Los Angeles Film School

The Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. It offers associate's degrees in Computer Animation, Game Production and Film. The Los Angeles Film School began operating September 8, 1999. In 2001, when the enrollment was 170 students, one of the school's investors, Diana Derycz-Kessler — a Harvard Law graduate and corporate legal counsel for Occidental Petroleum's international division — took over as president and CEO. In 2003, the owners of Full Sail Real World Education formed a business partnership with Derycz-Kessler and her husband Paul Kessler, the majority owners of the LAFS and the Los Angeles Recording School. In 2006, Full Sail purchased property for...