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Steven L. Jones
Faculty: Producing (1996)
B.S., graduate studies at Virginia State University. Film credits include NOTHING TO LOSE, LET'S GET BUSY, ALMA'S RAINBOW, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST. Television credits include THE DIGGERS and THE FOLLOWER, among others. Music videos include "Freedom," "Sarah," "Doug E. Fresh," "XY," and many others. Awards include NAACP Image Award, Best Picture, and Sundance Festival, Best Cinematography, both for DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST; Golden Eagle Award for DIGGERS; and the Paul Robeson Award for THE FOLLOWER.
Steven L. Jones
Lovinder Gill
Lovinder Gill

Faculty: Producing (2006)
B.A. Lock Haven University; B.F.A. North Carolina School of the Arts; M.A., M.F.A. Hollins University. Producer of feature film WESLEY, a biopic of John Wesley. Writer/Producer/Director of Award winning feature film CHICKS 101. Screenwriter of feature films STALLION HEARTS and BALL & CHAIN. Head of the production company The Gillder Frontier and has written and produced a number of films, documentaries and commercials. On Board of Advisors for the Salem College Center for Women Writers and is the President of North Carolina Screenwriters.

Gerald Paonessa
Faculty: Producing (1999)
B.A., Villanova University. Producing career has spanned more than 20 years and includes vice president of production for Charles Evans Productions; production vice president for Michael Cimino's Sweetwater Films; vice president of Worldwide Production for United Artists, where he supervised production of CUBA, CUTTER AND BONE, HEAD OVER HEELS, RAGING BULL, EYE OF THE NEEDLE and HEAVEN'S GATE. Television production experience includes managing director of Neil Diamond's ArchAngel Productions. Member of Writers Guild of America.
Gerald Paonessa