School of Motion Pictures & Television Faculty

Position: Instructor for Graduate and Undergraduates in WRI

Industry Credit:

• Instructor of Native American Television Lab
• Co-chair of AFI Alumni Network
• Volunteer for a not-for-profit animal rescue
• Associate director of Indian screenwriting lab with Ford Foundation and Netflix India
• Winner of William J. Fadiman Screenwriting Fellowship
• Winner of Writers Room Ready Television Writing Award
• Author of Dramturgical Protocol on Ibsen’s When We Dead Awaken
• Planting a California native plant garden to support birds and pollinators

Position: Part-Time Instructor

Industry Credits:

• Volunteer Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Professional/Volunteer Mediator

Position: Movement and Physical Acting Teacher

Industry Credit:

• Owning and building my own voice coaching business
• Choreographing and directing over 15 different shows
• Living and working in NYC for 10 years as an actor and getting to work on commercials for companies like Verizon, Dave and Busters, NFL, Xbox and television episodes for networks such as CBS, CW, Discovery Channel and MTV

Position: Instructor and Course Author

Industry Credits:

I began my career making the jump from Photoshop artist to film colorist and editor, working in documentary television and feature films.

Working in independent film in NYC, I produced movie trailers and EPKs for about two dozen titles. My resume has 30+ film and television credits across the field of post-production.

I am currently a video producer at University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. There, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to collaborate on projects with such luminaries as Werner Herzog, Walter Murch, Errol Morris, and Joel Coen.

Position: Instructor School of Motion Pictures and Television

Industry Credits:

My music videos, commercials, and independent shorts have collectively received over 25 million views online.

I’ve had more than 20 pieces shown in over 100 exhibitions and screenings in galleries, museums, and film festivals in 17 countries around the world, including 4 solo gallery shows.

I’ve been the recipient of the Franklin Furnace Fund Award, the Murphy and Cadogan Award, first place in the Flourish Oakland Art Awards, and the Herringer Family Award for Excellence in Art, as well as winning jury prizes at multiple festivals.

Quotes: “Everything should be as simple as possible but not simpler.”

Website: www.douggarthwilliams.com

Position: Part Time Instructor / Cinematography

Industry Credit:

• Cinematographer Member of the Local 600 International Cinematographer Guild
• Active Member of the ADFC, Colombian Society of Cinematographers
• Active part in the World Wide Collective @Sporas: Artisans For a Change
• Member of the ARRAY Crew community
• Rosco Lighting Ambassador
• ARRI Mini LF Website reviews
• Brazil, 2013 Winner Golden Kikito Latin Film Competition – Best Cinematography (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Latinos – Melhor Fotografia) “Chasing Fireflies”
• Spain, Huelva. 2013 Winner Silver Colon Best Cinematography “Chasing Fireflies”
• 2017 Nominee Premios Macondo Best Cinematography “Destinos”
• 2013 Nominee Premios Macondo Best Cinematography “Chasing Fireflies”
• 2023/2024 Sundance speaker and panel moderator, Latinos in Hollywood

Website: www.eduardoramirezdop.com

Position: Teaching Directing

Industry Credit:

Mr Dougherty’s career as a professional actor and director spans over 40 years. As an actor he has had reoccurring and guest star roles in many classic television shows such as Happy Days, Monk, Bones, Wings, The Drew Carey Show, The Middle and on and on. He recently guest starred on the Emmy nominated sitcom The Ms Pat Show. He had a major role in the feature film Beautiful starring Minnie Driver directed by Sally Field. Along the way Mr. Dougherty has directed independent film as well as worked as a cinematographer. He is married to Emmy winning director Mary Lou Belli. They have two grown children, one an actor and the other an art gallery director in New York City.

Position: Instructor

Industry Credit:

• Author: Voice-Overs for Podcasting
• Voice and Diction App creator: Activate Your Voice
• Speech App creator: Adding Melody To Your Voice
• Podcast: Real Talking Tips
• Film Acting Supporting Roles: Sorry To Bother You, La Mission, My Name Is Kahn
• Voice and On-Camera Actor, Director, Producer, Casting Director, and Audio Engineer for 40+ years in all genres: commercials, narrations, e-learning, IVR, AI, apps, museum tours, video games, anime, cartoons, toys, and ADR/Film looping.
• Casting & Directing two Anime series: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Saikano
• Casting, Acting, Directing, and/or Engineering 85 video games
• Founder of Voice One, the 1st Voice Acting School, Owner and Primary Instructor from 1986-2019.

