14 Directing Master's Degree Programs

Become a creative director, complementing your skills in graphic design with strategic vision, a holistic approach and a systemic idea-development perspective.

The master’s degree provides students with the knowledge and techniques required to direct audiovisual works in any format. Students will learn about the director’s job and perform this role and the ones of the other members of the direction department during the preproduction, shooting, and postproduction processes.

The two-year master’s studies allow more freedom than bachelor’s studies, providing opportunities to engage in independent artistic work. You will actively participate in the planning and implementation of your own studies, as well as in developing the field of art that the degree program represents.

The Master’s programme in Directing Cinema and Digital Media at FAMU is a full-time, English-taught, three-year course designed for graduates who wish to develop their authorship, storytelling, and directing skills across fiction, documentary, and experimental media. The programme emphasizes the director’s role throughout the production process — from concept development and scriptwriting to image design, actor direction, and post-production.

Offered by the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre, the Master’s programme in Directing of Devised and Object Theatre is designed for students who wish to explore contemporary performance beyond conventional scripted drama. Rather than interpreting pre-written plays, the programme emphasises devising original works from inspiration, material, object, space, and audience relations.

These courses offer specialist, vocational teaching in the field of movement for actors and production practice for movement directors. Bespoke movement placements at Central and in other professional theatre settings, such as other conservatoires, or theatre, opera or film organizations (both in Britain and internationally), are a key part of the course. There are opportunities for the development of individual movement specialisms and their application to the work of actors. Tradition, experience, eclecticism and innovation epitomize Central’s understanding of movement training for the theatre, and these unique courses have been created in that spirit.

The Master in Cinematographic Direction offers you the artistic and technical knowledge of the cinematographic direction necessary for any audiovisual work.

With our Online Master in Art Direction immerse yourself in the rich history and cultural foundations of art and design, exploring strategic marketing, content strategy, graphic design, illustration, typography, photography, motion graphics, and cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence and extended realities.  

The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with a specialization in Directing at ASU is a comprehensive graduate program designed to develop students into skilled and innovative theatre directors. The curricu...

The MFA in Theatre Directing is designed for those who want to develop their skills in directing for stage and explore their creative processes. The program provides a mix of practical experience and ...

The Master of Theatre (Directing) program is designed to give students a deep understanding of theatrical directing. It combines practical training with critical analysis, focusing on developing stude...

The Master's in Theatre with a Directing Concentration (MFA) program is designed to prepare students for professional careers in theatrical directing by providing comprehensive training in both practi...

AFI gives Directing Fellows the crucial time, space, and resources to craft their own distinct voice while guaranteeing them the opportunity to direct over the course of two years. In a program that emphasizes visual language and collaboration, Fellows team with other disciplines to shoot three narrative films and produce a thesis film in their final year to create a polished directing portfolio.

With the CUE Professional Master in Cinematographic Direction, we will provide our students with a global and integrating vision of all the processes that make up the production of an audiovisual work; movies, video clips, TV spots...