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FACULTY
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JERRY SHERLOCK
President and Founder
Executive Producer, Hunt for Red
October. Independent producer:
Universal, EMI, Disney, Tristar, NBC,
Paramount, United Artists.
Produced Lolita on Broadway
with Donald Sutherland.
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MICHAEL J. YOUNG
Provost, Director of Education
BA, Harvard University, magna cum
laude; MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the
Arts. Student Academy Award finalist.
Award-winning film McJew screened
at festivals internationally, including
Oberhausen, Cinema Du Reel,
Clermont-Ferrand, Tel-Aviv,
Ann Arbor, et al. NEA grant.
Scorsese post-production award.
Founding faculty of NYFA. |
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DAVID KLEIN
Senior Director
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of Arts.
BS, Tufts University, magna cum laude.
Awarded Tisch Excellence in Producing
Award. Winner of Warner Bros
Production Award for To Dye For.
Wrote and directed numerous other
projects including the award-winning
short film Gone With the Moon. |
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ELLI VENTOURAS
Academic Dean
MFA, Parsons School of Design. M.A., New York Institute of Technology - summa cum laude. Award winning film Voices screened internationally at Golden Gate Documentary Film Festival in San Francisco, Miami Short Film Festival, Barcelona Short Film Festival, and Festival Du Cinema de Bruxelles. Voices was also Semifinalist at Boston Motion Picture Awards. |
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MICHAEL BESMAN
Producing / Universal Studios
Executive Vice-President of Production, TriStar Pictures Division, Sony Pictures Entertainment:
He supervised such films as: Sleepless in Seattle, Single White Female, Jumanji, Wings of Courage, Devil in a Blue Dress and As Good As It Gets.
1987 Vice President at Guber-Peters Entertainment: Batman
1983 Production Executive at Paramount Pictures: Witness, Bevery Hills Cop, Star Trek 4
As an independent producer he has produced: Seven Years in Tibet, About Schmidt, Bounce, The opposite of Sex, Careless, Georgia Rule, |
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DAN MACKLER
Directing / Universal Studios
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. BA, Dartmouth College. Russian film scholar, consulted on Spike Lee’s 25th Hour. Director, feature film The Karaoke King. |
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BELA GRUSHKA
Chair of Acting / New York and Paris, France
B.A. Brooklyn College
H.B. Studio-Uta Hagen
National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts - PARIS
She has directed many plays in Paris and acted in numerous American and
European films and television shows, including "2 Days in
Paris", performing with Martin Sheen, James Gandolfini, Sam
Waterston, David Straithairn, Jean Reno, Lee Remick... |
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GLENN KALISON
Chair of Acting for Film Program
MFA, UC Irvine. Film credits include Robert De Niro's "The Good
Shepherd"; TV appearances on "Law and Order," "Law and Order: CI," as
well as soaps and national commercials. Numerous Off-Broadway and
regional theatre credits; Producing Director of the New York theatre
company, Coyote REP. |
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ROBERT APPLETON
Animation
Art Director Bloomberg Europe 3-D Animator, Watchit.com et al. |
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MATT ARNOLD
Directing
MFA, USC
Writer/Director of award winning
short Resurrection Mary starring
Wilford Brimley. |
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MELANIE ASHLEY
Scene Study, Monologues
MFA, University of North Carolina. |
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GEOFFRAY BARBIER
Producer
Segment Line Producer HBO’s
Addiction. Director, music videos for
Shivaree and Elliot Murphy. Producer “Behind the Scenes” for Def Jam, NIKE, V2, and Universal. |
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PABLO BERGER
Directing
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of Arts
Feature Film, Torremolinos 73% |
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LEA BRANDENBURG
Acting for Film
BA University of Illinois. Actor in films
and theater including Julie Johnson
with Lili Taylor and Earthy Possessions for HBO with Susan Sarandon. |
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ANNA M. CIANCIULLI
Acting for Film
Editor, Sanford Meisner’s On Acting, Italian Edition. Nominated Best Actress, International Festival of Cinema and Technology. Artistic Director of BdA the Arts [enter] Theater. Numerous leading roles on New York stage and film. |
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SEAMUS DEEVER
Acting for Film
MFA, Moscow Art Theatre and Carnegie-Mellon University. Veteran of over 50 plays. Lead in the LA premiere of A Clockwork Orange and won a Backstage West Garland Award. Nominated for LA’s Ovation Award and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. Recent television work includes Charmed (WB), JAG (CBS), and Cold Case (CBS). Lifetime member of The Actors Studio. |
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LIZ FOLEY
Producing
MFA Columbia University with Honors. BA Smith College Director, Writer and or Producer of numerous film and television productions including Funny Peculiar, Ode to Joy, and The It Factor. |
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SETH MICHAEL DONSKY
Writing, Directing
MFA, Columbia University. Award Winning Feature Film Twisted(1997). Recipient of the 2002 Hallmark Development Grant for the short film Loopy. |
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MIKE JACOBS JR.
