Film Institute
The measure of a program should be what it achieves for its students when they transition into the "real world" of national and international filmmaking.
Although The Berkeley Digital Film Institute is a relatively new program, the results achieved by current and recent former students of Berkeley Digital Film Institute are somewhat exceptional; we feel they speak for themselves.
Within the past 24 months, recent graduates have achieved the following:
Film Festivals:
20 student films were accepted into thirteen major film festivals including;
The San Francisco International Film Festival
The Palm Springs Short Film Festival
The New York Television Festival
The LA Short Film Festival
The Heart of England Film Festival
The Sonoma Film Festival
The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
The Clonmel Irish International Film Festival (Won, Student Category)
National Television:
Jodi Martinson and her colleagues have won a National Emmy award for their Frontline documentary on Ghana.
MTV Music Videos:
Recent BDFI students have Directed 5 videos for Justin Bieber, 8 videos for Chris Brown, 3 videos for .50 Cent, 3 videos for Sean "Puffy" Combs, and have acted as Directors of Photography for "30 Seconds to Mars" and at least 20 other major acts.
They have been nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards; including 3 videos for Best Hip Hop, Best Male Reformer, and Best Collaboration; 1 for Best Cinematography, and 1 for Best New Performing Artist, and have won for Best Male Performer, for Justin Beiber's "U Smile".
Feature Films:
Students in this program worked for a year on "IronMan 2" at Industrial Light and Magic.