Instructors are listed ALPHABETICALLY by FIRST NAME. Not all are teaching this year, but many created our “on-demand” videos so you can still learn from them.
Instructor: Aaron Fauteux
Aaron Fauteux graduated Summa Cum Laude from York University’s BFA Film Production program in 2017. He is a director, writer, and production designer for the film as well as a multidisciplinary visual artist. From 2013 to 2016, he was a regular instructor and occasional Assistant Director. At the Film Camp for Kids and Youth but took over as; Youth Program Coordinator for the Windsor Centre for Film, Digital Media, and the Creative Arts from 2017 to 2019.
Instructor: Alexei Ungurenasu
Alexei Ungurenasu is a Romanian-Canadian artist and writer. They are the City of Windsor’s current Youth Poet Laureate and BookFest Festival du Livre Windsor’s planning committee chair. Alexei is passionate about teaching language and literature, and their mission is to help other emerging artists and writers gain industry knowledge and experience in Windsor’s arts & culture sector and beyond.
Instructor: Achol Bab
Achol Bab is a Communications, Media, and Film graduate from the University of Windsor, with a passion for the proper representation of dark-skinned women in the media. After graduation, Achol started Darkp0wer, a brand that symbolizes the importance of proper representation and inclusion of dark-skinned black women free of stereotypes in the media.
Instructor: Bonita Loki Teixeira
Bonita Loki Teixeira has a passion for the arts and wants to share with the world. She graduated from the St Clair College where she studied Convergence Journalism, and she studied Communications, Media & Film and Gender Studies at the University of Windsor. Bonita worked at North Star Community Centre as Archival Digitizer.
Instructor: Brayden Jones
Brayden is a student at the University of Windsor who is entering his final year studying Communications. Media, and Film with Studio Arts. He wishes to further his education in the visual arts after graduating. 2024 is his first year with the Film camp, and he has had a prolific impact on the youth.
Instructor: Callum Keane
Callum Keane is a Canadian actor and voice actor who started at the age of nine doing musical theatre. He then graduated from Fanshawe College and got his degree in Theatre Arts Performance. Although most of his acting is on stage, he has had his hand in some Canadian film work and Voice over work.
Instructor: Charles W Dwyre
Instructor: Clay LeBlanc
Clayton LeBlanc is a camp instructor teaching film and arts.
He’s entering his final year in the BFA Film Production program at the University of Windsor to further enhance his skills and to pass down his knowledge and experience to the next generation.
Instructor: Coen Gray
Coen Gray graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in 2020, majoring in arts and culture. Coen is a graphic designer as well as a digital and traditional artist who specializes in 2D animation. His hobbies include drawing, animating, painting, reading and writing, and he is one of the Camp Instructors whose focus is animation. Coen is skilled in most Adobe software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate/Flash and Lightroom.
Instructor: Courtney Spoiala
Courtney Spoiala is a photographer and videographer based in Windsor, ON. Graduated from the University of Windsor with her Bachelors in Communications, Media & Film, Courtney. Has a great passion for creating art and bringing things to life through her work. She has had rewarding opportunities such as working with local businesses for advertising and at events.
Instructor: Demetre Kalmantis
Demetre Kalmantis is a graduate of the Communications, Media and Film program at the University of Windsor. Demetre has always had a strong passion for media and film, starting with aspirations of becoming a movie director at the age of four, to making multiple movie projects of his own and having one of his films screened at the Windsor International Film Festival as well as having some of his films broadcasted on local TV. He loves what he does and inspires future generations of aspiring film makers by passing down his knowledge and experiences to the youth.
Instructor: Emerson Emalia
Emerson Emalia is a multi-faceted camp instructor with experience as an actress, singer and dancer. She is a camp instructor for the youth acting classes, and will be attending St. Clair College’s Music Theatre Performance program.
Instructor: Erienne Grondin
Erienne Grondin has a diverse educational background in Film Production, Photography at the University of Windsor and SFX makeup at Scarehouse Windsor. She is a current camp instructor in mask making, and also assist with event marketing.
Instructor: Haley LaBute
Haley is a 3rd-year film student at the University of Windsor. She has had experience working in multiple different film-related jobs such as working as a photographer, a video editor, graphic design artist, and has been involved in various productions for school projects. Haley taught for many years at the day camp as well as online.
Instructor: Isabel Kylie
As young girl, Isabel Kylie loved movies & television. She always wondered how her favourite movies were made and even created some home movies with her family’s camera. She was one of the very first participants to attend Film Camp. She is a graduate from Fanshawe College’s program in Film & Television Production, and is excited to be back as an instructor.