Producing
Executive producer, The Thirteenth Year. Co-producer, Their Second Chance, starring Lindsay Wagner, for ABC Pictures. Feature credits include Driven. |
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LONNIE DEAN HALOUSKA
Producing
An entertainment, media and telecommunications transactional lawyer and business consultant. Producer of numerous television commercials. Has worked for CBS, ABC, Warner Bros., Republic Pictures and Telecommunications, Inc. |
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DYLAN KIDD
Directing
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts.
Writer/Director, Roger Dodger, Ian’s
Ghost. Winner Bronze Award, Houston Worldfest. Finalist Award, USA fest. Artistic Achievement in Short Film Award Huntington Int’l Film Festival. |
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CLAUDE KERVEN
Director
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. BA, University of Buffalo. Directed over 25 shorts for Saturday Night Live. Director for Afterschool Specials, Birthday Boy, Candy Store, and the David Brenner Show. Co-wrote Mortal Thoughts, starring Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Harvey Keitel. |
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ZENON KRUSZELNICKI
Acting / Directing
MFA in Acting from National Academy of Drama in Poland and MFA in Directing from New School for Social Research in New York City. He is a member of SSDC, The Actors Studio, FIA, ZASP and SAG. In 2004 he professionally coached Willem Dafoe. He also received an artistic grant from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts in 1998-2000. |
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MATTHEW KOHNEN
Cinematography
MFA, USC. Award-winning cinematographer of feature films, documentaries, and television. |
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LARRY LEAHY
Directing
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. Wrote and directed the feature film Confessions of a Hitman. Has worked with Director’s such as Sam Mendes, Robert Zemeckis and James L. Brooks |
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MICHAEL LAIBSON
Acting for Film
BA, UCLA. Executive Producer of soaps including Guiding Light, Another World, and As the World Turns. |
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HENG-TATT LIM
Directing, Cinematography
MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. Awarded Excellence in Filmmaking at NYU’s First Run Festival, 1991. Wien Scholar, Brandeis University. Worked on over fifty films. |
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RUSTY LEMORANDE
Producing
Executive producer, Caddyshack. Producer, the Academy-Award-winning musical, Yentl. Writer and producer for various projects at Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros, Turner and MGM for stars including Madonna, Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand, Francis Coppola and George Lucas. |
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BEN MARANISS
Screenwriting
MFA University of Southern California |
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DANA LUSTIG
Producing
Graduate, AFI. Directed and produced 16 feature films. Her latest film, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, Oxygen Network, stars Jennifer Love Hewitt. Co-produced Brick and Dancing at the Blue Iguana. |
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ALAN METTER
Directing
BA, University of Arizona. Student Academy Award finalist. Directed Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Back To School, and Police Academy 5: Mission To Moscow. Wrote, produced, and directed music videos for George Harrison, Donna Summer, and Chicago. |
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CAROL MAYES
Directing
MFA, AFI; BA, Princeton University Writer/Director of award winning films including, Commitments, Rituals, and Tendrils. Student Oscar Finalist, CINE Golden Eagle Winner, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award for Best Short Film. |
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TIM NAYLOR
Camera, Lighting
Cinematographer of Music Videos including Busta Rhymes. Last Call from Westchester—Spike Lee Award. Transeltown, San Francisco’s Gay and Lesbian Festival. Marvin Feldheim Award, Cine Eagle Prize, Merit Award, Chicago Film Festival. |
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BENJAMIN MORGAN
9th Year Director
High School Program
at Universal Studios
BA, Stanford University, with Honors USC, MFA, magna cum laude. Thesis film has appeared in festivals worldwide and on cable television. |
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ADAM NIMOY
Directing
Director, NYPD Blue, The Practice and The Gilmore Girls. Co-wrote, directed and performed in Art of the Brain. |
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SOL NEGRIN ASC
Advanced Camera and Lighting
Instructor, New York University. President, New York Cinematography Union. Some of his credits include: Robocop, Superman, Coming to America, The Kojak TV Series |
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MELANIE WILLIAMS ORAM
Directing, Writing
MFA, Columbia University B.A., Harvard University, cum laude Peabody Award, HBO 90-minute documentary, Dare To Compete. Emmy Award, HBO series Real Sports. |
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BRYAN NORTON
Directing
BA, Sarah Lawrence MFA, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. |
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ROBERT PIETRI
Directing, Editing
NYU Graduate FilmBFA, Carnegie-Mellon Fox Searchlab New Directors program. |
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REBECCA PETERS
Directing and Camera
BA, University of Westminster with high honors, Camera Credits on feature films such as Goldeneye, The Saint, Entrapment and Eyes Wide Shut. |
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PAUL WARNER
Directing
BA, Harvard University; MFA, American Film Institute. Princess Grace Award, Ashley Amulis Fellowship for directing. Feature film, Fall Time, Winner of the Cine Golden Eagle. |
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JAMES PRICE
Meisner Technique
Former protégé of Sanford Meisner.
