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Jen Vaughn

Department Chair
Acquaintance Professor of Cinema and Tv
BA, San Francisco State Academy
MA, San Francisco State University
Subject area: Television Production
(323) 953-4000 ext. 2631
vaughnje@lacitycollege.edu
Website: Jen Vaughn

Jen Vaughn joined the LACC Family unit as a total time Professor in the Cinema/Television set Department in Fall 2013.  She teaches multi-camera production courses, editing, television producing and performance techniques.

She holds BA and MA degrees from San Francisco State University where she spent x years as Lecturer in the Broadcast and Electronic Communications Arts Section. There she has taught a variety of easily-on television set production classes and was Technical Supervisor of a alive webcast news program, live-to-tape weekly variety testify and weekly sportscast.

Jen worked professionally in Live Broadcast Television every bit an Editor and Technical Director for Pac12 Networks.  Jen enjoys producing live streams, directing alive music shoots, and was recently hired to produce the four-mean solar day Live Stream of the Ojai Music Festival.

Christopher Rossiter

Associate Professor of Movie theatre
MFA, American Motion picture Institute (AFI)
Subject field: Cinematography
chris@christopherrossiter.com
Website: Christopher Rossiter

Christopher Rossiter is a cinematographer ranked fellow member of the International Cinematographers Guild (I.C.G.) is too proud to be a member of Color Lodge International (C.S.I.) Prior he worked as a Central Grip and Gaffer for union and non-union productions. Christopher has taught cinematography at many programs effectually the country such equally California Country University, American Moving picture Institute, Los Angeles Film Schoolhouse and has also Led cinematography at National University'south MFA in Digital Cinema programme and currently Leads the Los Angeles City College's cinematography program. Christopher is a graduate of the American Movie Institute Conservatory where he earned a Primary of Fine Arts degree in Cinematography. He is also a Cinematography member of the Academy of Tv Arts and Sciences.

Dylan Shields

Associate Professor of Cinema
BA, Academy of Nevada, Las Vegas
MFA, American Film Establish (AFI)
Subjects: Production, Editing, Directed Report
shielddf@lacitycollege.edu

Dylan has been didactics in the LACCD for x years and has worked in the industry for over 25. He grew up in Owyhee in northern Nevada and attended UNLV where he earned a BA in Motion-picture show Studies. He worked in production in Las Vegas before moving to Los Angeles to nourish AFI where he earned an MFA in screenwriting. Subsequently working every bit a writers', producers', and management company assistant, Dylan produced the indie feature film Half-Life which premiered at Sundance. He went on to work in postproduction at Modernistic VideoFilm for 7 years. Dylan served every bit production manager and line producer on several alive multi-camera concert films for the LA Opera and LA Combo, including Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural operation.

Dylan recently produced the department's original TV/web series pilot, EmmieThing Goes, along with several brusque films in the AutoPlay series with the LACC Theater department, including Blue Lapse, which only won the 'Best of Festival' Award at BEA's 2020 Festival of Media Arts. Dylan co-produced and co-edited the short documentary Yo Soy Manuel, which has won 'Best Spanish' or 'Foreign Language Movie' at multiple festivals. He lives in Hawkeye Stone with his wife, two kids, and two big dogs. He'south too a relatively new fan of the Oxford comma.​

Krystle Klein

Associate Professor of Cinema
BA, Western Michigan University
MA, DePaul Academy (Chicago)
Subjects: Directing, Moving picture Genres, Business, Television Production

Email: Kleinkr@laccd.edu
Website: Krystle R. Klein

Krystle Klein, Professor of Cinema/Television receiver, joined the section in 2019. She has a B.A. in Television and Motion-picture show Production from Western Michigan University, and an M.A. in Movie theater from DePaul University in Chicago. She has been teaching the art of storytelling through motion picture and goggle box since 2005.

A producer, writer, director, and editor, Krystle has produced shows for ABC, NBC, Bravo, The Oprah Network, Vh1, and more than. She has directed and edited documentary films, and recently authored a book on a filmmaking gamble through Republic of india. She has been working creatively in the amusement industry since 1999, when she first began every bit a radio DJ.

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Krystle lived in Chicago and Hawai'i before landing for good in Los Angeles. She loves to travel and explore, dabbles in stand-up one-act and yoga, plays the ukulele and the trumpet, and one time went in front of the camera as RuPaul transformed her into a drag queen on DragU. But in a higher place all, she loves to teach, and is constantly in awe of her students' talents and creativity.

