Guest Speakers

Regent University seeks to serve as a creative and spiritually uplifting place where people connect with others who are working in media and the performing arts in a learning environment. On the pages below, you will discover a few of the many artists and professionals who have shared their lives and experiences with us. In 1744, Italian philosopher and historian, Giambattista Vico, offered an apt account of the mission of a story-teller: “Now this is the three-fold labor of poetry (story-telling): (1.) To invent sublime fables suited to the popular understanding; (2.) to perturb to excess (entertain) with a view to the end proposed; (3.) and to teach the vulgar to act virtuously.” As Christians, we join with others to develop our gifts, our talents and our lives in ways that will help make a redemptive difference in the lives of others through the creative and prophetic power of story.

Industry Speakers & Guests

Tony Hale	Doug Gresham	Rebecca St. James	Brian Davidson	Ben Stein

 

SPRING 2012

Tim Bell
SAFD Certified Teacher

Tim Bell is an SAFD Certified Teacher and a professional actor and stuntman. Tim has been performing, teaching, and choreographing stage combat for more than ten years. He has performed as an actor and stuntman for television and film, live stunt shows, and outdoor dramas. Tim appears as DHS Agent Sanchez and served as assistant stunt coordinator on the film Eyeborgs.

 

Michael Chin
SAFD Fight Master, Faculty: Julliard

Michael G. Chin is a professional actor (AEA, AFTRA, SAG) and is a sanctioned Master instructor and choreographer with the Society of American Fight Directors. He is a student of Northern Style, Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu. Chin serves as fight director in residence for both The White Horse and Pan Asian Rep in NYC. He has taught/choreographed/consulted in the NYC area on Broadway, NYU, The Public and Classical Theatre of Harlem. Nationally he has worked at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre, Brown University, and Yale School of Drama, among others. Chin currently teaches at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, Juilliard, and teaches privately for Fights4, all in New York City.

 

Fran Clabaugh
Editor

Fran Clabaugh began her Hollywood career as an Assistant Editor at Action International Pictures where she quickly gained an understanding of the art of action editing. Since then she has worked as a full editor on the action feature Little Chicago and the sci-fi action thriller Eyeborgs. She has conducted editing workshops for the Jacksonville Film Festival and is co-owner of Crimson Wolf Productions, an independent production company located in North Carolina. Currently she is editing the feature film Nightmare Box, shot in London, England by Director Jon Keeyes.

 

Richard Clabaugh
Director & Cinematographer

Richard Clabaugh has been a cinematographer and director on numerous features and worked with such talents as Russell Crowe, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Walken, Ben Affleck, and Peter O'Toole. He was the director of the feature films, Python, Little Chicago and Eyeborgs. He is an instructor at the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking and president of Crimson Wolf Pictures, a North Carolina based feature film production company.

 

Dale Girard
SAFD Fight Master, Faculty: North Carolina School of the Arts

Dale Girard is a certified fight master with the SAFD and Fight Directors Canada (FDC). He is also co-founder of the North Carolina Stuntmen's Association; author of Actors on Guard; and director of stage combat studies for North Carolina School of the Arts. Dale appears in the role of Sankur and served as second unit director and stunt coordinator for the film Eyeborgs. Dale is currently serving as stunt coordinator on Gary Wheeler's The Trial starring Matthew Modine.

 

Bishop T.D. Jakes
Pastor, Charismatic Leader, Visionary, Provocative Thinker, and Entrepreneur

Bishop T. D. Jakes is a charismatic leader, visionary, provocative thinker, and entrepreneur who serves as senior pastor of The Potter's House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member church located in Dallas.

Named "America's Best Preacher" by Time Magazine, Jakes' voice reverberates from the world's most prominent stages. Through his nexus of charitable works, T.D. Jakes is known for extending a hand of help to the needy, heart of compassion to the hurting, and message of inspiration to the oppressed.

Beyond the pulpit, Jakes ranks among the 25 Most Influential African Americans, Britain's 100 Most Influential Black People and EBONY's Power100. His worldwide impact is felt through an empire that spans film, television, radio, best-selling books, greeting cards and conference series.

Bishop Jakes made his presence felt in Hollywood with the release of "Jumping the Broom," a romantic comedy that debuted as the #1 comedy and #3 overall in 2011. Rounding out a prodigious year, Jakes also completed "On the Seventh Day," the first sequel in the "Woman Thou Art Loosed" franchise as well as the remake of "SPARKLE," both set for release in 2012.

With his wife of 30 years, Thomas Dexter and Serita Jakes are parents to five children and two grandchildren. He credits his own parents as the source of his perseverance and sense of selfreliance.

After 35 years in ministry, Jakes continues to be a leading voice of innovation, inspiration, and influence in Christendom today.

 

Michael Kirkland
SAFD Certified Teacher; Faculty: Regent University

Michael Kirkland, MFA, Ph.D., an SAFDCertified Teacher, serves as head of the MFA Acting program at Regent University where he teaches acting, movement, and stage combat. He has guest taught at RADA and Birmingham School of Acting in England and has staged fights for Houston Grand Opera, Houston Shakespeare Festival, New Stage Theatre, Virginia Musical Theatre and professional and educational venues around the U.S. He is author ofStage Combat: An Annotated Bibliography (Praeger, 2006).

