As an Award-winning Producer/Director/Editor, Apple's credits include "The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing", a feature length documentary special for the BBC, NHK, STARZ! and Warner Brothers' Home Video "Hard Rain" (NBC), starring Bob Dylan; "Appearing Nightly" (HBO), starring Lily Tomlin; "American Families" (FOX); "Trial Watch" (NBC); "The 90ies," a 26 part series (PBS); "Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall" (KCET), and her feature documentaries "South Central Los Angeles: Inside Voices" (ZDF/ARTE/Showtime) and "Fallen Angels" (Fox Lorber/Winstar). Her early works, as a partner in TVTV for WNET, are in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum, the Museum of Broadcasting and the International Center of Photography in New York, and she has also won an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Journalism Award for TV's "Lord of the Universe." Wendy is Adjunct Professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts, has been a faculty member of The California Institute of the Arts and Graduated from NYU Film School.

Glynn Beard is the Program Director of the Film & Video Production Program and has been teaching at Brooks since 1994. He is an independent filmmaker who wrote, produced and directed the feature films "Murdered" and "The Crier". "Murdered" premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 1993 and was screened at the Angelika Film Theatre in New York for the Independent Feature Film Market in 1994. "The Crier" is currently in distribution with EI Cinema in New York for U.S. domestic video distribution and has been sold to overseas cable markets. In addition to producing and directing his own feature films he has freelanced on various film and video projects, specializing as an editor on projects for outside clients. He is currently working on a series of short films titled "Ocean of Storms". The first film in that series, "SUCCESS", has screened at the Utah Short Film & Video Festival as well as the 2004 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.

With 20 years experience in the field for television production, Joe D'Olivera is credited for such TV series as "The Tick", "Strong Medicine", "Fantasy Island" and "Miss Miami".

Before working at Eastman Kodak, Gail Duncan worked freelance as a Production Coordinator, mostly on Movies-of-the-Week. Since starting with Kodak, she has produced/directed/written two short films and a PSA. July 2006 saw Gail becoming the California Student Account Manager. She has worked with the student population to enable them to shoot on film. As film is the standard of the film industry, she is pleased to be able to work with future professionals.

Rich Fortinberry is a faculty member at Brooks Institute and is a producer, director and cinematographer who has worked on numerous feature films, TV movies, TV series, national commercials, and corporate marketing and training films. Rich taught directing and cinematography at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before coming to Brooks. Prior to beginning his producing career Rich worked extensively as a management consultant for a variety of corporate clients including the General Electric Company. In addition to an M.F.A. in Film Production from USC he also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan, School of Business.

Lois Freeman-Fox, A.C.E. holds a B.F.A. in Art from Cornell University, an M.A. in Sculpture from U.C. Berkeley and studied film at New York University. After an early career as an artist and performance art curator, she has been involved in the art and practice of film editing for 25 years. Her feature film editing credits began with "Teen Wolf" and include; "Turner & Hooch", "K-9" and "Air America". She also edits Movies of the Week for network and cable television and won an Emmy and an A.C.E. Eddie in 1994 for "And the Band Played On", a film about the discovery of the Aids virus. Returning to her art roots, she has edited animated features including "Fantasia 2000" and "Osmosis Jones". Lois is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, American Cinema Editors, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences. She taught film editing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before coming to Brooks Institute where she is a senior member of the Film Faculty in Post Production. Lois is an active member in the arts community of Ventura and exhibits her digital paintings in local galleries.

Nana Greenwald has been a Senior Production Executive and Film Producer for over 20 years, Executive Producing "North Country" for Warner Bros, and Co-Producing other studio films, including "Seven", Academy-Award nominated "The Fugitive", "A Perfect Murder" and "Falling Down" among others, totaling over $1B in worldwide theatrical sales.

Robert Legato began working as a visual effects supervisor for "Star Trek: Generations" in the mid 1980s. He moved on to be visual effects supervisor for feature films such as "Titanic" (1997) for which he received an Academy Award. He continues to work in the industry with recent credits that include "Armageddon" (1998), "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) and "The Aviator" (2004).

Isidore Mankofsky is a seasoned cinematographer with more than 40 years of experience in the industry. His credits include "The Muppet Movie" (1979), "Somewhere in Time" (1980), "Skin Deep" (1989), and dozens more feature and television films.

Larry Parker is Vice-President of Mole-Richardson, located in Hollywood. Mole-Richardson has been the leading supplier of motion picture lighting equipment for over 60 years.

FotoKem is known as one of the largest independently owned film and video post-production houses worldwide. FotoKem's ability to handle post for film, video, and digital media under one roof has been their trademark and has earned the company the reputation of superior quality and service for the past four decades.

David Roy Schwartz is a filmmaker and writer. He has directed and photographed regional TV commercials, winning many awards for his work in the Midwest. Since coming to Los Angeles, Dave has done numerous music videos (including ones for the Beastie Boys and Luther Vandross). In 2004 he received an Emmy for his photographic contributions to "The Lucky Man" a documentary about ALS. That same year Dave co-directed "Man of The Year" a feature film starring the late John Ritter. "Man of the Year" screened at the Slam Dunk Festival in Park City, as well as the LA Method Festival, where it won an award for best performances. In 2003, Dave wrote/edited/visual designed and directed his first feature "Mad Song". Veteran film reviewer Andy Klein on NPR's "Movie Week" described the film as an "impressive indie with a great visual style." Respected LA Times critic Kevin Thomas called it "daring and dazzling...the most promising debut of the year."

As the Vice President of Original Programming for Showtime, John supervised high profile movies such as "Varian's War" (starring William Hurt, Julia Ormand, and Lynn Redgrave) and "Down in the Delta" (directed by Maya Angelou and starring Alfre Woodard and Wesley Snipes). In the series area, John supervised the launch of Showtime's "Dead Like Me" and also guided feature filmmaking talent crossing over to series programming: "Fallen Angels" (executive produced by Sydney Pollack) and "The Hunger" (executive produced by Tony and Ridley Scott). He also supervised the Oscar-winning "Directed By" series (which included the directing debuts of actors such as Laura Dern, Richard Dreyfuss, Christine Lahti, and Christian Slater). As an independent producer, John created Skyill Productions in 2005 developing and supervising projects for theatrical, television, reality, and documentary. He has also taught part-time at Brooks and is currently an adjunct professor teaching graduate film students at Chapman University and USC.