Founder and head instructor Harriette Yahr is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and instructor. Yahr grew up in Miami Beach (born in New York), 
attended Ransom-Everglades in Coconut Grove, then went on to receive her B.A. with Honors in Film Studies from Dartmouth College. She also received two Citations for Academic Excellence in Physics and Music. Yahr received her M.F.A. from the University of California with a 4.0 GPA. Her films have screened at festivals worldwide (including Telluride) and won many awards.
Yahr also writes on film; work has appeared in publications such as indieWIRE, DOX (Denmark), Salon.com, Miami Herald, BlackBook, and many more. Her latest short, BAKER’S MEN, is distributed by Spiritual Cinema Circle, currently airs on LOGO and has aired on the Sundance Channel. Yahr regularly covers festivals such as Sundance, and has worked in distribution, sales and film acquisitions for Seventh Art Releasing.
She has received many grants, including an NEA Regional Fellowship, and spoken on film festival panels, from Miami International Film Festival to Atlanta to Nashville, from Seattle to Ankara, Turkey. Yahr has taught filmmaking at the University of Miami, guest lectured at Dartmouth, New York Film Academy, and more. Her experience is wide-ranged — from writing to directing, producing, editing, shooting, and distribution. Yahr enjoys passing on her knowledge to others and considers teaching to be a gift.
