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Darius Dawson: When Inspiration Struck

Inspiration sparks creative ideas and to most people, it can sometimes feel elusive to find when needed the most. Inspiration is also different for everyone

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Darius Dawson: When Inspiration Struck

Inspiration sparks creative ideas and to most people, it can sometimes feel elusive to find when needed the most. Inspiration is also different for everyone

Instructors and Advisors

Trey Ellis
Director
Emmy and Peabody-winning filmmaker, American Book Award Winning novelist, playwright, essayist, and Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Deborah Goodwin
Writer/ Director/ Producer
Her work in film and television began as a Development Executive for Sanford-Pillsbury Productions (DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, RIVER’S EDGE, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT).
Dubois Ashong
Director
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CONSERVATORY graduate whose first feature GEECHEE, starred Andrea Riseborough for AGC Studios and was produced by Jamie Foxx.
Jake Yuzna
Filmmaker
Hailing from a family of horror filmmakers, Jake Yuzna is a writer, director, and curator focusing on genre filmmaking.
Tessa Blake
Filmmaker/Director
Award-winning filmmaker and television director (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS, RIVERDALE, BLACKLIST), who helmed her first pilot this year for CBS Studios.
Angela LaManna
Writer
Among her numerous credits include Channel Zero, Marvel's the Punisher, Behind her Eyes for Netflix, and The Haunting of Hill House Season 2. As a showrunner assistant, she also worked on HANNIBAL.
Danielle Therese Dougé
Filmmaker
Her work most often centers on an exploration of Black womanhood/feminisms, queerness, ancestral knowledge, and intergenerational trauma via the genres of magical realism, thriller, and drama.