Seattle Film Institute 15 year graphicFounded in 1994, the Seattle Film Institute has achieved renown as a hands-on film school.
Interested in learning Film/HD production, digital video, documentary, screenwriting, film history, editing, or directing? There’s a place for you in our part-time classes, or in the Total Immersion Filmmaking Program.

Internships

Upon completion of the total immersion program, every graduate is entitled to participate in our film industry internship program. As part of the internship program, students have worked in Seattle, Los Angeles, and other cities, gaining professional experience with a wide range of film and TV companies in a variety of positions.

40 Week Total Immersion Filmmaking Program

SFI students set up a 16mm film shoot.SFI students set up a 16mm film shoot.In this program students live, eat, and breathe filmmaking. You'll learn the creative & technical aspects of filmmaking, develop the skills to be an independent filmmaker, and gain the hands-on experience shooting real film and HD Video to work in the film industry.

Heard On The Lot:

There are times when I simply do not have enough hours in the day to give the full attention that my work here requires, why must we sleep?

— David Burns