Columbia College Hollywood (CCH) is a

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. It is one of only 20 film institutions in the United States that have been awarded full membership by the

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Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) to offer

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and

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programs in cinema, visual effects, and graphic design and interactive media.

History

Columbia College Hollywood was founded in 1952 in the

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neighborhood of Los Angeles as a branch campus of Columbia College in Chicago. The curriculum focused on the growing television and radio industries. In 1959, Columbia College Hollywood separated from the Chicago institution to operate as an independent, private, non-profit college. In its early years, Columbia College Hollywood grew alongside the film and television industries, eventually moving from MacArthur Park in 1970 to a larger space on La Brea Ave in central

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. The college established its current campus in 1997 when it moved into the former headquarters of

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in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. In 2018, Columbia College Hollywood acquired the former Tribeca Flashpoint College, a creative media school in Chicago, Illinois, which became Columbia College Hollywood's first branch campus, now named Flashpoint Chicago, a campus of Columbia College Hollywood.

Campus

Los Angeles Main Campus

Columbia College Hollywood is located on a 85,000-square-foot campus in the

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. The campus is in the city of Los Angeles in the Tarzana neighborhood, which got its name when it was built on land formerly owned by

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, the creator of

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. Students and staff have access to on-campus parking and nearby public transportation and railway hubs. The location is near Hollywood film and television studios including Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox Film Studios,

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, Sony Picture Studios, and

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. The Columbia College Hollywood campus features a 96-seat 5.1 channel

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theater for screenings, classes, and events, a 35-seat 7.1 channel surround sound screening room, a

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, a three-camera HD television stage with a

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and control room, a Foley/ADR suite with a sound-isolated booth and control room,

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editing suites, standing sets, an acting studio, writers' rooms, traditional classrooms, and an equipment room with industry standard film, video, and sound equipment. The campus also has a 5,000-square-foot Learning Resource Center that provides students with individual and collaborative study space.

Flashpoint Chicago Campus

The Flashpoint Chicago campus occupies the fifth and sixths floors of the historic

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building at 28 North Clark Street in the downtown

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. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by Chicago's historic theatre district and the

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and on the east by

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and the shoreline of

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. Flashpoint's campus houses a 52-seat screening room, studio space for filmmaking and recording arts, sound design suites, animation and visual effects labs and an experiential design lab. The

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and

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offer study space and print and digital resources. Flashpoint's film sound stage is located on the campus of

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in Chicago. It is a professional light-and-sound-controlled 10,000-square-foot environment with a three-wall set, an elephant door for drive-up loading and unloading, a 32-foot ceiling height, soundproof padded walls and ceiling, and a leveled floor for track-free dollying.

Academics

Columbia College Hollywood offers undergraduate degree programs focused on digital media arts, including film, graphic design, interactive media, visual effects, digital media production, and recording arts. Students also study liberal arts and sciences, such as the

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

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s, and social/behavioral sciences. The 2019 Los Angeles main campus degree programs include Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design + Interactive Media, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects, and Associate of Fine Arts in Cinema. Online programs include Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design + Interactive Media and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects. 2019 Flashpoint Chicago campus degree programs include Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design + Interactive Media, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects, Associate of Fine Arts in Design + Visual Communication, Associate of Applied Science in Film, Associate of Applied Science in Recording Arts, and Associate of Fine Arts in Visual Effects + Animation. Online programs include Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design + Interactive Media, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects. All Bachelor of Fine Arts degree students choose a focus for their studies in an area of interest called an emphasis, including as acting, cinematography, directing,

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, and digital modeling.

Faculty

The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbia College Hollywood is 12:1. Many of the college's instructors are working industry professionals who have won

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, and

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. Faculty have logged more than 150 feature films and 2,500 hours of television programming, and they have collectively created more than two dozen TV series. Films by faculty have been seen in more than 200 film festivals worldwide, and faculty have authored more than 2,000 articles and reviews, both scholarly and consumer, on film, television, the entertainment industry, and art and design. Faculty members are also active members of the entertainment industry's most respected professional organizations and guilds, including the

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(AMPAS), the

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(Emmy), the

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(SMPTE), Society of Camera Operators OCthe

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(WGA), the

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(DGA), the

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(PGA), the

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(ASC), the

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(MPEG), the Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA), and the

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(NARAS). Columbia College Hollywood's adjunct general education faculty members have academic backgrounds in the humanities, natural and social sciences, technology, business, and art.

Notable alumni

Columbia College Hollywood alumni have worked in all areas of the film industry, from hit

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and blockbuster films to

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features and independent productions. *

Robert Schwentke Robert Schwentke (; born 15 February 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and career Schwentke was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. He graduated from Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood Columbia College Holl ...

, German film director *

Jaume Collet-Serra Jaume Collet-Serra (; born 23 March 1974) is a Spanish-American film director and producer. He directed the horror films '' House of Wax'' (2005), ''Orphan'' (2009), and '' The Shallows'' (2016), as well as the Liam Neeson-led thriller films ''U ...

, Spanish film director *

Timothy Linh Bui Timothy Linh Bui (b. Saigon, South Vietnam, April 13, 1970) is a Vietnamese-born American filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter. He directed '' Green Dragon'', and co-wrote and produced '' Three Seasons''. Early life Bui was born in S ...

, Vietnamese-born American writer, director, and producer *

Jay Jennings Jay Robert Jennings (born August 23, 1965) is an American independent filmmaker and author. He has directed two feature films, '' Loanshark'' (1999) and ''Hell to Pay'' (2014), as well as, an assortment of short films and documentaries. Jennin ...

, American independent film director *

Eagle Egilsson Egill Örn Egilsson ASC (born 31 August 1966), known as Eagle Egilsson ( ), is an Icelandic television director and cinematographer. Life and career Egill was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied filmmaking at Columbia College Hollywood, ...

, Icelandic television director and cinematographer *

Brent Morin Brent Morin (born August 31, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and writer. He was a panelist in the sixth season of ''Chelsea Lately'' and played Justin Kearney on the NBC sitcom ''Undateable'' and the agent Hobbs on the sc ...

, American comedian, actor, and writer

Memberships

The college is a member of: * CILECT -

International Association of Film and Television Schools The International Association of Film and Television Schools (French: ''Centre international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision'', CILECT) is the association of the world's major film and television schools.University Film and Video Association The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is an organization of professors, scholars, and film and video makers. Although it is based in the U.S., it has members throughout the world. Its stated description is: The UFVA is an international ...

(UFVA) *

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(AICCU) * National Association of Independent College and Universities (NAICU)

References

External links

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