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Chuck has more than 40 years of professional experience in sound, mixing, engineering and recording for musicians like Sting, Meatloaf, Kansas and Todd Rundgren.
Dr. Richard's doctorate in Communication is from the Florida State University. The focus of her teaching is screenwriting, film history, professional development, and documentary filmmaking.
Julianna Baggott is a critically acclaimed, bestselling novelist, as well as screenwriter, essayist, and poet; she is the author of eighteen books that appear under her own name as well as the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode.
Reb Braddock is a writer and director of feature motion pictures who serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Motion Picture Arts.
William (Bill) C. Carruth is a third generation film editor with over 40 years experience in the motion picture industry.
April is an experienced filmmaker who teaches classes in motion picture editing as a Visiting Assistant in Film focusing on project organization, aesthetics, and techniques of narrative editing.
Tony teaches classes in producing as a Visiting Assistant in Film, and manages the College of Motion Picture Arts' day-to-day supervision and coordination of student pre-production, production, and post-production.
Paul Cohen is an independent motion picture executive, who has created a number of successful distribution and production companies including Analysis Films, Masada Production, Moonbeam Productions, and Aries Films.
A professional actor and a highly regarded acting teacher, France has worked in motion picture, television, and theater for more than fifteen years.
George Geiger has been a professional writer for more than 30 years in the entertainment industry as creator, executive producer, and show-runner of prime time television.
Geoffrey Gilmore is the Creative Director of Tribeca Enterprises, a New York company that includes the Tribeca Film Festival, the Tribeca Cinemas and the Tribeca Film Festival Doha.
Ron Honn is an animator and visual effects artist with over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry.
Claudia Johnson is a writer, documentarian, and a member of the faculty at the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts, where she helped create the screenwriting courses and continues to teach feature workshops.
Vicky Meyer is a screenwriter and highly regarded script consultant who teaches screenwriting. She has provided story and screenwriting consultation on a non-disclosure basis with some of Hollywood’s most prominent directors.
Victor Nunez is an esteemed independent filmmaker who creates high-quality, memorable portraits of life about characters who struggle with personal adversity. Nunez is best known for writing and directing Ulee's Gold.
Professor Frank Patterson serves as the Dean of the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts.
Oscar Perez is an award winning filmmaker as well as the creator and director of Pink Bubble Bath - the sexy film festival. Oscar has worked 15 years in film production while being based out of New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.
Professor Emeritus Richard Portman has served as sound mixer on more than 200 feature films. He has eleven Academy Award nominations for sound work and won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film The Deer Hunter.
Valerie Scoon is a producer and creative executive with extensive industry experience who most recently served as the Director of Development for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films.
Keith teaches classes in Camera and Light Mechanics as a Visiting Assistant in Film and runs workshops in equipment use in order to teach the safe and proper operation of all film production related equipment.
As a faculty member, Jonathan Stone is the Head of Digital Production for the college in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Dr. Andrew Syder is the Director of Digital Media Programs for the College of Motion Picture Arts.
Dr. Lisa Tripp is a scholar-practitioner of digital media and new cultures of learning. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California, San Diego.