These leaders in the motion picture arts industry have generously agreed to lend their expertise to the faculty, staff and students of Interlochen’s Motion Picture Arts Program.

Richard Brooks (IAA 80), actor. "Law & Order," "Good vs. Evil," "Johnny B." (Star and Director), "The Crow: City of Angels," "ER," "Judging Amy," "NYPD Blue," "Codename: Wolverine," "The Wedding," "To Sleep With Anger"

Anne Cooper (IAA Faculty 75-81, IAC Faculty 03-present), actor. "Blood Ties," "Exile," "Tango & Cash," "The Wonder Years," "Murder She Wrote," "Parker Lewis Can’t Lose," "Good Grief," "LA Law"

Andrew Davis, producer, director. "The Fugitive," "Holes," "A Perfect Murder," "Under Siege," "The Package," "Collateral Damage," "Above the Law"

Michael Fottrell, producer. "Catwoman," "2 Fast 2 Furious," "Sweet Home Alabama," "A Very Brady Sequel," "Heavyweights," "Volcano," "Hell Night"

James Gartner, director. Award-winning national TV commercials: Cingular, American Express, Marriott. Film Director: "Glory Road"

Charles Haid, actor, director, producer. "Godspell," "Altered States," "ER," "NYPD Blue," "Buffalo Soldiers," "Cooperstown," "Iron Will," "Murder One," "Third Watch," "Boston Legal," "Belfast Blues"

Mary Beth Hurt, actor. Stage: "Crimes of the Heart," "Trelawney of the Wells." Screen: "Interiors," "Head over Heels," "Light Sleeper"

Janet Leahy, writer, producer. Producer: "Danny," "Gilmore Girls," "That’s Life," "Roseanne," "Grace Under Fire," "The Cosby Show." Writer: "Gilmore Girls," "Wings," "The Cosby Show," "Newhart," "Cheers"

Joel McNeely (IAA 74-77), composer. "Holes," "Lilo and Stich 2," "The Heffalump Movie," "Ghosts of the Abyss," "The Stepford Wives," "Uptown Girls," "The Avengers"

F. Hudson Miller (IAA 72-76, IAC Staff 76-78), supervising sound editor/sound designer. "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe," "Domino," "National Treasure," "Man on Fire," "Spy Game," "Pearl Harbor," "Crimson Tide," "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," "The Hunt for Red October," "Days of Thunder," "Armageddon"

Sharon Morrill, President of DisneyToon Studios. Videos: "The Return of Jafar," "The Lion King 1 1/2," "101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure." Film: "Piglet’s Big Movie," "The Jungle Book 2," "A Goofy Movie," "The Tigger Movie," "Return to Neverland"

Shawn Murphy, music scoring and re-recording mixer. "Christmas with the Kranks," "Collateral," "The Village," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "The Passion of the Christ," "Mystic River," "Catch Me If You Can," "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," "Jurassic Park." In Production: "Star Wars - Episode III," "Chicken Little," "The Interpreter," "Robots," "Pooh's Heffalump Movie"

Rick Nicita, Co-Chairman, Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Nicita represents many of the world's leading actors and directors in entertainment. He has been listed as one of the most influential people in Hollywood by Premiere magazine and Entertainment Weekly.

Michele Payne, hair stylist. Film: "This Is Spinal Tap," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Catch Me If You Can," "Hidalgo," "The Cat in the Hat," "Life as a House," "The Perfect Storm." Television: "Entourage," "Inside NYPD Blue," "First Monday," "Frasier," "Cheers," "Family Ties"

Jay Rabinowitz, ACE. Film: "The Fountain," "8 Mile," "Requiem for a Dream," "Affliction," "Night on Earth," "Dead Man," "Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live," "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai," "Coffee & Cigarettes," and "Broken Flowers." Television: "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Oz," and "Dawn Anna."

Doreen Ringer Ross, Senior Vice President Film and Television Music, BMI. Since 1985, Doreen Ringer Ross has been at BMI, an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music.

Doug Stanton (IAA 75-79, IAA Staff (91-93). A full-time writer for national publications since 1990, Doug Stanton has worked for Esquire, Outside, Sports Afield and Men's Journal magazines. His book, In Harm's Way, spent 9 months on the New York Times bestseller list and has gained critical acclaim internationally; it is also currently under development at Warner Brothers, with Akiva Goldsman producing. His new book, The Horse Soldiers, is in development at Sony Pictures, based on a script by William Monahan. A Traverse City resident, Doug returns to Interlochen on numerous occasions, including a semester as Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Department.

Paula Wagner, producer. Wagner partnered with Tom Cruise to form Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1992. "Mission: Impossible," "Mission: Impossible 2," "Vanilla Sky," "The Others," "The Last Samurai"

Sean Young (IAA 76-78), actor. "No Way Out," "Cousins," "Bladerunner," "A Kiss Before Dying," "Love Crimes," "Blue Ice," "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me," "Fatal Instinct," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues," "Airheads"

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