The subject of this study is the investigation of the education received by film professionals in Greece from the emergence of cinema in the country at the end of the 19th century until the early 1990s.

The impetus for its development was the fact that Greece presents a unique particularity regarding this issue compared to the international and specifically European context. In the overwhelming majority, countries in the old continent established film schools under state sponsorship at some point during the 20th century. In contrast, during the same period, no similar initiative was manifested by the Greek state. The void left by the absence of relevant state support was filled by private initiative. Thus, the education provided in cinema and audiovisual media has been connected for decades with private film schools.

The study presents these schools; their exact number, structure, and curriculum. It discusses the people who founded them and those who taught there. It also focuses on the terms and conditions under which they started and ceased their operation. Additionally, it thoroughly investigates the institutional framework that was formed around film education in Greece throughout this period.

Finally, it attempts to determine whether their existence and actions influenced, and to what extent, Greek cinema.