An inter-disciplinary designer and educator, Ms. Begleiter specializes in teaching innovative visualization and writing techniques to filmmakers, designers and artists. Highlights of 18 years in higher education include being Founding Director of the Integrated Learning Program, an interdisciplinary design curriculum, at Otis College of Art and Design and serving as Supervisor of Visual Studies for the Undergraduate Film Department of Art Center College developing a sequence of pre-visualization classes and also is one of the founding faculty of the International FilmSchule in Cologne, Germany. She is author of From Word to Image, Storyboarding and Filmmaking Process, a bestselling title on the subject, was published in 2001 (2nd edition was released in Jan., 2010) by Michael Wiese Publications and is available in German, Korean and French. Principal of Filmboards which produces pre-viz for film and television as well as film seminars and whose client list includes Paramount, Tristar, New Line, and ABC. Ms. Begleiter is also a playwright and a member of the Actor’s Studio Playwright/Directors unit.

Clients include ABC, HBO, New Line Cinema, Tristar and Paramount New Media. Collaborators and students include writers, directors and designers of Dreamgirls, Grey Gardens, Benjamin Button, Single White Female, The Heidi Chronicles and Terminator 3,



Academic Position held:

Director of Integrated Learning
Otis College of Art and Design
2005-2008
• Founded college-wide interdisciplinary design program. Responsible for hiring faculty, developing curriculum, managing program budget.
• Also wrote grant applications and created contractual relationships with community partners. Reported directly to Provost.

Supervisor of Visual Studies, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Film, Graduate Dept. of Broadcast Cinema
Art Center College of Design
1992-2005, 2010-
• Developed and taught required curriculum in pre-visualization for film undergraduates. Classes included “Storyboarding”, “Color and Narrative” and “Pre-Production Visualization”
* Developing a suite of classes on Production Design and Pre-viz for an interdisciplinary group of Film Grad Students

Adjunct Associate Professor
Otis College of Art and Design
Digital Media and Liberal Studies Departments
1991-1993, 1999-2005
• Developed and taught curriculum that supported visual storytelling techniques. Classes included “Concept Development and Creativity”, “Writing on the Right Side of the Brain” and “Senior Thesis Prep”. Also mentored Digital Media/Film senior thesis students for 4 years.

Founding Faculty, Visiting Professor
International Filmschule
Cologne, Germany
1998-present
• Leading seminars in Visualzation techniques and thesis film development for directors, writers, cinematographers and production design students.