ECAM (film school)
Film school in the Madrid region, Spain
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| Type | Not for profit foundation |
|---|---|
| Established | 1994; 30 years ago (1994) |
| President | Enrique Cerezo[1] |
| Director | Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson[2] |
| Students | 315 |
| Undergraduates | 90 |
| Postgraduates | 225 |
| Location | , Community of Madrid , Spain |
| Website | ecam |
School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid (Spanish: Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid; ECAM),[3] also sometimes referred to as "The Madrid Film School",[4] is a film school located in Ciudad de la Imagen [es], Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain. It was founded in 1994, established as a not-for-profit cultural foundation,[5] under the initiative of the regional ministry of Education and Culture, SGAE, AACCEE and EGEDA [es], to which AISGE [es] joined in 1997.[6] In 2014, DAMA [es] joined the board of trustees.[6]
It is the largest film school in the region since the closure of the Escuela Oficial de Cine [es] in 1976. It was admitted as a member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools in 1999.[4]
It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and other courses across all cinema and television disciplines.
In 2020 The Hollywood Reporter listed it among 'The Top 15 International Film Schools', featuring it as one of the world's fifteen most important film schools outside the USA.[7] In 2019 and 2020, Madrid Film School teaching staff and alumni among them won twelve Goya Awards, Spanish cinema's highest honor.[8][9]
Alumni
Some of its alumni have gained fame in a number of audiovisual fields, from screenwriting to art direction.
- Javier Aguirresarobe[10]
- Paco Plaza[11]
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen[11]
- Carlota Pereda[11]
- Fernando González Molina[11]
- Miguel Ángel Vivas[11]
- Pilar Palomero[11]
- Alauda Ruiz de Azúa[12]
- Luis López Carrasco[11]
- Isabel Peña[11]
- Fernando Franco[11]
- Ángela Armero [es][11]
- Álvaro Morte[11]
- Verónica Fernández [ca][13]
- Isabel de Ocampo [es][13]
References
- ^ "La fundación". ECAM.
- ^ "Staff". ECAM.
- ^ "ECAM, the School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid". Comunidad de Madrid. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "ECAM (The Madrid Film School)". CILECT. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "La fundación". ECAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ a b "DAMA se incorpora al patronato de la ECAM". Audiovisual451. 13 August 2014.
- ^ "The Top 15 International Film Schools of 2020 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "La comunidad ECAM se lleva 7 Goyas". ECAM (in Spanish). 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "La comunidad ECAM se lleva 5 Premios Goya". ECAM (in Spanish). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía". Spanish Culture. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gómez, Virginia (5 February 2022). "La fábrica donde se forja el futuro del cine español: "Todos los años hay bastantes ex alumnos y profesores nominados"". El Mundo.
- ^ Belategui, Oskar (27 March 2022). "Alauda Ruiz de Azúa: "Las mujeres no lo tenemos más fácil en el cine español"". El Correo.
- ^ a b "Alumni". ECAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
