Tony Fischer

Instructor: Editing / Demo Reel Tony began his career as a film shooter for the Minnesota Vikings coaching staff, capturing game footage for the coaches to review and evaluate player performance. Through the contacts he made with the Vikings, he found the opportunity to move into the edit suite. He spent the early part of …

Tom Garneau

Engineering The phrase “early adapter” gets thrown around a lot in the music industry, but it has never been truer then when describing Tom Garneau. A true audio aficionado, he received his first analog tape recorder at age seven and started his first studio in 1981. After years of working in the MPLS underground scene, …

Peter Greenlund

With over 30 years in the live production industry, Peter Greenlund brings a wide variety of experience to IPR. He’s done it all, from international touring with the likes of Prince, Phil Collins and Willie Nelson to serving as the media director in a large house of worship, and absolutely everything in between. Peter has …

Portia Heller

Instructor, Social Sciences Portia hails from Indianapolis, IN, and is currently the president of Engineering Products Associates, Inc./Bortech Sales, Inc., a manufacturer’s representative and distributor in electronic test equipment and power supplies. She started as a regional representative for EPA in 1981, became Sales Manager in 1987, and eventually assumed the helm of the company …

Steve Hodge

Audio Production and Engineering Steve is best known as the primary Mixing Engineer for “Flyte Tyme Productions,” the company of super-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Steve was pivotal to the evolution of the Flyte Tyme sound. This partnership led to hits for a long list of artists: Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Sting, Rod Stewart, …

Andrew Hunt

Lead Instructor, Digital Video and Media Production Pittsburgh native Andrew Hunt began making films at the age of 11 with a borrowed video camera and an army of neighborhood friends. Later, Andrew would study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Soon after, he began working professionally as a writer/director on …

Bob Jenkins

Post-Production, Orchestration, Scoring, Music Theory Bob Jenkins has been a professional musician since he was 15 years old. His musical career includes performing as a trombonist, conducting orchestras on stage and in the recording studio and composing and arranging music for advertising, films and records. Bob played as principal trombone for Woody Herman, the Glenn …

Micah Johnson

Instructor, Sound Design Micah’s career started at The Hit Factory in Miami in 2002 where he was a general assistant on several records and to several major-label artists. His experience at The Hit Factory was surreal. On any given day, all five studio rooms would be booked with artists like J-Lo, Missy Elliot, Genuine and …

Wayne Johnson

Instructor: Video Post Production / Video Production Wayne is the owner of Into The Void FX, a company that specializes in visual effects for film and video productions. Into The Void FX has produced VFX and other post production services for KARE 11, Fairview Health Services, Moreskode, Target and HBO Family. Into The Void FX …

Amanda Kirchner

Digital Video, Film History Growing up on a farm in southern Minnesota, Amanda developed two passions: astronomy and movies; she has been a science fiction geek since she was six. As an undergrad, she studied physics and astronomy, but was also involved in theater, mainly as a lighting designer. After graduating, she spent a year …

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