1971

Carey Melcher (Radio-TV-Film | MFA from UCLA Television and Film - 1973)
Carey is President and Executive Producer of Carey Melcher Productions, Inc. (CMP). Carey has been in the business of producing TV commercials for 25 years. A sampling of clients over the years have included: Coors Beer, Glade, Popeye's Chicken, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Honda running footage, Southwestern Bell, Leapfrog Educational Toys, Monterey Tourism, Ford, Lincoln, Health Net, Fantastic Sam's, Sparkletts Water, Wiltel Communications, Century 21, Tasters Choice and Hite Beer (Korea), Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of Oklahoma, Macy's (General and Hispanic markets), Six Flags, AT&T (Asian market for USA), Ford, Levis and Jack In The Box (Hispanic), Bandai: Power Rangers (multiple packages), Mattel Toys, Williams Energy and Williams Communications, Albertsons (Hispanic), Sears/Kenmore (Hispanic), Toyota ( US Asian markets), Tiger Woods Foundation, Sizzler Restaurants, State Farm (US Asian markets), Hertz Corp., Bally's Health Foods, HBO promos, First Energy of Ohio, Kawasaki Jet Skis, Time Warner Cable, Comcast Cable, Contessa Foods, Idaho Potato Commission, Riverwind and Winstar Casinos (Oklahoma), Oroweat Bread, Taco Mayo, Playa Vista (Real Estate/LA), Saturn cars running footage (2007), Fazoliʼs Resturants (tabletop). Awards: Emmy Award, 1980 (ʻCosmosʼ with Carl Sagen).

Additional experience: Unit Manager, Vidtronics (video facility/LA) 1973-1976, Vice President, Production, Magicam (Paramount Pictures) 1976-1982, Executive Producer, Coast Productions, 1982-1986

1972

Chuck Colgan (Radio-TV-Film)
Owner of colganmedia.com / Manager of Multimedia Production Group (retired) / Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Writer, director and producer of multimedia projects for public relations, museum exhibits and public outreach. Producer, director, writer of "Blue Planet Theater," a video that played continuously for 11 years at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps and won a CINE Golden Eagle, a Silver Award at WorldFest Houston, First Prize at the International Oeiras Image Festival in Portugal and four other film/video awards. Multimedia projects include video production for a 20,000-square-foot exhibit at the San Diego County Fair’s “Commotion in the Ocean” theme program in 2003 and a Jumbotron presentation at the 2004 Holiday Bowl. As a writer and director for Scripps Institution’s Explorations print and video magazine series, I have traveled with scientists and students throughout the world in pursuit of video features, stories and photographs.

Pat Duffy
Director: Nash Bridges "Lap Dance," "Split Decision," "Gimme Shelter." Assistant Director (TV Movies): Never Forget, Perfect Murder, Dream Date, Lady Mobster, Amerika, Playing with Fire, Jane Doe, Broken Promises, Midnight Lace, The Last Convertible; (Pilots) Martial Law, Frogmen, Murder in Paradise, Peaceable Kingdom, the Hitch Hiker, Poochinski, The Night Rider, Captain America; (Series) Nash Bridges, The Big Easy, Lands End, Vanishing Son, Dark Justice, Against the Grain, Tequila and Bonetti, Tales from the Crypt, Eddie Dodd, Freddy's Nightmares, Hooperman, MacGyver, Casie & Co, Simon and Simon, Hardcastle and McCormick, The A Team, The Quest, BJ and the Bear, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Rockford Files; (Features) Lost Boys, DC Cab.

1975

Brian Donnelly
Currently Sr. Producer, RPA Advertising, Santa Monica.

President of CountyLine Films; past president and current board member of AICP Association of Independent Commercial Producers; board member of the California Film Commission; board member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

1976

K. Douglas Cook, Ph.D. (Film)
Credits: Author of Raid on Entebbe (1976); named as one of the top 50 Audio-Visual producers in the United States (1979); appointed Chief of Public Affairs and Congressional Liaison for United States Army, Fort Jackson, SC (1991). Retired from military in 02.

1980

G. J. Goldwyn (Film)
gj@computerpro.com
I attended CSUN from the Fall of 1977 until my graduation in January of 1980. My film school partner, Dan X. Hanna and I produced 3 films at CSUN: The Missing Gem, Trip Through a Black Hole and the controversial LSD52. While attending CSUN, I also hosted a very popular bi-weekly radio progressive rock radio program, Lost in the Ozone, on KCSN.

