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After graduating from Harvard, Jim Stinson studied theater history at the Yale Graduate
School and directing at the Yale School of Drama before transferring to the UCLA film fi
school, where he earned the degree of Master of Fine Arts. Although he has worked on
filmed commercials, TV series, and feature films, fi he has spent most of his career as a writer, fi
producer, director, videographer, and/or editor of educational and corporate video programs.
In the classroom, Mr. Stinson has taught fi lm production at Art Center College of fi
Design, fi lm studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and video production at fi
La Cañada High School, La Cañada, CA.
For twelve years, he was a columnist and contributing editor at Videomaker magazine. In
addition to Video: Digital Communication & Production, his published works include five fi
novels: Double Exposure, Low Angles, Truck Shot, TV Safe, and Tassy Morgan’s Bluff, as well as f f
the study Reconstructions of Elizabethan Public Playhouses.
Stephen (Ricky) Adamson
Dallas ISD
Dallas, TX
Ivan Bradley
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Mike Crumley
Science Hill High School
Johnson City, TN
William Fine
Sandy Creek High School
Tyrone, GA
Greg Gaines
Hart County High School
Hartwell, GA
Jon Rees
Decatur High School
Decatur, GA
Greg Shouse
Lakeside High School
Evans, GA
Joe Stewart
Cherokee High School
Canton, GA
Johnny Struck
Crandall High School
Crandall, TX
Steve Vaughn
Royse City High School
Royse City, TX
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