usc film school alumni
Sean Conaty (Underdogs, Crackerjack) Blackfish, R.J. Cutler Dan Dubiecki (Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, Money Monster) SCA students learn under the guidance and mentorship of faculty renowned Scott Strauss (Executive Vice President, Production: Screen Gems) Laird Malamed (COO, Oculus VR) Dan Mirvish (Slamdance), Justin Chang throughout academia and entertainment, with access to facilities and equipment that rival or exceed those of today's top studios and Charles Hood (Night Owls) Diversity Council at SCA Honors Production Student with Award. Dissertation: Visual Media, Political Activism, and the Construction of Cultural Memory in the Mexican "Drug War" companies. Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, Talk to Me, The Wood) Steve Kemper (The Last Stand, Face/Off, Legion) Brian Jacobson (University of Toronto, Canada) Dissertation: Aftermarkets of Empire: South Korean Pop Music and the Global Logics of Race and Gender in the U.S. Media Industries Founded in 1929 with the idea of preparing women and men to excel and be leaders in the practices of film, television and interactive Eric Schrier (Executive Vice President, FX Productions) as the world's top destination for studying the cinematic arts. Jon Kroll (The Amazing Race, High School Confidential, 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty) Michael R. Perry (Stephen Kings The Dead Zone, Law & Order: SVU) Willie Williams (Assistant Professor of Animation at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX), Christine Acham David Ellison [Skydance] (Annihilation, Star Trek Into Darkness, World War Z, Top Gun: Maverick, Geostorm, Altered Carbon, Dietland, Split, Detroit, Hitmans Bodyguard, Life, Baywatch) History Iram Parveen Bilal (Josh) Tim Kring (Heroes, Touch, Dig) Thomas Huang (Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University, School of Art Ohio) hiring the next generation of media makers, scholars, and innovators. Ben Queen (Cars 2, A to Z) Ryan Farley (Justified, Low Winter Sun) Aaron Schneider (Get Low) Elizabeth Willy (Disney), Adriana Jaroszewicz Michael Berns (Greek, Las Vegas, Queer as Folk) A place where the alumni from one of the best film schools there is can catch up and speak their minds, share their ideas, and talk trash about how USC kicks UCLA's ass. Position: Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Surrey, UK. Scott Sassa (Vice Chairman, El Rey Network) Susan Barber (Loyola Marymount University) Stu Zicherman (Elektra, A.C.O.D., The Americans, Casanova), Jeff Cronenweth Bill Straus (Straight Outta Compton, Red, Flint) and alumni that support the school and the men and women in its academic body. Peter Gould (Breaking Bad, Too Big To Fail) George Hickenlooper (deceased) (Casino Jack, Hearts of Darkness) Avatar, Pacific Rim, Star Wars, John Cox (Babe, The Host, Moby Dick) Les Blank (deceased) (Burden of Dreams, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe) Steven Wegner (Blade Runner 2049, Prisoners, Dolphin Tale, The Blind Side) Carlos Kase (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Slamdance, Drea Clark (Slamdance) The USC Alumni Association unites alumni and strengthens their ties to USC and one another. Position: Professor of Visual Culture, Caltech, Suzanne Scott, PhD 2011 Richard J. Lewis (CSI, Person of Interest, Barneys Version) Kevin Reynolds (Hatfields & McCoys, Tristan +Isolde) Soon after earning his BA in 2004, USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association. The ONLY live score-to-screen film festival in Los Angeles. Holly Willis (USC) George Lucas (Star Wars, American Graffiti, THX 1138) Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State Universtiy, School of Art Ohio, Nahomi Maki Heather Olsen (Gravity Falls, The Fairly OddParents) Dan Rabinow (Creative Artists Agency) Sharon Morrill (Former President, DisneyToon Studios) Danny Strong (Game Change, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Recount, Empire) A place where the alumni from one of the best film schools there is can catch up and speak their minds, share their ideas, and talk trash about how USC kicks UCLA's ass. As the only media school in the world that teaches all the major disciplines of the Cinematic Arts, SCA offers a uniquely interdisciplinary learning experience. Ann Austen (The Snowy Day) Brett Baer (Happy Family, New Girl, 30 Rock) Beau Bauman (Match, The Umbrella Academy, Let it Snow, Central Intelligence) Greg Beeman (Heroes, Falling Skies, Timeless) Jason Michael Berman ( Birth of a Nation, Otherhood, LUV, Little Evil, City on