Teaching & Mentorship
Bijon teaches directing and producing the way he learned them: in the room, on the page, and through the long process of getting a film in front of an audience. His students range from first-generation undergraduates making their first short to graduate filmmakers preparing thesis films for festivals.
Adjunct Faculty
Teaches undergraduate filmmaking with an emphasis on visual storytelling, collaboration, and professional production practice. Much of the work is mentorship: helping first-generation and underrepresented students identify and develop their creative voice, and guiding them through directing, producing, story development, and festival preparation in classrooms built around community and student-driven discovery.
Lecturer, School of Theater, Film and Television & UCLA Extension
Trains undergraduate students as creative practitioners through directing-focused film courses, drawing on his own professional experience to give students insight into how the industry actually works. His syllabi combine lecture, group and individual projects, and video assignments built around the craft of directing. He has also supervised graduate thesis films as a special reader.
Instructor
Taught personal and inventive storytelling and the mechanics of filmmaking from pre- to post-production to students in grades four through twelve, supervising the creation of more than 40 films. He authored the documentary curriculum the program still uses today.
Guest Lectures & Masterclasses
Course & Technical Areas