New England Film Academy
...developing the filmmakers of tomorrow


Huey - Lead Instructor
Young Filmmakers Movie Camp / Jr. Filmmakers /
Weekend Film School

HueyKnown the state over as simply, "Huey", for over 25 years Huey has been making films on artists, youth, education, and the environment and teaching filmmaking to students of all ages. His films have been shown at film festivals in the US, on PBS, and on television in Europe. In March, 2002, he received the first "Huey" Award from the Maine Film Commission, presented to him by Maine's First Lady, Mary Herman, at a Blaine House ceremony. Named in his honor, the "Huey" Award will be given annually to a Maine resident who exhibits "exceptional contributions to film, video, and motion media in Maine". He is also the director of the Maine Student Film and Video Festival.


Leslie Fleming-Mitchell - Lead Instructor - Teen Actors Workshop
LarsLeslie has worked extensively both in front of and behind the camera and has many film and television credits, including a lead role in Kihachi Okamoto’s award-winning film, East Meets West. She worked as assistant director and casting director on independent features, including The Mad Songs Of Fernanda Hussein, recipient of the Rosa Luxembourg award, as well as film coach for actors preparing for film and television roles. She is on the faculty at the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory in Los Angeles and has also been teaching the Young Actors program at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine since 2002. Leslie has lived all over the world, from the United States to Europe to Africa and now lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Troy Lanier - Lead Instructor - Teen Filmmakers
TroyTroy Lanier is the co-author of the award winning "Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts" which Publisher's Weekly calls a "helpful crash course" in filmmaking.  He has also written for MovieMaker magazine and Microfilmaker.com.  As a filmmaking teacher at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, the student body recently awarded him "Teacher of the Year".  He has judged the youth filmmaking competition for the SXSW film festival,  moderated panels for the Austin Film Festival and taught at summer filmmaking camps for teens.  Mr. Lanier's production company, DadLabs, recently sold its first title to Monterey Media for national distribution. A father of  two, Mr. Lanier spends a lot of time at soccer practice.

"While I am a professional filmmaker, I also have been working with high school students for over fifteen years.  And through my work with teens I have found that they can be great filmmakers.  They have great stories to tell and they are passionate about their work.  Kids can be really, really funny or make a documentary that challenges the status quo.   But, too often teen movies look amateur -- not because they were shot by teens, but because teens are beginner filmmakers.  Making a movie is more than just pushing the record button on your camcorder. The good news that in three weeks we can show you the techniques and equipment that will help you to take your amateur movie and make it look pro." - Troy Lanier

Lars Engstrom - Lead Instructor - Teen Actors Workshop
LarsLars is a New York City-based actor, with a background in theater and 10 years of film experience, including the features Stanley Cuba, Winter Solstice (with Anthony LaPaglia), Trainwreck (with Sean William Scott), and Afterwards (with John Malkovich) and several commercials. He also has starring roles in several shorts that have screened at the international film festivals of Milan, Santa Barbara, Montreal, and many other festivals around the world. He has a drama BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has studied at Circle in the Square, Tisch’s Classical Studio, the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and with John Osborne Hughes and Austin Pendleton. Lars is a member of Actors Equity and the Screen Actors Guild. He lives with his wife and their dog, Honey, in Brooklyn, New York