As part of our curriculum we regularly invite professionals to run targeted workshops with our students, acquainting them with the industry and mentoring them on their projects. Following is a partial list of the guest teachers we’ve had to date:

Jeff Bernstein -- 1st Assistant Director -- Ghost Town, Julie and Julia, Enchanted (Central Park scenes), The Sopranos

Kristin Cameron -- Unit Production Manager / 2nd Assistant Director -- The Sopranos, Elf, Enchanted, A Beautiful Mind, The Namesake

Pat Capone -- Camera Operator -- Shine a Light, Untraceable, Jimmy Carter, Man from Plains, Perfect Stranger, School for Scoundrels, Annapolis, The Pink Panther, The Producers, Kinsey

Raul Castillo -- Actor-Screenwriter -- Amexicano, member of the Labyrinth Stage Company

Pat Cerrato -- Independent Filmmaker/Director -- Pesticide

Geoffrey Erb -- Director of Photography -- Law and Order SVU, The Burning Zone, A Father for Brittany, Carriers

Carmine Famiglietti -- Lbs (Screenwriter/Actor), Amexicano, (Screenwriter/Producer/Actor), The Watering Hole (Actor/Producer)

Chris Franklin -- Film Editor-Owner of Big Sky Editorial: TV commercials: Mastercard, American Express, Nascar, DHL, Discovery Channel / Feature films: Comedian, The Independent

Gina Heyman -- Locations Manager/Scout -- Old Joy, The Sopranos

Cindy Kaplin -- Documentary Editor -- "Independent Lens": Democracy on Deadline: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press, "NYPD 24/7", Thomas L. Friedman Reporting: Searching for the Roots of 9/11, Gangs: Escaping the Life, "Blood & Iron: The Story of the German War Machine," Zelly and Me, Madness, The Joy That Kills

Dana Kuznetzkoff -- Producer-Production manager -- Fringe, The Wire, Monk, Ed

Will McGill -- Producer, Macy’s Network

Joseph Metzger -- 2nd Assistant Camera -- The Taking of Pelham 123, Rachel Getting Married, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Law and Order SVU

Michael Miller -- Key Grip -- Willard, 12 Monkeys, Gia, City Slickers, Home Alone 2, The Fisher King, Jacob’s Ladder, Cadillac Man

William Miller -- Key Grip -- The Manchurian Candidate, Analyze This, The 6th Sense, Beloved, Hackers, Philadelphia, Nurse Jackie

Sean O’Connell -- Editor -- Macy’s in-house network

Brenda Ray -- Sound Mixer -- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, Jimmy Carter, Man from Plains, The Power of the Game, Taxi to the Dark Side, "The Hamptons" Searching for Debra Winger

JJ Sabat -- Boom Operator/Mixer -- Old Dogs, Ghost Town, P.S. I Love You, "Gossip Girl" School for Scoundrels, Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Chris Salano -- 1st Assistant Camera -- The Proposal, The Box,
Pride and Glory, Rachel Getting Married, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Deception, A Dog Year , The Hoax , My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Max Siegal -- Producer/Writer -- NY Mets Magazine Show

Jonathan Weinstein -- Executive Producer/Managing Partner -- Go Film, a New York based commercial production house

Grant Wilfley -- Extras Casting -- The Black Donnallys, Dan in Real Life, The Nanny Diaries, The Sopranos, Law and Order