All New Producing Lessons
Learn the Business of Filmmaking The all-new producing series lifts the curtain on the business of filmmaking. From raising money and starting a company to
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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
Real Filmmaking Taught the Professional Way
Many filmmakers mistakenly piece together their education from random tutorials, gear reviews, and online tips. Filmmaking isn’t built on shortcuts—it’s built on understanding the real-world process professionals use to bring stories to life.
FilmSkills accelerates your path into the film industry by teaching the complete workflow used on professional productions. Through structured courses, you’ll learn how movies, television shows, commercials, and documentaries are actually made—from development and directing to cinematography, sound, and post-production.
Unlike YouTube tutorials, FilmSkills is taught by Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmakers who have worked on major productions for studios and networks. They teach the same procedures, decision-making, and on-set workflows used in professional filmmaking.
Used by thousands of students and film schools worldwide, FilmSkills delivers the knowledge of a four-year film education for less than the cost of a single semester.
If you’re serious about filmmaking, FilmSkills will give you the skills, confidence, and professional foundation to move your career forward—faster.
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.
Self Guided
Engaging videos, illustrated lessons, and quizzes let you learn online anytime and anywhere you want. Learn at your own pace.
Learn the Art, Tools, and Business of Filmmaking
You can spend years listening to influencers who have never made a movie—learning tricks that look impressive online but rarely translate to real filmmaking.
AI can generate images and automate edits, but it cannot create emotion, guide performances, or make the creative decisions that bring a story to life.
At the same time, traditional film schools have become incredibly expensive, leaving many students buried in debt before their careers even begin.
FilmSkills was created to offer a better path. It’s a practical, real-world filmmaking education designed to teach the craft, tools, and business of filmmaking in a clear and engaging way.
Our curriculum is built around the professional workflows used on real productions, with shared terminology and the kinds of creative and technical judgments filmmakers make every day.
330+ 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.
From Concept to Delivery
FilmSkills covers the entire filmmaking workflow through detailed on-set videos, expert advice, and demonstrations from low-budget to multi-million dollar productions.
- Film Industry Career Skills
- Story Development and Studio Politics
- Screenwriting
- Character Development
- Producing and Money Management
- Scheduling and Budgeting
- Auditioning and Casting Actors
- Production Design
- The Directors Process
- Shot Lists and Storyboards
- Advanced Framing and Composition
- How to Direct Actors
- Blocking for Camera and Actors
- Cinematography - Camera and Lens
- Cinematic Lighting Techniques
- Grip and Rigging Techniques
- Safety Training
- On-Set Protocols
- On-Set Protocols
- On-Set Audio Recording
- Location Scouting and Management
- Crew Structures and Responsibilities
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing Workflows
- Sounds Design and Mixing
- Music Composition and Licensing
- Marketing and Distribution
"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 the Professionals You Want to Become
Your instructors have won or been nominated for over 70 Academy Awards, Emmys, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.
FilmSkills instructors aren’t influencers teaching trends. They are Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmakers whose movies and television shows have reached audiences around the world and generated billions of dollars at the box office.
These directors, cinematographers, producers, editors, and crew members bring decades of real production experience into every lesson, sharing the standards, techniques, and professional mindset used on major film and television sets.
Through in-depth videos, illustrated tutorials, projects, and downloadable resources, you’ll learn the real workflows professionals rely on—not shortcuts or social media tricks.
If you’re serious about filmmaking, stop learning from influencers and start learning from the professionals whose work shapes the industry.
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.
