One of our top priorities was to identify advisors that share our passion
and vision for equipping young minds with the practical tools and
hands-on experiences needed to thrive in a creative environment.
The ECA Program Advisory Team is composed of individuals with distinguished careers in the fields of both entertainment and education, drawing from their knowledge in each discipline to devise a framework for the next generation of creatives. With deep insights informed just as profoundly by their teaching background as their professional Hollywood experiences, our Program Advisory Team collaboratively designed courses alongside the ECA staff to expose students to a variety of departments central to the industry, while emphasizing a hands-on, project-driven curriculum. Each program advisor contributed unique perspectives on the curriculum as it relates to simulating real-world scenarios, portfolio-building, and general college readiness. The resultant course offerings reflect the outcome of roundtable deliberations to formulate programs that develop the requisite critical thinking and practical skills for a future in entertainment.
Our ECA Board of Advisors are current leaders in the film and entertainment industry. To inform the direction and strategy of our institution, we have a Board of Advisors who actively participate in the decision making of the industry today, allowing the ECA School of Film & Entertainment to best position our students for long-term success.
Director of Program Brand and Strategy for Disney Movie Insiders at Walt Disney Studios, Former Co-President of The Bond
Chairman/CEO at Genius Brands International, 2 Emmy Awards Won, 9 Nominated, Former Producer at Hanna-Barbera
Acclaimed American Screenwriter, Television and Theatre Director, Winner of Writer's Guild Award
President of Akatsuki Entertainment USA. Former Head of Production at All Nippon Entertainment, Film producer
Former Dean of Students at USC School of Cinematic Arts, Former Director of Marketing at LVMH-Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
COO of Red Light Management, Manager of Lionel Richie, Il Divo, Herbie Hancock, Mat Franco, Former CEO of Live Nation North America
Veteran Motion Picture Agent and Former Head of the Story Department at Creative Artists Agency
Emmy nominated producer, Former Head of Unscripted Programming for Amazon Prime Video, Former Partner at Mark Burnett Studios
CEO of Marenzi & Associates. Former President of World Television at MGM Studios. Former President of International Television at Paramount Pictures
Former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, Producers Guild of America. American Film Producer
Founder and Executive Chairman at Exile Content Studio, Former Chief Content Officer at Univision Communications and Televisa
Director of Program Brand and Strategy for Disney Movie Insiders at Walt Disney Studios, Former Co-President of The Bond
Vice President of Product Design at Hulu, Television Writer, Author of “The Art of Creative Rebellion”
Executive Chairman of ThayerMahan Inc, Former Harvard Business School Professor, Thought Leader of the Creative Process
VP at Studios at WPT Enterprise. Esports and Digital Media Entrepreneur
Partner at Albinen. Former VP of Agency Strategy and Industry Development at BuzzFeed, Former Global Lead for Industry Relations at Google
Executive Director of The American Cinematheque, CEO/Founder of Scherer Strategies, Former Director at American Film Institute
Award Winning Director, Producer and Cinematographer. Pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography. President of Moving Art
Acclaimed American Film and Television Producer. Won Best Picture Academy Awarded for Producing Rain Man
Founder and CEO of Staminus, Cyber Security Entrepreneur, Inventor, Investor, Writer
President at McKeon-Myones Entertainment, Former Talent Manager at Creative Artists Agency
Founder/CEO of Activate. Former President and Chief Operating Officer of MTV Networks, Former Global Managing Partner at McKinsey
Legendary Hollywood Producer, Former Executive VP of Feature Films at Paramount Pictures
EMMY Award Nominated Casting Director. Former Executive of Casting at Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox
Co-President of Activision Blizzard Productions, Producer of Call of Duty, Former Senior VP of Strategy for Walt Disney
Former President of Distribution at NBC Universal Pictures from 1996 to 2014, NBC Domestic Distribution Consultant
Production Executive and Producer at Voltage Pictures. Formerly at Miramax Films, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures
President and COO of ArcLight Cinemas, Vice Chair of American Film Institute Corporate Council, Former CEO of Landmark Theaters
Head of Business Affairs at Twitch. Former VP of Programming Acquisitions at DirecTV, Former Exec at Sony Pictures
Tony Award Winning Producer. CEO of Crossroads Live. Former COO of STX Media, EVP of Viacom Entertainment, Senior Exec at Columbia Pictures
Emmy Award-Winning American Film Writer, Director, and Producer. Partner at Behind the Billboards