documentary, experimental filmmaking, and video art while also learning cinematography, sound design, screenwriting, and all other aspects of filmmaking. Rare among film programs, this holistic approach makes our graduates versatile in the workplace—able to engage effectively with everyone on a film set.

“People will often tell us we have to choose one thing and stick to it. But I think our generation understands that you have to be flexible and do a bit of everything.”

Grace Zhang, BFA Film ’20
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Your Senior Thesis On Screen

The program culminates with a guided but self-defined yearlong senior thesis project. Direct and edit your most ambitious short film to be presented as part of our Senior Showcase in our state-of-the-art Katharine L. McKenna Screening Room and at the prestigious BAM Rose Cinemas.

Join a Supportive Community with Small Class Sizes

Be part of a warm, supportive community that extends beyond graduation. Our faculty of filmmakers and artists facilitate your learning in intimate classes of 12–15 students. Students work collaboratively, contributing to the sense of camaraderie in each cohort.

A Campus Environment in NYC

You’ll have easy access to the museums, cinemas, and excitement of New York City, while enjoying the tranquility of our beautiful Brooklyn campus and the community of our dedicated Film/Video Building.

Mentorship from Our Dedicated Faculty

Our faculty members are active filmmakers and artists representing myriad professional possibilities and creative directions you may take in your work. They are award-winning directors, professional editors, sound mixers, colorists, experimental filmmakers, animators, and video artists—as well as dedicated mentors to our students and alumni.

“If it were not for [Pratt] mentors believing in me, I wouldn’t have my dream career of directing TV, films, and commercials and owning my production company.”

Aubrey Smyth, BFA Film ’10
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  1. Jim Finn

    Professor

  2. Eliza Hittman

    Associate Professor

  3. Deborah Meehan

    Professor

  4. Idrissou Mora-Kpai

    Associate Professor

  5. Matias Pineiro

    Associate Professor

  6. Justice Whitaker

    Visiting Assistant Professor

See all Film/Video faculty and administrators.

NYC Internships in Your Area of Interest

Take advantage of Pratt’s extensive network to find internships in NYC. We will coach you through the research and application process in your area of interest (production, post-production, color correction, live television, or distribution). Our students have been placed in internships in a wide range of contexts including Saturday Night Live, Late Night, A24, MoMA, Technicolor, Kino Lorber, and MTV.

Study Abroad and Shift Your Perspective

In addition to a spring break program in Cuba, Film/Video students can study abroad at partner institutions in the spring semester of their junior year in cities such as London, Lisbon, Paris, and Berlin.

Learn More at Study Abroad

After Graduation

Our graduates are highly sought after and well-known in the film industry for being self-sufficient, respectful, resourceful, and hardworking. They are directing television, feature films, commercials, and music videos. They are professional editors, colorists, cinematographers, and sound recordists. They are award-winning writers, producers, and educators.

Highlights

  • Liz Hannah (BFA ‘07)  Golden Globe Nominated Screenwriter of The Post (directed by Steven Spielberg), showrunner of ‘The Girl From Plainville’ and a writer on ‘The Dropout’
  • April Maxey (BFA ‘12) was named one of Sundance’s “Women to Watch 2023”. Winner of Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding US Narrative Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival 2022
  • Park Min-woo (BFA ‘17) is the director of photography on the Korean dramatic TV series Oasis (2023)

Career Support for Life

Students and alumni can schedule one-on-one appointments with career strategists in Pratt’s Center for Career and Professional Development. A career strategist can work with you to develop your job/internship search strategies and life and business plans, as well as review résumés, cover letters, websites, and other marketing materials. 

The program also offers faculty-led career coaching, a Professional Practices class, dedicated internship support, and an alumni mentorship program that pairs recent graduates with working professionals in the field.

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Our Stories

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@prattfilm_video

  • Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio!
#sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
  • Pratt Film/Video congratulates F/V '23 Alum Mackie Mallison for being named in the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund sponsored by @chasesapphire !

Visionary projects across fiction and nonfiction were selected from Sundance Institute artist programs, receiving $120,000 in support to bring their bold and deeply resonant stories to life.

