Ron Stacker Thompson

ScreenwritingSchool of Filmmaking, Emeritus

Ron Stacker Thompson

Ron Stacker Thompson became an emeritus faculty member of the UNCSA School of Filmmaking in 2021.

Accomplishments

  • Chair of Screenwriting, UNCSA School of Filmmaking
  • ­­UNCSA Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Artistic Director, The Willingham Theater (Yadkinville, NC)
  • Founder and Artistic Director of Oakland Ensemble Theatre, the first theatre on the West Coast to specialize in multi­racial casting
  • Writer, director and producer for 15 years of the Oscar Micheaux Black Filmmakers’ Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony
  • First African American cast as Jesus in the National Touring Company of “Godspell”

Education

MA EnglishIllinois State University

BA EnglishIllinois State University