You’d probably do better, in terms of finances, going to school in England, because your country is part of the EU. At most schools, you’d therefore pay the “home” rate, or at least a lower “EU” rate. If you went to school in the US, although the film schools are fabulous, you won’t get much or any financial aid. They expect foreign students to be self-sufficient in terms of finances. There are a few exceptions, and a few scholarships available at some schools, so if you decide that, say, New York University is perfect, you can investigate the options they have.

However, there are more and stronger film schools in the US than there are in the UK. Not that the UK schools are bad – I don’t mean that – but there are more good schools in the US. The center of the English-speaking film universe is in the US, and the most and strongest schools tend to be there, with tv/film production centers in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Florida. In Canada, the center of it all is Vancouver, although there’s a lot going on in Toronto in terms of commercials, and in Montreal, often in French-speaking cinema and tv.

As for film schools in N. America, the best include the following:

– New York University
– University of California, Los Angeles
– University of Southern California
– American Film Institute
– Vancouver Film (that’s in Canada)
– California Institute of the Arts
– Columbia University
– School of the Art Institute of Chicago
– University of Texas, Austin
– Florida State University
– Rochester Institute of Technology
– University of California, San Diego
– Temple University
– Northwestern University