The Filmmakers Fund is part of a year-round commitment to supporting artists at every stage of their journey and expanding the future of film.

🔗 Visit the link in bio (@sundanceorg ) to learn more about the artists and their projects.

CONGRATS MACKIE!
  • Join Assistant Chair Eric Trenkamp for a valuable information session on all the key 'how-to's' for filming on and off campus. 

https://pratt.zoom.us/j/96255556547?pwd=bINabAaKabjvnLVebwuOapnqFmEYvg.1&jst=2  See bio for zoom link!
  • Pratt Film/Video is pleased to announce that filmmaker Alice Diop will join us in the F/V Screening Room on 10/2, for a conversation followed by Q&A. Open to the Pratt community, but with limited space available.  RSVP form link in bio 9/29. @prattinstitute 
About Alice Diop here: After obtaining Master's degrees in History from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2001 and in Visual Sociology (2003), Alice Diop graduated from the Femis documentary workshop in 2005.
 
Since then, she has been writing and directing creative documentaries which have been shown at a number of international film festivals like the Berlinale, BFI London film festival, Karlovy-Vary, Viennale, Cinéma du Réel etc. In 2017 she won the César for Best Short Film for “Vers la Tendresse” (Towards tenderness) as well as the grand prize at the Brive Festival. In the same year, she won the grand prize in the French competition section at Cinéma du reel for her feature-length documentary La Permanence ( On Call).
 
Her film Nous, (We), selected for competition at the Berlinale 2021, won the Berlinale's Best Documentary Award, and the Grand Prize in the Encounters section. It went on to win the Prix Lumière for Best Documentary in 2023, and was a critical and audience success.
 
Her first feature fiction film, Saint Omer, selected for official competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, won the Silver Lion and the Lion of the Future, as well as other awards at numerous international festivals.
Saint Omer was also represented France at the Oscars in 2022.
 
In residence at New York's Villa Albertine in 2022, she conducted research into the work of African-American poets such as Robin Costes Lewis, Claudia Rankine, June Jordan and Lucille Clinton. In November 2023, the Festival d'Automne in Paris gave her a “carte blanche” to introduce French audiences to the work of these women, in an Afro-Diasporic conversation combining theatrical performances, live shows, film screenings and readings. The public and critical success of the event prompted her to launch her first theatrical production for the 2025 season based on Robin Costes Lewis's poetry collection Voyage of the Sable Venus and other poems.
  • RIPPLE by Prof. Sasha Sumner, Film/Video Dept.

Immersive installation with interactive sound & movement

OPENING DAY EVENTS:  Friday Oct 3 at 6:00 pm !
Doors open at 6 pm. There will be a special performance of a live brass band starting outside, at 6:15, and performing inside the gallery at 6:30.

Show is open Oct 3 through Oct 10, 2025 daytime hours

MSCI Gallery

ARC Bldg. LL F09

Pratt Institute

200 Willoughby Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11205

@prattfilm_video @soartpratt #prattfacultywork
  • Professor Justice Whitaker and a few excited Pratt Film/Video students enjoyed the Timberland "Advice of an Icon" event at Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It was a blast to be there for the Q&A event with the always iconic Spike Lee! @brooklynmuseum @justice512k @prattfilm_video
  • Sophomore Showcase happens Wednesday, August 27th right in the Pratt Film Department Screening Room! 

Be there. Thanks to @treywoodbine for organizing and making this promo!
  • Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio!
#sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
  • Excited to share some great BTS from the Fall 2024 Film & Fashion class studio shoot. A vibrant multidisciplinary creative collaboration of students from multiple majors at Pratt Institute. Instructor: Sewra Kidane. Model: De'Sontia Rowdy. Makeup: Antoinette Greenwood. Hair: Jazmen Rogers. Designs by: Malek Rasmussen, Nyta Brace, Lavender Naduo Luo. @prattfilm_video @soartpratt @prattinstitute @prattfashion @nytaleebrace @malek_rasmussen
Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio!
#sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio! #sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
1 day ago
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1/9
Pratt Film/Video congratulates F/V '23 Alum Mackie Mallison for being named in the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund sponsored by @chasesapphire !

