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Heidi Choi

MFA Film Operations Manager

MFA in Film, Television and Digital Media

Email: mfaftvdm@uga.edu

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This is the first dual-college graduate program at the University of Georgia. It is offered to students at a tuition rate comparable to other graduate programs at UGA, making it one of the most affordable programs of its caliber in the country.

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Current & Former Adjunct Faculty

Nekisa Cooper

Instructor, Producing

Nekisa Cooper is an executive and filmmaker passionate about elevating underrecognized voices and creating work that invites meaningful conversation. Nekisa served as VP of Content at MasterClass, where she built the industry-disrupting library from a concept to over 175 MasterClasses from such luminaries as Stephen Curry, Bob Iger, Mira Nair, Spike Lee, Helen Mirren, and Shonda Rhimes. She produced the award-winning feature PARIAH, now part of the Criterion Collection and the American National Film Registry. She is currently serving as Board President for Chicken & Egg Films. Before media, Nekisa earned her MBA and was a DI Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach.

Michael Narducci

Instructor, Screenwriting

Michael Narducci is a writer/producer/ showrunner whose credits include “Superman & Lois,” “The Originals,” "The Vampire Diaries" and "Medium."

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Carl Ellsworth

Instructor, Screenwriting

Carl Ellsworth has been a Hollywood screenwriter for 25 years. His feature film credits include “Unhinged," “Disturbia,” Wes Craven’s “Red Eye,” and the 2009 remake of “The Last House on the Left,” a film Stephen King called “the best horror movie of the new century.” His television credits include “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “Xena: Warrior Princess,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Patricia Verducci

Instructor, Screenwriting

Pat wrote and directed the feature film True Crime, starting Alicia Silverstone, and has written screenplays for Touchstone Pictures, Witt-Thomas Productions, and Disney’s animation division. She has also worked as a story consultant for Disney/Pixar.

Joey Siara

Instructor, Screenwriting

Joey Siara is a New York based screenwriter. He spent his twenties performing in an indie rock band and has seen nearly every state in the country through the cracked window of a Ford Econoline. He received a Master’s from Harvard, an MFA from UCLA, and worked on shows for CNN, PBS, and DISCOVERY before focusing on scripted work.

David Sigurani

Instructor, Producing

David Sigurani's current television credits as Executive Producer include Peacock’s upcoming “Dead Day” by Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec, AMC Network's "The Boulet Brother's Dragula: Resurrection," Netflix's "Bonding," Channel 4's "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared," and VRV's "Magic Funhouse." He has worked on over 20 television series including seasons of the “The Office,” "Orange is the New Black," "Mad Men," “Nashville,” “Devious Maids,” and “Chasing Life.”

Sarah Watson

Instructor, Screenwriting

Sarah Watson is a writer/executive producer/showrunner who created "The Bold Type." Her TV writing/ producing credits include "Parenthood" and "About a Boy." She is a writer/creator/showrunner of the forthcoming TV project "Untitled Reenactment Project: The Goonies," for executive producers Gail Berman, Steven Spielberg and Richard & Lauren Shuler Donner, shooting in Atlanta.

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Ryan Farley

Instructor, Screenwriting

Ryan is Detroit native and an MFA graduate from USC’s Film School. His credits include "Ozark," "Cold Case," and FX’s upcoming limited series, "Gladiator," among others.