Department chair
Jennifer Penton
Cinema Instructor
Education
MFA, Film and Animation, California Institute of the Arts
BA, English and Creative Writing, UCLA
Jennifer Penton has worked at Warner Bros., Klasky Csupo and Yahoo!, and on special projects for Disney. She has also worked with many independent filmmakers as an editor and web developer. As an educator, she has built partnerships with and led projects for the Getty Museum and SIGGRAPH.
One of her greatest joys is inspiring students to explore their creativity and to master the tools to express themselves through live action, animation and virtual reality. She holds a BA in English and creative writing from UCLA and an MFA in film, with an emphasis in experimental animation, from CalArts.