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Stan Brooks | Senior Affiliated Faculty

Stan Brooks is an Emmy Award庐-winning film and television producer and director with more than 35 years of industry experience. Since founding his first independent production company, Once Upon a Time Films, in 1989, Brooks has produced over 80 films and miniseries for major U.S. and Canadian broadcast and cable networks. He continues to produce and direct under his production companies, Stan & Deliver Films in the U.S. and Happily Ever After Films in Canada.

His miniseries, BROKEN TRAIL, starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, directed by the legendary Walter Hill, received an astounding 16 Emmy庐 nominations, earning AMC the most Emmy庐 nominations for a miniseries since Roots. It went on to win four Emmy Awards庐 including Outstanding Miniseries.

Brooks made his directorial debut with PERFECT SISTERS, starring Academy Award庐 nominee Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley and Academy Award庐 winner Mira Sorvino. His second feature, the true-crime drama THE GRIM SLEEPER, aired on Lifetime and earned his fourth Prism Award for its authentic portrayal of mental illness and substance use. He also directed episodes of Marvel鈥檚 AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. during the series鈥� final seasons.

Brooks has gone on to direct multiple features, including I DO OR DIE (2020), starring Ana Golja, THE LONG ISLAND SERIAL KILLER: A MOTHER鈥橲 HUNT FOR JUSTICE (2021), starring Kim Delaney and CRUEL INSTRUCTION (2022), starring Camryn Manheim. Brooks also directed BAD ROMANCE: THE VICKY WHITE STORY (2023), starring Wendi McLendon-Covey and Rossif Sutherland and NOBODY DUMPS MY DAUGHTER (2024), starring Ana Ortiz and Hudson Williams.

In 2025, Brooks directed two back-to-back feature films starring Grammy Award-winning artist Toni Braxton: HE WASN鈥橳 MAN ENOUGH (2025) and BREATHE AGAIN (2026). Most recently, Brooks co-wrote two scripts with Braxton, serving as executive producer and director on both. The first is currently in production in Winnipeg, Canada.

Brooks graduated from Brandeis University and holds degrees from the 麻豆视频, where he is also an adjunct professor.

Andrew D. Corkin | Affiliated Faculty

Andrew D. Corkin is a Gotham Award-winning independent producer who produced the first films of acclaimed filmmakers including Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Andrew Renzi and Terence Nance.

Corkin鈥檚 narrative producing credits include AFTERSCHOOL (Cannes), MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (Sundance, Cannes, multiple Independent Spirit Award nominations), AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY (Sundance, Gotham Award winner), WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Sundance, Cannes), BIG SIGNIFICANT THINGS (SXSW), EMELIE (Tribeca), THE BENEFACTOR (Tribeca), A VIGILANTE (SXSW), THE BEACH HOUSE, THE DESPERATE HOUR (TIFF), ALONE WITH YOU and THE UNHEARD. Corkin鈥檚 latest film is ROSEMEAD starring Lucy Liu, which was released theatrically in December 2025.

On his documentary slate, Corkin co-created and executive produced the Netflix four-part series, PEPSI WHERE鈥橲 MY JET?, which won a Grierson Award, Critics Choice Real TV Award and Reelscreen Award. Other documentary credits include THEY FIGHT, THE LAST GUEST AT THE HOLLOWAY MOTEL, BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB, A SIMPLE SOLDIER and I鈥橫 CHEVY CHASE & YOU鈥橰E NOT.

Corkin is a proud member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Producers United, sits on Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 Philanthropic Board of Advisors, currently serves as Affiliated Faculty at 麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) and has taught as an adjunct professor at New York University, Boston University, and Emerson.

Sejin Croninger | Affiliated Faculty

Sejin Croninger is a veteran acquisitions and production executive currently serving as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions at Paramount Pictures, where she leads global acquisitions and distribution strategy and oversees the team sourcing content for both Paramount’s theatrical slate and Republic Pictures’ specialty label.

Her recent slate includes the Academy Award庐- and Golden Globe-nominated SEPTEMBER and Sundance Grand Jury and Audience Award winner TWINLESS, alongside upcoming releases BAD APPLES, starring Saoirse Ronan and A PLACE IN HELL, starring Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones. She also recently acquired THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, starring Florence Pugh, which begins production next year.