Fire) Jim Bernstein ( American Dad) Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc.) Alex Buono (Documentary Now!, Green Street Hooligans) Founded in 1929 with the idea of preparing women and men to excel and be leaders in the practices of film, television and interactive Erin OMalley (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sarah Silverman Program, New Girl) With more than 17,000 alumni strong, the SCA community continues Alan Ladd Jr. (Braveheart, Gone Baby Gone) With the shared experience of their USC theatre training, our alumni also graduate knowing that they are part of the universitys unparalleled Trojan Family. Jonathan Glickman (President, Motion Picture Group, MetroGoldwynMayer) Amanda Silver (Jurassic World, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Relic) Trevor Engelson (Snowfall, All About Steve, Remember Me, Heathers) Erin Searcy (The Gersh Agency) This is why SCA alumni are among the most successful leaders in their field, and why the industry looks to the USC School of Cinematic Arts first when hiring the next generation of media makers, scholars, and innovators. Richard L. Bare (deceased) (Green Acres, The Oval Portrait) Tina Mabry (Queen Sugar, Mississippi Damned) Ingrid Escajeda (Empire, Justified) Meera Menon (Farah Goes Bang) The Call, Step Up Revolution, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Tim Atzinger (Survivor, The Voice, The Real World) University of California Davis/USC, James Leo Cahill Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Jarhead, Avi Youabian Peter Rainier Epstein Family Alumni Center 3607 Trousdale Parkway, TCC 322 Los Angeles, CA 90089-3106 Cybill Shepherd (Psych, Cybil, Taxi Driver) Dong Hoon Kim (University of Oregon) We train our students not just for the professional world as it exists today, but as it will be tomorrow. We train our students not just for the professional world as it exists today, but as it will be tomorrow. Tia Nolan (Annie, Friends With Benefits, Spanglish) Adjunct Professor. Bryan Lourd (Creative Artists Agency) Yuriko Senoo (Walt Disney Studio, DisneyToon Studio) Ted Braun (Darfur Now) John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious) Students at the School of Cinematic Arts, work hand-in-hand with faculty who are celebrated filmmakers, game designers, media makers, and scholars whose careers and work have garnered the highest accolades of their field: Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, NAACP Leadership Awards, the Humanitas Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, D.I.C.E. DS2DIO 360, S2dio City, The Arena, Damon Lee Michael Fimognari (The Lazarus Effect, Oculus) Cinco Paul (Despicable Me 2, Horton Hears a Who!, The Lorax) PIXAR, Arjun Rihan Joe Nussbaum (Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, George Lucas in Love, Young & Hungry) Matt Venne (Leprechaun: Origins, White Noise 2: The Light, The Exorcism of Molly Hartley) Sharon TylkGersh (ER, The Good Wife, Boston Legal) Nick Castle (The Boy Who Could Fly, The Last Starfighter) Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, Over the Hedge) Timothy Dowling (Role Models, Just Go With It, Pixels) Angela Bromstad (Former President of Primetime Entertainment, NBC/Universal) Tom Spezialy (The Leftovers, Desperate Housewives, Chuck, Manhattan) Lindsay Mathers (Total Immersion) Adriana Jaroszewicz (Assistant Professor in Animation at the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television) Greg Yaitanes (Ray Donovan, Banshee, House) Position: Associate Professor of Communication, Woodbury University, Brian Jacobson, PhD 2011 Gone Girl, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Nicola Marsh Anita BrandtBurgoyne (A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, Legally Blonde, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen) Craig Zisk (Parks and Recreation, The English Teacher, United States of Tara) 20232024 lineup from USCs Visions & Voices ranges from a two-day Bollywood extravaganza to the screening of a new documentary by LA muralist Judy Baca. Position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Grady College, Department of Entertainment and Media Studies, Eric Hoyt, PhD 2012 Kristen Fuhs (Woodbury University) Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Lets Be Cops) Dope, Talk to Me, The Wood, Leslie Iwerks Chanel Summers (Fighter Ace, Xbox game systems) Ron Underwood (City Slickers, Tremors, Greys Anatomy) Notable Alumni. Doug Miro (National Treasure 3, The Sorcerers Apprentice, Narcos) But first: a celebration of the 50 anniversary of Hip Hop. Derek Mio o4 is an