Visionary projects across fiction and nonfiction were selected from Sundance Institute artist programs, receiving $120,000 in support to bring their bold and deeply resonant stories to life.

The Filmmakers Fund is part of a year-round commitment to supporting artists at every stage of their journey and expanding the future of film.

🔗 Visit the link in bio (@sundanceorg ) to learn more about the artists and their projects.

CONGRATS MACKIE!
Pratt Film/Video congratulates F/V '23 Alum Mackie Mallison for being named in the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund sponsored by @chasesapphire ! Visionary projects across fiction and nonfiction were selected from Sundance Institute artist programs, receiving $120,000 in support to bring their bold and deeply resonant stories to life. The Filmmakers Fund is part of a year-round commitment to supporting artists at every stage of their journey and expanding the future of film. 🔗 Visit the link in bio (@sundanceorg ) to learn more about the artists and their projects. CONGRATS MACKIE!
5 days ago
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2/9
Join Assistant Chair Eric Trenkamp for a valuable information session on all the key 'how-to's' for filming on and off campus. 

https://pratt.zoom.us/j/96255556547?pwd=bINabAaKabjvnLVebwuOapnqFmEYvg.1&jst=2  See bio for zoom link!
Join Assistant Chair Eric Trenkamp for a valuable information session on all the key 'how-to's' for filming on and off campus. https://pratt.zoom.us/j/96255556547?pwd=bINabAaKabjvnLVebwuOapnqFmEYvg.1&jst=2 See bio for zoom link!
7 days ago
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3/9
Pratt Film/Video is pleased to announce that filmmaker Alice Diop will join us in the F/V Screening Room on 10/2, for a conversation followed by Q&A. Open to the Pratt community, but with limited space available.  RSVP form link in bio 9/29. @prattinstitute 
About Alice Diop here: After obtaining Master's degrees in History from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2001 and in Visual Sociology (2003), Alice Diop graduated from the Femis documentary workshop in 2005.
 
Since then, she has been writing and directing creative documentaries which have been shown at a number of international film festivals like the Berlinale, BFI London film festival, Karlovy-Vary, Viennale, Cinéma du Réel etc. In 2017 she won the César for Best Short Film for “Vers la Tendresse” (Towards tenderness) as well as the grand prize at the Brive Festival. In the same year, she won the grand prize in the French competition section at Cinéma du reel for her feature-length documentary La Permanence ( On Call).
 
Her film Nous, (We), selected for competition at the Berlinale 2021, won the Berlinale's Best Documentary Award, and the Grand Prize in the Encounters section. It went on to win the Prix Lumière for Best Documentary in 2023, and was a critical and audience success.
 
Her first feature fiction film, Saint Omer, selected for official competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, won the Silver Lion and the Lion of the Future, as well as other awards at numerous international festivals.
Saint Omer was also represented France at the Oscars in 2022.
 
In residence at New York's Villa Albertine in 2022, she conducted research into the work of African-American poets such as Robin Costes Lewis, Claudia Rankine, June Jordan and Lucille Clinton. In November 2023, the Festival d'Automne in Paris gave her a “carte blanche” to introduce French audiences to the work of these women, in an Afro-Diasporic conversation combining theatrical performances, live shows, film screenings and readings. The public and critical success of the event prompted her to launch her first theatrical production for the 2025 season based on Robin Costes Lewis's poetry collection Voyage of the Sable Venus and other poems.
Pratt Film/Video is pleased to announce that filmmaker Alice Diop will join us in the F/V Screening Room on 10/2, for a conversation followed by Q&A. Open to the Pratt community, but with limited space available.  RSVP form link in bio 9/29. @prattinstitute About Alice Diop here: After obtaining Master's degrees in History from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2001 and in Visual Sociology (2003), Alice Diop graduated from the Femis documentary workshop in 2005. Since then, she has been writing and directing creative documentaries which have been shown at a number of international film festivals like the Berlinale, BFI London film festival, Karlovy-Vary, Viennale, Cinéma du Réel etc. In 2017 she won the César for Best Short Film for “Vers la Tendresse” (Towards tenderness) as well as the grand prize at the Brive Festival. In the same year, she won the grand prize in the French competition section at Cinéma du reel for her feature-length documentary La Permanence ( On Call). Her film Nous, (We), selected for competition at the Berlinale 2021, won the Berlinale's Best Documentary Award, and the Grand Prize in the Encounters section. It went on to win the Prix Lumière for Best Documentary in 2023, and was a critical and audience success. Her first feature fiction film, Saint Omer, selected for official competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, won the Silver Lion and the Lion of the Future, as well as other awards at numerous international festivals. Saint Omer was also represented France at the Oscars in 2022. In residence at New York's Villa Albertine in 2022, she conducted research into the work of African-American poets such as Robin Costes Lewis, Claudia Rankine, June Jordan and Lucille Clinton. In November 2023, the Festival d'Automne in Paris gave her a “carte blanche” to introduce French audiences to the work of these women, in an Afro-Diasporic conversation combining theatrical performances, live shows, film screenings and readings. The public and critical success of the event prompted her to launch her first theatrical production for the 2025 season based on Robin Costes Lewis's poetry collection Voyage of the Sable Venus and other poems.
2 weeks ago
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4/9
RIPPLE by Prof. Sasha Sumner, Film/Video Dept.

