Art Center / Faculty Portraits
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1. BILLY WEBER - FILM EDITOR
Film department mentor and Academy Award-nominated editor Billy Weber has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Terrence Malick, Tony Scott and Martin Brest. Billy talks about his enduring desire to engage the next generation of filmmakers and how his love of storytelling continues to stoke his passion for each new project.
Direction + Editing: Rahat Mahajan
Interview + Producer: Christine Spines
Cinematography: Rahat Mahajan + Kabir Tejpal
Associate Editor: Corey Howard
Sound(Interview): Ethan Stockwell
Sound Mix: Angad Bainz + Shaan Singh
Special Thanks: Alex Ellsworth
Music: Vanacore Music + OST Tree of life, Days of Heaven, Little Fugitive
Film Sources: Tree of life, Days of Heaven, Top Gun, Little Fugitive, Josh & S.A.M.
2. BRIAN REA - ILLUSTRATOR
How does an illustrator make our internal experiences of love and loss visible? It's a riddle that Illustration faculty member solves every week in his playful drawings featured within each installation of the New York Times' popular Modern Love column and podcast. Join us in his studio, where he talks with us about the emotional openness and artistic courage that informs his life and work, from a childhood love of drawing to a prized gig as Art Director of the New York Times Op-Ed section to the fulfillment he’s found teaching and working in California.
Direction + Editing: Rahat Mahajan
Interview + Producer: Christine Spines
Cinematography: Rahat Mahajan + Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi
Associate Editor: Corey Howard
Sound(Interview): Ethan Stockwell
Sound Mix: Angad Bainz + Shaan Singh
Special Thanks: Alex Ellsworth
Music: Vanacore Music
3. TYRONE JAMES DRAKE - GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Surrounded by the music, politics and culture of his hometown, Oakland, California, graphic designer Tyrone James Drake developed a style of design infused with the urgency and energy of the musical and political movements from his youth. As a teacher, Tyrone hopes to expose his students to new ideas and guide them on the journey of discovering and inventing their own voice.
Direction + Editing: Rahat Mahajan
Interview + Producer: Christine Spines
Cinematography: Rahat Mahajan + Joshua Kang
Sound(Interview): Ethan Stockwell
Sound Mix: Angad Bainz + Shaan Singh
Special Thanks: Alex Ellsworth
Music: Vanacore Music + Original track by Ringo Starr - 'Eye to Eye'
4. SHERRY HOFFMAN - BRAND STRATEGIST
Whether Designmatters faculty member Sherry Hoffman is working on Vice's cutting edge offices or conceptualizing a cozy day care facility as brand strategist for March Studio, her Santa Monica-based branded architecture firm celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, she's always looking for a way to amplify the social impact of a brand or product. Sherry opened up to us about her design visioning process, the role of faith in her work and how she brings her lifelong commitment to learning from others into the classroom and beyond.
Direction + Editing: Rahat Mahajan
Interview + Producer: Christine Spines
Cinematography: Rahat Mahajan + Kabir Tejpal
Sound Mix: Angad Bainz + Shaan Singh
Sound(Interview): Ethan Stockwell
Special Thanks: Alex Ellsworth
Music: Vanacore Music
5. OLGA KOUMOUNDOUROS - SCULPTOR
Artist Olga Koumoundouros has built her aesthetic practice in the spaces in-between sculpture, installation and performance, creating a body of work that seeks to expose the contradictions in American identity and economic reality. Similar to her artworks, her teaching is guided by her interest in being socially engaged, and recently lead to a collaboration with the Exceptional Children's Foundation, an organization that works with developmentally disabled adults.
Direction + Cinematography + Editing: Rahat Mahajan
Interview + Producer: Christine Spines
Associate Editor: Corey Howard
Sound(Interview): Michael Faner
Sound Mix: Angad Bainz + Shaan Singh
Special Thanks: Alex Ellsworth
Music: Original tracks by Drew Schnurr 'Cardboard City', 'Amber Rising', 'Inventory: V' Additional Music: Vanacore Music