Program Faculty

J. Leighton Pierce
Faculty, School of Film/Video
Experimental Animation
lpierce@calarts.edu

Leighton PIerce is an experimental and documentary media artist and educator working in film, video, sound, installation and more recently in TikTok, Instagram etc. with over 500 screenings in international venues including multiple screenings at Sundance, Rotterdam, New York, and Ann Arbor film... Continue reading »

Leigh Rens
Special Faculty, School of Film/Video
Experimental Animation

Alexander Stewart
Director, Experimental Animation Program
Faculty, Experimental Animation
astewart@calarts.edu
661-253-7748
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Alexander Stewart is a filmmaker and curator who received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His short films have been exhibited in festivals internationally. He co-curated the Flaherty NYC’s 2019 series “Puzzling”, which has since been developed into a... Continue reading »

Mark Toscano
Faculty, School of Film/Video
Experimental Animation
mtoscano@calarts.edu
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Mark Toscano is a filmmaker, curator, and film preservationist based in Los Angeles. Since 2003, he has worked at the Academy Film Archive, where he specializes in the curation, conservation, and preservation of artists’ films. He works with the collections of over 150 filmmakers, and has... Continue reading »

Jamie Wolfe
Faculty, School of Film/Video
Experimental Animation
jwolfe@calarts.edu

Jamie Wolfe is an animation director and artist, living and making work in Los Angeles. Wild hand-drawn lines & bold pallets collide in her animations to build offbeat, high-energy worlds. Through her frenetic, animated characters, she seeks to tap into the raw volcanic energy that simmers... Continue reading »

* Faculty Emeritus
Part-time Faculty
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