The Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. It offers associate's degrees in Computer Animation, Game Production and Film. The Los Angeles Film School began operating September 8, 1999. In 2001, when the enrollment was 170 students, one of the school's investors, Diana Derycz-Kessler — a Harvard Law graduate and corporate legal counsel for Occidental Petroleum's international division — took over as president and CEO. In 2003, the owners of Full Sail Real World Education formed a business partnership with Derycz-Kessler and her husband Paul Kessler, the majority owners of the LAFS and the Los Angeles Recording School. In 2006, Full Sail purchased property for the schools, expanding their total square footage to 230,000 square feet. The school was accredited to award vocational degrees in 2008. Later that year, the school added computer animation and game production programs. In 2010, the school doubled the size of their student body to more than 1,500 students. As of January 2009, The Los Angeles Film School offers associates degrees in Film, Computer Animation, Game Production, Recording Arts.