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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 Development Lessons
Package, Pitch, and Sell Your Screenplay Announcing all-new development lessons taught by Academy Award and Emmy-winning producers. Learn how to develop a project once the
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
Announcing Cinematography: 2nd Edition
Cinematography – 2nd Edition The definitive academic textbook designed to guide students through the art, craft, and technique of modern cinematography. Introducing the second edition
New Cinematic Composition Lessons
All New 10-Lesson Series Designed for both directors and cinematographers, the Framing and Composition lessons balance the techniques of cinematic composition, technical requirements and limitations
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 Producing Lessons
Learn the Business of Filmmaking The all-new producing series lifts the curtain on the business of filmmaking. From raising money and starting a company to
All New Development Lessons
Package, Pitch, and Sell Your Screenplay Announcing all-new development lessons taught by Academy Award and Emmy-winning producers. Learn how to develop a project once the
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
Announcing Cinematography: 2nd Edition
Cinematography – 2nd Edition The definitive academic textbook designed to guide students through the art, craft, and technique of modern cinematography. Introducing the second edition
New Cinematic Composition Lessons
All New 10-Lesson Series Designed for both directors and cinematographers, the Framing and Composition lessons balance the techniques of cinematic composition, technical requirements and limitations
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.
Rob directed "The X-Files" movie, numerous episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and was the Executive Producer of ABC's hit drama, "Castle."
Rob BowmanDirector, Producer 
Josh is the producer of "Avatar," the X-Men movies, "Logan," "Real Steel," and, as James Cameron's 1st AD, ran the sets of "Titanic," "Avatar," and dozens of other Hollywood blockbusters.
Josh McLaglenProducer, 1st Assistant Director 
Two-time Emmy winning director, Mary Lou has helmed episodes for dozens of prime time shows, including "NCIS: New Orleans," "The Quad," "Hart of Dixie," "The Game," "Monk," and "The Hughleys."
Mary Lou BelliTelevision Director 
As an Academy-Award winning cinematographer and two-time Emmy nominee, David has worked on "American Gods," "Breaking Bad," "X-Men," Hollow Man," and is the technical chair of the ASC.
David Stump, ASCCinematographer 
Alexa is the former Vice President of Development at Sony Pictures Animation and Vice President of Production at New Regency Productions.
Alexa AminStudio Executive 
Jeff was the Head of Worldwide Distribution and Online for LucasFilm, overseeing the release of the Star Wars prequels.
Jeff UlinStudio Executive 
Cristen ran productions for Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me if You Can," and "Charlie Wilson's War," Academy-Award winning, "American Beauty," and over a dozen other blockbusters.
Cristen Carr StrubbeUnit Production Manager 
Two-time Emmy winner, Steve is the Executive Producer on "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Hot in Cleveland," "'Til Death," and "School of Rock," and produced the Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee, "An Unreasonable Man."
Steve SkrovanExecutive Producer 
Anne Marie served as COO of Morgan Freeman's production company, Revelations Entertainment, and is the producer of Oscar nominated "Fried Green Tomatoes."
Anne Marie GillenProducer 
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I can't begin to tell you how much your lessons are helping me. I'm probably the brokest indie filmmaker on the face of the Earth, but your lessons have shown me that even with a limited budget, you can get great results by adhering to the basics of filmmaking. Thanks for all that you do.
Wow, this is an excellent demonstration of how topics like this should be taught. Felt like I was there and no detail was left out. Kudos. Truly makes your entire course well worth the price.
I should've skipped film school and just taken FilmSkills. Would've saved tons of time and tons of money.
I learned more from watching this than any other video I've seen. They should do this at film school.
There's something incredibly approachable about Jason's on-screen delivery. The content is top notch, and every single video I've seen here has been a goldmine of info and production value.
Fantastic! Finally, real info from a professional.
Really appreciated the details. This wasn't about a name brand type of light or piece of equipment but meat and potatoes filmmaking. Much appreciated.
Thanks a lot for creating this content. I signed up for FilmSkills Unlimited. Absolutely valuable course. I would go this far and say that this is the best online course on the topic. The catalog is broad and given the range of subject covered, the value is unbelievable. Highly recommended.
Finally, someone who tells the basics, but effective techniques in a simple way and not even losing the detail of the things. Good job, keep it up!
Man, you are seriously helpful. and seem like a super nice dude! Love your passion for light! All the best brother x
WOW! One of the best tutorials and breakdowns I've seen! Thank you so much for this!
😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍 Thank you sir for your wonderful efforts. Its almost great practical and theoretical for us. Its more than you get in film schools.
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