Film and Creative Writing

Studying our BA Film and Creative Writing will develop your skills as a filmmaker and writer and allow you to explore film, television and writing in their theoretical, critical, industrial and creative contexts. This degree will prepare for life beyond your studies in a variety of careers – in film, TV, writing, editing, publishing, journalism, media, marketing and many more.

You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of film, TV and all main genres of creative writing, including:

Children’s film and TV
Documentary filmmaking
Nonfiction writing
Playwriting
Poetry
Prose
Screenwriting
World cinema
Writing for the media

You’ll also gain practical filmmaking skills, through hands-on learning in our state-of-the-art editing suite.

You can make use of our wide-ranging work-based placements and employability-focused modules, ensuring that you graduate with sought-after experience of the creative industries, including:

Editing
Film and TV
Journalism
Marketing
Media
Publishing
Writing

Why study this course?

Learn from experienced, global film industry experts – including filmmakers, camera operators, screenwriters, film editors and film writers and commentators.

Find your voice amongst award-winning and bestselling authors – including 2021 Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize winner Professor Ruth Gilligan; 2021 Forward Poetry Prize winner Professor Luke Kennard and one of Granta magazine’s 2023 best young novelists Dr Anna Metcalfe.

Get a head start in the graduate market – with our diverse range of industry connections, ensuring you enter the workplace with the skills required to shape the creative agendas of the future.

Be supported – whether it’s helping you improve your academic writing, organising visiting writers’ sessions, hosting alumni networking events or facilitating wellbeing activities, be assured that Birmingham is committed to your development whilst at university and beyond.

Join a vibrant campus community – write for our newspaper, present for our TV and radio stations or join one of our many writing or film societies.

Make our exciting city your home – get involved in the city’s numerous literature and film festivals and explore Birmingham’s many cultural attractions, including the country’s oldest working cinema and Europe’s largest regional library.

3rd for Creative Writing in the Guardian University Guide 2025

11th for Cinematics in the Complete University Guide 2025