Before Paramount, she was Senior Vice President of the Content Group, North America at Universal Pictures, where she played a key role in launching a new mini-indie label under the Universal Filmed Entertainment division. She also held senior roles at Entertainment One (eOne) and began her career at New Line Cinema.

Amedeo D鈥橝damo | Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Senior Lecturer

Amedeo D鈥橝damo is a filmmaker and a prolific author in the fields of film, media, fandom and celebrity. He is also the editor of 鈥淧roducing for the Screen鈥� (2020: Focal Press), and the author of 鈥淓mpathetic Space on Screen鈥� (2018: Palgrave Macmillan). Most recently he has worked as a script consultant for the SKY TV series UNWANTED (2023) and as a story consultant for the animation company Studio Campedelli (2025). Independent feature films that he has written, directed and co-produced have screened at festivals such as Rome, Miami, Austin, Torino and Sulmona.

He has also taught at many universities including the UCSC Universita Cattolica in Milan, The New School University, Royal Holloway, USI Universita Svizzera and the University of Zurich. D鈥橝damo 聽also served as the Lead Teacher for the studio-funded Native American Feature Lab in Los Angeles (2019鈥�2022).

D鈥橝damo was the Scientific Director of the E.U.-funded Feature Development Program Puglia Experience (2008鈥�2011) and the founding Dean, later President of the original Los Angeles Film School (1999鈥�2002). He co-designed and co-ran both the University Feature Development Lab and the University Doc Lab for the Locarno Film Festival.

He is also co-founder of The Traveling Film School, a volunteer-run organization that provides free film and theater training to children in underdeveloped regions. Endorsed by UNICEF, it has built small tuition-free film-schools in Cameroon and Sardinia.

D鈥橝damo holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University and is currently ABD on a PhD in aesthetics at the European Graduate School.

Megan Gilbride | Affiliated Faculty

Megan Gilbride is an Emmy庐-winning and Independent Spirit Award-nominated producer of fiction and documentary films. She produced the visionary documentary feature, TOWER (Emmy庐 Award, Peabody nomination, shortlisted for the Best Documentary Academy Award庐), which was broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens and was distributed by Netflix and Kino Lorber. She produced LOVERS OF HATE, a Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition premiere, released by IFC and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Her sci-fi documentary feature, FATHOM (Emmy庐 Award), follows two groundbreaking bio-acousticians as they uncover the mysteries of humpback whale communication and culture. A Sundance-supported project; the film is currently streaming on Apple TV+. Gilbride鈥檚 other films include DEAR MR. BRODY, currently on Max, and WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM (Emmy庐 Award, FIND Truer than Fiction Award). Her films have played at festivals on five continents including Sundance, Telluride, Venice, Hot Docs, IDFA, Busan, Karlovy Vary, BFI London, CPH:DOX and Dubai. In 2022, Gilbride was one of four recipients of the inaugural Dear Producer Award, an honor recognizing independent producers鈥� creative vision and leadership in the field. She serves on the advisory board of the Documentary Producers Alliance and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

David McKimmie | Head of Post-Production

David McKimmie brings over 25 years of post-production experience in the cutting room, as Post Coordinator, Supervisor, Executive and Head of Studio. Over that time, he acquired a deep and broad knowledge of the various processes used for film and digital acquisition, live action, animation, 3D, immersive picture and sound formats and more. In addition to teaching classes, he is currently Head of Post-Production at 麻豆视频 and consults on high-profile titles at multiple studios. He loves his job and enjoys helping people find their way in post processes that can feel daunting at times.

Kevin Garrett Monroe | Senior Affiliated Faculty

Kevin Garrett Monroe is a strategic, action-oriented business and legal affairs executive with over 15 years of experience creating and acquiring content, advancing businesses, protecting brands, and leading teams in both emerging technology and traditional entertainment landscapes.