After graduating, I worked on numerous small television and film productions. Then in 1984, following the release of the Apple Macintosh, I assisted numerous Hollywood production facilities in applying the Mac to the post-production process. Now, I am an accomplished computer consultant in Ventura County, and I host a "different" kind of radio show, every Saturday on AM 1520 KVTA, called acomputershow.com.

1981

Neil Evangelista
Running for US Congress (Florida District 22).
www.evangelista.org neil@evangelista.org

1982

Stephen Beecher
Stephen.Beecher@disney.com
Working on staff since 1995 at Disney ABC Television. Current position: Flame Artist working on Original movies for Disney Channel and ABC Family as well as promo work for Disney XD. Prior to Disney, I worked at KLCS TV Channel 58 Los Angeles for eight years as a Television Engineer which included everything from camera operation, studio audio, lighting, video control, master control, and transmitter operation and more.

1984

David Dubiel
Director of Engineering and Operations, Western Region, CNN.

Terese Linden Kohn (Media Management)
Senior Vice President of Distribution at American World Pictures; past Vice President of Distribution at Triad Studios, Inc.

Victor Ramos
Producer for Infinity Broadcasting/WBZ Radio.

1985

Michael Jantze (Film Production)
jantze@mac.com
http://www.jantze.com/movie/lux.htm
http://www.jantze.com/movie/img/thenorm.mov
Michael’s background in cartooning, film, journalism, publishing and new media, now paired with his desire to forge new IP for existing and nascent markets, have led him and his company to produce high-quality, low-cost animated shorts with memorable characters and hilariously potent messages. After graduating with honors from CSUN, Michael worked as an independent educational filmmaker. He was an award-winning newspaper graphics editor for eight years while developing a comic strip for newspaper syndication titled "The Norm". He has also worked as a visual effects art director for Industrial Light & Magic and presently operates his own animation and IP development studio in Marin County, California. Jantze Studios recent clients Blackstone Group's Luxury Resorts Hotels, United Media, Creative Associates and ZP Inc. Work is in progress for an online media client, as well as continuing to develop original syndicated properties for new media outlets.

Alessandro Machi
alex@super-8mm.com
Winner of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Student Internship Program- Commercials Category (1985). Founded Slingshot Productions in 1988. Winner of a Regional Emmy in 2000. Provided Post Production Facilities for REFLEX ACTION and The Spirit of Comedy. Founding member of Action, The Film and Video Production Club of Cal State Northridge in 1981.

Jeff Okabayashi
2nd assistant director. Credits include Alamo & Pearl Harbor.

1986

Gregory Poppen (Screenwriting)
http://www.poppenfilms.com/
Gregory Poppen is a writer, director, and producer for television and motion pictures, covering a broad spectrum of genres. His produced projects include scripted comedies and family adventure movies from Sony Pictures and ABC Family, to sports and lifestyle shows on networks like ESPN, Cartoon Network, and MTV, to major portal web series on Yahoo and MSN.

As a screenwriter, Gregory Poppen has six produced family films to his credit, including the highly rated ABC Family Channel original movie Karate Dog. As a senior writer for ESPN and the ESPY Awards since 2002, Poppen has written short films for Will Ferrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew Perry, Justin Timberlake, and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx. He was also head writer of dramatic documentary segments, including the award-winning documentary Kabul Girls Club, and the annual “Ashe Award for Courage,” most recently presented to Nelson Mandela.

Poppen’s additional television credits include his assignment as head writer on MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge. He was also head writer on the E! Entertainment series My Crazy Life, segment director and co-writer of the ABC Sports program All-America Team starring Regis Philbin, a pilot consultant on the SyFy hit series Destination Truth, and head writer of the Discovery/Travel Channel series Travel Stories. Poppen has also done time on the other side of the camera as an actor, and was co-star of the acclaimed 2007 award winning independent film Last Stop for Paul.

1987

Wade Sheeler
Credits: wrote the play Vortex, winner of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (1996); wrote and directed a film version of Vortex (official entrant in Taos Talking Picture Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Atlanta Peachtree Film Festival); MFA from California Institute for the Arts (Directing for Theatre, Video and Cinema Program, 1997); Producer/Director A Dating Story and A Baby Story (The Learning Channel, 1999-2001); Producer RV 2002 (Home a& Garden Television, 2001-02); Producer I'm Jennifer MacLean (A&E pilot, 02): Field Producer/Director $40 A Day (Food Network, 02).

1988

Greg Ciaccio
Vice President of Operations at Technicolor Post Production.