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Arnie Anderson

Cinema Instructor
BA, MFA, University of Southern California (USC)
Subject: Cinema Sound Product
electric_arnie@hotmail.com

Linda Aggravate

Television Instructor
BA, University of California, Irvine
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
JD, Hastings Higher of Police
Subject: Introduction to Television
beallf@lacitycollege.edu

An original Angelino, I've been pedagogy Tv set and cinema history classes at LACC for nearly 10 years. Earlier discovering my passion for the entertainment industry, I received a B.A. in Fine art History from U.C. Irvine, and Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Hastings Higher of Police force. I practiced constabulary in Atlanta, Ga, before moving back to Los Angeles to pursue an M.F.A. from UCLA'southward Producer's Program in Film and Television receiver. I worked as a TV producer on several talk shows that were hosted by such comedic actors equally Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Greg Kinnear. My background in police force, amusement & teaching has created a perfect alloy of my interest in people, penchant for problem solving, love of comedy and proud banner as a lifelong learner.

Kena Dorsey

Television set Instructor
BA, Carnegie-Mellon Academy - Drama
MFA, New York Moving-picture show University (NYFA) - Filmmaking
dorseykt@lacitycollege.edu

Kena Dorsey is an offshoot professor who has been didactics film and multi-camera for 7 years. When not at LACC, she is the director of the tv set product programme at a K-12 Independent Schoolhouse where she also teaches film and television production. She is also the Diverseness and Inclusion Coordinator at the high schoolhouse, and has adult a number of partnership programs that teaches boob tube and filmmaking to underserved students from public schools in and around Los Angeles. Prior to moving to LA, Kena was a Broadway stage actress that performed in a long listing of musicals and plays on and off Broadway. She is an honor winning manager for two of her original films that she wrote, produced, and directed. She continues to work on independent film and editing projects exterior of her teaching schedule.

Doctor James Fleury

Cinema Instructor
BA, Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY)
MA, Ph.D. UCLA (Cinema & Media Studies)
Subject: Movie house History
fleuryjb@ucla.edu 

I am a Lecturer in the Picture show and Media Studies Programme at Washington University in St. Louis, and I received my PhD in Movie theatre and Media Studies at UCLA in June 2019. I am the co-editor of the anthology The Franchise Era: Managing Media in the Digital Economic system (Oxford/Edinburgh University Press, 2019). My publications have appeared in Mediascape (2012, 2015), the South Atlantic Review (2015), and the edited collections James Bond and Pop Culture: Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy (McFarland, 2014), Content Wars: Tech Empires vs. Media Empires (University of California Printing, forthcoming), Comics | Games: From Hybrid Medialities to Transmedia Expansions (Routledge, forthcoming), and Moving picture Reboots (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming). My doctoral dissertation (titled "Space Invaders: Warner Bros. and the History of Hollywood in the Video Game Industry") analyzes the history of video game evolution and licensing at Warner Bros.

Michele Gendelman

Associate Professor of Cinema Emeritus
BA, Bryn Mawr College
MA, Film and Telly Studies, Academy of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Subjects: Television and Film writing
michelegendelman@hotmail.com

Michele worked in film and television receiver for 28 years, starting as a story analyst, then as a writer.  She worked on staff and freelance in hour-long drama, half-hour comedy, and blithe serial, including Newhart, Ghost Stories, and Sheriff Callie'south Wild West; she's also sold three features.  Her philosophy on teaching:  give students the latitude to make mistakes in the classroom, non on the set up.  She is also the parent of two Pierce College alumni, and offers these examples of customs-college success:  her son transferred to UCLA, graduated with honors, and at present has his doctorate; her daughter transferred to, and graduated from, Berkeley, where she now runs social media for one of the land's largest not-profits.  Never underestimate what you lot can accomplish.

Sergio Kopelev

Screenwriting Instructor
BA, Academy of Massachusetts
MFA, Hollins Academy in Film
UCLA Postal service-graduate Professional Plan in Screenwriting
Subjects: Television and Moving picture writing
kopelesd@electronic mail.laccd.edu

Having been born in Moscow and coming to the Usa equally a Jewish refugee, Sergio grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Formerly a highly decorated police detective from the east declension, Sergio is now a screenwriter, producer and consultant in Los Angeles, utilizing his unique skill set and life experiences to create compelling characters and stories. Sergio is a summa cum laude graduate from Academy of Massachusetts, Boston, the UCLA post-graduate Professional Program in Screenwriting and in 2017 he received his MFA in Moving-picture show from Hollins University, while working on a number of Television and Film Projects.

