Savannah College of Art and Design Film and Television Faculty

	Christopher Auer Savannah B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Regent University. A veteran of the entertainment industry, Chris Auer has written for "The Cosby Show" and "As the World Turns." He also was the creator and executive producer of the Family Channel's "Big Brother Jake," for which he oversaw all creative decisions during the show's 100-episode run. Auer is the author of eight children's books, and in one of his classes at SCAD, his book "Molly and the Good Shepherd" was made into a movie, providing the opportunity for collaboration between students and professionals. Awards: Emmy Nomination, writing, "As the World Turns" Memberships: Writers' Guild of America, Lifetime Member Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Writer Peer Courses: Screenwriting Writing for Television Preproduction Film and Television Senior Project Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
	Paul Brown Savannah B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. Paul "Bear" Brown is a cinematographer of various music videos and documentaries including "No Joke" and "Project Azuka." Courses: Cinematography Digital Cinematography Introduction to Film and Video Production Rising Star: Introduction to Film Production
	Shawn Bulloch Savannah B.S., Savannah State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; Ed.D., Fielding Graduate University. Shawn Bulloch, Ed.D., has a combination of music industry film industry productions within his professional body of work. All five albums that he produced made appearances on the Billboard charts including Pure Pain/Universal Records 2001 release "Strictly for the Streets." Bulloch also was responsible for music video production and served as the A&R for the project, which ultimately sold more than 300,000 units BDS/Soundscan. His latest major production, "Gangsta Gangsta," is a feature film highlighting the self-destructive nature of the Black male in the "hood." Bulloch directs music videos for the industry and also shoots musical documentaries. Memberships: American Society of Composers Artist and Publishers Publications: "A Study of the Methodologies and Strategies that Impact African Americans and Other Minorities in Higher Education." (2007) "The Images of Teachers in Film as Realistic Portrayals of the Profession." (2004) Notable Music Video Work (Directing/Producing/Consulting): 9th Ward: "Chopper," Playmaker/Island/Def Jam Recordings (2007) Camoflauge "Hot Grits," Pure Pain/Universal (2003) "Cut Friends," Pure Pain/Universal (2001) Courses: Directing and Producing the Music Video Film and Television Senior Project Sound Design for Film and Video Preproduction Introduction to Film and Video Production
	Michael Chaney Savannah B.S., Mississippi State University; B.F.A., Art Center College of Design; M.F.A., Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Michael Jackson Chaney's film and time-based media work addresses the interplay of spirituality and social constructs using multiple-channel video, film, sound and performance. His short films have been included in numerous international film festivals. Chaney's industry work includes projects for such clients as Hearst Publications, the New York Times Co. and the United States Peace Corps. Exhibitions: "Firmament" (solo exhibition), Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, 2007. "Open House," Gallery Loci, Savannah, 2006. "Syncretism," sponsored by Drain magazine, Savannah, 2005. "Quiet," Aquaspace Gallery, Savannah, 2004. "Flow," Aquaspace Gallery, Savannah, 2003. "Current Circuits," Gallery Lhomond, Paris, France, 2002. "Vapor" (multimedia group show), Aquaspace, Savannah, 2002. Film Festival Screenings: Virginia Film Festival: God on Film, Charlottesville, Va., 2006. Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France, 2005. Black Maria Film Festival, International Traveling Film Festival, 2005. International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005. Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005. Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Palm Springs, Calif., 2005. Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, 2004. Courses: Film and Television Senior Project Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis Experimental Film and Installation Critical Concepts in Media Theory and Application in Film Location Sound (offered through the sound design department)
	Pamela Corkey Savannah A.A., Simon's Rock of Bard College; B.S., Boston University; M.F.A., American Film Institute.
