Department chair
Linda Beal
Television Instructor
Education
JD, Hastings College of the Law
MFA, Producers Program, UCLA
BA, Art History, UC Irvine
A native Angeleno, Linda Beal has taught television and cinema history at LACC for nearly 10 years. Before finding her passion for entertainment, she earned a BA in art history at UC Irvine and a JD at Hastings College of the Law, and practiced law in Atlanta.
She returned to Los Angeles to earn an MFA in UCLA’s Producers Program in Film and Television, then produced talk shows hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Greg Kinnear. Her mix of law, entertainment and education reflects her interest in people, a knack for problem solving, a love of comedy and a lifelong love of learning.