Cinema Arts Guests

Kevin Craig West

Kevin Craig West – Award winning actor/filmmaker and proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. When not on camera or stage, he enjoys producing, directing, writing and coaching. He also enjoys sharing his talents as a teacher/artist and has worked with many Arts in Education groups including Theatre for a New Audience, Only Make Believe, and Symphony Space. Kevin is the owner of the production company, MoBetta Films, an advisory board member of WAM Theatre as well as Lake Placid Film Forum, former President of Upstate Independents and has served as Assistant Director of FilmColumbia Festival.

Meosha Bean

Meosha Bean is an award winning actress and filmmaker. voted best upcoming director at the New Jersey Film Festival 2012 Meosha started filming and acting at the tender age of 7 and has since completed roles in features + shorts films,and music videos. Now the founder of M.V.B Films est 2003. Meosha projects have included and untold story of Mariano Mendoza , Anatomy Of An Antihero season 23 and 4 which is soon to be released on DVD & online platforms. M.V.B Films Presents horror short stories Vol 2 feature film can be found on amazon prime later this year , Miss Pepper her award wining short which gained in excess of 30,000 views in one week upon release. Meosha had garnered a micro influence level following on YouTube at 15.3 k and subscriber and over 3.3 million plus views. After attending acting and modeling school She then went to do feature films, music videos and promotional work. Among them she worked with the legendary pro boxer Roy Jones Jr, legend in the game singer Keyshia Cole, Designer and artist Ron Bass who has made clothes worn by Beyonce and Jay Z. Music sensation Chris Brown. The king of rock Billy Idol and many more. (Monday, February 17 only)

Wanda Kurtcu

Dr. Wanda Kurtcu’s 15 minutes of fame comes from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation script called ‘A Matter of Honor’. She had the pleasure of writing this script and having it produced by Paramount Pictures. She was also given an award from the Writers’ Guild of America, West, for one of the most influential episodes. Dr. Kurtcu, earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University and recently retired as an educator for San Lorenzo Unified School District. She current is works as a research associate for CRECE, CSU’s research department of Educational Leadership.