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Screenwriting Diploma

Structure Your Story Like a Pro

Welcome to the Writers’ Room—intensive, collaborative, specialized. Work with creative peers and accomplished screenwriters while you find your writer’s voice. Network with industry professionals and graduate with a portfolio showcasing your new skills, all in 18 months.
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Program Overview

Start Dates

January & October

Program Duration

18 months - 6 terms

Become a
ScreenWriter

Screenwriting Diploma

Learn screenwriting from real screenwriters. Over 18 months, you will learn how to craft professional screenplays for every genre. Beyond writing and editing, you will be taught how to pitch, finance, produce, direct, and market your work so that you can graduate skilled and confident—with a diploma and a diverse portfolio of work that showcases your new skills to prospective employers.

Flexible Learning Options

On Campus | 100% Online | Hybrid

Our full-time screenwriting diploma program offers the flexibility to take classes on campus, remotely through live instruction, or a hybrid of both. The choice is yours.
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Career Outcomes for Screenwriting Graduates

  • Screenwriter
  • Story Editor
  • Staff Writer
  • Production Executive
  • Studio Executive
  • Narrative Designer (Video Games)
  • Producer
  • Director
  • Content Creator (Short Form)
  • Creative Producer
  • Content Writer
  • Content Editor
  • Production Executive
  • Copywriter
  • Development Coordinator
  • Script Reader
  • Story Editor
  • Web Content Specialist
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TFS Grads in the Credits

john-wick-4
startrek-strange-new-worlds
the-last-of-us
farcry6
reacher 3
handmaids
the-shape-of-water
tfs-murdoch-mysteries

TFS Grads in the Credits

john-wick-4
startrek-strange-new-worlds
the-last-of-us
farcry6
reacher 3
handmaids
the-shape-of-water
tfs-murdoch-mysteries

Student Testimonials

Coming to Toronto Film School was one of the best decisions of my life. Creating new worlds, great characters, and compelling stories is something that I truly enjoy.

Caleigh Bacchus

Writing for Film & TV ’18

Writer, Murdoch Mysteries and Diggstown

I couldn’t ignore the call any longer. So I did the bravest thing I could imagine ever doing and applied to TFS’s Writing for Film & TV Diploma Program, got in, then proceeded to bare my soul through my stories to a group of colleagues over the next 18 months.

Jen Bendle

Writing for Film & TV ’22

My experience in Toronto Film School’s writing program was amazing. I’ve grown as a person, as a writer, and as a director.

Reeth Mazumder-Roberts

Writing for Film & TV ’19

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On Campus programs are offered through Toronto Film School, Ontario.

In Ontario, Yorkville University offers a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree which is delivered on-campus and online. The institution has been granted a consent by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) to offer the BCA for a 7-year term starting 12/17/2020. Prospective students are responsible for satisfying themselves that the program and the degree will be appropriate to their needs (e.g., acceptable to potential employers, professional licensing bodies or other educational institutions).