Andy Luckey (Media Management)
Andy_Luckey@greaterfamily.com
President –– Greater Family, LLC. Producer of Animated and Puppetry Children’s television. Credits include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series (Producer) and Adventures from the Book of Virtues (Producer). Creator and author of Spin-n-Sparkle children’s book series. Website www.greaterfamily.com.

Craig Tuz (Film Production)
Made 2 promotional films on Massage Therapy. Currently a program director for a prominent massage school in Florida.

1989

Paul Guther
Archivist at CNN.

1990

Keri Selig
President of Intuition Productions in Los Angeles. Credits include: The Stepford Wives (Paramount), Two Kings (UPN), It Must Be Love (CBS), Mafia Doctor (CBS), Point of Origin (HBO), Spy Girl (NBC/Warner Bros.), After the Rain (premiered at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival), In the Company of Spies (Showtime), Harlan County War (Showtime), Three to Tango (Warner Bros.)

1991

Don Dunn (Film Production)
Producer-director. Credits include: COOKERS (Best Picture at the Milan International film festival as well as best picture at Screamfest 2005), MR. FIX IT (directed by Darin James Ferriola, December 2006 scheduled release), REEKER (directed By Dave Payne, 2006 release), THE DUKES (directed by Robert Davi, 2007 will begin as a festival release), WHISPER (directed by Stewart Hendler, 2007 release), and CRAZY (directed by Rick Bieber, 2007 release). He can be contacted through his website at dunnfilms.com.

1993

Robert Mitas
Story Editor /Personal Assistant to Michael Douglas

Edwin Santos (Broadcasting)
EdwnASnts@yahoo.com
Credits include: Media Operations at E! Entertainment Television, Producer of "Mad Cowgirl."

1995

Jose Elias Axume (undergraduate degree)
Senior Vice President of Distribution and Operations for Myriad Pictures
Elias Axume is Senior Vice President of Distribution and Operations for Myriad Pictures and has been with the company since early 2006. He is the head of sales, and his responsibilities include overseeing Myriad’s International distribution, including theatrical and television sales, delivery, contracts and operations. Films he recently worked on include Serious Moonlight with Meg Ryan released by Magnolia in the US and Birds of America with Matthew Perry and Hillary Swank. Upcoming projects include Main Street with Collin Firth and Orlando Bloom. Axume was formerly Vice President of Post Production and Distribution Services at Mobius Films International, and prior to that held the same position at Franchise Pictures where he worked on The Whole Nine Yards, Angel Eyes, Heist, City by the Sea, and a slate of films theatrically released by Warner Bros., MGM and Sony Pictures.  He attends all key film theatrical markets for Myriad, including Cannes, Berlin and Toronto.

David Barbee (Radio Production)
sndfxman@yahoo.com
Sound Effects Editor and Designer,Creative Sound Services
Shortly after graduation I got a job hauling tape (does anyone remember that stuff?) for a sound post-production facility. Two years later, I got a gig working as a sound effects editor and designer in TV. During that time, my primary shows have included Melrose Place, The Pretender, Angel, Over There, Mad Men, Dark Blue, and CSI:NY. I've also worked on many, many other shows for anything from a few episodes to several. In the last few years, I've been making my way into feature work as well. My credits there include A Perfect Getaway, The Number 23, When a Stranger Calls, and most recently I had the pleasure of working on Star Trek. Right now, I'm still doing sound effects and design, using Pro-Tools, Logic, Reason, and many, many plug-ins. I even do a bit of my own recording. I split my time between CSI:NY and feature work when I can. Two VERY different worlds, but each one keeps me fresh for the other. You can see a complete credit list for me at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1545749/

Barry Bowles
Urban Film Director

Glenn Gainor (Film)
Glenn S. Gainor has spent the last decade producing both Sundance award winning films as well as studio features. Gainor began 2005 by Executive Producing Granda’s Boy for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. In 2004, Gainor produced the first studio picture that shot almost entirely in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The film, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, stars Rob Schnieder and will be released in the summer of 2005. Gainor has also produced for the stage, teaming with Ovation Award winning director Andy Fickman in the Tim Garrick musical Sneaux. During this same year, Gainor executive produced Starship Troopers 2, a collaboration with “Starship Troopers” producer Jon Davison and two time Academy Award winner Phil Tippett directing. Gainor co-executive produced Gold Circle Films' Sonny. Shot in New Orleans, the pic sees Golden Globe winner James Franco as a male hustler. Golden Globe winner Brenda Blethyn stars with Mena Suvari and Harry Dean Stanton. Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage directed this Samuel Goldwyn Company release.

Darren Grant
Music video director

Fred Gutierrez
Writer for The P.J.'s television series and MGM feature Soul Plane.