Mr. Monroe is currently Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Dreamworks Animation, where he negotiates above-the-line talent agreements for animated and hybrid feature films, and television projects.聽 At Dreamworks, Monroe also provides business affairs support to both the Themed-Entertainment Group and the Advanced Creative Technology Team in connection with more complex transactions involving location-based experiences, digital media platforms, and high technology (including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, artificial intelligence, and other next-gen technology partnerships). Prior to Dreamworks, Mr. Monroe served as legal counsel to start-up entities whose business focus was to create and publish interactive entertainment software application products that involved next-gen technology.聽 Most recently, Mr. Monroe served as General Counsel for VR/AR startup company WITHIN (funded by Andreesson Horowitz [a16z] and Laurene Powell Job鈥檚 Emerson Collective) and VP of Business Affairs at FoxNext (a next-gen entity funded by a16z and Twentieth Century Fox).

Prior to his work with tech start-ups, Mr. Monroe served as a senior business affairs and legal executive for several media companies, including Walt Disney Motion Pictures, Focus Features (a film division of NBCUniversal), Oddlot Entertainment (a standalone production entity owned by billionaire Gigi Pritzker), FilmDistrict (an independent mini-major studio previously financed by billionaire Tim Headington and producer Graham King) and Overture Films (an independent motion picture studio previously owned by John Malone鈥檚 Liberty Media and Starz Media).聽 During his career, Monroe has worked on major tentpole and franchise projects such as: the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN series; KING ARTHUR; and the NATIONAL TREASURE films. He has also worked on smaller independently financed productions such as: OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, THE VISITOR, THE RAVEN and HELL OR HIGH WATER. Over the years, he has negotiated talent deals on behalf of media companies for the services of Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Nicolas Cage, Chow Yun Fat, Antoine Fuqua, Idris Elba, Keith Richards, Helen Mirren and Orlando Bloom.

Monroe received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Howard University. He obtained his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law, where he graduated with honors.

John Ira Palmer | Senior Affiliated Faculty

John Ira Palmer is a founding partner and producer at Projected Picture Works with Sean Penn and John Wildermuth. Palmer鈥檚 producing credits include the Oscar庐- and Golden Globe nominated SEPTEMBER 5 (Venice & Telluride 2024), which also earned him a nomination for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America. Other producing credits include ASPHALT CITY (Cannes 2023), FLAG DAY (Cannes 2021), AL IMAM (Vimeo Staff Pick), THE DARE PROJECT (Frameline & Outfest 2018) and CONTRA-INTERNET: JUBILEE 2033 (Berlin 2018). Palmer served as a production executive for Projected Picture Works titles including DADDIO (Telluride & Toronto 2023) and SUPERPOWER (Berlin 2023). Palmer received the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute鈥檚 Doc LA Award for Best Producer for his work on A LONG HARD STREAK (PBS 2026). Other honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant, Film at Lincoln Center鈥檚 Artists Academy fellowship and a Princess Grace Award. Palmer holds an MFA in Film & Television Production from USC School of Cinematic Arts and a BFA in Filmmaking/Fine Art from San Francisco Art Institute.

Dara Resnik | Affiliated Faculty

Dara Resnik is a writer and showrunner of prestigious series like the award-winning HOME BEFORE DARK for Apple TV+, and the highly acclaimed THE HORROR OF DOLORES RANCH for Amazon Studios and Blumhouse. Resnik is currently developing a series based on cult comic Courtney Crumrin for Disney, as well as a series about Robert Durst and an adaptation of the romance novel Viable Threat for UCP/Peacock. Resnik is an experienced writer and producer whose credits also include Aaron Sorkin’s STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP, PUSHING DAISES, MISTRESSES, CASTLE, JANE THE VIRGIN, SHOOTER, Joey Soloway’s I LOVE DICK and Marvel’s DAREDEVIL. In 2026, Resnik wrote and produced the fully independent film CALIFORNIA SCENARIO with her partner James Takata. Shot for $150k in 10 days; it debuted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is in active distribution talks. Resnik is a professor of TV and screenwriting at 麻豆视频, USC鈥檚 School of Cinematic Arts and teaches across the globe for Sundance, Rideback, Veterans in Media and Entertainment, Almanack, Humanitas, the U.S. State Department鈥檚 Middle East Media Initiative in Saudi Arabia and Stories LLC in Japan. Resnik also loves to write poetry and practice aikido in her spare time. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter and two rescue pups.

