Bachelor of Fine Arts in Screenwriting

The first step in filmmaking is the screenplay. This is where the story takes shape. Screenwriters have the difficult task of determining the best way to tell the story, dramatizing it through character, conflict, setting, dialogue, tone, action, and format, making it as real and powerful as possible. Through the Screenwriting degree program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, you will learn all the tools necessary to make you a confident, professional screenwriter, ready to start a career in this first and integral step of filmmaking.

Our Screenwriting Program graduates hold titles such as screenwriter, producer, writer’s assistant, and assistant editor at companies like Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation. They have worked on animated films, television series, and major motion pictures like “Your Highness,” “Pacific Rim,” “Clash of the Titans,” and “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is a top-ranked creative and performing arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, N.C. Founded in 1963 as America's first public arts conservatory, UNCSA celebrates more than 50 years of training wildly creative, gifted, and hardworking young artists to do what they love, and do it brilliantly!

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts provides gifted emerging artists with the experience, knowledge, and skills needed to excel in their disciplines and lives. It serves and enriches the cultural and economic prosperity of the people of North Carolina and the nation. UNCSA is the state's unique professional school for the performing, visual, and moving image arts, training students at the high school, undergraduate, and master's levels for professional careers in the arts.