Instructor: Jakob Skrzypa
Jakob has written and directed over thirty shorts as part of the comedy duo Fun Uncle, these films have earned him various festival awards. Additionally, he has worked on major television productions including the long-running CBS reality series Survivor, Adult Swim’s Decker, Big Brother Canada, as an editor for NYC-based Troma Entertainment (Lloyd Kaufman, The Toxic Avenger) and the award-winning Comedy Central series Nathan for You.
Instructor: Jess Carriere
Jess Carriere is a graduate of St. Joseph’s High School, as a art and cultures major. He also holds a certificate in adobe illustrator from Shaw Academy. Jess is creative, imaginative, open-minded and curious. His passions are art and videogames, and he aspires to become a videogame artist in the future. Jess’ favorite animator is Hayao Miyazaki and his work on Kiki’s delivery service.
Instructor: Julia Abouakl
Julia Abou-Akl is a current media production student at Toronto Metropolitan
University. She specializes in film with some acting experience as well and is very enthusiastic with sharing her knowledge with the youth through promoting fun learning environments.
Instructor: Kirsteen Navarro
Kirsteen Navarro is a Communications and Creative Writing graduate. She has been a producer for student short films and a literary editor for local poets and authors. In her spare time, she reads fantasy novels, reviews books on her blog, and edits gaming montages while hanging out with her calico cat.
Instructor: Leo Gonzalez-Chavez
Leonardo Gonzalez-Chavez is a movie-loving camper turned movie-loving counsellor. He’s currently studying Journalism at St. Clair College and a current film instructor for the Film Camp for Youth & Kids.
Instructor: Mitchell Branget
Mitchell Branget is a passionate, Canadian writer, director, special effects/makeup artist, and production designer. Mitch has 7 years of experience working with children as a gymnastics coach and camp counsellor. He completed UWindor’s Master’s program studying Cinema Production. He has written and directed several Internationally award-winning short films such as Die Kriste: The Crate and Dreamer’s Journey and has also worked as a special effects artist on over 15 films. Mitchell is currently running a local media production company called New Way Media.
Instructor: Morgan Baillargeon
Morgan Baillargeon has a background in animation at St. Clair College, and is currently enrolled in the Journalism program at the Mediaplex. She’s very passionate about character design and visual storytelling as well as teaching the youth about how to add motion to their drawings.
Instructor: Nicholas Tracey
Nicholas Tracey is an instructor for the film camp ,and is also currently studying Film and Visual Arts at the University of Windsor. His passion for filmmaking started as a child, and he is now inspiring other children to pursue their film making journeys as well.
Instructor: Nicole Gellman
Nicole is a 2015 graduate from the University of Michigan’s Screen Arts and Cultures department, with a concentration in production, and also holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from the school. Nicole served as the Director of the Film Camp For Kids & Youth in its initial four years of operation. She currently works in LA as a freelancer in film editing and acting, working on editing with both Disney and Lionsgate, as well as in Windsor as part of the MANAN Media Team.
Instructor: Samantha Ainsworth
Samantha Ainsworth is a Drama, Film and Communications graduate from the University of Windsor and is currently studying Graphic Design at St. Clair College. She is known for her love of Disney but is also crazy about her cat, Emmy; reading, guitar, and typography. A long-time Instructor, favourite camp video is “The Jewel of Windsor”. Samantha holds her third-degree black belt in Taekwondo.
Instructor: Sean Sweeney
Sean Dolan Sweeney is a graduate from St. Clair College’s 2d/3d animation program. He specializes in illustration, animation, and filmmaking. He is also an alumnus of the Film Camp, starting as a camper at the age of 14, then the camp’s first student volunteer, finally one of the camp councillors, where he supervised, taught and assisted with students aged 8 to 18 and completed over 10 short films, from story development to completion.
Instructor: Sitoli Mason
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Instructor: Sebastien Gaspar Woods
Sebastien has produced several award-winning short films such as Dreamer’s Journey, and Decrescendo. His short story ‘The Red Window’ has also been published in the horror anthology ‘What Monsters do for Love.’ Sebastien is also the winner of several screenwriting awards including a Rome Independent Prisma Award for Best Short Screenplay, a New York Movie Awards win for Best Short Screenplay and an Underground Indie Film Festival Award for Best Short Screenplay.
Instructor: Sikandar Saleem
Sikandar Saleem is a graduate of the University of Windsor’s Communication, Media and Film program. He specializes in the audio department. Working on several projects, from production to post-production, he has built his resume and has become one of the top people for audio work in the Windsor scene for films, podcasts, audio editing and music production. He now runs his company based around audio production, called Six Visions Media.