Dr. Jonathan Kuntz

Professor of Movie theater
BA, Academy of California, Berkeley
MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Subjects: Cinema and Television History
(323) 953.4000 ext. 2629
kuntzja@lacitycollege.edu
Cinema two Website
Picture palace 3 Website

Picture show historian Jonathan Kuntz (Ph.D. '82), studied psychology at UC Berkeley (B.A. '72) and UCLA (M.A. '74) earlier earning a Ph.D. in Motion-picture show and Television at the UCLA Higher of Fine Arts. A widely respected skillful on Hollywood cinema and the evolution of the studio arrangement, Kuntz has taught generations of students at LACC with the written report of picture palace production and his Cinema 3 History of the Motion Moving-picture show, offered every quarter. Kuntz has appeared in numerous documentaries on American film history as an expert on moving-picture show production and exhibition, and has contributed to The New York Times.

Known for his encyclopedic knowledge, Kuntz has been quoted in the media on many topics from the careers of Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe to the effects of the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm.

Scott Mazak

Movie theater Instructor
BA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
MFA, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Subject: Motion Movie Production
mazaksa@lacitycollege.edu

An editor and writer, Mr. Mazak has extensive educational activity experience in all areas of filmmaking and also has written about Lucasfilm in the book George Lucas'south Blockbusting.

Daniel Nyiri

Cinema Instructor
MA, Fine art and Technique of Picture Making, London Movie Schoolhouse
National Film and Goggle box School, Beaconsfield, UK
BA, University of Bristol
Subject: Motility Picture Producing
nyirid@laccd.edu

Daniel J. Nyiri - I am an executive, writer and filmmaker. I have worked in the USA, Europe and the Middle Due east; including on the Board of Directors of BAFTA, the British University of Film and Goggle box Arts; as Vice Chair of the Directors Lodge of Groovy Britain; and for the Governor of California'south Part of Career and Technical Didactics, creating education and grooming partnerships for careers in live and recorded media arts and sciences, enquiry, evolution, production and postproduction. I teach cinema, screenwriting and producing in loftier schools, colleges and universities. I am based at Los Angeles City College.

Jennifer Penton

Movie theater Instructor
BA, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Artistic Writing
MFA, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Film and Animation
Subject area: Film History
pentonjk@lacitycollege.edu

Jennifer Penton - I have worked at Warner Brothers, Klaspy Csupo, and Yahoo!, and on special projects for Disney. I have as well worked with many independent filmmakers as an editor and web developer. As an educator, I take formed liaisons with and led projects for The Getty Museum and SIGGRAPH. 1 of my greatest joys is to inspire students to explore their creativity and gain the technological tools to express themselves through live action and blithe motion pictures, and through virtual reality platforms. I hold a bachelor's caste in English language and creative writing from UCLA and a chief's degree in picture with an emphasis in experimental animation from California Establish of the Arts (CalArts).

Moises Perez

AA, Los Angeles City College (Cinema Product)
BA, California Country University Northridge (CSUN) (Film Production)
MFA, Mount Saint Mary'due south University (Film and Telly)
Discipline: Movie Production, Film Genres
PEREZM9@LACITYCOLLEGE.EDU

Moy began teaching in the Spring of 2011 at CSUN when he volunteered to develop and teach seven film workshops. Each of these lasted eight weeks and catered to students who needed actress help understanding the technical aspects of the filmmaking process. From the Fall 2017 until Spring 2019, he taught different picture show workshops at LACC. These motion-picture show workshops at both CSUN and LACC included the utilise of analogue film for the digital age, he showed students the process of working with Super 8mm and 16mm film stock. In his teachings, Moises likes to blend traditional classroom lectures with hands-on demonstrations to reinforce what is covered in class.
Moises has worked in the motion-picture show industry since 2012. His motion picture and television working experience comes from the field of advertising where he has worked behind as office of the production team in numerous television commercials and short films.