Immersive installation with interactive sound & movement

OPENING DAY EVENTS:  Friday Oct 3 at 6:00 pm !
Doors open at 6 pm. There will be a special performance of a live brass band starting outside, at 6:15, and performing inside the gallery at 6:30.

Show is open Oct 3 through Oct 10, 2025 daytime hours

MSCI Gallery

ARC Bldg. LL F09

Pratt Institute

200 Willoughby Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11205

@prattfilm_video @soartpratt #prattfacultywork
RIPPLE by Prof. Sasha Sumner, Film/Video Dept. Immersive installation with interactive sound & movement OPENING DAY EVENTS:  Friday Oct 3 at 6:00 pm ! Doors open at 6 pm. There will be a special performance of a live brass band starting outside, at 6:15, and performing inside the gallery at 6:30. Show is open Oct 3 through Oct 10, 2025 daytime hours MSCI Gallery ARC Bldg. LL F09 Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11205 @prattfilm_video @soartpratt #prattfacultywork
4 weeks ago
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5/9
Professor Justice Whitaker and a few excited Pratt Film/Video students enjoyed the Timberland "Advice of an Icon" event at Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It was a blast to be there for the Q&A event with the always iconic Spike Lee! @brooklynmuseum @justice512k @prattfilm_video
Professor Justice Whitaker and a few excited Pratt Film/Video students enjoyed the Timberland "Advice of an Icon" event at Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It was a blast to be there for the Q&A event with the always iconic Spike Lee! @brooklynmuseum @justice512k @prattfilm_video
Professor Justice Whitaker and a few excited Pratt Film/Video students enjoyed the Timberland "Advice of an Icon" event at Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It was a blast to be there for the Q&A event with the always iconic Spike Lee! @brooklynmuseum @justice512k @prattfilm_video
Professor Justice Whitaker and a few excited Pratt Film/Video students enjoyed the Timberland "Advice of an Icon" event at Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It was a blast to be there for the Q&A event with the always iconic Spike Lee! @brooklynmuseum @justice512k @prattfilm_video
4 weeks ago
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6/9
Sophomore Showcase happens Wednesday, August 27th right in the Pratt Film Department Screening Room! Be there. Thanks to @treywoodbine for organizing and making this promo!
1 month ago
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7/9
Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio!
#sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
Green Film School Alliance @prattfilm_video sustainabilty information, check lists, and guidelines for best practices on set - located at link in bio! #sustainability #greenfilmmaking @greenfilmschoolalliance
1 month ago
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8/9
Excited to share some great BTS from the Fall 2024 Film & Fashion class studio shoot. A vibrant multidisciplinary creative collaboration of students from multiple majors at Pratt Institute. Instructor: Sewra Kidane. Model: De'Sontia Rowdy. Makeup: Antoinette Greenwood. Hair: Jazmen Rogers. Designs by: Malek Rasmussen, Nyta Brace, Lavender Naduo Luo. @prattfilm_video @soartpratt @prattinstitute @prattfashion @nytaleebrace @malek_rasmussen
2 months ago
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