SARA THOMASON
Film Coordinator | Cinematography | Basic film Production
MFA: Florida State University
Sara Thomason co-coordinates the film program, in addition to teaching courses in cinematography and basic film production. Sara continues to work as a cinematographer across the southeast collaborating on myriad projects from web-series to shorts to a virtual reality children’s television series.
TRAVIS NEWTON
Screenwriting | Producing
MFA: Florida State University
Travis Newton co-coordinates the film program at WKU, in addition to teaching courses in screenwriting and producing. His most recent short film, Woodshed, screened at festivals across the country, and the feature-length screenplay was a 2017 Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist. His debut feature film, Land of Tomorrow, is currently in post-production.
LUKE PENNINGTON
Directing | Sound
MFA: University of Southern California
Luke Pennington teaches directing and sound, as well as production workshops. His feature film debut, Hit Men, is available on Amazon Prime. Luke is currently writing Taken Films’ feature The Reign, selected as IndieWire’s ‘Project of the Month – April 2016.’
RON DEMARSE
Post-Production
MFA: University of Miami
Ron DeMarse teaches video editing and advanced post-production courses. He is an award-winning short filmmaker and is currently editing his feature film debut, The Willows.