BIO

Agustin Gonzalez, M.F.A., joined Miami Dade College School of Entertainment & Design Technology as a faculty member in 2013 after four years of previous service to the college and over a decade of film and television industry experience. He has been a collaborator in the production of film, television, and video games. Professor Gonzalez has had the pleasure of working at some of the top media-producing companies in the industry, including E! Entertainment Networks, DreamWorks Films, Maverick Films, National Geographic Television, and Electronic Arts.

 

At the School of Entertainment & Design Technology, Professor Gonzalez has taught various courses related to film and film production. He has published The History of Film (Great River Learning, 2020), a digital textbook and was also the producer and director of Fight Like a Girl (2007), an award-winning short documentary on female gamers in South Florida and a student-faculty collaboration. In 2021, his decades long work as a professor was recognized when he was named The Frances Louise Wolfson Endowed Teaching Chair of Excellence in Arts.

 

Professor Gonzalez attended the University of Southern California's prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program, where he received his M.F.A. in Producing. As a U.S.C. Master's candidate, he was the recipient of the Preuss Scholarship, the Rodolfo Montes Memorial scholarship, and was a finalist of both the Desi Arnaz Writer's Fellowship and the Writer's Arc Fellowship.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​