MEET THE SUMMER FILM ACADEMY 2026 TEACHING ARTISTS!
Meet the Light House Teaching Staff
Taylor Gurley
Program Manager
Annie Huang
Teaching Artist and Projectionist
Zack Marotta
Education Director
Mac Marshall
Creative Director
Kayla Saunders
Teaching Specialist
Meet the Light House Guest Teaching Artists
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LA-based Filmmaker and a former Light House Program Director
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
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Animator and Director
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts | BFA in Film & Television
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Cinematographer, Director, and Writer
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Charlottesville based writer/filmmaker
SCAD | Film & Television Student
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VCU | School of Cinema
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Teaching Artist and the Education Director for MIMA Music.
UVA | B.A. in Architectural Design
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Former instructor at VCU | 3D animator/Motion Graphic Artist
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Richmond-based producer, director, and editor.
Maryland Institute College of Art | MFA in Filmmaking
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Virginia Tech | Cinema and Theatre Student
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Richmond-based expanded media artist and teacher at VCU
VCU | MFA in Kinetic Imaging
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Richmond-based animator and video editor
VCU | MFA in Kinetic Imaging
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VT | Multimedia Journalism and PPE Student
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Movie Model Maker
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VCU | MFA Kinetic Imaging