The subject of this study is the investigation of the education received by film professionals in Greece from its emergence in the country at the end of the 19th century until the early 1990s. The impetus for its preparation was the fact that Greece presents a unique peculiarity on this issue compared to the international and especially the European context. The overwhelming majority of countries in the old continent created film schools under the auspices of the state at some point during the 20th century. In contrast, during the same period, no similar initiative was undertaken by the Greek state. The gap left by the absence of relevant state care was filled by private initiative. Thus, the education provided in cinema and audiovisual media was linked for decades with private film schools.