Eric Conner Email & Phone Number

Burbank, Ca, Us

Burbank, California, United States

Flexible and innovative all-around contributor and educator to multiple facets of the school. Key driver of NYFA’s evolution from a short-term certificate program into a full-scale accredited university.• Represent NYFA at screenings / Q&As with industry’s top talent - actors, producers and writers• Serve as Q&A moderator at dozens of programs in the Entertainment Industry Speaker Series (list attached)• Hosted NYFA’s featured podcast, The Backlot, providing expert insight into the entertainment industry. Wrote and researched over 60 episodes, utilizing NYFA’s rich array of guest speakers• Regularly serve as MC for campus open houses and other school-wide events

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Teach courses for MFA, BFA and AFA candidates across departments; primarily focused on screenwriting, story development, and cinema history (see full list of courses attached)• Played integral part of accreditation process for regional and national associations (WASC and NASAD)• Drive students to reach career goals as go-to thesis advisor; served on over 100 thesis committees

Burbank, Ca

• Fostered the school’s identity by initiating and managing student programming and monthly event calendar, including film festivals, social gatherings, cultural observances, community service, and sports clubs• Managed academic lives of over 1,500 diverse students, including veterans, international students, part-time and full-time students• Developed orientation week programming for all incoming degree candidates

Burbank, Ca

Remote

• Create academic curriculum for multiple storytelling courses geared towards international high school and middle school students, including cinematic critical analysis, screenwriting, directing and documentary production • Teach a variety of virtual classes to bilingual international students with a focus on their creative and analytical approach to storytelling

- Co-writer, Two Gentlemen of Philadelphia with Mary Sala (TV Pilot) - Co-writer The Mysteries with Robert Gardner (2013’s The Wedding Palace) - Created licensed feature adaptation of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Halloween Haunt- Co-writer Vampire Kisses w/ Chad Rocco, adaptation of best-selling children’s book and manga series-Winner, $15,000 Sloan Science Award for feature script Just Enough - Finalist, Hamptons Screenwriters Conference for Just Enough. One of four finalists-Finalist, The Howard Stern Film Festival. Tito Stern: Left Behind (Writer/Director) One of nine finalists from 2000 plus entrants. Aired on IN DEMAND Cable - Developed reality show projects for Howard Stern on Demand. Created material featured on the Howard Stern Radio show. - Co-writer The Filthy Five and The Muffin Man with Chad Rocco, optioned by Fleuron Films

Feature-length documentary focusing on the grass roots peace movement between friends across the Israel-Gaza border. Available on Amazon Prime • Oversaw all necessary steps of post-production along with the film’s director, including rewriting, editing, reshooting, and securing investments• Generate communications materials including technical specs and Electronic Press Kits

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English And Communications, Theater Minor

Activities and Societies: Board Member of Performing Arts Council, Penn Players and Stimulus Children's Theater Directed full-length plays.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), School Of Cinema & Television

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant: Intro to Film Production, Instructor, Bill Fraker (DP of Heaven Can Wait) Weekly Columnist.