 

Gregg Lloyd
SAFD Certified Teacher, Faculty: Christopher Newport University

Gregg Lloyd is an SAFD Certified Teacher, professional actor and director. As a professional actor and fight director, Gregg has worked around the country from Chicago to Dallas in all types of venues including regional theaters, rep companies, amusement parks, and Medieval Times. He recently staged the fights for the Virginia Stage Company's Romeo and Juliet and currently serves as professor of acting and stage combat at Christopher Newport University in Virginia.

 

Scot Mann
SAFD Fight Master

Scot is an actor, director and nationally recognized SAFD Fight Director. He has choreographed, performed and instructed Stage Combat around the U.S. Southeastern credits include the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Alliance Theatre Company, The Atlanta Opera, The Georgia Shakespeare Festival, The Seaside Music Theatre, The Hippodrome Theatre, and the outdoor drama, Unto These Hills. Mr. Mann is the founder, Executive Director and Master Instructor of the Atlanta Stage Combat Studio, a member of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators and holds an MFA in Acting through the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

 

Gordon Pennington
Managing Director of Burning Media Group

Former director of marketing for Tommy Hilfiger, Gordon Pennington is an international consultant to corporations, governments and institutions. As a lecturer on cultural communications, Pennington has spoken at the annual International Arts Movement conference in New York, and has addressed screenwriters on the theme of "Culture and Media Influence" for the Act One Screenwriters program. He has lectured at Cambridge, Oxford, Columbia, Princeton, Yale, and several other universities. He currently serves with Burning Media Group in New York

http://www.mytruthproject.org/truthproject/downloads/bios/Gordon_Pennington.pdf

 

Elluz Peraza
Actress/Writer/Director/Producer

Elluz has been a “novella” or Latin American soap opera actress for over thirty-five years. She is a movie connoisseur and now in yesHEis. She has been called to make her talents available to serve God, through her scripts, directing and producing many of the videos you can now see in yesHEis in Spanish.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672793/

 

Ricki Ravitts
Certified Stage Combat Instructor

An actress / playwright as well as a Fight Director / Teacher, Ms. Ravitts has fought, taught and/or performed in NYC, London, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Las Vegas & Washington DC. Recent fight direction includes: The Lucky Chance, Femme Fatale, Woyzeck,Romeo and Juliet, The Garden of Torment, Macbeth, Shake Battle and Roll, Hamlet and Duellists: The Forgotten Champions (Mlle. Maupin).

 

Richard Ryan
SAFD Fight Master

Richard is an award winning Fight Director. His credits include Stunt Coordinator on Ironclad, Rolling Thunder and Faintheart. Fight Coordinator on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Gulliver's Travels, Sherlock Holmes, The Dark Night (winner SAG Best Stunt Ensemble & Taurus Stunt Award Best Fight).

He was Swordmaster on The Eagle, Solomon Kane, Drona, The Last Legion (nominated for Taurus Stunt Award). Perhaps his best-known film work is Troy, for which his Achilles vs Hector fight was nominated for Best Fight in both Taurus World Stunt Award & MTV Film Awards.

'Master-at-Arms' to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he has accumulated over 300 stage credits and has worked for many major companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre of Ireland, Royal National Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, English National Opera, Royal Opera House, York Theatre Royal and Mercury Theatre, Colchester along with various West End shows and National Tours.

 

Todd Sims
Award-Winning Producer, Director and Writer

Todd Sims is an award-winning producer, director and writer. His debut feature film, Echoes of Innocence, was released theatrically in the top 32 U.S. markets in September of 2005. The film made cinematic history by becoming only the third movie to ever be released digitally nationwide. Partnering with the nation's largest theatrical exhibition company, Regal Entertainment Group, the film was released without 35mm film prints into Regal, United Artists, and Edwards theaters. Following the groundbreaking theatrical release, Echoes of Innocence was released nationwide on DVD in 2006 to numerous retailers such as Netflix, Hollywood Video, Movie Gallery, Blockbuster Online, Barnes & Nobles, Borders Books, Amazon.com, Best Buy.com, Virgin.com, Family Christian Stores, and Wal-Mart Canada. The film entered international distribution in 2007 with initial sales in Spain, New Zealand, and Turkey.

Notable clients include NASA, Nokia, United Space Alliance (USA), Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Neiman Marcus, the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church in America, Church Pension Group and United Technologies Company (UTC).

 

Dave White
Wing Chun Kung Fu Certified Instructor

Dave White is a certified Instructor in Wing Chun Kung Fu and has been teaching for over 20 years. He is a 26 year Law Enforcement Veteran and served as a "Point-Man" on a Hostage Rescue Team. He has taught and created programs for many law enforcement and military groups. He has worked as a tactical consultant for the Discovery Channel's Spy Tech, Dominion Pictures, and The FBI files. He has worked on many student films at Regent University. He will be continuing his training in acting at the actor's place in Va Beach, VA. Along with acting he has recently written, acted, and directed a small film titled "Wiseman" which will showcase local actors and his non-classical version of Wing Chun in several fight scenes. He is working towards starting a business that involves self defense, fitness, and a program to teach actors tactics and fighting skills for film.

