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Film and TV Writing

  • Develops Skills for Film and TV Screenwriting
  • Provides Tips on Selling Your Work
  • Explores Job Opportunities in the Field

These courses provide you with the specialized skills needed to write a screenplay or a pilot for a film or television series. Through hands-on exercises you will gain an understanding of how the written word is translated to the screen, while becoming familiar with structure, characterization, dialogue, and scene-writing techniques. In addition, you will learn about the business aspects of the field—how to sell your writing and get your screenplay or script produced. Learn more about the Certificate in Television and Screenwriting.

This semester, study in-person or from anywhere in the world from the safety and comfort of your home through online or remote instruction.

Advanced Screenwriting

Develop new screenwriting material or revise a completed script, and discuss your work during private interview sessions with the instructor.

2024 Fall
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Beginning Screenwriting

Learn the basic elements of dramatic writing with an emphasis on theme, dialogue, and characterization.

2024 Fall
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Write and Prepare to Direct a Three-Act Short Film

Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting and preproduction by writing and preparing to direct a five-minute short film.

2025 Spring
1 section

Writing and Developing a TV Series

Learn all you need to fully develop and professionally present your idea for a continuing or limited series for cable, network, or the web.

2025 Spring
1 section

Writing for the Screen: An Exercise-Based Approach

This complete course in screenwriting teaches you the tools of the trade and gets you writing from the first day.

2024 Fall
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Introduction to the Media Industry

**Course for Fall 2024 is full, to be added to the waitlist, please contact sps.pala.ce@nyu.edu.** In this two-session course taught by a...

2024 Fall
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Writing a TV Pilot

Learn tools specific to writing an original pilot, whether a network procedural, a quirky web series, or an edgy comedy for cable or streaming.

2024 Fall
1 section

Writing and Producing for Reality Television

Have a great idea for the next binge-able reality TV obsession? With over 1600 unscripted shows currently airing on the world's three...

2024 Fall
1 section

Selling Your Stories: Representation and the Art of the Pitch for Film and TV Writers

Among aspiring film and TV writers there are many misconceptions and myths about Hollywood and what it means to be a working writer. While the...

Writing Great Characters for Film and TV

Through in-class exercises, lectures, television/movie watching, and writing assignments, learn how to create detailed, compelling characters.