	Kenneth Daniel Savannah B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Central Michigan University. Ken Daniel began his career with the Atlanta Children's Theatre in 1969. In 1970, he founded a traveling puppet company called "The Piccadilly Puppets." Daniel's television production career spans 31 years; his titles have included cameraman, production crew chief, associate director, associate producer, director and producer. He served as executive producer for local production at Georgia Public Television, and created and produced the popular series "Georgia Outdoors." Daniel has acted in various commercials and feature films, has written several Hmagazine articles focusing on the environment, and is working on his second novel. He has received six Emmy awards for his work as a television producer and director. Daniel was production manager for Cable Advertising of Metro Atlanta before coming to SCAD. Awards: Silver Circle Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2002 Memberships: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Courses: Introduction to Video Production Directing the Documentary Documentary Pre-production Pre-production Introduction to Screenwriting Film and Television Senior Project
	John Drop Savannah A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago; M.A., Ohio State University. John (Jack) Drop spent 10 years in Hollywood doing commercial, documentary and second-unit camera work. Also specializing in location work, Drop has worked on a two-man submarine, in a swamp buggy in Louisiana, and in the deserts and buttes of Monument Valley. He has been dropped off by helicopter in the Grand Tetons' then snow shoed to shooting site, over most of the Alaskan wilderness including past the Artic Circle. Drop also has collaborated with a performance artist and had gallery showings in L.A., Tokyo, Paris, Marseilles, Atlanta and Savannah. Courses: Camera Movement 1 Camera Movement 2
	Annette Haywood-Carter Savannah B.A.J., University of Georgia. A veteran of the entertainment industry, Annette Haywood-Carter directed the movies "Foxfire," starring Angelina Jolie, and "The Foot Shooting Party," starring Leonardo DiCaprio. As a writer and director in television, her credits include "seaQuest DSV" for Steven Spielberg, "Love is Strange" for Lifetime and "Blue Valley Songbird" for executive producer Dolly Parton. Haywood-Carter worked as a script supervisor on more than 28 feature films, including "Die Hard II," "Cliffhanger" and "Driving Miss Daisy." Memberships: Directors Guild of America Writers Guild of America Classes: Screenwriting Directing Actors Film and Television Senior Project Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
	Michael Hofstein Savannah B.A., University of Texas at Austin. A 25-year veteran of the film and television industry in Los Angeles, Michael Hofstein is a Directors Guild of America director and a noted director of photography. He has worked internationally directing and photographing movies and commercials in Spain, Italy, France, Israel, Mexico, China and Germany. At Paramount Studios, Hofstein was the first to develop a large-format, rear-lit green screen for use with large area visual effects photography. He presents seminars on filmmaking and cinematography worldwide, consults with other educational institutions on the development of courses of study for filmmaking, and chairs the Arkansas Student Film Competition for high school students. His areas of expertise include cinematography, directing, filmmaking and modern French cinema. Hofstein is co-author of a chapter in the "American Cinematographers Manual" author of the textbook "Creative Control: Filmmaking and Cinematography," and movie reviewer and contributing editor with Indie Slate Magazine. Awards: Panavision Educational Film Grant (2005, 2006, 2007-08) J.L. Fisher Educational Grant (2006, 2007-08) Presidential Fellowship (2004, 2008) Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Faculty Award (2006-07) Order of the Arrow Selected film credits: "Rush Hour" "Drop Zone" "The Mask of Zorro" "The Learning Curve" "Le Septieme Mensonge" (France) Memberships: Directors Guild of America - Director Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Education Peer University Film and Video Association Graduate Thesis Council Courses: Lighting and Field Production Digital Cinematography Directing Film and Digital Media Production Advanced Lighting Specialty camera courses: Panavision, Arri 416 Film and Television Senior Project II - Production Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
	Lubomir Kocka Savannah M.A., University of Music and Dramatic Arts. Lubomir Kocka is an award-winning director with more than 20 years of experience. He has directed 22 feature films and television dramas, seven feature TV series and miniseries, and six documentaries in his home country, Slovakia. He has written or co-written several realized screenplays. In addition, he has taught film for 19 years, including a stint as the head of the film and television directing program at the College of Music and Dramatic Arts in Czechoslovakia. He has taught at SCAD since 2002. Selected film competitions: "From Morning Till Dawn," International Television Festival, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1993 "From Morning Till Dawn," International Television Festival, Chest Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1992 "Fallacies of Our Traditional Morale," European Television Encounters, Reims, France, 1991 "Fallacies of Our Traditional Morale," 42nd Session Prix Italia, Palermo, Italy, 1990 “An Ordinary Day,” International Television Festival, Prix Jeunesse, Munich, Germany, 1986 Awards: Best director, 1995, "The Goblin" miniseries, Slovak Film Union, Union of Television Artists, literature grant Best feature film, 1994, "Aphrodite," Der Augsburger Kinderfilmdrache International Film Festival, Germany The Price of Children Jury, 1993, "Aphrodite," Prix Danube Bratislava International Television Festival, Slovakia Special award by film festival director, 1987, "How Julia Saved the Riddle Kingdom," television drama, International Television Festival, Golden Chest, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Best director, 1987, "How Julia Saved the Riddle Kingdom," television drama, the Union of Slovak Dramatic Artists Courses: • Directing for Film and Television • Directing the Narrative • Senior Project I, II and III
