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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.
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Andrew Guaman directing his Film+Fashion class project, 'Loteria'
Type
Undergraduate, BFA
Credits
126
Duration
4 Years
Courses
Plan of Study
School and Department
School of Art,
Film/Video
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A Film Program with High-End Tech in a Creative Art School Environment

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

    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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  • 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
  • Don't miss "Realm Of Satan" - produced by Eliza Hittman - directed by Scott Cummings- coming soon to the Nitehawk Prospect Park on August 13th. @hittman @scottcummingsfilm @nitehawkcinema #prattfacultywork @prattfilm_video
  • 2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
  • 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 Berlin alums talking about why they love studying abroad in Berlin. 
Rising F/V Juniors: you can spend the spring 26 semester in Berlin, taking a full menu of Pratt classes and core F/V classes. Applications open now. Visit @pratt__berlin and click on link in bio to appy or visit the Pratt Study Abroad page. Deadline: Sept. 18. 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
  • F/V Sophomores ! Here's your chance to share your work with your peers - this year after the welcome back pizza party - 25/26 sophomores are invited to share their work from the prior year (first year films). This will be a peer-run, non-critique event - purely for fun and to share with your cohort and new students in the program. Please reach out to Trey Woodbine at twoodbin@pratt.edu with questions, and see the link in bio to submit your work by August 20th! Looking forward to seeing what you've done! This will be an exciting way to welcome the new cohort of F/V first year students also - save the date - August 27th! #filmstudent #studentopportunity @prattfilm_video
  • 🐻🐻🐻 Pratt Berlin alums Haddie Webster (F/V) and Lucky Ruiz (WR) talk about their experience spending the spring semester in Berlin. Rising juniors: Spring 26 semester applications are open now. More vids to come--all from a gorgeous film @hadd.ee made about life in Berlin. 🐻🐻🐻Application deadline: Sept. 18. 🐻🐻🐻 Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
  • We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”.

Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at 
https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/

@nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
  • Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
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
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Don't miss "Realm Of Satan" - produced by Eliza Hittman - directed by Scott Cummings- coming soon to the Nitehawk Prospect Park on August 13th. @hittman @scottcummingsfilm @nitehawkcinema #prattfacultywork @prattfilm_video
Don't miss "Realm Of Satan" - produced by Eliza Hittman - directed by Scott Cummings- coming soon to the Nitehawk Prospect Park on August 13th. @hittman @scottcummingsfilm @nitehawkcinema #prattfacultywork @prattfilm_video
Don't miss "Realm Of Satan" - produced by Eliza Hittman - directed by Scott Cummings- coming soon to the Nitehawk Prospect Park on August 13th. @hittman @scottcummingsfilm @nitehawkcinema #prattfacultywork @prattfilm_video
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2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
2025 F/V Grads Zac Wiczek and Pranav Dawar enjoyed a gorgeous and productive month @air_byrdcliffe this summer! @zac_wiczek @dawar_pranav All photos by Zac Wiczek unless noted otherwise. #filmstudents #prattinstitute #byrdcliffe
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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
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🐻🐻🐻🐻Pratt Berlin alums talking about why they love studying abroad in Berlin. Rising F/V Juniors: you can spend the spring 26 semester in Berlin, taking a full menu of Pratt classes and core F/V classes. Applications open now. Visit @pratt__berlin and click on link in bio to appy or visit the Pratt Study Abroad page. Deadline: Sept. 18. 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
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F/V Sophomores ! Here's your chance to share your work with your peers - this year after the welcome back pizza party - 25/26 sophomores are invited to share their work from the prior year (first year films). This will be a peer-run, non-critique event - purely for fun and to share with your cohort and new students in the program. Please reach out to Trey Woodbine at twoodbin@pratt.edu with questions, and see the link in bio to submit your work by August 20th! Looking forward to seeing what you've done! This will be an exciting way to welcome the new cohort of F/V first year students also - save the date - August 27th! #filmstudent #studentopportunity @prattfilm_video
F/V Sophomores ! Here's your chance to share your work with your peers - this year after the welcome back pizza party - 25/26 sophomores are invited to share their work from the prior year (first year films). This will be a peer-run, non-critique event - purely for fun and to share with your cohort and new students in the program. Please reach out to Trey Woodbine at twoodbin@pratt.edu with questions, and see the link in bio to submit your work by August 20th! Looking forward to seeing what you've done! This will be an exciting way to welcome the new cohort of F/V first year students also - save the date - August 27th! #filmstudent #studentopportunity @prattfilm_video
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🐻🐻🐻 Pratt Berlin alums Haddie Webster (F/V) and Lucky Ruiz (WR) talk about their experience spending the spring semester in Berlin. Rising juniors: Spring 26 semester applications are open now. More vids to come--all from a gorgeous film @hadd.ee made about life in Berlin. 🐻🐻🐻Application deadline: Sept. 18. 🐻🐻🐻 Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
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We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”.

Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at 
https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/

@nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”.

Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at 
https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/

@nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”.

Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at 
https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/

@nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”.

Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at 
https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/

@nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
We are so pleased to announce that the NBR Student Grant Committee has chosen two Pratt Institute films for recognition as part of the 2025 National Board of Review student grant program: Becca Anton (BFA ’25) for “Sarut Mana”, and Pranav Dawar (BFA ’25) for “Karnama”. Read more about the National Board of Review student grants at https://nationalboardofreview.org/student-films/awards/nbr-student-grant-award/ @nbrfilm @prattfilm_video @prattinstitute @soartpratt @dawar_pranav @becca__anton
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Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 
🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe.
🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
Juniors: come to Berlin for your spring semester and take Christine Cheung's FVID 314 Experimental Studio II, along with a full 16 credit selection of Pratt classes (selection of photos from spring 25). In the Studio students have the opportunity to engage with each other’s projects, critique and analyze their own work alongside others in Germany, while also going on field trips and attending artist talks. Students experience a range of Berlin-based institutions, galleries, exhibitions, and festivals, including full festival access to all the films in the Berlinale International Film Festival! 🐻🐻🐻 Final photos: closing party and celebration at a local Berlin gallery and cafe. 🐻🐻🐻 Application deadline: Sept. 18. Visit the Pratt Study Abroad page and apply. #prattberlin #prattinberlin #prattstudyabroad #prattfilmvideo
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