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Lens Academy · Atlanta, Georgia
Learn film
on a real set.
Twelve-week courses in directing, cinematography and editing, taught by working crews from Georgia’s film industry.
SPRING 2026
Next intake, March 9
12 WEEKS
Evenings + weekends
8 STUDENTS
Per crew, max
4K
Cameras on every shoot
The academy
Small crews.
Big screens.
We started in 2014 in a borrowed warehouse on the Westside. Today our studio has two sound stages, a color suite and the same rule: you shoot from week one.
Watch a day on set. It opens in a popup.
Film · 2:46
A day on set at Lens
Courses
Pick your seat
in the crew.
Each course ends with a short film you can put on your reel. Play a trailer from last term.
01 / DIRECTING
Directing
12 weeks · $3,400 · Tue & Thu evenings
02 / CAMERA
Cinematography
12 weeks · $3,900 · Saturdays on stage
03 / POST
Editing & Color
10 weeks · $2,800 · Mon & Wed evenings
Student work
Shot in
Atlanta.
Graduation films play right here on the page. Click the poster and the Vimeo player loads in its place, tinted in our red.
“Rabbit Season” · Spring 2025 cohort · 9:56
Screening room
Your files,
your player.
This trailer is an MP4 in our media library. No YouTube, no tracking. The browser’s own controls, with picture-in-picture and the download button switched off.
Sintel trailer, © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0. We screened it in our Tuesday film club.
Behind the scenes
Ninety seconds
on set.
Tall clips from our students’ phones: lighting a night exterior, a one-take dolly shot, a color pass. Tap one to watch.
Clip · 1:30
Lighting a night scene
Clip · 1:12
One take, no cuts
Clip · 0:58
Slate like a pro
Clip · 1:05
A portrait in one light
From our alumni
“Week one they put a camera in my hands. Week twelve my short was in the Atlanta Film Festival. Two years later I’m shooting episodes.”
Marcus Reed
Cinematography, class of 2022 · now 2nd unit DP
Plays 1:02–2:00 of his reel, in a popup.
Free masterclass
Light it like
a feature.
A 40-minute lesson from our head of camera, Dana Whitfield, filmed on Stage B. Free to watch, no sign-up.
Masterclass · 40 min
Three-point lighting,
then break every rule.
then break every rule.
Tuition
Pay per course,
or go all in.
Payment plans from $290 a month. Georgia residents can apply for the HOPE Career Grant.
How tuition works · 1:40
One course
$2,800+
Any single course, gear and stage time included.
Full program
$8,900
All three courses over nine months and a funded graduation short.
Weekend intensive
$650
Two days of camera and lighting on Stage B.
Visit us
Come see
the stages.
Open house every first Saturday, 11am–2pm. Or book a tour any weekday.
Studio
675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Atlanta, GA 30308
Admissions
hello@lensacademy.com
(404) 555-0193
(404) 555-0193
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