San Francisco

"The mission of San Francisco State University is to create and maintain an environment for learning that promotes respect for and appreciation of scholarship, freedom, human diversity, and the cultural mosaic of the City of San Francisco and the Bay Area; to promote excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment; and to provide broadly accessible higher education for residents of the region and state, as well as the nation and world."

Founded in San Francisco, California, in 1929 by artists for artists, “the Academy of Art University prepares aspiring professionals in the fields of design, communications and the arts by delivering excellent undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificate programs.”

"San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, also known as SFSDF for short, is a vocational film school in San Francisco, California. The school was founded by Stephen Kopels and Jeremiah Birnbaum in 2005 and works in conjunction with Fog City Productions, a local independent production company, to teach students the craft of filmmaking. The programs include five-week filmmaking courses, acting and screenwriting workshops, and one-year programs."