Kurt Lancaster is a professor and the coordinator of Creative Media and Film at Northern Arizona University. He has written several books on filmmaking, including Basic Cinematography: A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling. His documentaries have screened at national and international film festivals, and his award-winning students have gone on to start their own production house businesses, work as freelancers, and secure positions within the industry. He holds a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and an M.A. in theater from the University of Maine.

