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
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
Andrea Arnold
Andre Arroyo
John August
Peter Becker
Annette Bening
Halle Berry
Jan de Bont
Stephen Broussard
Martin Brest
Shari Springer Berman
Sara Bernstein
Jarin Blaschke
Scott Budnick
Edward Burns
Pete Chatmon
Stan Chervin
Derek Cianfrance
Ryan Coogler
Gia Coppola
Lisa Cortes
Damon Dash
Tamra Davis
Pam Demetrius
Christopher Doyle
Anthony Drazan
Ansel Elgort
Carlos Lopez Estrada
Antonio Fargas
Cary Fukunaga
Antoine Fuqua
Tyrese Gibson
David Gordon Green
Max Greenfield
Omari Hardwick
Catherine Hardwicke
Jaime Hector
Simon Helberg
Thomas Higgins
Ted Hope
Jamila Hunter
Susan Jacobs
Jim Jarmusch
Barry Jenkins
Sarah Jones
Spike Jonze
Jamal Joseph
Myron Kerstein
Jon Kilik
Ellen Kuras
Fran Lebowitz
Spike Lee
John Leguizamo
Melissa Leo
Baz Luhrmann
Chris Mack
Maurice Marable
Malia Scotch Marmo
Joshua Marston
Cybel Martin
Melina Matsoukas
Katie McGrath
Steve McQueen
Paola Mendoza
Anastas Michos
Rebecca Miller
Chris Milk
Elvis Mitchell
Nate Moore
Mums
Konsonant Music
Dee Dee Myers
Terrance Nance
Chantal Nong
Gavin O'Conner
Richard Pena
Todd Phillips
Dascha Polanco
Jason Reitman
Pedro Resto
Tony Revolori
Bashir Salahuddin
Xavier Salomon
Adam Shankman
Joseph Sikora
Christian Slater
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