The Academy of Film & Television
1174 Waimanu Street, Suite A, Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 596-8300
The Academy's Faculty
& Guest Lecturers include:
Scott Rogers: (Head Instructor) Scott served as Acting Coach for 20th Century Fox Studios under a 3-year, exclusive contract, coaching actors for film and television projects. This past year he served as Acting Coach on the soon-to-be-released feature film “Princess Ka`iulani” starring Barry Pepper, Will Patton, and Q’orianka Kilcher. Scott has coached principal actors, for more than 3000 hours on the sets of motion pictures and national television shows. He has produced, cast, and/or directed more than 100 professional productions and written, directed, and produced dozens of TV commercials. He was the full-time, on-set, Acting Coach for the TV series North Shore and was previously the Acting Coach for the hit TV show Baywatch.
In the mid-1980s Scott began to get hired by actors, studios, and production
companies to Coach/Produce/Direct hundreds of working actors, including:
Donna Mills (Knotts Landing), Sharon Lawrence
(NYPD Blue), Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Pat Morita (Karate
Kid), Brooke Burns (Dog Eat Dog), Dominic Purcell
(Prison Break), Charles Grodin, Catherine Oxenberg, Susan Blakesley,
Richard Kline, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Grodin, Florence Henderson, Robert
Reed, John Astin, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Ted Lange (Love Boat),
Denver Pyle (Dukes of Hazard), Timothy Bottoms,
Tony Bennett & many others.
In 1994, after living and working in Los Angeles for more than 25 years,
Scott moved to Hawai`i with his wife, Jeanne, in order to raise their (soon
to be) two children in a safe and sane environment. They opened The Academy
in 2000, to train actors for film and television. Scott's students include
series-regulars on shows like LOST North Shore,
and Baywatch and actors appearing in: Indiana Jones
& the Crystal Skull, 50 First Dates, ER, Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of a
Geisha, The Rundown, Tears of the Sun, Blue Crush, Lilo & Stich,
and many more. Scott still serves as acting coach on many of the film and
television projects that shoot in the islands (some $200 million worth of
production shoots here, each year).
Scott is a 30+ year member of Actors Equity Association, AFTRA and the Screen
Actors Guild, where he sits on the National Board of Directors and serves
on the SAG Conservatory Committee. He's taught acting to hundreds of actors,
in classes all over the world. He has auditioned more than 15,000 actors
for various productions and his students appear on TV, Film, & on Broadway,
daily.
Jeanne Rogers: (Director of Youth Education) — A New York actress, Jeanne was trained at the world renowned Neighborhood Playhouse in N.Y.C., where she studied under legendary acting teacher, Sanford Meisner.
A professional actress for over 30 years and a member of SAG, AFTRA, and
Equity, Jeanne has performed in leading roles opposite many well-known actors
such as Nick Nolte, Don Johnson. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Ted Lange,
Terry Quinn, and Margaret Hamilton. In Honolulu,
she has guest starred on TV shows such as LOST, been featured
in movies such as Into the Blue II and You May
Not Kiss the Bride, and recently played the role of Alice in The
Honeymooners opposite Pat Sajak and Joe
Moore, at the Hawaii Theatre.
Jeanne also has extensive experience teaching children's drama classes on
a regular basis at Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Temple Emanu-el and the non-profit
Free Arts Clinic in Los Angeles. For the past 6 years Jeanne has taught
drama at the Honolulu Waldorf High School in Kahala, where she has directed
more than a dozen plays.
James McCarthy: (Media Coach, Acting Teacher), James earned a Masters in Education from Harvard University, with a special emphasis in training individuals for performance. James' innovative approach to media training and public speaking has earned praise from college presidients, internationally recognized scientists and civic leaders. He has significant teaching experience at every level of the educational system, and was a co-founder of Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. James has extensive television, stage, writing, directng and composing credits.
He's currently featured opposite Kiefer Sutherland, in the film "To End All Wars". James has taught drama to children throughout Oahu under the artist-in residence program for the D.O.E. He has also taught acting to adults and teens for many years. James can currently be seen starring with Keifer Sutherland in the feature film To End All Wars.
Andy Bumatai: (Stand-Up Comedy Specialist)
Comedy Albums: Stand up Comic 1984-1994, 1995 (CD) (Voted best comedy album for 1995), Hello, My Name is Captain Cook - 1982, All in the Ohana (audio track) - 1981 (Voted best comedy album for 1981), Live in Waikiki - 1980 (Voted best comedy album for 1980), Hawai`i's First Stand Up Comic - 1979
TV: BumaVision - 2003 Starring "Multiple roles" (Hawai`i only), BayWatch - 2001 Supporting "Jimmy Confair", Pacific Blue - 1999 "Blue Hawaii" Supporting "Sgt. Aikau", "New" Hawaii Five-O - 1997 (Pilot) Series Regular "Danno", Marker - 1995 Series Regular "Pipeline" (13 episodes), Byrds of Paradise - 1994 Supporting "Tony Argabrita", Raven - 1992-93 Reoccurring "B.K.", (appeared in 20 episodes), Miss America Behind the Crown - 1992 (TV movie) Supporting "Nuu's Brother" , RipTide - 1986 "The Frankie Kahana Show" Guest Star "Frankie Kahana", Hawaiian Heat -1984 Supporting, All in the Ohana - 1980 Starring "5 roles" (Hawai`i only), School Daze - 1979 Starring "Andy Bumatai" (Hawai`i only),
Film: The Procrastinators - 2002 (Short film) Starring "Dude", A Man Called Sarge - 1990 Supporting role "Bearpaw", Aloha Summer - 1988 Supporting role "Kimo Kepoo", Whoopee Boys - 1986 Supporting role "Roy Raja"
Video: School Daze 20th Anniversary - 2000 (updated with new footage)
All in the Ohana - 1999 (reissue)