Savannah

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  Jonathan Alvord
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Southern California.
  
  
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  Christopher Auer
  Chair
  Savannah
  B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Regent University.
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  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
    

  
  
  
  
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  Paul Brown
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Shawn Lamont Bulloch
  Savannah
  B.S., Savannah State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; Ed.D., Fielding Graduate University.
  
  
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  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.
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  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)

  
  
  
  
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  Kenneth Daniel
  Savannah
  B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Central Michigan University.
  
  
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  John Drop
  Savannah
  A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago; M.A., Ohio State University.
  
  
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  David Engelbach
  Savannah
  B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; B.F.A., Fairleigh Dickenson University.
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  David C. Engelbach has been an established motion picture writer/director and a producer and writer in television for more than three decades. He created the ABC television series "Lottery!," and produced the premiere episodes. He also wrote the pilot script for "Goldie and the Bears" for ABC and "Campus Heat" for NBC. Additionally, he has written and produced for the series "MacGyver" and has created numerous series concepts for, among others, Universal Television, Tri-Star Television, Interscope and Dick Clark Productions.
  
  He has written dozens of feature-length movies for major studios and independents, as well as having directed and written the motion picture fantasy adventure America 3000.
  
  Prior to doing theatrical films and primetime television, Engelbach worked as a documentary and commercial producer, cameraman and editor.
  
  He is a director member of the Directors Guild of America as well as a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America. His awards include the Golden Star Halo Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council, and the Academy of Science Fiction and Horror Films’ Golden Scroll Award for Outstanding Achievement for America 3000.

  
  
  
  
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  Annette Haywood-Carter
  Savannah
  B.A.J., University of Georgia.
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  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

  Courses:
  

  • Screenwriting
  • Directing Actors
  • Film and Television Senior Project
  • Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis

  
  
  
  
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  Michael Hofstein
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Texas at Austin.
  
  
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  Lubomir Kocka
  Savannah
  M.A., University of Music and Dramatic Arts.
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  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

  
  
  
  
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  Amanda Kulkoski
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Amy Lerner-Maddox
  Savannah
  B.S., City University of New York, Hunter College; M.F.A., New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
  
  
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  Stephen May
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Alabama; M.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Kevin McCarey
  Savannah
  B.S., Maritime College; M.A., University of Oregon.
  
  
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  Andrew Meyer
  Savannah
  B.A., Bucknell University.
  
  
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  Michael Nolin
  Savannah
  B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., University of Southern California.
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  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, where he has taught the following classes: Writing Fundamentals, Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, Graduate Screenwriting, The Language of Cinema, Pre-Production, Graduate Producing, and Senior Project I, II and III.
  
  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"

  
  
  
  
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  Joerg Schodl
  Savannah
  B.A., Columbia College; M.F.A., American Film Institute.
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  Joerg Schodl studied painting in Vienna and lived in the Middle East before coming to the United States. He earned his undergraduate degree in film and video from Columbia College Chicago and his Master of Fine Arts in cinematography from the American Film Institute. Schodl's work has won numerous awards, has aired on HBO and has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival. Before joining SCAD, Schodl taught digital cinematography at the California State University, Northridge.

  
  
  
  
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  Burton J. Sears
  Savannah
  B.A., Depauw University; M.F.A., University of Southern California.
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  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

  Courses:
  

  • 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