Art : Kristine Hatanaka Film : Stephen Kim Music : Dr. Tony Spano
Theatre : Farhang Pernoon Dance : Cari Ann Shim Sham
Theatre Design : Shannon Kennedy

Advisory Board:

ART :

DANCE :

FILM :

Vanessa
Holtgrewe

MUSIC :

THEATRE :

Kristine Hatanaka (Artistic Director : Art)
kristinehatanaka@ccusd.org

Mrs. Kristine Hatanaka graduated with Honors and holds a BA in Art from California State University Fullerton. She currently teaches Drawing and Painting and AP Studio Art. Mrs. Hatanaka is the Advisor for the National Art Honor Society (Starving Young Artists) and is the Chair of the Academy’s Art Department. Mrs. Hatanaka has established internships, educational programs, and student exhibitions withThe Museum of Contemporary Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UCLA Fowler Museum, Santa Monica Museum of Art, and The Ryman Program at USC. She has implemented college level art classes through The Santa Monica College Outreach Program, West Los Angeles College Jumpstart Program, and The Santa Monica College Launchpad Program. Her students have received scholarships, award recognition, and participated in exhibitions on the local, regional, and national levels. Mrs. Hatanaka was the recipient of the International Teaching Program in Japan and received Teacher of the Year honors from Otis College of Art and Design. She is currently serving on the UCLA Fowler Museum Education Advisory Committee. In 2003, she received Mentor Teacher of The Year from The Ryman Program. In 2004, Kristine was a recipient of the SURDNA Arts Teacher Fellowship. She is also the Winner of the 2005 California Association for the Gifted May V. Seago Memorial Scholarship. In 2005, Kristine received the Sony Pictures Teacher of the Year Award for CCUSD. She was also the recipient of the Teacher Institute of Contemporary Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Dr. Tony Spano (Artistic Director : Music)
tonyspano@avpa.org

Dr. Tony Spano, Jr. is currently in his tenth year at Culver City High School. As Creative Director of Music for the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. Spano teaches all the music classes at CCHS as well as coordinating all Academy music activities. His tenure has included developing a marching band, establishing Concert Band, Guitar and Choral programs, and offering specialized opportunities for music performance with such groups as a Jazz Ensemble and rock/pop bands, as well as collaborations with theatre, film, dance, and art projects. Under his direction, the CCHS Concert Choir and Concert Band have received "Gold," "Superior," and "Excellent" ratings in recent festival performances. Dr. Spano is originally from Colorado and received a B.M.E. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his M.F.A. and D.M.A. in conducting from UCLA before coming to CCHS. Outside of Culver High, Dr. Spano's variety of interests includes volunteer work for Pacific Serenades, a successful Los Angeles-based chamber music series, where he currently serves as President of the Board of Directors (www.pacser.org).

In 2006, he was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities to receive a grant to attend the "Mozart's Worlds" institute in Vienna, Austria. In 2005 he won a Surdna Foundation Arts Teacher Fellowship which allowed him to attend the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles conference in Singapore. In Spring 2003, Dr. Spano was named one of ten finalists for the California League of High School's "Educator of the Year" program in Region 8 (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties). He was also selected to participate in the Toyota International Teacher Program which featured a two week professional development tour of Japan in the summer of 2003. [top]

Paul Calderon (Film Professor)

B.A. UCLA, MFA American Film Institute [top]

Kenneth Campbell (Theatre Professor)

Mr. Kenneth Campbell has been an actor for over thirty years. He has performed all over the world and has acted in every one of Shakespeare's plays. Stage is not Mr. Campbell’s only forte. He is also a veteran of television and the silver screen. His film credits include "Ulee’s Gold", "Mars Attacks", "Cobb", and "The Abyss". His TV credits include "War & Remembrance", "Murder 101", "Matlock", "LA Law", "Cheers", "Picket Fences", and "Another World". On Broadway he was in "Biloxi Blues", "Caine Mutiny Court Martial", "Macbeth", "Freedom of the City", and "Cyrano". Other theatre credits include "Don Juan", "Tracers", "Richard the II", "The Taming of the Shrew", and "Titus Andronicus". He currently teaches voice and articulation and directs in the theatre department. [top]

Bart DeLorenzo (Guest theatre instructor from The Evidence Room)

