Chair of Documentary, Barbara Multer-Wellin has written and produced hundreds of hours of non-fiction television programming and web content. Her work has been seen on HBO, Showtime, PBS, Lifetime, KCET, The Discovery Channel, UPN, Lifetime, Fit-TV, TBS, HGTV, and TLC.

She won a 2013 L.A. Area Emmy for her work on the series television and web series Your Turn To Care which was also the winner of a 2013 Gracie Award. Ms. Multer- Wellin has produced two films for the acclaimed PBS documentary series Independent Lens. Taking The Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City, a documentary narrated by Susan Sarandon. The second film, Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire was also selected for the first digital release of Independent Lens films. She is a former Chair of the Documentary/Reality Committee of the Producer’s Guild of America.

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Lamont Magee is a writer and Producer who is having a Hallmark year. He was a Consulting Producer on Saints & Sinners and is a Staff Writer on The Quad. He’s currently working on Lights Out with Jeffery Byrd for director Brian De Palma. If were luck perhaps he’ll even tell us a bit about the pilot he’s currently writing.

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Ken Lerner, if you don’t know the name you definitely know his face. He’s performed in film classics, The Running Man, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and Unlawful Entry. He is perhaps best known for his role as Principal Bob Flutie on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rocco Baruffi on Happy Days, and Attorney Johnathan Saunders on Chicago Hope. The list of legendary and historic programming is extensive and includes Laverne & Shirley, CHiPs, Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, The Twilight Zone, Family Ties, Hill Street Blues, The Fact of Life, The Golden Girls, L.A. Law, Beverly Hills 90210, JAG, The Practice, The Drew Carey Show, Will & Grace, Ally McBeal, Touched by an Angel, ER, Friends, Scrubs, Two and a Half Men, Weeds, American Crime Story: The OJ Simpson Story, Castle, The Big Bang Theory, Desperate Housewives, Grace and Frankie, Silicon Valley. Even just this past week he’s appeared on the hottest shows currently on air including This is Us, Legion, and Feud.

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Assaad Yacoub is a New York Film Academy alumni who quickly rose to success with his outlandish and visually captivating music video for NAME, a contestant on Ru Paul’s Drag Race. He’ll be returning this season to direct a music video for each contestant.

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On Today’s Episode of the New York Film Academy Hour, we welcome Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd & Ashley Jackson in the studio to talk casting and filmmaking!

Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd is a Brooklyn-born and raised casting director with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Madonna, the Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Prince, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Katy Perry are among the artists who have counted on Byrd to find talent who can bring their songs to life on the small screen. Byrd has the vision spot actors who can bring complicated and nuanced storylines for page to motion picture. Her work on Stomp the Yard, The Blind Side, Notorious, Jumping the Broom and Sparkle prove as much. Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd has spent decades channeling her super power of finding the perfect person for every character.

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Good afternoon class. Today we’re welcoming Bart Mastronardi to talk about his most recent film as well as how to properly approach adapting classic pieces into film.

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Good afternoon class. I’m so excited you’ve decided to attend todays
lesson because our guest speaker has worked on nearly every major nerd franchise.
I’m talking Star Trek, Alien V Predator, X-Men, Planet of the Apes, Mighty Morphen
Power Rangers, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Hitman, and Fight Club.
Some of his other works include indie darlings Hope Floats, The Slums of Beverly
Hills, Jingle All the Way, Never Been Kissed, Dude, Where’s My Car? Monkey Bone,
Shallow Hal, and Cheaper by the Dozen, Behind Enemy Lines, Ever After and a
Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Please join me in welcoming Chair of NYFA LA’s Producing Department Rich Thorne.

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