Motion Pictures

Wright State’s motion pictures program, housed in the state-of-the-arts Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures, is recognized by virtually every major industry award. You will train in film and video production, or prepare for work in film archives, libraries and museums, arts councils, or festivals. Our students have won national and international acclaim and awards in showings at major film festivals. Choose between the B.F.A. degree in film production or the B.A. in motion pictures history, theory, and criticism.

Department: 
Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures

What we offer

Success Stories

Student Profile

Camera angle

Wright State junior Joey Larkin combines motion pictures studies with videography at a Dayton television station
Through the Wright State Motion Pictures Program and a job on "Living Dayton," Joey Larkin is training to become a documentary filmmaker.
Alumni Profile

Voice recognition

Wright State alumna Lauren Bernstein making a splash doing voiceovers from her studio in New York City
Lauren Bernstein, a 2012 theatre graduate from Wright State, has produced voiceovers for corporations, nonprofits, state governments and universities.
Student Profile

‘I am a warrior’

Theatre studies major Nerissa Jheanelle finds her voice with impressive display of theatre and performing arts
Nerissa Jheanelle, a theatre studies major, has been prolific at Wright State, producing a play, a dance, a movie and a musical.