Our faculty are exceptional educators who love to share their expertise with students.But they are also active in their profession. Jack Bryant is the writer of Fair Haven and The Madam of Purity Falls, which premiered theatrically in Los Angeles in May 2019 and premiered on Lifetime in July. The film is currently screening in Europe via Beta and will continue to air on Lifetime here in the US. Nick Sagan wrote the science fiction novels Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree, and his screen credits include episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. Julie Blumberg came to Ithaca in 2007 from Los Angeles, where she worked as a screen and television writer. Among other credits, she was a staff writer and story editor for J.J. Abrams’ first television series Felicity, starring Kerri Russell, Scott Speedman, and Scott Foley. She also co-wrote the screenplay forThe Manhattan Front, a feature film that debuted in Ithaca in October 2017.
Program Director
Jack Bryant
Associate Professor and Program Director, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Specialty: Writing for Film, Video Games, and Emerging Media
Faculty
Nick Bennett
Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Julie Blumberg
Associate Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Specialty: Writing For Screen Media, Writing For Series TV, Writing The Series Pilot, Thesis: Television Writing
Steven Ginsberg
Associate Professor and Pendleton Endowed Chair, JB Pendleton Center Los Angeles
Robert Hummel
Instructor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Adam Jackson
Instructor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Nick Sagan
Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Dominique Saint Malo
Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Thomas Seeley
Assistant Professor, Media Arts, Sciences and Studies