Guest Speakers Archives:

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2012

Speakers

Tim Bell	Michael Chin	Fran Clabaugh	Richard Clabaugh
Dale Girard	Michael Kirkland	Gregg Lloyd	Scot Mann
Gordon Pennington	Elluz Peraza	Ricki Ravitts	Richard Ryan
Dave White

2011

Speakers

Terence Berry	Dominic Carola	Brian Davidson	Rev. Kim Dorr-Tilley
Pastor Jack Hayford	Hugh Hewitt	Mark Joseph	Ron Maxwell
John Sullivan

Screenings

The Adjustment Bureau

Doonby

2010

Speakers

Jacki Armit	Crystal Cameron	Carolyn Castleberry	Michael Chin
Richard Clabaugh	Bobby & Kevin Downes	Rick Eldridge	Tim Finch
Denis Finley	Stan Foster	Dale Girard	Efrem Graham
Douglas Gresham	Oh Yeon Ho, Ph.D.	Rebecca St. James	Wes Llewellyn
Gregg Lloyd	Derek Leonidoff	Scot Mann	Sean Tuohy
Michael Ward, Ph.D.	Darren Wilson

Screenings

Loving the Bad Man	Mao's Last Dancer	The Fifth Quarter	Loving the Bad Man
Waiting for Superman	Letters to God

2009

Speakers

William Ball Jr.	Jeff Blumenkrantz	Phil Cooke	Loren Cunningham
Cassi Davis	Keith Flippen	Wendy Grittith	Sam Haskell
Jason Illian	Jars of Clay	Kimberley Kennedy	Lynnette Khalfani-Cox
Cristobal Krusen	Gene Loving	Max Lucado	Josh McDowell
Steve Morales	Deborah Norville	Jerry Rose	J. Scott “Skip” Rudsenske
Marianne Savell	Sherri Shepherd	Phil Stacey	Ken Wales
Kristi Watts	Lee Webb	Bruce Wilkinson	Karyn Williams
Pat Williams

2008

Speakers

Chris Auer	Jeff Blumenkrantz	Terry Botwick	Danny Carrales
Richard Clabaugh	Tim Conway	John Dedakis	Rick Eldridge
Bill Ewing	Michael Gaunt	Jack Gilbert	Monica Giminez-Grillo
Tony Hale	Ton Halleen	Dennis Hassell	Victoria Jackson
David Kinnaman	Wes Llewellyn	Karen Long	Paul Long
Rob Loos	Dick Mann	Cheryl McKay	Mary Lou Quinlan
Tim Scott & Will Decker	Mike Sinclair	Ben Stein	Michael Ward, Ph.D.
Natalie Wenninger	Lynn Wilford Scarborough

Screenings

22 Weeks

2007

Speakers

Geoffrey Alm	Mark Atteberry	Chris Auer	Dr. Ted Baehr
Dean Batali	Dr. Sybril Bennett	Thom Black	Cindy Bond
David Brimmer	Michael Chin	Tim Conway	Melissa Dogero
Dr. Gary Edgerton	Michael Gaunt	Carol Jaudes	Michael Johnson
Jenny Jones	Colleen Kelly	Brian Kilmeade	David Kirkpatrick
Michael Landon Jr.	Earl Lestz	Derek Leonidoff	Anthony De Longis
Dick Mann	Cheryl McKay	Daniel McKenricks	Randy Pease
Mary Lou Quinlan	Tim Robertson	Charlie Rose	Scott Ross
Joe Saitta	Tim Scott & Will Decker	Mike Sinclair	Jackie Matthews Snow
Ben Stein	Nedra Talley	Jason Upton	Eduardo Verastegui
Ken Wales	Michael Ward, Ph.D.	Natalie Wenninger	Lynn Wilford Scarborough

Screenings

Ten Commandments

2006

Speakers

Clifford Christians	Michael Chin	Louise Duart	Per Holmes
Michael Johnson	Jeff A.R. Jones	Coleman Luck	Scot Mann
John McFarland	Nic McLean	Chris Mitchell	Bill O'Reilly
Rikki Ravitts	Squire Rushnell	Jason Russell	Richard Ryan
Ralph Singleton	Stephen Walker	Randall Wallace	Terry Weber
John Wynne

2005

Speakers

Michael Chin	Michael Flaherty	Michael Johnson	Jennifer Jones
Scot Mann	Marvin Olasky	Richard Ryan	Forrest Sawyer

2004

Speakers

James Brown	Anthony Carreiro	Catherine Crier	Mel Gibson
Dale Girard	Scot Mann	Charles Shuman

2003

Speakers

Stephen J. Cannell

Rev. Luis Cortes Jr.

Peter Engel

Ronald F. Maxwell