1996

Jon Fine
Works in media licensing at the Bose Corporation in Massachusetts.

Robert "Bob" Foster (Masters in Mass Communications)
DVD producer and writer for Image Entertainment and adjunct professor of cinema at College of the Canyons. Many years of post and production work including National Leukemia Telethon and Star Trek Voyager. Published writer for over 25 years.

Ronald Garcia
ronaldgarcia.1@juno.com
Production Coordinator for Television
Credits: The Sopranos, The Mind of the Married Man, Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, Disney's Even Stevens, Lifetime Television's Merge / TV Pilots– Firefly, Phil of the Future, Silicon Valley, Virtual Casey / Movies of the Week – The Music Man, Eloise at the Plaza, Nancy Drew, Romy & Michele.

Matt Smith
Executive Producer of BET's Rap City

1997

Steve Klein (TV Production)
Grad488@aol.com
Worked for 3+ years as a master control operator at KADY (channel 63; UPN/Ind.) in Oxnard/Camarillo. Worked for roughly 1 year at KMIR (Channel 6; NBC) in Palm Springs before moving to Salinas, where I currently work for CLearChannel at KCBA 35, KION 46, KMUV 23 and the Central Coast CW (FOX/CBS/Telemundo/CW).

Christopher J. Moore (Screenwriting)
cjm1906@aol.com
Earned BA degrees in RTVF and Psychology. Currently completing the MA degree program in Screenwriting at CSUN. Won the Nickelodeon Fellowship award for Screenwriting. Wrote for TBS hit show The House Of Payne and Meet The Browns. Sold spec screenplay to Our Stories Films.. Author of two novels, Waiting For Mr. Right and God's Child.

Jeremy Padow (Screenwriting)
Jeremy.Padow@fox.com
Assistant manager in the creative advertising group at 20th Century Fox International Theatrical. Previous positions include: Assistant to the Co-Presidents of International Theatrical Distribution at 20th Century Fox; Development Assistant at Summit Entertainment; Film Program Coordinator for the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival; Segment Producer on Blind Date. Also currently enrolled in UCLA’s Professional Program in Screenwriting.

Luis Salazar (Film Production)
akashik@gmail.com
Director of Photography and Director in numerous short films, music videos, commercials, PSAs and as 2nd Unit DP in the US, Asia and Europe. Currently, Mr. Salazar lives in Spain and is the Producer of two features, a Spain-France-Argentina co-production, Clara (a biopic on the life of the first congresswoman in Spain), and Creation a Rock Opera ( styled after Cirque du Soleil and La Fura dels Baus, slated to start principal photography in July 2009).

• 1998- worked for Oscar Nominee Director/Producer Gregory Nava (Selena, El Norte, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?) as a Creative Associate for the Showtime TV Series The 20th Century: American Tapestry

• 1999- collaborates in the development of the features Frida, In the Time of the Butterflies and the Maldonado Miracle for Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions. Submits the script The Dance of the Deer to the Sundance Film Institute’s Feature Film Program and makes it to the semi finals.

• 2000-runner up of Daily Variety’s PITCH ME Market and attends the Cannes Film Festival to sell his high-concept film treatment Tarot.

• 2002-founds Akashik Records Film Productions, based in Berlin.

• 2004-short documentary Forced Native American Relocation wins the first prize at the Refugee Film Festival in Madrid, Spain, and showcases in other film festivals such as the Amnesty International Film Festival in Argentina and the Bulldozer Film Festival in San Francisco.

• 2008-music video Carroña is a finalist at the Medina del Campo Film Festival in Spain.

Andrew Strauser (Television Production)
Andrew@andrewstrauser.com
Discovery Communications’ Head of Talent Development and Casting for TLC. I oversee the network’s talent and participant casting on such shows as LA Ink, What Not To Wear, 10 Years Younger and Cake Boss. Prior to Discovery, I cast series and pilots for almost every major broadcast and cable network including ABC's Emmy Award winning Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Additional credits include She’s Got The Look, Shaq’s Big Challenge, Joe Millionaire, I Wanna Be A Soapstar, Queer Eye For the Straight Girl, Surprise By Design and Greatest American Dog.

1998

Miguel A. Torres (Film Production)
angelflightmedia@yahoo.com
Miguel Torres has over 9 years of business experience, as well as, over 15 years of video production experience. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Radio, Television & Film, from California State University, Northridge, with his emphasis in Film Production. His expertise is as a Camera Operator, Editor, and Producer, as well as a Public Relations figure.  He has produced nationally recognized work and serves on the Roosevelt High School Alumni Foundation Advisory Board of Directors and is a founding boardmember for the Dionicio Morales Foundation. In 2008, he launched  Angel Flight Media, a multi-media video production company. [complete biography]

1999

Kristine Aragones (TV Production)
Currently working at USA Films.

