CINEMA-TELEVISION DEPARTMENT FACULTY

Regular Faculty

Joni Varner - Department Chair

Professor of Cinema -Television
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2622
email: varnerjk@lacitycollege.edu
website: Joni Varner's Website
Subject: Introduction to Motion Picture Production
B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo

Jonathan Kuntz

Professor of Cinema
phone 323 953-4000 ext. 2629
email: kuntzja@lacitycollege.edu
Subjects: 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: Television Studio and Remote Production, Cinema Production
A.A. Cerritos College
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Hourly Faculty

Arnie Anderson

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

Bruce Cook

Cinema Instructor
email: brucecook99@gmail.com
Subject: Film Producing and Business
B.S., M.S.F.E., Ph.D., University of Southern California (USC)

Linda Beal

Television Instructor
email: beallf@lacitycollege.edu
Subject Taught: Introduction to Television
B.A., University of California, Irvine
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
J.D., Hastings College of Law

Jim Desmarais

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

Maria Elena de las Carreras

Instructor of Cinema
email: mec@socal.rr.com
Subject: Film History
M.A., Ph.D. Catholic University of Buenos Aires
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Charles Domokos

Cinema and Television Instructor
email: charlesdomokos@aol.com
Subject:  Screenwriting, Film Editing  
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: michelegendelman@hotmail.com
Subjects: 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
Subject: Advanced Cinematography
BA, Oberlin College
M.F.A. University of Southern California (USC)

Vaughn Obern

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

Rick Rafanovic

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

Christopher Rossiter

Cinema Instructor
email: chris@christopherrossiter.com
Subject: Cinematography
M.F.A., American Film Institute (AFI)

Mary Samuelson

Cinema Instructor
email: marygelsey@ucla.edu
Subject: Documentary Film
B.A., USC School of Cinema-Television
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Danielle Stallings

email stallide@lacitycollege.edu
Subject: Film History, Documentary Film
B.F.A., USC School of Cinema-Television
M.F.A., Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television

Vince R. Ybarra

Cinema Instructor
email: vybarra@earthlink.net
Subject: Soundstage Production Practicum
B.A., Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles
M.F.A. Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles