The mission of the school is to provide opportunities for students to meet with and learn from working entertainment industry professionals who have achieved success in the movie and television business.
He renamed the school the Sherwood Oaks Experimental College in 1972, and began to offer classes to adults in a range of fields including batik and shipbuilding in bottles.
[3] The school came to offer classes on a broad range of filmmaking topics, with lectures from notable Hollywood names.
[5][failed verification] Through the years hundreds of industry professionals have lectured at the school, including Paul Newman, Robert Redford, George C. Scott, Lily Tomlin, Mel Brooks, Shelley Winters, Robert Altman, Jack Lemmon, and Lucille Ball.
[3] Notable alumni include Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron, Paul Haggis, and Nancy Meyers.