The Dean's Council of Alumni was formed in 2003 by Dean Frank Patterson in an effort to create a body of industry professionals covering a wide variety of the industry's aspects (i.e. Directing, Producing, Mangement, Screenwriting, and Development) who would be concerned with and available to the FSU Film School. The DCA are consulted on matters of student work assessment, Film School curriculum, mentoring and networking.

CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE DEAN'S COUNCIL OF ALUMNI INCLUDE:

Ali Bell, Vice President of Production and Development for Ivan Reitman's production banner, the Montecito Picture company (Disturbia)

Melissa Carter-Newman, Screenwriter & Television Producer (Little Black Book, Life As We Know It)

Ron Friedman, Screenwriter (Oscar Nominated Brother Bear, Chicken Little, Open Season)

Amy Dean Kennedy, Senior Director of Development at Oxygen Network (Repo Girls)

Jonathan King, Executive Vice President of Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night and Good Luck)

Matthew Lopez, Screenwriter (Bedtime Stories in pre-production for Disney and The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nick Cage attached)

Greg Marcks, Writer/Director (11:14 with Hillary Swank, directing his second feature, The Gift.)

Ryan Saul, Agent (Metropolitan Talent Agency of Beverly Hills)

Kelsey Scott, Screenwriter (Motives and Motives 2, starring Vivica Fox)