The Seattle Film Institute is a proprietary school authorized by the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a Master of Arts (MA) in Producing for Film and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking. David Shulman, the Director of Seattle Film Institute is the chief administrative officer of Seattle Film Institute. The Board of Directors is as follows: David Shulman—President; Smadar Friedlander—Vice-president; Diane Pantealokas—Treasurer.