Founding Artistic Director of The Acting Studio, Inc. and Chelsea Reperatory Company. Graduate and teacher at The Neighborhood Playhouse under the tutelage of Sandord Meisner. |
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TASSOS RIGOPOULOS
Directing
MFA, UT Austin Writer/Director/Editor of Features, Shorts, Documentaries, TV Series, Commercials, and Corporate Videos. Student Emmy Award Winner. |
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JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON
Acting for Film
BA, The University of Los Angeles Has starred in dozens of television shows and feature films. |
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MICHAEL SANDOVAL
Director of NYFA for the Dalton Program
MFA, NYU and University of Michigan BA, Brown magna cum laude. Ang Lee Fellowship, NYU. Writer, Director of short film, The Good Son, screened in competition at Berlin. |
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CRICKETT RUMLEY
Writing
MFA, Columbia University. Studied under screenwriting legend William Goldman. |
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RICHARD SHORE ASC
Director’s Vision, Cinematography
Winner of three Emmies M.A. in Cinema from U.S.C. His credits include: Bang the Drum Slowly, In the American Grain Night of the Dark Shadows, The Responsive Eye, and Three Women Alone. He has also been Director of Photography on hundreds of commercials, documentaries, educational and scientific films. |
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SHIRA-LEE SHALIT
Acting for Film, Directing Actors
MFA, Film, Columbia University
BFA, Drama, NYU. Student Academy
Award finalist for short film, Full Cycle. Winner, Presidential Scholar of the Arts for Acting. Winner, Acting Award, National Foundation of the Arts. |
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NORA STONE
Scene Study, Directing Actors
BA, University of California at Santa Barbara. Acted for numerous film, television and theater projects, including several recurring roles on Days of Our Lives. |
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NICK SIVAKUMARAN
Directing
MFA, USC. Director, Diwali, Director's Guild of America Student Film Award, Kodak's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2002 Cannes International Film Festival. |
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JOHN TERRY
Producing
MFA American Film Institute Produced Panavision New Filmmaker Grant independent feature Five Spices. |
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RON STACKER THOMPSON
Screenwriting
Producer, A Rage In Harlem, Deep Cover, The Cemetery Club, Sister Act 2 and Hoodlum. Has worked with Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Laurence Fishburne, Ellen Burstyn, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci, Jeff Goldblum and Andy Garcia. |
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ANITA TOVICH
Producing
BFA Carnegie-Mellon University. Producer, Emmy Award Winning Nick News. Segment Director for Dr. Phil show. |
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SAM TURICH
Acting for Film
BA Columbia University. Wrote and stared in The Box. TV appearances include “Law & Order” & “Blind Spot” on NBC. |
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MICHAEL UNGER
Directing, Chair Filmmaking Program
MFA, Columbia University, BA, Brown University
Writer and Director of numerous Shorts and Music Videos. Awards: "Best of the Festival" NYIIF Festival, 2001. Directed and Produced Kidz Show and Directed Off-Broadway. Editor of Documentaries and Music Videos appearing on PBS, MTV, MOMA, and THE BOX. He has just finished his latest film, GRAVITY. Program Director for NYFA workshops in Paris, London, Tokyo, Porto, and Bilbao. |
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MICHAEL URBAN
Screenwriting
MFA, American Film Institute Wrote the screenplay for Saved! starring Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin. |
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GUEST LECTURERS |
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KEVIN KLINE
Actor
Academy Award Winning Actor, Kevin
Kline spoke with Film Academy
students in New York City about the
extraordinary collaboration that can
occur between actors and directors. |
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BRETT RATNER
Director
Money Talks, Rush Hour 1&2, Family
Man, Red Dragon and
X-Men 3. |
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JOEL SCHUMACHER
Director
Flatliners, Batman Forever, Phone
Booth, 8MM, St. Elmo's Fire. |
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LÁSZLÓ KOVÁCS, ASC
Cinematography
DP over 80 films. |
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PHILIPPE ROUSSELOT
Cinematographer
Films include Big Fish, Planet of the
Apes, Tailor of Panama, People vs.
Larry Flynt, River Runs Through It,
Dangerous Liaisons, Hope and Glory,
Emerald Forest, Diva and many others. |
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KEN KELSCH
Cinematography
Films include, ‘R XMas, It Had To Be
You, New Rose Hotel, The Funeral, Big
Night, The Addiction, Bad Lieutenant. |
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WILLIAM A. FRAKER, ASC
Cinematography
DP over 70 films |
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JON FAVREAU
Director/Actor
Swingers, The Replacements |
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MATTHEW MODINE
Actor
Full Metal Jacket, Married to the Mob |
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JANEANE GAROFALO
Actress
Reality Bites, Truth about Cats & Dogs |
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CRAIG MCKAY
Editor
The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia |
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ROY H. WAGNER, ASC
Cinematography
DP over 45 films |
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PETER SOLLETT
Director
Raising Victor Vargas |
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DAVID KOEPP
Screenwriter
Spiderman, Panic Room, Jurassic Park |
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JAMES D. BRUBAKER
President Production Universal Studios
Nutty Prof, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty |
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TERRY ROSSIO
Screenwriter
Pirates of the Caribbean, Aladdin, Shrek |
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KEITH GORDON
Director
Singing Detective |
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MARK O’KEEFE
Writer
Bruce Almighty, Click |
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