SCAD TVfest facts

Now in its 11th year, SCAD TVfest has hosted and honored the brightest stars and most groundbreaking shows in this golden era of television. Learn more about SCAD, the success of its entertainment arts programs, the history of the festival, and honorees past and present.

  • SCAD TVfest has hosted top shows like The Wonder Years, Yellowjackets, Hacks, Grey's Anatomy, The Walking Dead, Family Guy, This Is Us, Naomi, Bel-Air, Archer, Lovecraft Country, Bosch, The Goldbergs, New Amsterdam, American Dad!, For All Mankind, Resident Alien, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Woke, and more.
  • Past festival honorees include Judy Greer, Ed Helms, Randall Park, Milo Ventimiglia, Kim Cattrall, Justin Hartley, Eric McCormack, Ellie Kemper, Alan Cumming, David Boreanaz, Zach Braff, Connie Britton, Matt Czuchry, Jenna Elfman, Melissa Leo, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Cynthia Erivo, Kenan Thompson, and more.
  • SCAD TVfest has generated nearly 6 billion media impressions, a 2,000% increase since 2017.
  • Top entertainment industry media outlets cover the festival, including Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, TV Guide, Variety, IndieWire, and others.
  • SCAD has prepared talented students for professional careers in the entertainment industry for more than 40 years.
  • SCAD has more than 5,000 students enrolled in entertainment-related disciplines.
  • SCAD alumni have worked on television shows such as Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, Stranger Things, Veep, Modern Family, Atlanta, Saturday Night Live, Ozark, Power, Dear White People, The Act, Living the Dream, and Council of Dads.
  • In March of 2018, the Southeast Emmy Chapter awarded SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace a special honor for her advocacy of education in the entertainment arts.
  • SCAD has won more than 30 Student Emmy Awards over the past three years, including a record 14 in 2021.
  • Alum Kayli Carter, the first SCAD40 Prize winner, has starred in the Emmy Award-winning series Godless and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as well as the Emmy Award-nominated FX miniseries Mrs. America. She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in the acclaimed Netflix drama Private Life.
  • More than 200 SCAD students and alumni contributed to 88 Primetime Emmy-nominated productions in 2020, including The Mandalorian, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Westworld, Ozark, Succession, Watchmen, Rick and Morty, The Last Dance, and more.
  • More than 150 SCAD alumni and students contributed to 21 films nominated for 2022 Academy Awards, including West Side Story, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Dune, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Free Guy, Luca, Encanto, King Richard, CODA, and more.
  • At the 2022 Academy Awards, SCAD alumni contributed to all five films nominated for Best Visual Effects and four of the five films nominated for Best Animated Feature.
  • SCAD has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter's "Top 10 Costume Design Programs," "Top 25 Drama Schools," "Top 25 Film Schools," "Top 10 Visual Effects Schools," and "Top 10 Hollywood Production Design Programs."
  • The SCAD School of Entertainment Arts has been featured in Variety's "Stellar Film Schools," and Dean of Entertainment Arts Andra Reeve-Rabb was named to its "Best Teachers in Entertainment Education" list.
  • In recent years, SCAD-produced situation comedy The Buzz and drama Our Side have won Emmy Awards for Best Scripted Series from the Television Academy Foundation's College Television Awards.
  • SCAD students explore every aspect of film and television production process in Atlanta, the megahub of a state entertainment industry topping $10 billion per year, or Savannah, MovieMaker magazine's top-ranked small city for filmmaking.
  • SCAD has nearly one million square feet dedicated to the production of film, television, and other forms of entertainment.
  • SCAD operates Savannah Film Studios, the largest university film studio complex in the U.S., which encompasses a 22,000-square-foot studio space, a leading-edge LED volume stage co-designed by alumni-owned firm MEPTIK, and a backlot with streetscapes evoking Savannah streets, a suburban town square, a city hospital, and more.
  • SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, the only museum in the Southeast dedicated to fashion and film, serves as a teaching museum and creative resource for students of all ages and a wellspring of inspiration for visitors.
  • In Atlanta, the 60,000-square-foot SCAD Digital Media Center houses real-world studio environments and equipment to create experimental, immersive, and interactive content, including the university's second LED volume stage.
  • SCAD LED volume stages in Atlanta and Savannah, the largest at any academic institution in the U.S., combine precise camera tracking and real-time rendering powered by Unreal Engine to display otherworldly backgrounds and environments for student films and TV shows.