Vancouver Film School
TypePrivate
Established1987 (1987)
PresidentJames Griffin
Location
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
WebsiteVancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School (VFS) is a private entertainment arts school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1987, it has achieved international recognition.[1] The Vancouver Film School has campus locations around Downtown Vancouver and comprises six buildings.[2] As part of the school's 20th anniversary in 2007, in August 2006 one million dollars was set aside in scholarships for new students.[3] In March 2008, Vancouver Film School and YouTube launched a competition for three full-tuition scholarships for the creators of the three videos submitted and voted as favorites by the YouTube community.[4]

History

VFS opened in January 1987 with a single class of six film students[5] and has steadily expanded since. In 2004 VFS opened its first international Admissions office in Mumbai, India and launched one of the first Game Design programs in North America. Recent milestones in the school's history include hosting the annual Game Design Expo in Vancouver, which began in January 2007,[6] and partnering with YouTube to launch a 2008 scholarship competition for the creators of three videos submitted and voted upon by the YouTube community.[4]

In 2018, VFS announced three 'Kevin Smith Scholarships' in Acting, Writing and Film Production covering full-tuition. Smith also funded thirteen partial-scholarships. Smith personally selected the recipients from over nine hundred applications.[7] In February 2019, the school announced the 'Emily Bett Rickards Acting Scholarship', a partnership between VFS and Rickards, to fund a full scholarship for both of the school's acting programmes, as well as additional partial funding of $250,000 for other students. Rickards will also select the recipients.[8] In May of the same year, VFS announced they would be supporting Vancouver-based Reality Curve Theatre in their off-Broadway production of Zayd Dohrn's Reborning, headlined by Rickards, to be performed at the SoHo Playhouse.[9]

Programs for Vancouver film school

VFS offers one-year, hands-on production programs,[10] including Film Production, 3D Animation & Visual Effects, Classical Animation, Acting for Film & Television, Digital Design, Entertainment Business Management, Foundation Visual Art & Design, Game Design, Makeup Design for Film & Television, Sound Design for Visual Media, and Writing for Film & Television. The school also runs a four-month Acting Essentials course and a 6-month Digital Character Animation program.[11]

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hands-on-Pages Interviews | Archives | MovieMaker Magazine". Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Campuses – Life at Vancouver Film School". Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Press Room – This is Vancouver Film School". Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  4. 1 2 P, Sara. "The Vancouver Film School/YouTube Scholarship Competition". YouTube. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  5. ↑ Shrimpton, James (August 17, 2007). "Vancouver: Welcome to Brollywood". News.com.au. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  6. ↑ Boyer, Brandon (January 16, 2007). "GCG Feature: 'Event Wrap Up: Game Design Expo 2007'". Gamasutra.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  7. ↑ Vancouver Film School (January 18, 2019). "Hollywood Film Star Kevin Smith Awards Scholarships to Three Global Recipients to Attend Prestigious Vancouver Film School". Vancouver Film School. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ Vancouver Film School (February 1, 2019). "Emily Bett Rickards Partners with Vancouver Film School, Offering Scholarships up to $250,000". Vancouver Film School. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ Vancouver Film School [@vfs] (May 8, 2019). "We're thrilled to be supporting @RealityCurve & @sohoplayhouse co-production of Reborning. Written by Zayd Dohrn, starring #VFSacting alumni @EmilyBett & @paulpiaskowski (actor/producer) this dark comedy "takes an unsettling look at love, loss, trauma & the power of creation"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Wood, Jennifer (February 3, 2007). "Film Education on a Global Scale". MovieMaker.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Programms at VFS". 6 March 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Michael S. Baser". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Grace Dove | Actress, Director". IMDb.
  14. ↑ Neil Kopp
  15. ↑ Chad Moffitt
  16. ↑ "VFS Grad Wins Academy Award – Chad Moffitt is part of Peter Jackson's award-winning visual effects team for Lord of the Rings trilogy. – Digital Character Animation". Archived from the original on 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  17. ↑ Interviews Askew
  18. ↑ "B.C. woman takes brick-building to next level with 'Lego Masters' | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  19. ↑ "LEGO Masters | Season 3 Premieres Sept 21 at 9/8c on FOX". Watch LEGO Masters on FOX. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  20. ↑ movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020930/bio Kevin Smith Yahoo! Movies Bio
  21. ↑ The Georgia Straight: Too Cool for School?
  22. ↑ Amrit Pal Singh

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