	Amy Lerner-Maddox Savannah B.S., City University of New York, Hunter College; M.F.A., New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. Amy Lerner-Maddox worked as an actress, writer and director at legendary New York theaters LaMama ETC, WPA, Public Theater, Interart Theater, Women's Experimental Theater Ensemble, comedy improvisational group, Proposition and Old Reliable Theater Tavern. Her stage work has been well received by critics at the New York Times, Newsday, Womensweek and the Village Voice. Her films have appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, Directors Guild of America, on A&E, BBC 1 and 2, the Ann Arbor, USA, London BP and Women in the Director's Chair Film Festivals. Television and radio commercial production credits include Lever 2000, Reynolds Wrap, Circuit City, Ronzoni, Michelina's and Lubriderm Lotion, for which "Quick Reminder" was named one of the Best Spots of the 1990s by ADWEEK magazine; and rock videos for BMG Video. Lerner-Maddox is the author of a comedy book titled "Why I Hate Men." Distinguished film director Martin Scorsese selected her to work under his mentorship program for her screenplay "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow." The screenplay was adapted to a television Web series titled "Pineapple Upside-Down Cake." Selected Grants: Presidential Fellowship and Puffin Foundation Mobil Corporation for "Pineapple Upside-Down Cake" Mobil Oil, Mobil Oil Finishing Fund Helena Rubinstein Achievement Award Grant Assistantship at NYU's Graduate Film and Television Program Undergraduate Courses: Writing Fundamentals for Stage and Screen Preproduction Production Practicum Commercial Production Screenwriting Directing Actors Film and Television Senior Project Graduate Courses: Producing for Film and Television Writing for Television Directing Actors Field Production Film and Television Professional Development Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
	Megan Lombardo Savannah B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. Megan Lombardo's career in film production began in 1997, and by 2000, she was assistant director on Frank Whaley's "The Jimmy Show" which was purchased at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Other assistant director credits include "Roger Dodger," distributed by Artisan Entertainment, and the 2007 Sundance hit "Phoebe In Wonderland," released by THINKfilm in 2008. Lombardo has worked as associate producer, location manager and production manager on E! Style Network's Season One of "The Katie Brown Show," Lifetime Television's World Premiere film "Sex, Love and Lies," and Walmart Entertainment's "The 12 Dogs of Christmas." She line produced the film "Out There," which was purchased for distribution by IFC Films. After receiving her M.F.A. from SCAD, she continued on at her Alma mater to teach. Courses: Introduction to Screenwriting Preproduction Film and Television Senior Project
	Stephen May Savannah B.A., University of Alabama; M.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. Stephen May began his professional career as a freelance photographer in 1983 after he received a B.A. in visual art from the University of Alabama. He transitioned to writing and producing industrial and corporate video, and in 1987 he moved to Savannah, Ga., to obtain an M.F.A. in film and television from SCAD. He joined the staff of the college managing the in-house media production company where he worked with external clients such as MTV and NBC. May produced and directed educational and marketing films that showcased the professional accomplishments of SCAD's international alumni with shooting locations in London, Paris and Florence. During this period he supervised SCAD film and television majors as they interned with the production company. May began his full-time teaching duties in 1997 and since that time has taught many of the courses offered in both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Courses: Preproduction Introduction to Film and Video Production Post Production Film and Television Senior Project Directing the Documentary Documentary Preproduction Producing for Film and Television Television and Society Film and Television Professional Development
	Kevin McCarey Savannah B.S., Maritime College; M.A., University of Oregon. Kevin McCarey is an award-winning filmmaker for such acclaimed documentary series as "Portrait of America" (Peabody-Award) and the National Geographic Specials for which he received four Emmy nominations (two as a writer) and one Emmy Award. His special, "Trumpet of Conscience," aired every Christmas on the Turner Networks for 12 years. McCarey's narrative work includes "San Juan Story," a semi-finalist for Best Live Action Short Academy Award, and the feature film "Coyotes" which won Best Feature Film in the 1999 Savannah Film Festival. He also has worked as a boat captain and oceanographer on expeditions to the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Awards: Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy nominations (4) Peabody Award CINE Golden Eagles (6) CHRIS Awards (2) Memberships: Writers Guild of America, Lifetime Member Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Courses: Directing the Narrative Directing the Documentary Screenwriting Film History Film and Television Senior Project
