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California College of ASU
California College of ASU, known as Columbia College Hollywood until 2023, was a private college in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1953 as a branch campus of Columbia College Chicago, it offered a curriculum focused on the radio, television, and film industries. It was one of 20 film schools in the United States to be a full member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT) and was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission.
Columbia College Hollywood began in 1953 in the MacArthur Park neighborhood and moved to central Hollywood in 1970. From 1997 to 2023, it operated from the former headquarters of Panavision in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. A branch campus in Chicago, Flashpoint Chicago, operated from 2018 to 2022. The institution—struggling with enrollment after the COVID-19 pandemic—became a private, independent, nonprofit affiliate of Arizona State University (ASU) in 2022 and moved its operations to the ASU California Center at the Herald Examiner Building in downtown Los Angeles. Under this arrangement, the renamed California College of ASU had its own board of trustees and degree programs. It closed on December 19, 2025, with its programming being absorbed by ASU.
Columbia College Hollywood was founded in 1953 in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles as a division of Columbia College in Chicago. The curriculum focused on the growing television and radio industries. In 1959, Columbia College Hollywood separated from the Chicago institution to operate as an independent, private, non-profit college.
In its early years, Columbia College Hollywood grew alongside the film and television industries, eventually moving from MacArthur Park in 1970 to a larger space on La Brea Avenue in central Hollywood. The college established its current campus in 1997 when it moved into the former headquarters of Panavision in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. At that time, its enrollment was 200. In 2018, Columbia College Hollywood acquired the former Tribeca Flashpoint College, a creative media school in Chicago, Illinois, which became Columbia College Hollywood's first branch campus, now named Flashpoint Chicago, a campus of Columbia College Hollywood. The Chicago campus closed in 2022.
Columbia College Hollywood struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Columbia College Hollywood affiliated with Arizona State University and was renamed California College of ASU. Under this arrangement, the college had its own board of trustees and degree programs. Its operations moved from the Tarzana campus to the ASU California Center in downtown Los Angeles. California College of ASU closed on December 19, 2025. ASU is the custodian of records for the former institution.
From 1997 to 2023, Columbia College Hollywood was located on a 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) campus in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, within the San Fernando Valley. One of the buildings was previously a camera assembly facility for Panavision. Located close to multiple studios, the facility featured a 96-seat 5.1-channel surround sound theater for screenings, classes, and events, a 35-seat 7.1-channel surround sound screening room, a sound stage, a three-camera high-definition television stage with a green screen and control room, a Foley/ADR suite with a sound-isolated booth and control room, post-production editing suites, standing sets, an acting studio, writers' rooms, traditional classrooms, and an equipment room with industry standard film, video, and sound equipment.
The Flashpoint Chicago campus occupied the fifth and sixths floors of the historic Burnham Center building at 28 North Clark Street in the downtown Chicago Loop.
Flashpoint's campus housed a 52-seat screening room, studio space for filmmaking and recording arts, sound design suites, animation and visual effects labs and an experiential design lab. The library and learning commons offered study space and print and digital resources.
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California College of ASU
California College of ASU, known as Columbia College Hollywood until 2023, was a private college in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1953 as a branch campus of Columbia College Chicago, it offered a curriculum focused on the radio, television, and film industries. It was one of 20 film schools in the United States to be a full member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT) and was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission.
Columbia College Hollywood began in 1953 in the MacArthur Park neighborhood and moved to central Hollywood in 1970. From 1997 to 2023, it operated from the former headquarters of Panavision in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. A branch campus in Chicago, Flashpoint Chicago, operated from 2018 to 2022. The institution—struggling with enrollment after the COVID-19 pandemic—became a private, independent, nonprofit affiliate of Arizona State University (ASU) in 2022 and moved its operations to the ASU California Center at the Herald Examiner Building in downtown Los Angeles. Under this arrangement, the renamed California College of ASU had its own board of trustees and degree programs. It closed on December 19, 2025, with its programming being absorbed by ASU.
Columbia College Hollywood was founded in 1953 in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles as a division of Columbia College in Chicago. The curriculum focused on the growing television and radio industries. In 1959, Columbia College Hollywood separated from the Chicago institution to operate as an independent, private, non-profit college.
In its early years, Columbia College Hollywood grew alongside the film and television industries, eventually moving from MacArthur Park in 1970 to a larger space on La Brea Avenue in central Hollywood. The college established its current campus in 1997 when it moved into the former headquarters of Panavision in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. At that time, its enrollment was 200. In 2018, Columbia College Hollywood acquired the former Tribeca Flashpoint College, a creative media school in Chicago, Illinois, which became Columbia College Hollywood's first branch campus, now named Flashpoint Chicago, a campus of Columbia College Hollywood. The Chicago campus closed in 2022.
Columbia College Hollywood struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Columbia College Hollywood affiliated with Arizona State University and was renamed California College of ASU. Under this arrangement, the college had its own board of trustees and degree programs. Its operations moved from the Tarzana campus to the ASU California Center in downtown Los Angeles. California College of ASU closed on December 19, 2025. ASU is the custodian of records for the former institution.
From 1997 to 2023, Columbia College Hollywood was located on a 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) campus in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, within the San Fernando Valley. One of the buildings was previously a camera assembly facility for Panavision. Located close to multiple studios, the facility featured a 96-seat 5.1-channel surround sound theater for screenings, classes, and events, a 35-seat 7.1-channel surround sound screening room, a sound stage, a three-camera high-definition television stage with a green screen and control room, a Foley/ADR suite with a sound-isolated booth and control room, post-production editing suites, standing sets, an acting studio, writers' rooms, traditional classrooms, and an equipment room with industry standard film, video, and sound equipment.
The Flashpoint Chicago campus occupied the fifth and sixths floors of the historic Burnham Center building at 28 North Clark Street in the downtown Chicago Loop.
Flashpoint's campus housed a 52-seat screening room, studio space for filmmaking and recording arts, sound design suites, animation and visual effects labs and an experiential design lab. The library and learning commons offered study space and print and digital resources.