Department chairDr. Krystle Klein
Department Chair & Professor of Cinema and Television
Producer, writer, director and editor with credits for ABC, NBC, Bravo, OWN and VH1. Teaching storytelling through film and TV since 2005.
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Our faculty have produced for ABC, NBC, and Bravo, shot as union cinematographers, premiered at Sundance, and earned Emmy nominations. Now they teach the next crews.
Full-Time Faculty
- Department chair
Department chairJen Vaughn
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television
Former editor and technical director for Pac-12 Networks. Teaches multi-camera production, editing, TV producing and performance.
Department chairChristopher Rossiter
Professor of Cinematography
Cinematographer, member of the International Cinematographers Guild, and lead of LACC’s cinematography program.
Department chairDylan Shields
Professor of Cinema
Producer whose first feature premiered at Sundance. Since 2017 he has overseen a dozen-plus student shorts that have played 15+ festivals.
Department chairXavier Burgin
Assistant Professor of Cinema
Emmy-nominated writer and director. Staff writer on Starz’s Heels; directed for AMC, Adult Swim and BET+.
Department chairJoel Trudgeon
Assistant Professor of Cinema
Director of the indie feature Walden and a former radio writer and DJ. Teaches production, history, genres and aesthetics.
Adjunct Faculty
Joni Varner
Professor Emerita of Cinema and Television
Former department chair who has taught single- and multi-camera production for 30+ years, including more than 100 sections of CINEMA 001.
Dr. Jonathan Kuntz
Professor of Cinema
Film historian and expert on the Hollywood studio system. Teaches CINEMA 003, History of Motion Pictures, every semester.
Moises Perez
Cinema Instructor
LACC alum who teaches production hands-on, from Super 8 and 16mm film to digital. Works in commercial and short-film production.
Kenneth Thomas
Cinema Instructor
News and documentary producer since 1995 and Avid Certified Instructor. Teaches live TV production and audio post.
Daniel Nyiri
Cinema Instructor
Executive, writer and filmmaker who has served on BAFTA’s Board of Directors and as Vice Chair of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Jennifer Penton
Cinema Instructor
Editor and web developer who has worked at Warner Bros., Klasky Csupo and Yahoo!. Teaches film history.
Dr. Mary Samuelson
Cinema Instructor
Film historian who has taught CINEMA 003, 004 and 018 at LACC for 10 years. Specializes in documentary and the studio system.
Kena Dorsey
Cinema and Television Instructor
Former Broadway actor and award-winning director. Teaches film and multi-camera production.
Linda Beal
Television Instructor
Lawyer turned talk-show producer for Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Teaches TV and cinema history.
Shannon Fopeano
Cinema Instructor
WGA member who has written scripted TV for CBS, Hallmark and Disney Channel after producing game shows and reality TV.
Scott Mazak
Cinema Instructor
Editor and writer with extensive teaching experience across filmmaking. Contributor to George Lucas’s Blockbusting.
Tracie Lewis
Cinema and Television Instructor
Documentary and narrative producer for Showtime and PBS, film programmer and curator, and longtime contributing editor for Documentary Magazine.
Staff
The engineers and technicians who keep the studios, stages, screening rooms and gear running.
Juan Carlos “JC” Astoquillca
Supervising Video Engineer
Juan Kalafatovich
Video Engineer
Juan “Stu” Suarez
Audio Engineer
Sound engineer and Pro Tools Certified Instructor who runs 32 Pro Tools systems, two 7.1 screening rooms and two TV studios.
Jason Chang
Performing Arts Technician
Amos Rothbaum
Motion Picture Projectionist
Brian Lovelace
Instructional Media Technician & Equipment Room Manager
Runs the Equipment Room. A decade-plus in the industry on shorts, commercials and productions like Euphoria and The Idol.
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