	Andrew Meyer Savannah B.A., Bucknell University. Andrew Meyer has produced many feature films, most notably "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "The Breakfast Club." His other films include "Better Off Dead" and "Bring on the Night." Meyer has been active in the entertainment business for the last 25 years with experience in both the film and the record business. Courses: Screenwriting Producing for Film and Television Distribution Revolution Film and Television Senior Project Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
	Michael Nolin Savannah B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., University of Southern California. After attending the University of Southern California's School of Cinema/Television, Michael Nolin began his career as a clerk typist in the MGM story department. Seven years later, his résumé included stints as vice president for Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox, where he founded a classics-type distribution division that served as an early model for Fox Searchlight Pictures. By the mid-1980s he had established the first of several independent production companies, producing more than a dozen features and television shows before evolving from producer to writer/director. Nolin's films have appeared in major film festivals around the world, including, New York, Tokyo, Deauville (France), Toronto and Honolulu. After a few adjunct teaching positions in California, including one at his alma mater, Nolin turned his attention to education full time, first with an appointment as a visiting professor at Brooklyn College. In 2003, he joined the faculty at SCAD. Selected Film Credits: Teleplay for "Maniac Magee" "Wildly Available" (directorial debut) "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Heart Like a Wheel" (both nominated for Academy awards) "84 Charlie Mopic" "The Pornographer" "Full Body Massage" "Medal of Honor" Courses: Writing Fundamentals Screenwriting Advanced Screenwriting Graduate Screenwriting The Language of Cinema Pre-production Graduate Producing Senior Project I, II and III
	Gokhan Ozaysin Savannah B.A., Anadolu University; M.F.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Anadolu University. Gokhan Ozaysin, Ph.D., serves as the director of graduate studies for the film and television department. He utilizes his strong academic background to facilitate a collaborative, interactive and innovative learning experience for graduate film and television students. For his doctoral dissertation, he compared the traditional story structure of oral tales to the narrative structure of contemporary movies and instituted storytelling methodology as the focal point of his academic concentration. Ozaysin also specializes in non-linear editing and teaches editing theories and techniques using professional editing platforms, such as Avid Media Composer, Symphony Nitris, DS Nitris and Unity MediaNetwork. Publications: "Bilgisayarla Ders Yazılımı Gelistirme Ortamı: Yazarlık Sistemleri" in Bilisim Dergisi, December 1992, p. 50-60 (essay on computer authoring systems) "Video Görüntüsünün Estetigi" in "Video Sanatı: Elestirel Bir Bakıs," Istanbul: Hil Yayın, 1995, p. 44-63 (essay on the aesthetics of video) "Kahraman Annenin Canavar Bebegi," in 25 Kare Sinema Kültür Dergisi, October 1999, p. 54-62 (essay on the "hero's journey" story structure and "Alien" films) "Futbolun Öyküsü" in Toplumbilim Dergisi, September 2002 (essay on the narrative structure of soccer games) Exhibitions: Oglesby Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla., 1995 Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey, 1999 SCAD, 2005 Awards: Adana Altinkoza Film Festival, Short Film Category, Jury Award Istanbul History Foundation Short Film Competition, Jury Award Marmara University Short Film Competition, Second Prize Izmir International Film Festival, Short Film Category, First Prize Serbin Communications and Photographer's Forum Magazine, 16th Annual College Photography Contest, Finalist Recognitions: Scholars from Turkey in American Universities, Washington DC: Institute of Turkish Studies Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers®, 9th Edition, Austin TX: Educational Communications, Inc., 2005 Memberships: Avid Academic Advisory Board Courses: Post-production Techniques Advanced Post-production Directing the Narrative Directing the Documentary Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis Preproduction Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis Project
	Burton J. Sears Savannah B.A., Depauw University; M.F.A., University of Southern California. B.J. Sears joined the faculty of the film and television department at SCAD in January 2005. His career as a film editor has spanned 30 years and has included work on feature films for major studios, documentaries and films for television. Among them are "Virtuosity" (Paramount), "Jacob's Ladder" (Carolco), "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (Orion), "Henry and June" (Universal) and "Amadeus" (Orion). Memberships: Motion Picture Editors Guild American Cinema Editors University Film and Video Association Classes: Film and Television Senior Project Introduction to Film Production Postproduction Techniques Advanced Postproduction Postproduction (graduate) Theory of Motion Picture Editing Aesthetics of Film Editing Film and Television Professional Development

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