Best Film Summer Camps For Students

Lights, camera, action! If your young teenager has Hollywood goals one day, sending them to one of these film summer camps is a great way to help them meet those aspirations. These awesome filmmaking camps teach children all the aspects of film production, from screenwriting, directing, editing, and cinematography.

You’ll find a good mix of introductory courses for younger kids and more intensive programs for teens that can be used for college credits or to jumpstart their career as an indie filmmaker. In our guide, we included in-person camps as well as online programs to find the one that best suits your young artists interests.

Top Film Summer Camps

  • Multiple locations

  • Ages 13-18

  • Coed

SOCAPA mixes the best of elite film programs and exciting summer camps. Nowhere else will you find this level of filmmaking intensity combined with this much fun. We currently offer three different pre-college filmmaking intensives for students ages 14-18. For...

  • Online

  • Ages 16-18

  • Coed

This summer, focus on stories that matter. Creating media that is socially responsible and highly effective, students in this four-week intensive introductory film program will gain insight into the process of collaborative content creation and an overview of media literacy....

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Ages 11-17

  • Coed

Camp Flix is the Southeast’s premiere summer filmmaking camp – a real world experience that immerses teens and tweens in the craft of movie-making. This one-week movie camp in Atlanta, GA introduces kids, ages 11-17, to the techniques, language, and...

  • Chicago, IL

  • Ages 8-17

  • Coed

FACETS Summer Film Camps offer unforgettable cinematic adventures for young creatives. In our historic building, campers will dive into the worlds of directing, storytelling, animation, acting, writing and production.

Led by professional filmmakers and skilled instructors, students will:

* Develop...

  • Multiple locations

  • Ages 13-18

  • Coed

In NYFA’s teen summer camps and filmmaking workshops, students aged 14-17 build skills in filmmaking and content creation through hands-on experience. Throughout the course of the film camps and workshops, our faculty of professional filmmakers and directors teach filmmaking for...

  • Interlochen, MI

  • Ages 8-18

  • Coed

Do what you love best all day long—in the most beautiful place imaginable.

Experience all the fun of summer camp—from cabin games and activities to time in the sun, exploring the great outdoors—all while practicing, performing, and making art. Perfect...