Pat Cooper is Full Professor and served as Acting Chair of the Undergraduate Film Department at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. A former executive story editor and Director of Creative Affairs at Paramount Pictures, she also worked as a production executive at Warner Brothers. A professional screenwriter and playwright, she has written and directed a number of short films as well as a feature. She is a Eugene O'Neill Playwright. Ken Dancyger is past Chair of Undergraduate Film and Television at New York University and past president of the University Film and Video Association, he is currently a Professor of film and television with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.