Faculty directory

Courses at California College of ASU are taught by a distinguished faculty of creative professionals who are experienced filmmakers, producers, directors, editors, writers, artists, sound engineers, game designers, media makers, cinematographers and scholars.

Collectively, they have contributed talents, creativity, art, skill, knowledge and expertise to dozens of studio and independent feature films, hundreds of hours of scripted, reality and nonfiction television programming and a vast array of digital media content. Their work has been seen in film festivals worldwide.

They’re active members of the entertainment industry’s most respected professional organizations and guilds, including:

  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy).
  • Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
  • Writers Guild of America.
  • Directors Guild of America.
  • Producers Guild of America.
  • American Society of Cinematographers.
  • Motion Picture Editors Guild.
  • Higher Education Video Game Alliance.
  • Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences).

The college’s adjunct general education faculty members have rich and diverse academic backgrounds in the humanities, natural and social sciences, technology, business and art.

A

Jawad Ali

humanities instructor

B

David Benullo

screenwriting instructor

C

Franco Castilla

art and history instructor

E

James Evans

general education

F

Emily Frydrych

social and behavioral science instructor

G

Maria Gavin

cinema, producing and humanities

 

Michael Greenspan

directing, screenwriting, television production instructor

H

Adam Hall

entertainment business studies instructor

 

Oscar Harrison

cinema, producing

J

Julie Janney

acting instructor

L

David Lewis

full time faculty and curriculum coordinator

 

Jonathan London

production and new media instructor

N

James Napoli

humanities instructor

R

Mark-Austin Rowell

art direction instructor

 

S

Ron Schmidtling

natural science instructor


Lauren Steffen

editing and television production instructor

V

Anthony Vasto

directing instructor