M.F.A. Columbia University
B.A. University of Minnesota

Kevin Reynolds has a background in screenwriting, film production, and interactive media.  As a graduate student at Columbia University’s Film School, he studied directing with filmmaker Milos Forman.  He has written several feature length screenplays and directed short films.  His work has received consistent grants, recognition, and awards over the years.

Kevin is presently finishing a new screenplay, Luisa @ Large, a story about a Salvadoran family who gets swept into the clutches of gang life as they pursue the American dream of surviving and prospering in the US.

Kevin has been the Film Studies Minor Coordinator at JMU since 2010.  He is also a former Bridgeforth Endowed Professor of Telecommunications, a School of Media Arts & Design honor for distinguished teaching, service, and creative work. 

As a longtime member of the Broadcast Education Association, he has given many presentations on writing, media, and film at the annual conference in Las Vegas.   Prior to joining the School of Media Arts & Design, he taught at the University of New Mexico.  Kevin also worked for USWeb, a global Internet consulting firm in the early days of the Internet.

Contemporary American Film, Film Adaptations, Media Analysis & Culture, and Screenplay Writing are his primary teaching and interest areas.