Jim Knight (Producer)

Mr. Jim Knight received his BA in History and M.Ed. from UCLA. He received his MA in American Studies from Pepperdine University. He is the Executive Director and the Film Chair for the Academy. Mr. Knight teaches film production and film history. He also is on staff in the theatre department as a director and technical director. He is a proud alumnus of Culver City High School and was a former Los Angeles County and Culver City Unified teacher of the year. His directing credits in film include "The Artist", "The Sweetest Thing", "A Tribute to the Stars", and "Summer in Switzerland". His directing credits in the theatre include "Barefoot in the Park" and "The Mousetrap". He served as the technical director for "The Miracle Worker", "The Wiz", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Crimes of the Heart", "Taming of the Shrew", "Brighton Beach Memoirs", and "Into the Woods". [top]

Darryl Hovis (Technical Director)

Mr. Darryl Hovis received his BA in history from Cal State Long Beach. His training in theatre comes from South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, and UCSD. He is the Artistic Director and the Theatre Chair for the Academy. He teaches acting, theatre history, stagecraft, and is in charge of the Academy's Blurred Vision Theatre Company. His directing credits include "The Miracle Worker", "Into the Woods", "Crimes of the Heart", "The Wiz", "The Diviners", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A History of the American Film", "The Crucible", and "Little Shop of Horrors". [top]

Omar Inguanzo (Stage Manager/Asst. Director)

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]

Bart DeLorenzo (Directing Mentor)

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]