DFA Instructors are Educators and Working Professionals in the Field!
Don Cato
MA, Orson Wells Film School, Cambridge
Director, “Be My Oswald” feature film, winner of numerous film festival awards
Gary Cooper
BA, Television Production, Brooklyn College
Member of the WGA-East and BMI
Former member of IATSE Local 842 (Animation & Opticals) & IATSE Local 771 (Motion
Picture Film Editors)
James Duff
MFA, Film Directing/Production, University of Southern California
BA, TV Production, Indiana University
Brian Edgar
MFA in Film, Columbia University
Eric Eiser
BFA Illustration, School of Visual Arts
Erin Greenwell
MFA, CUNY
BFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Michael Fix
BA in Theatre, State University of New York at Binghamton
Michael Furth
BFA in Film/Video Production, School of Visual Arts
Patrick Gleason
BA, Fordham University
JD, Setan Hall Law School
Member of the Screen Actors Guild
Ken Kotowski
MFA, Media Production/Cinematography, CUNY
BA, Communications/Film Production, William Patterson University
Jan Legnitto
BA, University of California at Berkeley
Kenny Mann
M.Sc. in Education K-12 Science, Bank Street College of Education, New York
Postgraduate Diploma in Film and Theater History and Technology, University of Bristol.
UK
Darren Methlie
MFA Film, City College, CUNY
BA Literature, Purchase College, SUNY
Guy Mor
BMU, Brooklyn College
Tom Razzano
Bachelors, St. Joseph’s University, PA
Member, Director’s Guild of America
Certified Teacher, NJEA (New Jersey Education Association)
Cleber Redondo
BA, Computer Science, Academy of Fine Arts (Sao Paolo)
Fine Arts Degree, Academy of Fine Arts (Sao Paolo)
MA, Cinema and Film Production, New York University
Manfred Reiff
Member of IATSE #600 (Motion Picture Photographer’s Union)
Patrick Reis
BA in Film Production, Brooklyn College, New York
Associate Degree in Communications & Media Arts, Ulster County Community College
Al Santana
MFA, Digital Cinema, National University, California
BS Degree in Sociology and Filmmaking, CUNY
Frederick Douglass
Creative Arts Center, NY
Black Documentary Collective Member
Independent Feature Project, Member
IATSE Local 600, Motion Picture Photographer’s Union 1981-1999
Ruth Sergel
Swarthmore College
Member of IATSE #600 (Motion Picture Photographer’s Union)
Nicholas Sigman
MFA, Film/Television, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
BS, Summa Cum Laude, Broadcasting/Film, Boston University, School of
Communications
Jeanne Talbot
MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
Previous Member of I.A.T.S.E.
Joe Tripician
MFA, Columbia University
Daniel Wyatt
BA – Columbia College, Columbia University |
