Mark Parry, B.A., M.F.A.
Interim Department Head

Chapman University [Art & Communications]; University of Southern California [Cinema-Television] Mark’s career in the motion picture industry spans 20 years and includes work in nearly every position critical to the creation of a film. As a cinematographer, Mark has shot over a dozen features and scores of other projects including commercials, music videos and shorts. His cinematography has won several awards including the Nissan FOCUS Award. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, and as second unit director, he directed the “Flying Elvises” and the Hawaii aerial sequences in Honeymoon in Vegas, a 1993 Golden Globe nominee for Comedy. Previously, Mark taught at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts.  In 2006, he mentored the director of the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Award winning film The Reel Monkey. In addition, Mark served as the cinematographer on the project. Mark has also guest-lectured at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.


Robert Melville, B.A., M.F.A., J.D.

University of Kent, England; Florida State Conservatory of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts; University of Detroit School of Law. Member of the bar in Great Britain, Canada and the State of Florida. Writer/director.