Learn Filmmaking from Award-Winning Industry Professionals
Our Courses
Where Filmmakers Learn From Filmmakers
Filmmaker U offers professional online filmmaking courses taught by Oscar-winning, Emmy-winning, and BAFTA Award-winning filmmakers and leading industry professionals working at the highest levels of film and television. Go beyond traditional filmmaking tutorials and discover the real-world creative techniques, professional workflows, and storytelling decisions behind acclaimed movies and television series.
Our in-depth filmmaking masterclasses give you direct access to the knowledge and experience of accomplished film editors, cinematographers, directors, producers, sound professionals, visual effects artists, and other industry experts. Explore how professionals approach editing, cinematography, storytelling, post-production, sound, and visual effects while learning practical techniques you can apply to your own projects and career.
Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker, film student, working professional, or content creator looking to advance your skills, Filmmaker U lets you learn from the filmmakers who have helped create some of the industry's most celebrated workā€”anytime, anywhere.
Take your craft to the next level. Explore Filmmaker U courses and start learning from award-winning filmmakers today.
WHAT YOU GET FROM ONE OF OUR COURSES
Sit In One-on-One Sessions with Our Instructors
In an industry that often feels isolating, our courses provide the sensation of being in the same room with the artist and experts you respect and admire the most.
Filmmaker U's Secret Ingredient
Our courses are designed by Educators with more than 20 years of experience working alongside each expert in their field to create a personalized learning experience, developing a custom curriculum that distills their unique profession into clear, teachable concepts.
Hours of Course Extras to Elevate and Educate
Each course includes supplementary materials such as documents that dissect creative concepts and technical elements, videos that clarify key ideas, and actual footage from the cutting room floor.
A Few Of Our Instructors' Credits
START LEARNING FROM THE BEST
"The content is important enough to be relevant to everyone from directors to location sound recordists, foley artists, and music composers....even documentary and corporate video can benefit."
Simon Wyndham
Editor in Chief, RedShark News
"Eric shares a potent mix of both artistic colour grading craft knowledge and post-production business savvy which makes the training so effective."
Jonny Elwyn
Blogger/Editor
"Pleasantly surprised by this one from the colorist of Mad Max Fury Road, Eric Whipp. It's like sitting in the grading room and listening to the guy talking to you about his techniques. And his Day for Night technique is really effective."
Pierre Breton
Customer
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Our Mission
Filmmaker Uā€™s mission is to make world-class filmmaking education accessible to anyone who wants to learn the art, craft, and business of creating film and television.
Through self-paced, on-demand online filmmaking courses and masterclasses, Filmmaker U connects aspiring filmmakers, students, educators, and working professionals with award-winning experts from across the film and television industry.
Our instructors include accomplished film editors, cinematographers, colorists, sound professionals, visual effects artists, directors, producers, and other industry leaders, including Oscar, Emmy, and BAFTA Award winners and nominees. They share the professional techniques, creative processes, workflows, and real-world experiences that have shaped acclaimed films and television series.
Filmmaker U goes beyond traditional filmmaking tutorials. Our goal is to help students understand not only how professional filmmakers work, but why they make the creative decisions they do. Courses explore the craft of film editing, cinematography, color grading, post-production, sound, VFX, visual storytelling, and professional filmmaking workflows, providing practical knowledge students can apply to their own projects and careers.
We believe the opportunity to learn from accomplished filmmakers should not be limited by geography, schedules, or access to traditional film schools. By bringing professional filmmaking education online and making it available anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace, Filmmaker U helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the professional film and television industry.
Our mission is simple: give the next generation of filmmakers access to the knowledge, techniques, and experience of the professionals who are shaping the industry today.
