Alumni Profile

Alan Inkles has been the Director of Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University for the past 8 years and the Founder/ Director of The Stony Brook Film Festival for the past ten years. Prior to serving as the Director, Alan served in various capacities at Staller including Acting Director, Managing Director and Director of Production.

During his tenure at Staller, he founded and created the award-winning and long-running International Theatre Festival, introducing dozens of International Theatre Troupes to America and producing many first American tours for these Internationally renowned companies. He is credited with "putting Staller Center on the map" by broadening the programming to include family and popular cultural entertainment while strengthening the classics in music, dance, theatre and fine art. Over 450 live and film programs are presented and produced annually in the five theatres and 5,000 square foot art gallery in Staller.

Since introducing film in 1993 and creating The Stony Brook Film Festival in 1996, Mr. Inkles and his staff have presented dozens of premiere films and have brought out such notable guests as Rod Steiger, Cliff Robertson, Steve Buscemi, Eli Wallach, Patricia Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jena Malone, Tilda Swinton and Kim Hunter. The 2005 Festival had over 15,000 attendees and received great national press coverage and high accolades for film programming and organization.

Mr. Inkles earned his BA and MA in Theatre Arts (acting and directing) from Stony Brook University (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude) and has been the recipient of many University, Community, and National awards including The President's Award, The Chancellor's Award for Service, The Three Village's "Man of the Year in the Arts" (twice in 1987 and 1997) and The Long Island Television and Film Foundation's "Honor for Excellence and Contribution to Film".

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Inkles is a native of the area, growing up in Port Jefferson Station and attending school in the Comsewogue School District. He alternated his school days with athletics and acting and was proud to be a part of the Acting Team at Theatre Three in the early 80's. Alan currently lives in Port Jefferson Station with his wife, Susan and three children, Jennifer, Kevin and Jesse.