Faculty & Staff

Our staff consists of top-tier instructors with experience in filmmaking and movie production. Working professionals and film school students will let students in on industry secrets and help them enter the film festival circuit. In addition to the core instructional team, special guest speakers with professional portfolios may present topics relevant to contemporary filmmaking. Check back as we will be incorporating new key staff profiles.

Jaime Gennaro
Program Manager
Jaime graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Film and Television. After graduating in 1998, Jaime worked as a teaching assistant in a film school and as a marketing manager for a media arts organization, promoting independent film screenings and producing an annual International Film Festival. Before joining the iD Film Academy full-time, Jaime ran a small production company doing commercial video work. Her most recent project was the completion of a commissioned full-length screenplay adaptation of a WW II novel.

Ryan Jeffery
iD Film Academy, Curriculum Writer, Instructor
Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan has been creating short film work for the past eight years ranging from music videos to video installations. His films have screened in North America, Europe and Japan. Ryan’s editorial work can be seen on Thom Yorke’s music promo “Harrowdown Hill” and the film allegory about global warming “Wind” sponsored by Al Gore.

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