Kamran Movassaghi
Owner of Western Video Transfer (Woodland Hills).

2000

Jack Gustav Palmos
Recruiter for DNA search.

2001

Michael Blake
Emmy Award Winning Make-Up Artist (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and author of The Films of Lon Chaney, A Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney: Man Behind the Thousand Faces and Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns.

David Haws (TV Production)
Director of Operations at Broadcast Plus Productions.

2002

Mandy Burke (Film Production)
mburke@lgf.com
Production & Development Coordinator for Lions Gate Family Entertainment

Melissa Davis
Assistant for Rick Kurtzman (talent agent at CAA).

Robert Ferguson (TV Production)
robsolo99@yahoo.com
I have interned at Charter Communications in Pasadena where I learned a lot about directing live broadcasts, dubbing tapes, operating cameras (in-studio and hand-held) and setting up sets. I worked at NBC on a temporary basis for Bravo where I helped organize the tape library of Bravo on-air promotions stock footage when they moved from NY to Burbank. I am looking for a position as a production assistant. Currently, I am working full-time at a Civil Engineering/Architectural Firm.

Jodie Higby (Film Production)
Attending graduate school at City College of New York. CTVA senior project Camp Pacific was screened in the student program at Cannes, the Santa Clarita International Family Film Festival, and Sunfest.

2003

Jose Elias Axume (Graduate degree in Screenwriting)
Senior Vice President of Distribution and Operations for Myriad Pictures
Elias Axume is Senior Vice President of Distribution and Operations for Myriad Pictures and has been with the company since early 2006. He is the head of sales, and his responsibilities include overseeing Myriad’s International distribution, including theatrical and television sales, delivery, contracts and operations. Films he recently worked on include Serious Moonlight with Meg Ryan released by Magnolia in the US and Birds of America with Matthew Perry and Hillary Swank. Upcoming projects include Main Street with Collin Firth and Orlando Bloom. Axume was formerly Vice President of Post Production and Distribution Services at Mobius Films International, and prior to that held the same position at Franchise Pictures where he worked on The Whole Nine Yards, Angel Eyes, Heist, City by the Sea, and a slate of films theatrically released by Warner Bros., MGM and Sony Pictures.  He attends all key film theatrical markets for Myriad, including Cannes, Berlin and Toronto.

2004

Jorge Guzman (Film Production)
Editor at television station KRCA.

Eric Umali (Film Production)
eric@ninedotentertainment.com | www.ninedotentertainment.com
Upon graduation Eric worked for the executive offices at Universal Pictures where he was mentored in development by the Story Department. Afterwards, he worked for the Yari Film Group, the company responsible for Crash, The Illusionist and The Painted Veil. After two years he was promoted to Director of Development & Acquisitions, where he covered the festival circuit and sought potential projects to bring into the company. During his tenure at Yari, Eric co-produced the Bruce Willis and Mischa Barton feature, Assassination of a High School President, which received critical praise since it’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Most recently Eric helped create and develop Loopkicks Battle, a martial arts reality show for Cartoon Network. In addition to his producing endeavors, Eric assists UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies program, is a Big Brother mentor, a National Alliance on Mental Illness member, and Young Storytellers participant. He resides in Hollywood, CA.

2006

Chantay E. Brown
chantaybrown@aol.com
Credits include: Super Swank (Travel Channel)- Segment Producer; Judge Joe Brown- Associate Producer; Divorce Court- Associate Producer; Jury Duty- Associate Producer. Other shows: The Greg Behrendt Show, Dr. Phil- Primetime Special: Love Smart, and The Ultimate Weight Solution (Stage 29 Productions).

Clayton Green (TV Production)
Clayton.Green@yahoo.com
Audio Engineer, CNN Los Angeles
I have been doing audio for 10 years now. My experience includes Theater, Live music large and small venue, technical consultant for JBL Professional and Harman Pro Group in Northridge, CA, Corporate, and Broadcast.

2007

Simon England
(Film Production - Cinematography)
Assistant Camera
Credits include: Savages (Oliver Stone), John Carter (Andrew Stanton), Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn), Moneyball (Bennet Miller), Unstoppable (Tony Scott), Unthinkable (Gregor Jordan), (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb), Star Trek (JJ Abrams)
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2608808/