Jamal johnson

Music Producer

    Married 11 years (Wife- Leila). Father of 5 with only 1 baby mama (father only after marriage) The Producer of the Free Teens after school clubs music since 2007. Jamal has 2 years Media Summit Songwriting Workshop experience. Jamal has produced music with the Boys and Girls clubs.

    Youth Producer who contributes to the development of the Positive HipHop/Rock/Pop Genres, working with Various Artists in the NY/NJ area. He says that having an 11 year career in the field of abstinence education helps with the content of positive songwriting. Proficient Wordsmith, Poet, Painter, Photoshoper,  Music engineer, Singer, Songwriter, Political Debater, Motivational Speaker, King of the new World!  AND Humble because he knows that all have magic within.

Diego Costa
Singer/Songwriter/Music Producer

    Diego Costa is an internationally acclaimed Singer/Songwriter and Music Producer who has traveled the world performing his songs to audiences in America, Japan, Korea, Philippines & Brazil.

        Born in the most musical city of Brazil: Salvador, with only 18 years of age, Diego’s first band, Carpe Diem was signed by the major record label Polygram and performed in more than 400 live concerts and appeared in several National TV shows in Brazil.

        In 2000, Diego moved to NYC to study Music Production and further his international career. Since then, he’s being producing music and performing in many projects to promote peace and bring people together to celebrate life and love through music and culture like the September Concert Festival in NYC, the Peace Vigil Day in Central Park and the United Nations’ Peace Day.  In 2003, he co-founded culturemachine.com with Mr. Richard Panzer, president of Free Teens USA.

Errol Pierre (T.R.I.F.E)

Recording Artist/Music Producer

T.R.I.F.E. has taken a stand by responding to hip hop’s outcry for a new representative. His lyrics are at best a hybrid of savvy punch lines mixed with profound concepts and vivid imagery.
    T.R.I.F.E.  Will be teaching an introductory class to the world of song writing. Learn how the R&B pro's like Mary J. Blige, Jermaine Dupri, Alicia Keys, and R Kelly make songs that are impossible to forget. Learn how Hip Hop pro's like Nas, Jay-Z, Kayne West, and Eminem make lyrics that make you want to rewind the song and listen again. This course will teach you a brief overview of literary devices and poetic techniques that will make your songs catchy and add longevity to your lyrics.

Jamal Hodge

Filmmaker

   Jamal James Hodge is an award-winning filmmaker with 10 years experience in media production.  He has worked as a Director of Photography on independent short films, as a  Director on over 13 documentaries and short films as a Cinematographer on Bullets In The Hood, Alize Fashions, Gibbs Fashion Week 2005, and finally as a Documentary Teacher for emotionally disabled youth at the Adolescent Employment and Education Program.

    His awards include the Sundance Film Festival 2001: Gen-Y Studio for Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking, San Francisco International Film Festival 2005: Assistant Editor: Gold Spire Award, OFF TO WAR Series, San Francisco International Film Festival 2000: Gold Spire Youth Award, San Francisco International Film Festival 1999: Silver Spire Youth Award, Gibbs Music Video Awards Show 2005: Best of Show Award.

Curtis Hamilton

Photographer

    Among the many hats that Curtis E Hamilton wears as vice president of multi media & marketing for Clarendon Entertainment, Chief of operations for DMM management corp.,

    Chairman of the delegate agency policy council for Eastside House .He is currently the president of the New York State Headstart Parents Assoc. Mr. Hamilton is also the director of all photography for the renowned Trinity Digital Studios and serves as lead instructor on all photography. Curtis Hamilton also currently works for the film industry as production photographer and has many film & movies to his credit. He is also the photo journalism instructor for the Free Teens Media Summit.

Vincent Miller

Filmmaker

    Vincent Miller is an award winning Art Director in the advertising industry with 15 years experience in art direction and 6 years as graphic designer. After working in the advertising industry for so many years, Vincent decided to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker. So he went to Lehman College to peruse T.V. Broadcast production. He has worked on several Films, Directed Commercials, Documentaries, Music Videos and Special Events.

    He also started his own production company called Moflavor Studios specializing in Digital Film and Multimedia production. Vincent is a Film Director, Digital Film Editor, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Screen Writer, Storyboard artist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer, and Musician. He is currently working as the Director of the Digital Film Department at Free Teens USA.

    Harlem resident RODERICK D. GILES is a two-time Emmy Award nominated cameraman and director. Mr. Giles directed the features SAME DIFFERENCE (2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival) and urban horror tale, GOLDDIGGER KILLER (2005 Harlem Film Festival), the short films LOVE CYCLES, BLUE DECRESCENDO, THE DATE (starring Wendell Pierce), GULLY (starring Tyson Beckford), SHOOTOUT, THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY, PAPERCHASE and the dark comedy short HUNG-UP, starring SEX AND THE CITY’s David Eigenberg.

    Mr. Giles currently teaches Video Production for Bronxnet, a non-profit community television station located on the campus of Lehman College, C.U.N.Y in the Bronx, NY. He is a co-founder, along with another Harlem native, Rodney C. Parnther, of Clarendon Entertainment, Inc

Roderick Giles

Filmmaker