TheFilmSchool is a non-profit film program located in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on intensive training in screenwriting and directing.

The program was founded in 2003 by Stewart Stern, John Jacobsen, Rick Stevenson, Warren Etheredge, and Tom Skerritt.

TheFilmSchool launched the Great American Short Screenplay Contest in 2008, in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival.

Christopher McQuarrie, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects, called TheFilmSchool "probably the best place in the world to study story.

These include: John Jacobsen, Rick Stevenson, Warren Etheredge, Brian McDonald, Stacy Adams, and Stewart Stern, screenwriter of Rebel Without A Cause.

Andrea Seybold and Kate Wharton's Drill Queen was selected as a semifinalist in Script Pipeline's 2008 TV Writing Competition.

[13] Eric Morgret founded the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, and where he now serves as a Programming Director.