Mr. Bart DeLorenzo received his BA in Literature and Theatre from Yale and his Masters in Directing from Harvard. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Evidence Room Theater. His directing credits include "Flow My Tears the Policemen Said", "One Flea Spare", "Almost Blue", "A Bright Room Called Day", "Fifth of July", "Don Juan", "The Life of Stuff", "The Houseguests", and "Swell". He has taught at Harvard and UCLA. He is currently a guest director in the theatre department and serves on the Academy's Advisory Council. [top]

Jonathan Fahn (Theatre Professor)

B.A. Theatre Arts Cal State Long Beach [top]

Doyle Hanks (Theatre Professor)

Mr. Doyle Hanks not only graduated from UCLA with a degree in theatre but is also a Culver City High alumnus. Mr. Hanks performs standup comedy throughout Los Angeles. His directing credits include "1984", "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Brighton Beach Memoirs", "The Bald Soprano", and "15 Minute Hamlet". His design credits include "The Diviners", "1984", and "Pippin". He currently teaches improvisation, stagecraft, comedy sportz, and directs for the theatre department. [top]

Vanessa Holtgrewe (Film Professor)

MFA UCLA School of Film and Television [top]

Omar Inguanzo (Theatre and Film Professor)

Mr. Omar Inguanzo is a graduate of the film and theatre programs at AVPA and is a graduate of the Los Angeles Film School. He currently works throughout Southern California as a sound designer, lighting designer, and film editor. His theatre credits include "Into the Woods", "The Wiz", "Pippin", "Crimes of the Heart", "Java Drama", "The Diviners", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "1984", "The Glass Menagerie", "The Mousetrap", "The Angelina Project", "Confirmation", "Therese Raquin" (Chance Theatre), "One Flea Spare", and "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said" (The Evidence Room). His film credits include "King of the Road" and "the American Hero". He currently works in both the film and theatre departments as a technical director. [top]

Richard Israel (Theatre Professor)

Bio coming soon. [top]

Cheolseung Kim (Theatre Professor)

Born in Seoul, Korea in 1971, Cheolseung went on to graduate from Yonsei University at Seoul in the department of Philosophy in 1998. Since coming to America in August, 1999, he finished his MFA in Directing at UCLA Department of Theater. Past directing credits include "If Flower", "An Acquainted Man’s Visit", "Byol-Ly", "Equus", "Waiting for Godot", "The Lesson", and "The Hunger Artist Departs". He has been acting, designing, and writing but still he is a theatre director and will always be. [top]

Leon Martell (Film/Theatre Professor)

Mr. Leon Martell received his BA in theatre and history from the University of Vermont and his MFA with a specialization in directing from the University of Iowa. He has taught at the University of Iowa, Occidental College, UCLA, and is an instructor for A.S.K. Theater Projects Playwrights in the Schools. His Directing credits include "Hoss Drawin"’, "1961 El Dorado", "Twin Otter", "Guys at the Spunk Hole", "Kindling", and "The Big Picture". As a writer Mr. Martell’s credits are endless (from stage, film, to television) and include "Hoss Drawin", "Billy Chops Bricks", and "Mooncalf". His acting credits include "Twelfth Night", "Danube", "The Match Maker", and "Picket Fences". He currently teaches scriptwriting and movement for the Academy's film and theatre students. [top]

Darryl McCane (Film/Theatre Professor)

Mr. Darryl McCane received his BA in Radio, Television, & Film from San Jose State and his Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University in New York. His film credits include "The Big Split", "The Girl in the Watermelon", "Steel Heel", and "Temptation". His theatre credits include "A Soldier’s Play", "The Colored Museum", "Death of a Salesman", and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest". Mr. McCane currently teaches Cinema History and Elements of Film Production in the Film Department. He also teaches Acting in the Theatre Department. [top]

Jane McEneaney (Theatre Professor)

Miss McEneaney graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A in Theatre Arts and Asian Studies and from the University of Michigan with a MA in Music in Voice Performance. She is currently the Artistic Director for the M.Y.E Theatre Company in Los Angeles. On stage she has been seen in "The Matchmaker", "A Question of Loyalty", "Life/Magazine", "The Metamorphosis", "The Contrast", "As You Like It", "Les Belles Soeurs", "The Mikado", "Lady in the Dark", "Starting Here, Starting Now", "Patience", and "Air and Opportunity". Miss McEneaney is a director in the theatre department and specializes in developing new material with students. She also teaches Creative Dramatics. [top]

Cap Scalzo (Theatre Professor)

Bio coming soon. [top]

Kitty Scalzo (Theatre Professor)

Bio coming soon. [top]

Julie Wolfson (Theatre Professor)

Bio coming soon. [top]