Scholarships and Fellowships

Each year, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television distributes scholarships to recruit meritorious students, along with recurring annual student awards, totaling approximately $2 million. This support is made possible entirely from donors.

For academic year 2022-2023, UCLA TFT will award the following 137 scholarships and awards. We are profoundly grateful to the benefactors who make a UCLA education attainable.

Click here for the most recent listing of awards recipients.

• • Alan S. Jacobson Memorial Award
• • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting and Film Production Award
• • Allies for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship
• • Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. Marketing Fellowship
• • Antonio David Blanco Fellowship
• • Antonio David Blanco Scholarships
• • Army Archerd Fellowship in Theater, Film and Television
• • Art Friedman Scholarship in Theater and Television
• • The Audrey Wells Memorial Say Yes! Endowed Scholarship, supported by Pearl Studio
• • Banky-Larocque Foundation/Donna Deitch Fellowship
• • Bill Lee Comedy Award
• • The Bobby Greenberg Memorial Scholarship in Cinematography
• • Card Walker Motion Picture Fellowship
• • Carl David Memorial Fellowship in Film and Video
• • Carroll Sax Award in Motion Picture and Television Production
• • Charles Speroni Memorial Award
• • The Costume Design Alumni Award for Excellence in Costume Design
• • Dan McLaughlin Animation Fellowship
• • Dana & Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation Scholarship in Memory of Robert J. Natol (FTVDM)
• • Dana & Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation Scholarship in Memory of Robert J. Natol (Theater)
• • Dana Lind Memorial Drama Award
• • David C. Baumgarten Endowed Award in Acting
• • David C. Baumgarten Endowed Award in Comedy Writing
• • David Koepp Scholarship
• • The Delia Salvi Memorial Award
• • DeMille Award in Production Design
• • Diane Frolov Fellowship in Screenwriting
• • The Diane Frolov Opportunity Fund
• • Dorothy Arzner Memorial Award
• • Edie and Lew Wasserman Animation Fellowship
• • Edie and Lew Wasserman Film Production Fellowships
• • Edie Gross Manet Scholarship
• • Edna and Yu-Shan Han Endowed Award
• • Emerging Director Award
• • Faith Surabian Memorial Scholarship in Theater
• • Federico De Laurentiis Memorial Award
• • Felicia D. Henderson Screenwriting Fellowship
• • Film, Television and Digital Media Production Fund
• • Fine Arts Trust Award
• • Florence Theil Herrscher Award in Theater Arts
• • Four Sisters Scholarship in Screenwriting, Directing and Animation
• • Forever Sunny Directing Scholarship
• • Francesco Film Production Fund
• • Frank Glicksman Memorial Scholarship
• • Fred Hayman Fellowship in Costume Design
• • Fred Thorp Fellowship
• • George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship and Fellowship in Comedy
• • Georgia Frontiere Scholarship in Memory of the Humanitarian Efforts of Aaron Curtis Taylor
• • Gerald Hughes Comedy Directing Fellowship
• • Gilbert Cates Scholarship/Fellowship
• • Herman Kass Prize in Motion Picture Production
• • HFPA Acting Fellowship
• • HFPA Cinematography and Directing Fellowship
• • HFPA Endowed Scholarship
• • Howard J. Green Award in Screenwriting
• • Hugh Downs Graduate Research Fellowship
• • Hugh Downs Performance for Television Award
• • Ion Pictures Scholarship
• • Jack K. Sauter Award
• • Jack Nicholson Distinguished Student Director Award
• • Jack Nicholson Prize in Acting
• • Jack Nicholson Prize in Screenwriting
• • James Pendleton Foundation Prize
• • Jason Forest Scholarship for Diverse Voices in Visual Media
• • Jay Grossman Comedy Writing Award
• • Jennifer Momtazee Memorial Scholarship
• • The Jean and Ruth Negulesco Endowment Fellowship
• • Jeanne Michiko Kubota Memorial Endowed Scholarship
• • Jerry M. Cox Memorial Award
• • Jim Morrison Film Award
• • JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Award in Costume Design
• • Joel Siegel Fellowship
• • John and Faith Surabian Award in Musical Theater
• • John and Rosemary Raitt Scholarship in Musical Theater
• • John and Sharon Surabian Award in Musical Theater
• • John H. and Patricia W. Mitchell Endowed Scholarship Fund
• • The Jon O’Neal Award in Playwriting
• • Joseph W. Drown Award for Motion Picture Production
• • Judith and Milton R. Stark Scholarship
• • The Kemp R. Niver Scholarship in Film History at UCLA
• • Kendra Perez Memorial Scholarship
• • The Kenneth Macgowan Family Playwriting Award
• • The Kenneth Macgowan Family Screenwriting Award
• • Kovler Family Fellowship in Theater, Film and Television
• • Landis Family Award in Costume Design
• • Larry Thor Memorial Award
• • Laura Pels Fellowship in Acting
• • The Lynn Stalmaster Fellowship
• • Lynn Weston Fellowship in Film
• • Marianne J. Murphy Endowed Scholarship Award
• • Mariska Hargitay Scholarship for Acting Students
• • Mark Trent Goldberg Memorial Scholarship in Musical Theater
• • Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellowship
• • Mary Pickford Award
• • Matt Groening Fellowships
• • Melinda T. Szaloky Memorial Award for Student Excellence in Film Studies
• • Mexican-American Cultural Education Foundation Filmmaking Scholarship
• • Michael Minor and Robert Green Scholarship
• • The Mildred Blount Scholarship for Excellence in Costume Design at UCLA
• • Milton Sperling Fellowship for Excellence in Screenwriting
• • MPA Award (formerly Motion Picture Association of America Award)
• • Nadja Swarovski Shooting Star Award
• • Natalie Wood Acting Award
• • Otis Ferguson Memorial Award in Critical Writing
• • Peter Stark Memorial Scholarship
• • Plitt Southern Theater Employees Trust Fellowship
• • The Promise Social Impact Producing Scholarship
• • Ralph Freud Fellowship in Acting
• • Reach for the Stars Award
• • Rebecca Schaeffer Memorial Scholarship in Acting
• • Reel Spirit: Dini Ostrov Award in Screenwriting
• • Richard Lawrence Memorial Scholarship
• • Richard Walter and Lew Hunter Screenwriting Fund
• • Robert Ford Corrigan Memorial Award
• • Rocco Viglietta Memorial Scholarship in Film
• • Rod Steiger Award for Excellence in Acting
• • Ron A. Baham Memorial Fellowship in Comedy
• • Rosalee Sass Scholarship
• • Sean Evans Memorial Award
• • The Sean Slattery Memorial LGBTQ+ Voices Award
• • Sharon Surabian Memorial Award in Theater
• • Stage Spirit: Dini Ostrov Award in Playwriting
• • Stephen N. Gershenson Memorial Scholarship
• • Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Scholarship
• • Streisand Sony Fellowships
• • The Suber Scholarship
• • Teri Schwartz Family and Friends Scholarship Fund
• • Teshome Gabriel Memorial Award
• • TFT Acting Scholarships and Fellowships
• • UCLA TFT Executive Board Scholarship
• • Vincent E. De Frances Scholarship in Animation
• • Wilson Family Screenwriting Award
• • WIF Dummer Television Award
• • WIF Loreen Arbus Fellowship in Cinematography
• • WIF Verna Fields Memorial Fellowship
• • William J. and Lee Phillip Bell / The Young and the Restless Fellowship in Television
• • Zuri Adele Fellowship for HBCU Alumni