| Film Instructors |
Paul Aaron
Hollywood, California |
Mr. Aaron is a leading Hollywood film professional who runs his own production company, Suntaur Entertainment, and for the past 20 years has owned a management company, Elsboy Entertainment, which primarily represents writers. |
Ted Baer
Hollywood |
Mr. Baer recently assisted the Tupac Shakur estate in the financing and distribution of the documentary, "Tupac: Resurrection," based upon Tupac's life. Mr. Baer is expert in the area of financing, distribution and production. Mr. Baer has served as a Business Affairs Executive for CBS Television and MGM Television. |
Christopher Canaan
Hollywood, California |
Mr. Canaan has written movies and mini-series for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, USA, Showtime and many more networks. His feature films include, “Robinson Crusoe,” starring Pierce Brosnan, and Dasheill Hammett’s “The House on Turk Street,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. His credits include the Emmy Award winning mini-series, “Camerena: Drug Wars.” Mr. Canaan teaches screenwriting through the UCLA Writing Program in Los Angeles. He holds an MFA in Theater from University of California at San Diego. |
Tobe Carey
New York |
Mr. Carey is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His latest documentary, School Board Blues premiered at the 2004 Woodstock Film Festival, and is now being distributed nationally. Some of his documentaries include, Deep Water: Building the Catskill Water System, Indian Point-Nowhere to Run, Woodstock Summer of '94, and Cancer:Just a Word...Not a Sentence. He has a Masters Degree in Film from Boston University. |
Norman I. Cohen
Hollywood/New York |
Before forming The Academy of Cinema, Mr. Cohen was a Hollywood film producer. Among many films which Mr. Cohen developed and produced under his public company banner, Co*Star Entertainment, Inc., were “Last Flight Out” starring James Earl Jones, for NBC Television Productions, filmed in Thailand. |
Tim Hatzis
Athens, Greece |
Ph.D Candidate ,University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in English Literature; |
George Iakovidis
Athens |
Mr. Iakovidis is the leading production manager in Greece, having served on numerous foreign productions. |
Abigail McGrath
New York |
Ms. McGrath, is a guest lecturer at New York University teaching acting for the past decade. Her recent feature film, “Au Pair Chocolat,” which she produced has won the Best of Festival at several film festivals, including the Black International Cinema, Berlin Germany, Pan African Film Festival and African Diaspora Film Festival. It has appeared in over 17 festivals both in North America and Europe. |
Hank Moonjean
Hollywood, California |
In 2004, Mr. Moonjean’s book was published, entitled, "Bring In The Peacocks – Memoirs of a Hollywood Producer”. He was the producer of “Dangerous Liaisons,” directed by Stephen Frears, which was nominated for an Oscar as best picture of 1989. In addition, he has produced three films starring Burt Reynolds, all directed by Hal Needham; "Hooper,” “Smokey and The Bandit II,” and “Stroker Ace.” He also produced "Paternity," directed by David Steinberg, "Sharkey's Machine," directed by Burt Reynolds, "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," directed by Joel Schumacher, and "Beauty and the Beast," directed by Fielder Cook. He was the Executive Producer for “The End,” directed by Burt Reynolds and “The Fortune,” directed by Mike Nichols. |
| Film Graduate Mentors |
Joey Carey
New York |
Mr. Carey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film. While a student, for two semesters he studied painting and film in Havana, Cuba, where he was mentored by a well-recognized Cuban artist and a feature-film editor. In his senior year he traveled across the United States driving a vegetable-oil fueled Mercedes while co-producing and directing the documentary, "Greasy Rider", which features interviews with Morgan Freeman, Yoko Ono and Noam Chomsky. |
Christos Godas
Athens |
Mr. Godas, has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Athens and a Masters of Fine Arts in Motion Pictures from the University of Miami. He was the Deputy Broadcast Venue Manager at the 2004 Summer Olympics Games, held in Athens, Greece. Mr. Godas has acted as an assistant director on Greek productions and as a production executive on various T.V. commercials. He is fluent in English and serves as a film instructor for the Academy. He is currently completing his Doctorate in Film at the University of Athens. |
| History Instructors |
Dimitri C. Demopoulos
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Mr. Demopoulos graduated Harvard University, with a BA in Modern European History.
For the past three years, he has traveled extensively in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. He has also taken the Trans-Mongolian Railway from Beijing to Moscow.
He has practical experience on the set of a TV series entitled “Renegade” produced in San Deigo for USA Networks. He has also worked on a cable shopping network as floor/stage director with some hands-on experience in directing a 3 camera show. |
Ryan Preston
Athens, Greece |
Ph.D Harvard University (Dissertation To Be Completed 2007; M.A University of Washington; |