aac films is…

leslie g stewart :: idea generator/producer/director/editor/dp
I’m an educator, filmmaker, web designer/developer, a bit of a troublemaker, and an all-around swell person. My day job is running impermanentmedia, a software training consultancy, where I’ve helped teach people to geek out since 2000. Prior to that, I worked as an educator and advocate in the social services field for 11 years.

I’ve wanted to make films since I was a kid, but I didn’t make my first short film until early 1995. I made my second short film less than a year later, and then stopped doing anything with film/video until 2004, when I returned to find the world of non-linear, digital editing a new mountain to climb. I’ve taught youth programs in video production and web design, for Girls Get Digital, Street-Level Youth Media, and the Alternative Schools Network in Chicago. I served on the board of directors for Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center, where I was also a volunteer instructor for their weekly screen print workshop from 2004 – 2007. I’m the volunteer webgeek/technical consultant for The Backpack Project, an all-volunteer, non-profit collective providing basic survival items to homeless youth in Seattle, WA.

Kind folks have allowed me to speak in front of people at the following conferences:
2008 Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI: Co-facilitator of the Future of Film and Video Online workshop
2007 Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI: Facilitator of the Sell Without Selling Out workshop
2004 Child Care Business Expo, Chicago, IL: Facilitator of the ABCs of Computers workshop
2003 Child Care Business Expo, Chicago, IL: Technology Specialist for the Transitioning from Home-based to Center-based Business panel.

aac community is…

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