About the Authors

ANTONIO MANRIQUEZ is the video production teacher for the New Media Academy at the world-famous Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, an Apple Certified Trainer, and an Avid Certified Instructor. His education and career in video and cinema production began at the age of 14 when he directed a feature-length film that premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. He is the founder and executive director of Media Educators of Los Angeles (MediaEducatorsLA.org), a networking organization founded in 2009 and created to educate and empower media arts educators in the greater Los Angeles area. Manriquez also chairs the CUE (CUE.org) Video in the Classroom Learning Network.

TOM MCCLUSKEY is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and teacher originally from Astoria, Queens, New York. He is a graduate of Regis High School, Fordham University, and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, and he is currently completing his master of arts degree in educational administration at California State University – Northridge. With 15 years of experience teaching filmmaking, he is currently building a video production program at Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood. He has won numerous awards for his films and screenplays including two CINE Golden Eagle Awards. He is on the board of directors of Media Educators of Los Angeles (MELA). He and his wife, Lauren, have one daughter, Lia Patricia. They live in Tarzana, California.