CINEMA-TELEVISION DEPARTMENT FACULTY

Regular Faculty

Vaughn Obern (Department Chairman)

Professor of Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2627
email: obernvg@lacitycollege.edu
Subject Taught: Beginning Digital Motion Picture Production
B.A. Principia College
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Jean-Pierre Geuens

Professor of Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2630
email: geuensjv@lacitycollege.edu
Subjects Taught: Cinematography, Advanced Film Production
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Ph.D., University of Southern California (USC)

David Jones

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Television
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2632
email: jonesdl@lacitycollege.edu
Subjects Taught: Television Production, Motion Picture Editing
B.A. Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles
M.F.A. Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles

Jonathan Kuntz

Professor of Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2629
email: kuntzja@lacitycollege.edu
Subjects Taught: Cinema and Television History, Beginning Digital Motion Picture Production
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Rolf Mendez

Professor of Television and Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2631
email: rolfmendez@verizon.net
website: www.rolfmendez.com
Subjects Taught: Television Studio and Remote Production, Cinema Production
A.A. Cerritos College
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Tom Stempel

Professor of Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2621
email: stempetr@lacitycollege.edu
Subjects Taught: Screenwriting, Film History
B.A., Yale University
M.F.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Joni Varner

Professor of Cinema -Television
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2622
email: varnerjk@lacitycollege.edu
website: Joni Varner's Website
Subjects Taught: Television History, Beginning Motion Picture Production, Intermediate Digital Video Production
B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo

Hourly Faculty

Arnie Anderson

Cinema Instructor
email: electric_arnie@hotmail.com
Subjects Taught: Cinema Sound Production, Digital Sound Post-Production
B.A., M.F.A. University of Southern California (USC)

Bruce Cook

Cinema Instructor
email: brucecook@earthlink.net
Subjects Taught: Film Producing and Business, Directing
B.S., M.S.F.E., Ph.D., University of Southern California (USC)

Jim Desmarais

Cinema Instructor
email: adesmarais@aol.com
Subjects Taught: Film Directing, Screenwriting
B.A., M.F.A. California State University, Fullerton

Charles Domokos

Cinema and Television Instructor
email: charlesdomokos@aol.com
Subjects Taught: Motion Picture Editing, Digital Film Producing
J.D., Loyola Law School
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Cinema-TV

Michelle Gendelman

Cinema Instructor
email: rollingriver@sbcglobal.net
Subject Taught: Television and Film writing
B.A., Bryn Mawr College
M.A., Ph.D. Film and Television Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Charles Haine

Cinema Instructor
email: charleshaine@gmail.com
Subjects Taught: Advanced Cinematography
BA, Oberlin College
M.F.A. University of Southern California (USC)

Rick Rafanovic

Cinema Instructor
email: roninltd@aol.com
Subject Taught: Final Cut Pro
Film Production Certificate, LACC
B.A., University of California, Irvine