Malcolm Spaull is an international award winning filmmaker. His work has had theatrical release and been seen on HBO, Showtime, The Learning Channel and other cable distributors. Professor Spaull began teaching at RIT in 1980 and from 1985-1992, served as Chair of the Film/ Video department. From 1994 -1999 he headed The Center for Digital Media @ RIT, which provided new media courseware and created large scale interactive projects for Xerox Corporation and other external clients. Recently he has returned to the School of Film and Animation to teach and coordinate the School's graduate program. He continues to produce and/or direct educational and commercial videos for national and local organizations. Malcolm is also the Manager of the Apple Certified Training Facility at RIT.

Johannes Bockwoldt is an Assistant Professor at the School of Film and Animation. He received his MA from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. At RIT, he teaches film and video production and screenwriting. Originally from Germany, in his writing Johannes aims to balance a European sensibility with story telling as exemplified by the best of American cinema. He is currently in pre-production for Heart of Saturday Night, a feature length dramatic musical that takes place during one Saturday night. His short film, It’s Only a Dance, was shown at the 2003 Image, Movement, Sound Festival in Rochester, NY.

Virginia Orzel is an award winning independent filmmaker who is in the process of completing her MFA Thesis here at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has produced, directed, shot and edited several projects including a nomination for a New York Emmy and an Iris Award. In addition to her own thesis project, she is currently working alongside documentary filmmaker, and fellow SOFA faculty member, Cat Ashworth as the videographer for "Beating the Biological Clock."

Nancy Ghertner is an independent filmmaker and has been an adjunct faculty member at the RIT School of Film and Animation for many years. She studied literature and art at Colby College, which led her into the dynamics of installation art. Since receiving her M.F.A. degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Film and Video she has been teaching digital video production and experimental film workshops in the School of Film and Animation. She has won awards from "Videographer" magazine and the New York State Council on the arts. Nancy is also an independent producer and an educational consultant in media with several local school districts.