<P> With 140 faculty members teaching 335 undergrads and 296 graduate students, the teacher to student ratio is about 1: 5 . </P> <P> The roots of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television go back to 1947 when the Theater Arts Department was created at UCLA and chaired by German theater director William Melnitz . When the department became the UCLA College of Fine Arts in 1961, Melnitz was named the founding dean, and drama critic and film producer Kenneth Macgowan became the chair of the Department of Theater Arts . The College of Fine Arts grew in standing and within seven years, its two departments had moved into their own facilities: Macgowan Hall became home to Theater in 1963, and the Department of Motion Pictures, Television and Radio moved into Melnitz Hall in 1967 . </P> <P> Twenty years later, in 1987, The College of Fine Arts was disbanded . The School of Theater, Film and Television was created in 1990, and Gilbert Cates, a renowned film, television and Broadway director, became its founding dean . Curriculum was expanded, new faculty was hired, and entertainment industry connections were strengthened . </P> <P> In 1999, Robert Rosen became UCLA TFT's second dean . A distinguished professor and film historian, Rosen had earlier spearheaded the expansion of the UCLA Film & Television Archive into one of the largest collections of moving image material . As dean, Rosen expanded the School's international influence with strong alliances, particularly in China . </P>

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