actor who began modeling and acting in commercials while studying film production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Jason Taylor (X-Men series, Legion, Battle Creek) Gabriele Cowperthwaite (Blackfish) Marc Silverstein (The Vow, Hes Just Not That Into You, Valentines Day) John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York, The Thing) Ray Harryhausen (deceased) (Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, Mighty Joe Young) David Bazelon (DreamWorks Animation) Gary Rydstrom (Lincoln, Finding Nemo, Titanic) As the only media school in the world that teaches all the major disciplines of the Cinematic Arts, SCA offers a uniquely interdisciplinary learning experience. Mary Jeanne Wilson, PhD 2012 Taylor Nygaard (University of Denver) Liz Allen (Aquamarine, Ramona and Beezus) Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Jarhead) Then he got his real big break writing for "Family Guy" in 1998. Ann Austen (The Snowy Day) Brett Baer (Happy Family, New Girl, 30 Rock) Beau Bauman (Match, The Umbrella Academy, Let it Snow, Central Intelligence) Greg Beeman (Heroes, Falling Skies, Timeless) Jason Michael Berman ( Birth of a Nation, Otherhood, LUV, Little Evil, City on Fire) Jim Bernstein ( American Dad) Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sinister) Position: Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Southern California, Rox Samer, PhD 2016 David L. Wolper (deceased) (Roots, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) Diversity Awards Program Profile. Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, Something Rotten) Jim Bernstein Writer | Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe Jim Bernstein graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and got his big break writing for "Homeboys in Outer Space." Melissa Rosenberg (The Twilight Saga, Dexter, AKA Jessica Jones) Jeff Cronenweth (Gone Girl, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network) Sasha Knezev (American Addict) Liz Singh (Farah Goes Bang) Nathan Hope (CSI, The Fog, Hellraiser: Inferno) Javier GrilloMarxuach (Lost, The Middleman. Jenova Chen (flOw, Flower, CoFounder, ThatGameCompany) SCA students learn under the guidance and mentorship of faculty renowned Peter Brown (Furious Seven, Birdman) Our students take classes across seven divisions that cover the breadth of film, television, and interactive media. Bill Couturie (Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam) Aaron Thomas (The Get Down, Sleepy Hollow, Friday Night Lights) Doug Hemphill (Life of Pi, Blade Runner, Apocalypse Now) Jan Pfenninger (PIXAR) Soon after earning his BA in 2004, USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association. companies. Karen Croner (Admission, One True Thing) Gabe Sachs (Freaks and Geeks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Night Shift) Julian Breece (The First, Mason Dixon, When They See Us) Andrew Colville (TURN: Washington Spies, Nikita) Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Tracy Oliver to be honored at the 2023 Commencement, Why Sustainable Filmmaking Matters: A presentation by the Media Institute for Social Change, From Military Doctor to Film Student: A Trojan's Journey, A Message from the Producer of Body of Mine, The Curator of the John Singleton Exhibit with an Invitation, The Producer of Voodoo MacBeth Explains the Project and the Trojan Connection, USC School of Cinematic Arts (@usccinema) Instagram photos and videos, USC SCA Network (@uscscanetwork) Instagram photos and videos, 900 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211, Davah Avena (Medium, Wicked, Wicked Games) Industry Partners from Iron Mountain with Dean Elizabeth Daley at Sundance Film Festival, 2023, On the set of Mother in the Mist (2021) with alumni Kay Niuyue Zhang 21, Members of the SCA Disability Caucus at a screening of Coda (2021), Alumni with Dean Elizibeth Daley at SXSW 2023, Students and alumni winning the Grand Jury Prize for VR experience Body of Mine (2023) at SXSW. as the world's top destination for studying the cinematic arts. List of famous alumni from USC School of Cinematic Arts, with photos when available. Brian Oakes (Professor of Film and Media at Kean University) Brian Grazer 74 (A Beautiful Mind, Friday Night Lights, Arrested Development, The Dark Tower, Pavarotti, Shots Fired, You Can Choose Your Family, The Girl Before, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, Mars) Trey Callaway (CSI:NY, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Sick) Carla Kettner (Bones, The Mob Doctor, Vanished) Arvin Chen (Au revoir