Screening, lounge dedication close out yearlong celebration of John Singleton’s career
The USC alumnus’ mother joins Dean Elizabeth Daley of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and a packed house to view the series finale of FX’s Snowfall.
AI panel quells worries about bots taking over creative industry jobs
Is AI creative? A USC forum works to dispel myths about what artificial intelligence is currently able to do.
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tracy Oliver take center stage at USC film school commencement
Academy Award-winning filmmakers Grazer and Howard will deliver the school’s commencement address, and Oliver — writer, producer and director of films including Girls Trip and Little — will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Board of Councilors welcomes powerhouse alumni
Hollywood heavyweights Ryan Coogler and Tracy Oliver are returning to their alma mater to join the film school’s advisory board.
Title IX contributed to gains in entertainment fields, USC School of Cinematic Arts dean says
TITLE IX: Elizabeth M. Daley is grateful for landmark federal law that helped girls and women to pursue their dreams.
Ganek Family Foundation donates immersive storytelling studio to USC film school
The USC School of Cinematic Arts is launching the Ganek Immersive Studio, an interdisciplinary center for developing and producing a wide range of immersive media content.
Lights, Camera … Travel!
How USC and the American Film Showcase are changing the world, one film at a time.
Students explore podcasting through new interdisciplinary program
USC’s Communication and Journalism, Dramatic Arts, and Cinematic Arts schools join forces to help budding storytellers master the medium.
The silver screen goes green at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
The film school is making sustainability a requirement for student productions — and is joining other schools in spreading the word on green filmmaking.
Voodoo Macbeth makes a splash with audiences — and festival judges
What do get when you put eight writers and 10 directors at the helm of a single feature film? When it’s this product of USC’s Feature Film Production class, the answer is: a winner.
Watch faculty and students’ video clips that encourage COVID vaccinations
Multiple USC schools joined forces with the Vaccinate L.A. team to reach out to specific communities in Los Angeles via research-proven storytelling.
How the USC School of Cinematic Arts aims to diversify Hollywood, games and beyond
Ten years of work and millions of dollars in scholarships have pulled in students whose stories may have otherwise gone untold.
Environmental scholars guide students telling stories of ecology and conservation
Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute are collaborating with students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to convey scientific research through creative outlets like video games, animation and screenplays.
Student helps teens build relationships with their grandparents — by documenting them on film
After seeing the distance between kids and their elders in his own Jewish community, Ethan Kurzrock developed the Haggadah Project for L.A. middle schoolers.
How a Hollywood hitmaker-turned-professor brought virtual filmmaking to USC
Gail Katz has produced smash successes like Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. Now, she’s helping students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts embrace a new era of filmmaking.
Animator Yoo Lee shines in stop motion
After 20 years in the fashion industry, Lee began making DIY stop motion music videos to entertain her young daughter. Now Lee is a standout film student.
The most significant social impact films of 2020, all streaming at home
This list of 15 movies and shows, compiled by the Media Institute for Social Change at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, highlights the stories that traumatized, moved and inspired us this year.
USC film students shake off Zoom fatigue by animating themselves
Classmates in the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ animation division collaborate to make visual magic on the commonly used video meeting platform.
USC School of Cinematic Arts’ tech center to pilot virtual production
The Entertainment Technology Center brings together leading visionaries to collaborate on the future of entertainment technology.
How a USC student film reunited siblings on opposite sides of the world
While serving his country, an Army specialist missed most of his sister’s milestones — but not this time, thanks to a group of fellow students and their professor.
USC School of Cinematic Arts faculty teach students — and themselves — how to edit from home
Nancy Forner and her team at the film school have fought through initial complications to bring her editing classes to life online.
One Trojan’s perspective: Life, and learning, at home during the coronavirus
A USC School of Cinematic Arts student and his parents share their experience as he transitions to taking online classes from the family living room.
USC 2019 | Did you spot these celebs on campus?
✌ Year in review: USC never fails to draw the big names — it’s one perk of being smack dab in the middle of La La Land. Check out the stars who captivated the Trojan Family this year.