Learn

Filmmaking

Improve your craft with professional online filmmaking courses developed by Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmakers

Learn

Filmmaking

Improve your craft with professional online filmmaking courses developed by Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmakers

Learn

Filmmaking

Improve your craft with professional online filmmaking courses developed by Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmakers

330 Lessons

From development to distribution, you will learn every aspect of the filmmaking process from working Hollywood professionals.

Leading Instructors

Learn from over 150 Hollywood filmmakers, who have been honored with over 70 Academy Award and Emmy wins or nominations.

At Your Own Pace

Engaging videos, illustrated lessons, and quizzes let you learn online anytime and anywhere you want. Learn at your own pace.

Learn Professional Filmmaking Techniques

FilmSkills has partnered with Emmy and Academy Award winning filmmakers to produce professional online filmmaking courses that combine in-depth videos based on industry best practices, constantly-updated illustrated tutorials, downloadable resources, projects, and exercises. FilmSkills delivers the content of a four-year film school for a cost less than a single semester.

Whether you want to make better independent films, TV commercials, documentaries, or industrial videos, join the inner circle of master filmmakers whose work has grossed tens of billions of dollars around the world.

325+ Comprehensive Lessons

FilmSkills lessons are packed with current, in-depth information about each topic, making it easy to learn and absorb. From detailed on-set video tutorials and illustrated guides to downloadable contracts and forms, it’s all here.

150 Hours of On-Set Video Tutorials

In-depth video tutorials shot on Hollywood sets feature Emmy and Academy Award winning and nominated filmmakers. Chapterized for easy access.

Hundreds of Illustrated Articles

Packed with behind-the-scenes photos, anecdotes, and real-world tips and techniques, beautifully-illustrated articles bring difficult concepts to life.

Projects and Exercises

Practice the skills you learn at home with hundreds of DIY projects. Whether you are working with an iPhone or Alexa, we help you become a better filmmaker.

Hundreds of Downloadable Resources

Download real documents from working TV and movie sets, plus hundreds of blank templates for use on your own productions.

Web Links

Discover the players in the industry from equipment vendors, staffing agencies, networks, studios, and production companies with our extensive list of online resources.

Learn the Entire Filmmaking Process

Click to turn the pages and discover the breadth of the FilmSkills curriculum.

"You know you're in reliable hands because the experts imparting their wisdom are actually industry professionals.

– MovieMaker Magazine

Are you an educator?

Do you teach filmmaking at a university, high school, film commission, or production company? Check out FilmSkills Academic where you can build your own fully-branded online film training program.

Used by over 125 film schools and film commissions

Learn from Industry Professionals

Your instructors have won or been nominated for over 70 Academy Awards, Emmys, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.

This is no ordinary film school. We partnered with industry leaders whose work is seen every day in TV shows and movies, from Stranger Things to the MCU. They generously share their knowledge and experiences with you through engaging, professional online filmmaking courses, revealing techniques to enhance your skills and shave years off your career path.

From the teams behind Star Trek, Star Wars, Spiderman, Avatar, and dozens of other top productions, you will learn from the very people who define today’s television and motion picture industry.

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"FilmSkills as a whole is highly comprehensive. To say that Jason and his team went to great pains to build FilmSkills is a huge understatement. All of their courses are phenomenal."

– Edwin Millheim, Impulse Gamer

Discover What's New

We are constantly updating our lessons to bring you the latest techniques. FilmSkills Unlimited members receive these updates for free… for life!

All New Safety Training

All New Film Production Safety Training The FilmSkills Safety Training Program integrates OSHA standards with on-set safety requirements to meet California IATSE guidelines. This 15-module

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New Expansion Lessons

All new expansion lessons supplement existing lessons with additional, in-depth analysis. From how to use common on-set forms to advanced technical processes, each lesson teaches

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Discover What's New

We are constantly updating our lessons to bring you the latest techniques. FilmSkills Unlimited members receive these updates for free… for life!

All New Safety Training

All New Film Production Safety Training The FilmSkills Safety Training Program integrates OSHA standards with on-set safety requirements to meet California IATSE guidelines. This 15-module

Read More »

New Expansion Lessons

All new expansion lessons supplement existing lessons with additional, in-depth analysis. From how to use common on-set forms to advanced technical processes, each lesson teaches

Read More »

Meet a few of your 150 instructors

These are no ordinary online filmmaking courses. You will learn from the best of the best. Our instructors have been honored with over 70 Academy Award and Emmy wins and nominations.  No film school on Earth has this caliber of instructors.

Are you ready to get started?

Check out our flexible professional online filmmaking courses designed for every interest level and budget.