Hollywood stars are aligning to co-found a public school designed to help underserved communities break into the entertainment business.
George Clooney, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle, Eva Longoria, and Nicole Avant partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District and Superintendent Austin Beutner to create the Royal School of Film and Television Production, the school district announced on Monday. The actors and actresses will serve on the school’s advisory board.
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The school, which is set to open in the fall of 2022, will start with ninth and 10th grade students and will include 11th and 12th graders over the next two years. The school will provide students with practical training as well as internships.
“Our aim is to better reflect the diversity of our country. That means starting early. It means creating high school programs that teach young people about cameras, and editing and visual effects and sound and all the career opportunities that this industry has to offer. It means internships that lead to well-paying careers. It means understanding that we’re all in this together,” Clooney said.
“This effort will help open the doors of opportunity for a diverse group of students from underserved communities,” Beutner added. “This groundbreaking program will help prepare students for good-paying jobs in the film and television industry by integrating practical industry experience and internships for students into the curriculum. Physics is involved in the choice of a lens by a cinematographer, math is part of the foundation for a musical score in a film, critical thinking skills are needed to design a set, screenwriters needs a foundation in literacy, and a make-up artist needs to know the chemistry of the different materials they might use — all of this will be tied into the curriculum at the school. We are excited to have the support of these extraordinary industry leaders to create opportunity for children in the Los Angeles area.”
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The school’s first principal will be Blanca Cruz.
“We are really excited about this remarkable opportunity for collaboration and learning,” Cruz said. “Not only will it provide our students much needed resources to support their hands-on learning experiences that are relevant in the entertainment industry, but it will also offer them the guidance and expertise needed to help them realize their inherent potential.”
