Confidential”, NYU Film School Grads Tom Edgar and Karin Kelley write:
“In many cases, you won’t want to include your MFA on your resume. Ironically, an MFA in film will probably help you more outside of Hollywood than inside…… People in the industry have a preconception that MFA students think they are better than everyone else, are liable to not take their jobs seriously, and if put into positions where they can communicate with powerful people, might promote their own careers to the detriment of their employers. (It bears mentioning that this preconception is not always inaccurate). Several people we know, who have MFAs in film and work in film and television production do not include their degrees on their resumes. They found that when that was included on their resumes, they were rarely hired. It was only when they removed the MFA from their resumes that