Austin Reynolds | Senior Affiliated Faculty & Senior Mentor

Austin Reynolds is a graduate of the 麻豆视频 screenwriting program where his thesis script landed on The Blacklist. After graduation he worked as a director鈥檚 assistant at Amblin & Dreamworks before spending several years as a feature staff writer for Walt Disney Studios, developing and rewriting theatrical features directly for the studio. He co-wrote an upcoming THE SANDLOT feature at Fox, as well as other projects in development at Hasbro, White Horse Pictures, Anonymous Content and more. Recently, he鈥檚 been staffed in several writer鈥檚 rooms to develop or rewrite studio projects. He has been an educator at the 麻豆视频 for ten years. As a Senior Affiliated Faculty member, Reynolds teaches screenwriting, producing, and is a cycle development mentor. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America West. Reynolds also teaches in the Screenwriting Discipline.

Sara Rose, AMPAS | Senior Affiliated Faculty

Sara Rose is a veteran film production and acquisitions executive.聽 She began her film career with producer Dino De Laurentiis in international sales and has been a senior acquisitions and production executive, heading the department and overseeing producer deals at Orion Pictures, G2 Films, United Artists, Picturehouse and Apparition.聽 Among her productions and acquisitions are ULEE’S GOLD, PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAIN, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, GHOST WORLD, NO MAN’S LAND, OSAMA, SAVED!, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, HOTEL RWANDA, CAPOTE, PAN’S LABYRINTH, JEEPERS CREEPERS, MONGOL, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, BRIGHT STAR and LA VIE EN ROSE.聽 Along with her teaching at the 麻豆视频 Conservatory, she is a member of AMPAS and volunteers on their community building efforts and is a development and production consultant for feature films.

Annalisa Shoemaker | Affiliated Faculty

Annalisa Shoemaker is the founder and CEO of Suncatcher Productions. Suncatcher is a woman and disabled-led boutique film distribution company that amplifies intentional, representative stories to awaken audiences. Since Suncatcher鈥檚 inception, Shoemaker has led the theatrical execution for 14 feature films including TO KILL A TIGER, an Academy Award庐 nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Shoemaker also released the disability-themed rom-com GOOD BAD THINGS in over 50 theaters before licensing home entertainment rights to Music Box Films and streaming rights to Hulu. Prior to Suncatcher, Shoemaker spent over a decade working on theatrical distribution campaigns at Amazon Studios (SOUND OF METAL, THE BIG SICK, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA) and Focus Features (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, MOONRISE KINGDOM, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES). When she鈥檚 not at the cinema, you can find her playing tennis, practicing yoga and mothering her cats.

Sandy Stern | Faculty Lead

Sandy Stern鈥檚 first feature was the critically acclaimed teen anthem PUMP UP THE VOLUME starring Christian Slater. Stern鈥檚 additional credits include RED HOT, FREAK CITY, EQUINOX, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, VELVET GOLDMINE, THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING, SAVED, PHIL and CLASS RANK. He also produced a musical version of SAVED, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. He recently wrapped a workshop production of PUMP UP THE VOLUME: THE MUSICAL at the Los Angeles Fringe Festival which will premiere at Syracuse Stage in Fall 2027.

For over a decade, Stern was partnered with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and their films have drawn such talent as Cameron Diaz, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale. Prior to Stipe, Stern was partnered with Sean Penn. He has won an Independent Spirit Award, a Producers Guild Visionary Award and a Satellite Award. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe, a Lucille Lortel and his films have garnered three Academy Award庐 nominations.

Prior to joining The 麻豆视频 Conservatory as Senior Faculty, he taught at USC School of Cinematic Arts, UCLA and at Syracuse University in Los Angeles. Stern graduated cum laude from Vassar College and summa cum laude from New York University.

Kimberly Parker Zox | Affiliated Faculty

Kimberly Parker Zox is an independent film producer with 17 years of experience in the industry and a strong physical production background. A fervent reader and film fanatic, Zox sees the schedule and budget as an opportunity to bring the strongest creative to life. This has led to a wide-ranging career from line producing A24鈥檚 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO to running a screenwriting lab for Blumhouse and K Period Media. Her most recent film, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! (Winner, Sundance 2026 Best Director) will be released by Sony Pictures Classics this fall.