Screenwriting MFA

City St George's, University of London

This intensive programme empowers you to compile an extensive portfolio of screenwriting and to pitch your work confidently to industry. You will receive the learning you need to succeed in the quickly evolving world of film, television and streaming media. This unique course is the UK’s first and only MFA in Screenwriting. We differentiate ourselves by a focus on writing for today’s streaming services, such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple or Disney+. You will be learning the art and business of screenwriting in Central London, a world hub of the audiovisual media industries, which enables you easy access to film funders, producers and practising screenwriters. In your first year you follow the taught structure of the MA Screenwriting, exploring the business of screenwriting and how exemplary films and series use action to drive narrative. In your second year, all MFA students receive an intensive year (at half price) of supervised screenwriting practice. This enables you to dramatically expand your professional writing portfolio and the resultant MFA degree allows you to teach screenwriting at university level internationally.