École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle

The École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle is a French private film school (Paris, Nice, Rennes) which specialises in the training of cinema, television, photography, sound engineering and digital art through the DESRA (Diplôme d'études supérieures de réalisation audiovisuelle) diploma, the DESTS (Diplôme d'études supérieures des téchniques du son) and the DESFA (Diplôme d'études supérieures du film d'animation) diplomas, all accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and is listed in the Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles.

ESRA was created in 1972 in Paris by Max Azoulay.

Since 2007, the students can continue their studies for a fourth year in New York city.

In 2007, the school created two year specialization studies (mastère) in Paris.