Doctor Mary Samuelson

Cinema Instructor
BA, USC Schoolhouse of Cinema-Goggle box
MA, PhD University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Subject: Documentary Film
marygelsey@ucla.edu

Dr. Mary Samuelson received her PhD from UCLA and teaches picture history, movie theory, digital writing, English composition, and literature. Dr. Samuelson has taught courses at LACC for x years including Cinema 3—History of the Move Picture show, Movie theater four—History of Documentary Picture, and Cinema xviii—Introduction to Film Genres. Her areas of specialty and research include the Hollywood studio system, documentary moving-picture show, French cinema, genre studies, history of radio, and film theory. Dr. Samuelson has published several manufactures and her book, The Patriotic Play, is forthcoming.

Kenneth Thomas

Picture palace/TV Instructor
BA, Boston Academy (Film Product)
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute (Film)
Subject: TV Product
thomaskp@lacitycollege.edu

Since 1995, Kenneth Thomas has plied his trade in news and documentary production all over the world. He got his start in Northern California, as the Alive News Director for the nightly newscasts at a local CBS TV station. During a 5-year stint in Seattle, he helped get-go a dot-com that specialized in shooting multi-camera productions of rock concerts for the net. He moved to LA in 2002 and became a busy freelancer, shooting red carpet events for Marvel, shooting and editing BTS videos for DVD's, and becoming i of Yanni's key cinematographers for his PBS specials in Florida, Mexico, and Egypt. Somewhere in there, he directed a music video that aired on MTV'due south Headbangers Brawl.

Afterward receiving his MFA in 2012, Kenneth completed his first of three music documentaries —

Blood, Sweat + Vinyl— about indie music culture. The final flick in this trilogy is now in post-product. He joined the adjunct faculty of Los Angeles City College in 2018, both to teach Alive TV Product and every bit an Avid Certified Instructor for Audio Post Production. In Autumn 2019, he returned to his MFA alma mater to teach his dream grade, on David Lynch'southTwin Peaks. In his spare time, he stays active in live multi-camera cyberspace broadcasting, and he's studying to become a Certified Cicerone — which is a fancy mode of proverb "beer expert."​

Joel Trudgeon

Cinema Instructor
BA California Land Academy Northridge (Radio-Television receiver-Pic)
MA California State Academy Northridge (Mass Comm-Screenwriting)
Subject: Cinema Production & History
trudgej@lavc.edu

Joel Trudgeon is a filmmaker, screenwriter, graphic designer and educator. He specializes in Outreach and Recruitment for LA Valley College.

Joni Varner

Professor of Picture palace & Tv Emeritus
BA, Academy of North Carolina, Greensboro
MA, State Academy of New York, Buffalo
Subject field: Introduction to Motility Picture Production; Beginning Digital Motility Pic Production
(323) 953.4000 ext. 2627
varnerjk@lacitycollege.edu
Joni Varner LACC Website

Joni Varner has been a professional person educator in the field of single- and multi-camera production and media studies for over thirty years at LACC, CSUN, and PCC and has served every bit the LACC Cinema/TV department chair. She has taught over i hundred sections of Cinema 1: Introduction to Move Picture Production. Prior to that, she worked for a decade in broadcast idiot box equally a producer, director and writer of TV commercials, industrial videos, telethons and live Idiot box shows.

Joni studied and exhibited experimental video art at SUNY/Buffalo. She was awarded a Offset Place (SE Region) in the AFI National Pupil Video Festival in the Experimental Category. Her work has been permanently curated into the Miami/Dade Library collection, and exhibited at the Mint Museum and North Carolina Museum of Art.

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  In Memoriam: Professor JP Geuens

It is with nifty regret we announce the passing of one of the charter professors in the LACC Cinema department. JP Geuens taught many subjects during his nearly 40 yr career as a full time professor in the LACC Movie theater/TV department, merely his specialty and passion was cinematography. He also taught offshoot at USC and Art Center College of Design and was a published author on Film Product Theory. He passed on Thanksgiving 24-hour interval 2020.  Film Production Theory

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STAFF

Juan Carolos Astoquillca

Supervising Engineer
astoqujc@laccd.edu

Jason Chang

 Performing Arts Technician
changje@laccd.edu

Juan Kalafatovich

Video Engineer
kalafaj@laccd.edu

Ming Qi - Retired

Video Engineer
qiz@laccd.edu

Amos Rothbaum

Projectionist
rothbaa@laccd.edu

Juan "Stu" Suarez

Audio Engineer
suarezjc@laccd.edu

Kenneth Thomas

Instructional Media Technician
thomaskp@laccd.edu

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Source: https://www.lacitycollege.edu/Departments/Cinema-TV/Faculty-Staff

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