13 Screenwriting Master's Degree Programs

The MLitt in Playwriting and Screenwriting provides a gateway into the professional world of writing for stage, radio, or screen. The MLitt in Playwriting and Screenwriting is a one-year taught program run by the School of English. In this course, you will develop your skills in writing for radio, theatre, and screen with an emphasis on your voice and style.

The MFA program in Writing for Film, Television & Digital Media will fine-tune your ability to deliver compelling stories, characters, and scripts that grab the reader’s attention. The MFA is an intensive program that concentrates exclusively on writing, pitching, and the business side of being a professional writer. Complete a portfolio of feature and television scripts that can be used to market your skills as a writer.

Within this Master's program, students deepen their knowledge and understanding of screenwriting. During this two-year process, the theoretical aspects are combined with the actual practice. Master participants study the history of screenwriting, the specificity of the film script and the possibilities of defining it. At the same time, he becomes familiar with different cinematic narrative structures, approaches specific genres, analyzes the possibilities of adapting a literary text and explores types of scenarios characteristic of television or VOD platforms (series, mini-series, etc.). The master's degree in screenwriting marks the transition from the tutoring system (approached in the bachelor's program) to the script doctoring system: the teachers of the year guide and support students in finding the theme, style and way of telling their specific story, as a script would do. doctors often used by industry screenwriters. At the end of each Master's year, students have in their portfolio at least one feature film script.

The Master of Screenwriting is designed to help students develop their storytelling skills and create compelling scripts for film, television, and digital media. The program covers the essentials of s...

The program focuses on helping students develop their own research-based screenwriting projects. It’s geared towards those who want to explore new ideas or approaches in writing for film, TV, or media...

At AFI, Screenwriting Fellows do what they came here to do: write. They create six full-length works: three features, an original TV pilot, and two TV specs for the current series. Fellows forge close working relationships with accomplished faculty who guide writers’ development and allow them to hone their unique voice in personalized courses and workshops.

The Master's program in Creative Writing and Media Arts with an emphasis on Screenwriting offers students an opportunity to develop their storytelling abilities through comprehensive coursework, works...

The Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting: Writing for Film and Television is a two-year terminal graduate degree designed for students who are passionate about developing the professional-level skills necessary to create narratives from concept to production. Students prepare for their careers as professional writers by learning how to think critically about society and how to approach current issues such as diversity, inclusion, access, and modern theatre theory.

The Screenwriting program leading to an M.F.A. focuses on cultivating advanced storytelling skills tailored for the cinematic and television industries. It emphasizes both the craft and the business a...

Screen Cultures lets you study how screens affect our understanding of the world, through the different screens of the cinema, television, computer and smartphone, their films, series, games, and social media.

Developing in-depth knowledge of all aspects of creative and physical production, Producing Fellows graduate with an ability to think creatively and lead with confidence and authority.

The Theatre (Dramatic Writing), MFA program offers students an intensive, interdisciplinary training in the art of dramatic storytelling. This graduate program emphasizes the development of original s...