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Top 25 Motion picture institutes based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 347 motion picture institutes headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 8,618 professional contacts across them, including 2,024 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers motion picture institutes headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest motion picture institutes based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 660 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The American Film Institute champions the future of the moving image as an art form.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 255 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures celebrates the art and science of movies-past, present, and future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 80 years, Barbizon Modeling has been a driving force in the modeling and acting industry; all while operating with a mission of helping young people gain confidence…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our goal at AFYP is to provide actors of all ages with professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Originally founded as Connecticut School of Broadcasting, CSB Media Arts Center is the largest group of Digital Media Arts Schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fresh Films (formerly Dreaming Tree Foundation) creates Emmy-nominated films, TV shows and documentaries while training future filmmakers in all aspects of film.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Ghetto Film School, our mission is to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great storytellers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Roadmap Writers is a screenwriting education and training platform for Career Writers looking for a guided path to success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Film2Future creates equitable opportunities to underserved, low-income, diverse youth aged 14-18, through our professional level art education classes, creating a direct pipeline…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is a College offering Associate of Applied Arts Degrees in Filmmaking, Acting for Film, Television and Theatre, as well as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hi!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mission: Creating pathways to careers in film, television, broadcasting, and digital content creation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Studio Arts is Hollywood's premier animation, design and visual effects training facility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Modeling & Acting” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1989, Writers Boot Camp has launched major writing careers at the highest levels of the film and television business through intensive screenwriting classes, coursework…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Studio C Artists is a production, casting, and arts education company based in Los Angeles, CA and founded by Director John Coppola and Producer Michael Sonntag in 2006.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Movie Institute is dedicated to the training of life and leadership skills in young people and adults by utilizing the creativity and discipline of the motion media arts and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pegasus Media Project, a 501c3 Nonprofit offers access to subsidized, high-quality personalized education through project-based courses and on-the-job training in digital media…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Art of Acting Studio is an acting school and cultural center in Los Angeles, and the sister organization to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating Creators operates in the realm of academia to support and align the lessons in the classroom, with the entrepreneurial, creative, and collaborative rigor of film…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Catapult Acting Studios is a nationally recognized training center for film and television actors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “T.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2016 by filmmaker Evan Goldberg (Superbad, The Boys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Studio) and educator Adrienne Slover, Reel Start is a 501(c)(3)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As one of the best acting schools in Los Angeles for kids/teens/young adults, we have been committed to developing the young actor's craft for over two decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: motion picture institutes. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names motion picture institutes.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of motion picture institutes, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name motion picture institutes. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Motion picture institutes based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 347 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among motion picture institutes, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “motion picture institutes”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names motion picture institutes), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among motion picture institutes, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,024 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Motion picture institutes by metro
- Motion picture institutes in Los Angeles59
- Motion picture institutes in New York34
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names motion picture institutes, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many motion picture institutes are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 347 motion picture institutes headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The American Film Institute, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most motion picture institutes?
Los Angeles leads with 59 headquartered companies, followed by New York (34) and Atlanta (9).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,024 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 347 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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