• WEBSITE: https://elaineclarkvo.com/
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163908/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
• BOOKS, APPS, ELEARNING COURSE: https://elaineclarkvo.com/shop/
• PODCAST: https://elaineclarkvo.com/podcast/
• NEWSLETTER: https://elaineclarkvo.com/news/
• SPEAKING EVENTS: https://elaineclarkvo.com/events/
• PRODUCTION JOBS: https://elaineclarkvo.com/recording-studio/

Position: Part time Professor MPT

Industry Credit:

• Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins (Producer-Director-Writer) Documentary Feature
• World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
• Won the Audience award at SXSW and won numerous awards at other festivals; Distributed by Magnolia Pictures with an 18+ week run across America from Alabama to Alaska; Premiered in the UK and Ireland in 2020
• In 2022, RAISE HELL was selected as one of the 213 Best Movies Directed by Women in the 21st Century by Rotten Tomatoes to commemorate Women’s History month
• Currently streaming on MAX
• Previous award-winning films include Jackson Browne: Going Home, (Cable Ace-Award), Ted Hawkins Amazing Grace, (Rose D’Or Special Jury Prize) and the provocative docu-series, Addicted, (Prism Award)
• Created What We Carry, an ongoing multi-media series dedicated to preserving Holocaust survivors’ stories; Premiered at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles; Presented at the 2014 International Conference in Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem in Israel and housed in the Permanent collection

• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257093/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-engel-0049304/
• Website: http://www.mollyivinsfilm.com/

Position: Film History Coordinator

Industry Credit:

• San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
• Film Critic for San Francisco Bay Guardian (aka 48hills)
• Curator/Host for MOViES FOR MANiACS (formally MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS), a film series celebrating underrated and overlooked cinema, in a neo-sincere manner

Website:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYv0v8jsl4c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kctfU7STOZU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0mmrBfIc4s

Position: P-T Instructor Academy of Art University, WRI Department

Industry Credit:

• Establishment of a Community Theatre Company in Salford, UK
• which celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2023
• Living in Yemen and learning Arabic which has inspired many of my theatre pieces and screenplays.
• Short films selected for major Intl. Film Festivals and the Q and A sessions in many languages. Truly film is a global connector!
• Setting up and building a boutique sales agency based in Italy and Los Angeles and bringing together talent from many countries and cultures.

Website: www.euroobscura.com

Position: Instructor and Production Design Lead Faculty

Industry Credit:

With a career in filmmaking spanning 5 decades (40 years and counting), I bring my professional experience into the classroom to expose students to the wonderful world of the Art Department and Visual Storytelling. Many of my former students are actively working in the Industry on numerous projects in a variety of roles.

Position: Instructor for the Motion Pictures & Television Department and the Communication & Media Technology Department.

Industry Credits:

• Award-winning Documentary Producer and Director with documentary work shown on Public Television, with screenings at numerous forums and exhibitions, including MoAD (The Museum of the African Diaspora), The de Young Museum, BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), AAMLO (African American Museum and Library Oakland), and The Exploratorium.
• Award-winning producer and host of the podcast Art Heals All Wounds.
• Recipient of multiple grants from the Berkeley Film Foundation and a Berkeley Civics Art Grant.
• Post-production sound and picture on over twenty feature films.

Website: pamuzzell.com

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Position: Professor of Voice, Speech and Dialects (M.F.A. Program) since 2013

Industry Credit:

• 6 jazz vocal albums on Summit Records:
• Deed I Do, 2012
• Better Than Anything, 2014
• The Consequence of You, 2015
• Happy Madness, 2016
• Chez Nous, 2019
• Someday, Someday, 2021
• Voice and Performance Coach @ CornellVoice since 2018
• Voice and Performance Coach for the Australian Bar Association since 2023
• Music Director @ Hillview Drama since 2016
• Dialect Coach @Menlo-Atherton High School since 2021
• Barre3 Instructor since June, 2022

Website: www.rebeccadumaine.com

Position: Part-Time Screenwriting Instructor in WRI and MPT

Industry Credit:

• My film, “To The Stars” was selected to be in the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Features Category, 2019
• My Lifetime movie, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story” brought Heather Locklear out of retirement to star in 2021!
• I was one of 10 writers to win BlogHer’s Voices-of-the-Year twice!
• My personal blog, “The Woman Formerly Known as Beautiful”, peaked at 100,000 pageviews a month and was aggregated by The Huffington Post, Oprah Magazine, Your Tango, Scary Mommy, Self Magazine, Medium and featured on The Today Show, HuffPo Live and more.
• Author of five books! They are here!

• WEBSITE: The Woman Formerly Known As Beautiful
• BLOGHER VOICES-OF-THE-YEAR SPEECH 2013
• Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes
• Shannon’s IMDB PAGE
• Shannon’s interview with Publisher’s Weekly

Position: Part-time instructor

Industry Credit:

Freelance Director

Recent Direction includes:

• Fun Home at 42nd St.Moon
• Disbelief at Playground
• World Premiere of The Lady Scribblers at CMT

Regional Premieres include:

• The Cake at NCTC
• Actually at Aurora Theatre Company
• When We Were Young and Unafraid at CMT SF
• Bright Shining Sea at Playground
• The Thrush and the Woodpecker at CMT
• The Dragon Play at Impact Theatre
• What Every Girl Should Know at Impact Theatre
• Hunter/Gatherers at Thick House
• Glickman Award for Best Premiere of a Play in the Bay Area, 2006

Upcoming Projects include:

• Natural Shocks for Playground
• The Gulf for NCTC
• She is a proud Company member of Playground
• An Associate Member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Union

Website: www.tracyward.org