John Fitch III

John Fitch III serves as Associate Professor and Film and Television Program Director at California Lutheran University, bringing extensive professional and teaching experience across film production, sound design, public/commercial television, news, sports, corporate video, copywriting, and music production.

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

His research spans Film and Television Production, Screenwriting, Film Studies and History, Sound Design, Higher Education Studies, and Educational Policy and Politics. He creates award-winning independent narrative films, documentaries, fiction podcasts, and experimental videos screened at numerous North American and European film festivals, television channels, and podcast platforms. His original screenplays receive competitive recognition, and he publishes peer-reviewed research in scholarly journals exploring interdisciplinary connections between media production and educational policy.