John Zollinger
Stories by John Zollinger:
First Look to Screen Cinematic Arts Gems
Academy Donates $3M to Cinematic Arts
This gift from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences marks the latest step in a relationship that began with the joint creation of the nation’s first university-based film program in 1929.
James Bond Legacy Fuels Endowed Chair
Hefner Donates $2M to Cinematic Arts
The donation will create an exhibition space in the new USC School of Cinematic Arts complex along with a film archive bearing the name of the longtime university benefactor.
Paving the Way for Multimedia Literacy
Over the past decade, the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy has grown into a major research unit.
Ph.D. Program Spans All Cinema Divisions
USC Team Rails Against Gerrymandering
Electronic game draws bipartisan congressional support and the backing of political reform groups in the nation’s capital.
Meet the Super Powers Behind Heroes
Reinventing Cinema
Fueled by a record-breaking donation from the Lucasfilm Foundation, USC is defining the role of sound and image in education and entertainment, establishing itself as the vanguard of cinematic arts.
Reinventing Cinema
Fueled by a record-breaking donation from the Lucasfilm Foundation, USC is defining the role of sound and image in education and entertainment, establishing itself as the vanguard of cinematic arts.
Lucasfilm Donates $175 Million to USC
Making the First Pitch: Deal or No Deal?
The fifth annual event allows aspiring USC cinema-television writers to sell their movie ideas to top industry reps.
Cinema-TV Establishes New Endowed Chair
The Larry Auerbach Endowed Chair honors an industry veteran and sets a new record for U.S. film school-funded seats.
CNTV Installs Eight Endowed Chairs
First in the nation with 12 funded seats, the USC School of Cinema-Television creates positions in editing, cinematography, interactive entertainment, TV production/studies and pop culture.
Aronson to Lead Annenberg Center
USC communications research center to expand initiatives examining the impact of digital technologies on society.
CNTV Students Stride Into History
Six Trojans earn the first degrees ever conferred by USC in interactive media, underscoring the rapid growth of a discipline steeped in cutting-edge technology. The future includes the official launch of a bachelor’s degree program this fall.
‘CU@USC’ Marks a Major Milestone
The nightly Trojan Vision talk show run by student volunteers � whose guests have included Pete Carroll, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg � reaches its 1,000 episode April 22.
Labyrinth Grant Completes ‘Einstein’ Funding
The Skirball Cultural Center provides support for ‘Einstein in California,’ an exhibit exploring his life and work in Southern California during the 1930s.
Turning Viewers Into Storytellers
Three interactive Labyrinth Project installations involving Einstein, urban ‘re-photography’ and ghostly encounters with a famous L.A. landmark have simultaneous Southland showings.
Labyrinth DVD Wins International Kudos
Croatia’s Split Film Festival honors an interactive narrative co-produced by the USC Annenberg Center for Communication’s Labyrinth Project. The edgy art collective and research initiative seeks to expand the frontiers of an emerging field.
Labyrinth DVD Wins International Kudos
What Lies Beneath
From vintage cameras to thousands of student films, the USC Norris basement houses a vast collection of items that document the power of cinematic sound and images over a century.
‘Dawn’ Rises
‘The Dawn at My Back,’ a DVD-ROM produced by USC’s Labyrinth Project, wins a jury award at the Sundance Online Film Festival.
You Are There
A new interactive media installation by Hungarian artist Péter Forgács and the Annenberg Center’s Labyrinth Project immerses museum visitors in the lives of refugees fleeing World War II.