Staff
Edgar Alvarez, Office Manager
Sharese Bullock-Bailey, Chief Strategy & Partnership Officer
Neil Butler, Production Coordinator, LA
Derrick Cameron, Executive Director, NY
Elaine Delgado, Chief Development Officer
Nicholas Farfan, Program Coordinator, NY
Tony Fernandes, Managing Director, LDN
Jyotsna Hariharan, Development Manager
Alvy Johnson, Teaching Artist, LA
Taina Madera, Executive Assistant
Stosh Mintek, CEO
Eugene Noone, Teaching Artist, LA
Linda Pianigiani, Industry Manager, LA
Shurize X. Richards, Industry Manager, NY
Montea Robinson, Executive Director, LA
Daquan Saxton, Digital Bodega VP of Production
Iasmel Vasquez, Digital Bodega President
George Velez, Production Coordinator, NY
Guest Instructors
The following is a select list of industry experts who have led guest classes, workshops, and creative instruction at GFS.
JJ Abrams
Amy Adams
Henry Adebonojo
Laz Alonzo
Wes Anderson
Sheril Antonio
Andrea Arnold
Andre Arroyo
John August
Peter Becker
Annette Bening
Kevin Berlandi
Halle Berry
Jan de Bont
Oscar Boyson
Stephen Broussard
Martin Brest
Shari Springer Berman
Sara Bernstein
Jarin Blaschke
Marsha Stephanie Blake
Scott Budnick
Edward Burns
Calmatic
Pete Chatmon
Stan Chervin
David Chlystek
Ben Choo
Derek Cianfrance
Ryan Coogler
Chris and Justin Copeland
Gia Coppola
Lisa Cortes
Peter Cramer
Damon Dash
Lee Daniels
Tamra Davis
Dexton Deboree
Pam Demetrius
Christopher Doyle
Anthony Drazan
Candice Dragonas
Ansel Elgort
Carlos Lopez Estrada
Cory Everett
Antonio Fargas
Cary Fukunaga
Antoine Fuqua
Tyrese Gibson
David Gordon Green
Theo Green
James Gray
Max Greenfield
Chris Grun
Omari Hardwick
Catherine Hardwicke
Jaime Hector
Simon Helberg
Thomas Higgins
Ted Hope
Aki Huang
Jamila Hunter
Susan Jacobs
Jim Jarmusch
Pamela Jarvis
Barry Jenkins
Sarah Jones
Spike Jonze
Jamal Joseph
Myron Kerstein
Jon Kilik
Ellen Kuras
James Laxton
Fran Lebowitz
Spike Lee
John Leguizamo
Melissa Leo
Baz Luhrmann
Chris Mack
Victoria Mahoney
Maurice Marable
Malia Scotch Marmo
Joshua Marston
Cybel Martin
Melina Matsoukas
Katie McGrath
Steve McQueen
Paola Mendoza
Anastas Michos
David Robert Mitchell
Rebecca Miller
Chris Milk
Elvis Mitchell
Hiro Murai
Nate Moore
Mums
Konsonant Music
Dee Dee Myers
Terrance Nance
Chantal Nong
Orson Oblowitz
Gavin O'Connor
Richard Pena
Todd Phillips
Joe Pichirallo
Freida Pinto
Dascha Polanco
Felicia Pride
Richard Ramazinski
Jason Reitman
Pedro Resto
Tony Revolori
Shannon Riggs
David Rubin
Marla Tanigawa
Benjamin Safdie
Bashir Salahuddin
Xavier Salomon
Liz Sayre
Pietro Scalia
Adam Shankman
Shreya Shetty
Matt Signer
Amy Seimetz
Joseph Sikora
Justin Simien
Christian Slater
Nikkolas Smith
Peter Sollett
Sebastian Stan
Julia Stiles
Matt Stone
Chris Tucker
John Turturro
Christine Vachon
Matthew Vaughn
Bart Walker
Olivia Washington
Ken Weiss
Armond White
Olivia Wilde
James Wong
Alfre Woodard
Bradford Young