An inter-disciplinary designer and educator, Ms. Begleiter specializes in teaching innovative visualization and writing techniques to filmmakers, designers and artists. She is currently the Director of Production Design and Pre-Viz in the Graduate Broadcast Cinema department at Art Center College of Design. Highlights of 18 years in higher education also include beingFounding Director of the Integrated Learning Program, an interdisciplinary design curriculum, at Otis College of Art and Design and serving asSupervisor of Visual Studiesfor the Undergraduate Film Department of Art Center College developing a sequence of pre-visualization classes and also is one of thefounding faculty of the International FilmSchulein Cologne, Germany.She is author ofFrom Word to Image, Storyboarding and Filmmaking Process,a bestselling title on the subject,was published in 2001 (2ndedition released in Jan., 2010) by Michael Wiese Publications and is available in 5 languages. Principal of Filmboards which produces pre-viz for film and television as well as film seminars.Clients include ABC, HBO, New Line Cinema, Tristar and ParamountNew Media. Collaborators and students include writers, directors and designers ofDreamgirls, Grey Gardens, Benjamin Button, Single White Female, The Heidi ChroniclesandTerminator 3. Ms. Begleiter is the recipient of a 2010 Durfee Grant and is the author and designer of "Meditations:Eva Hesse", an interdisciplinary production inspired by the work and life of the artist.