Great Film Schools

I’m headed to Budapest to teach again at Doc Nomads. Last year I learned as much as my students in this highly innovative filmmaking program. Imagine getting a joint masters degree in Documentary Filmmaking at three prominent European universities across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.

For those of you who can’t take two years out of your life for film school, consider taking my popular two-day seminar Editing the Character-Driven Documentary.

Taught for many years at the San Francisco Film Society, this online seminar (filmed live) can be viewed in the comfort of your own home. It contains everything I know from teaching eighteen years at another great film school, the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.

You’ll learn how to apply screenwriting techniques to real-life characters and situations, as well as how to plan your workflow through five distinct stages of post-production.

Thanks to my student, filmmaker Scott Hackenberry, for this testimonial:

“I’ve taken several film/doc related classes before, and this is by far the best I’ve taken.  It far exceeded my expectations! Karen’s personality and professionalism made me feel like I was taking a class from a master in the field.”