Elyusha Vafaeisefat is a lecturer in the Department of Film & Electronic Arts at California State University, Long Beach. He is a producer, filmmaker, and educator that has taught filmmaking and media studies courses at UCLA, El Camino College, Cal State Fullerton, Chaffey College and other schools in Southern California. He has directed, written, produced, and developed feature films, short films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos. Vafaeisefat has also worked in story development, marketing, international sales and distribution for several studios and production companies, such as Universal Studios, Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary's production company Revelations Entertainment, and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot. Additionally, he has consulted on and co-developed projects for Netflix and ESPN's acclaimed '30 for 30' series.