Kenneth Thomas
MFA, Filmmaking
San Francisco Art Institute
BS, Broadcasting and Film
Boston University
Avid Certified Instructor, Pro Tools Post Audio, Game Audio, and Music
Avid Certified User, Media Composer
Since 1995, Kenneth Thomas has plied his trade in news and documentary production all over the world. He got his start in Northern California, as the Live News Director for the nightly newscasts at a CBS TV station in Eureka, CA. During a five-year stint in Seattle, he helped start a dot-com that specialized in shooting multi-camera productions of rock concerts for the internet. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2002 and became a busy freelancer, shooting red carpet events for Marvel, shooting and editing BTS videos for DVD’s, and becoming one of Yanni’s key cinematographers for his PBS specials in Florida, Mexico, and Egypt. Somewhere in there, he directed a music video that aired on MTV’s Headbangers Ball.
After receiving his MFA in 2012, Kenneth completed his first of three music documentaries — Blood, Sweat + Vinyl — about indie music culture. The final, award-winning film in his trilogy — It Came from Aquarius Records — is now streaming on several platforms. He has been sharing his production experience as a professor since 2018 and joined the Beach to teach Editing in 2024. In his spare time, he stays active in live multi-camera internet broadcasting, and he’s studying to become a Certified Cicerone — which is a fancy way of saying “beer expert.”
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