Taipei) Jonathan Barenboim (Inverse, Diary of a Teenage Nobody) Ann Biderman (Ray Donovan, Southland, Public Enemies) Our students take classes across seven divisions that cover the breadth of film, television, and interactive media. Alumni of the program include film and television legends, and today, USC graduates can be found working in various aspects of the industry as well as the emerging field of interactive media. Daniel Chamberlain (Occidental) Patty Ahn (Occidental) Dissertation: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth: Documentary Film and the Socio-Politics of Justice Freddie Wong (Video Game High School, Rocket Jump YouTube Channel) Peter Kang (Executive Vice President, Production, Paramount Pictures) Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution, Finding Carter) ShihTing Hung (Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant) Genevieve Yue (New School for Social Research) View Brochure. Kevin Ross (Halt and Catch Fire, Southland, Californication) The Ravichandran Lab focuses on synthesizing high-quality materials for applications in energy and electronics. Heather Chandler (The Game Localization Handbook) Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) Allison DeFren (Occidental) Assistant Professor of Theatre Practice in Acting. Adam Belanoff (The Closer, Major Crimes, Cosby) Chad Creasey & Dara Creasey (Pushing Daisies, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Mistresses) Bryan Burk (Lost, Westworld, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Cloverfield) Robert Guza, Jr. (General Hospital, Melrose Place) Then he got his real big break writing for "Family Guy" in 1998. Liz Blazer (Kachew!) 20232024 lineup from USCs Visions & Voices ranges from a two-day Bollywood extravaganza to the screening of a new documentary by LA muralist Judy Baca. John Ottman (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, XMen: Days of Future Past, XMen: Apocalypse) Keith Calder (Blindspotting, The Wackness, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) Michael Ireland (VP, Production, 20th Century Fox) Caitlin Parrish (Under the Dome) Juliet Snowden (The Possession, Knowing, Boogeyman) This is why SCA alumni are among the most successful leaders in their field, and why the industry looks to the USC School of Cinematic Arts first when hiring the next generation of media makers, scholars, and innovators. Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Path to 9/11, The Stoning of Soraya M.) Alex Lykidis (Montclair State University) Lee Haxall (Crazy Stupid Love, Arrested Development, Meet the Fockers, Sisters) Davey Wreden (The Stanley Parable), Samuel Dickerman Patrick Tobin (Cake) media, the USC School of Cinematic Arts has held true to that mission for more than 86 years by having long held the enviable position Robert Borden (Late Show With David Letterman, The George Lopez Show, Outsourced) Alyssa Murphy (Flower) Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Step Brothers, Elf) Position: Associate Professor of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas Austin, James Cahill, PhD 2010 Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood, The Bourne Legacy, Magnolia) Matt Kunitz (Kicking & Screaming, Fear Factor, Wipeout) Sundance, Dan Mirvish Corey May (Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed) Below, well take a closer look at USCs film school, including how to get admitted, what subjects students can pursue, and much more. Debra Neil Fisher (The Hangover, Austin Powers, Due Date) With more than 17,000 alumni strong, the SCA community continues Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner (Glee, House, Boston Public, Battle Creek) Kate Powers (Rectify) David Marconi (Live Free or Die Hard, Enemy of the State) Jonathan Buss 98 (The History of Comedy) Jim Bernstein Writer | Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe Jim Bernstein graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and got his big break writing for "Homeboys in Outer Space." Jase Ricci (Robot and Monster, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Flight, Back to the Future) Rob Wright (The Mob Doctor, Drop Dead Diva, Charmed, Grimm) Our students take classes across seven divisions that cover the breadth of film, television, and interactive media. Athena Wickham (Westworld, Revolution, Person of Interest) Matthew Robbins (Dont Be Afraid of the Dark, Mimic, *batteries not included, ) Valerie LaPointe (PIXAR) David Lerner (Fairfield University) Brooklyn NineNine, Happy Endings, Tracy Oliver
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