and was shown on Link TV, Court TV and PBS. Kagan has made a number of short documentaries and advocacy dramatic films for NGOs including The Doe Fund which works with the homeless and formerly incarcerated, and The Democracy School a movement developing local governance, and Bioneers which advances achievements in environmental and social justice. Other ventures Kagan is a full tenured professor at the University of Southern California where he teaches the graduate courses in directing and has recently created the Center for Change Making Media which is a hub for research and training in advocacy cinematic genres. His production company ACTransformative Media has made numerous shorts including three for VaccinateLA. He has served as artistic director at the Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and is on a National Board Member of the Directors Guild of America and chairperson of its Special Projects Committee which provides cultural and educational programs for the 19,000 members. In 2004 he was honored with the Robert Aldrich Award for "extraordinary service to the guild." In his capacity with the Directors Guild of America, Kagan also moderates the group's annual roundtable discussion featuring that year's five nominees for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Kagan is also the author of three books Directors Close Up and a "living" eTextbook Keys to Directing. www.keystodirecting.com. Personal life Kagan lives in Venice, California, with his companion Anneke Campbell. She is an author, and was a writer on the series Freedom Files. His daughter Eve is a graduate of the Harvard Ed School, and is a practicing psychologist, actress, writer, and yoga teacher. Awards and nominations References External links 1945 births Living people Jewish American screenwriters Harvard University alumni AFI Conservatory alumni American television directors Television producers from California American male screenwriters Tisch School of the Arts alumni Writers from Mount Vernon, New York University of Southern California faculty People from Venice, Los Angeles Film directors from Los Angeles Film directors from New York (state) Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from New York (state) Television producers from New York (state)