UCLA ranks No. 2 among top 100 schools for animation, game design in the nation

Animation Career Review named UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television as the No. 2 program in the country for animation and game design.

 

"The school's world famous Animation Workshop accepts just 12 new students each year," according to the publication. "The Animal Workshop (MFA Animation Program) produced famous alumni such as Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shane Ackerman (9, Total Recall (2012), Lord of the Rings), David Silverman (The Simpson Movie) and Gil Kenan (Monster House).

 

The list of 2013 top 100 schools of animation and game design is headed by the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (1), then UCLA (2), USC (3), Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla. (4), and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI.