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”