The USC School of Cinema-Television offers undergraduate and graduate-level programs in production, critical studies, animation, writing for screen and television and producing. The school educates students in the aesthetic and technical values of the medium through course work, production activities and research.
All members of the full-time cinema-television faculty have been or are working professionals in their respective fields; most have years of full-time professional experience. Each year a number of adjunct faculty from the Los Angeles film and television industries participate in all programs.
Students at the USC School of Cinema-Television produce over 234 hours of motion pictures each year and complete approximately 100 full-length screenplays. USC films made by students receive 150 awards annually from festivals around the world. USC cinema-television alumni are among the most successful filmmakers and scholars working today. Since 1951, there have been only two years when no members of the Trojan Family were nominated for Academy Awards for their work in documentary or fiction film.
The Cinema-Television Library offers a comprehensive collection of books in English and substantial holdings in other languages. The vast collection of journals, unpublished screenplays and manuscript materials includes personal papers of industry figures from the silent years to the present and studio records from Warner Bros., MGM, Universal and other producing companies. The study center also provides student access to the school’s large collection of film and television materials in all film and video formats as well as to several thousand recent screenplays.
Administration
Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D., Dean
Office of Student Affairs
Carson Television Stage G-130
(213) 740-2911
Email:
admission@cinema.usc.edu
www.usc.edu/schools/cntv
Critical Studies
Marsha Kinder,
Division Chair
George Lucas Instructional Building 405
(213) 740-3334*
Film and Television Production
Barbara Corday,
Division Chair
George Lucas Instructional Building 404
(213) 740-3317*
Writing
John Furia, Jr.,
Division Chair
George Lucas Instructional Building 301
(213) 740-3303
FAX: (213) 740-8035
Peter Stark Producing Program
Lawrence Turman,
Division Chair
George Lucas Instructional Building 302
(213) 740-3304
FAX: (213) 745-6652
Animation and Digital Arts
Vibeke Sorensen,
Division Chair
Marcia Lucas Post Production Building 201
(213) 740-3986
*For information regarding admission, call (213) 740-2911.
Faculty
Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair in Cinema-Television: Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D.
Hugh M. Hefner Chair for the Study of American Film: Richard B. Jewell, Ph.D.
Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Chair: Joseph Andrew Casper, Ph.D.
Fran and Ray Stark Endowed Chair: Lawrence Turman, B.A.
Mary Pickford Foundation Professorship: Doe Mayer, M.A.
Professors: Drew Casper, Ph.D.; Barbara Corday; Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D.; Robert Estrin, M.F.A.; John Furia, Jr., B.A.; Mark J. Harris, B.A.; Tomlinson Holman, B.S.; Gerald Isenberg, M.B.A.; David James, Ph.D; Richard Jewell, Ph.D.; Doe Mayer, M.A.; Marsha Kinder, Ph.D.; E. Russell McGregor, Ph.D.; K. Kenneth Miura, M.A.; Woody Omens, A.S.C. (M.A.); Christine Panushka, M.F.A.; Dana Polan, Ph.D.; Michael Renov, Ph.D.; Vibeke Sorensen, M.A.H.; Lynn Spigel, Ph.D.; Lawrence Turman, B.A.
Associate Professors: Don Bohlinger, M.F.A.; Todd Boyd, Ph.D.; Ron Curfman, M.F.A.; Pamela Douglas; David Howard, M.F.A.; Robert E. Miller, Ph.D.; Amanda Pope, B.A.
Assistant Professors: Tom Abrams, M.F.A.; Tara McPherson, Ph.D.; James Nathan, M.F.A.; Jeff Sconce, Ph.D.
Visiting Professors: Midge Costin; Judy Irola; Jeremy Kagan; Ishu Patel Senior Lecturers/Lecturers: Ted Braun; Laurie Burton; Roger Christiansen; Jed Dannenbaum; Bill Dill; Mary Beth Fielder; Pablo Frasconi; Robert Gardner; Gary Goldsmith; Brenda Goodman; Peter Gould; Karen Halverson; William Haugse; Carroll Hodge; Mary Jansen; Mardik Martin; Nina Menkes; John Morrill; Earl Rath; Mark Shepherd; Jennifer Warren; David Weber; Paul Wolansky; Paul Wolff
Research Associate Professors: Syou Ling Fu, M.F.A.; Richard Weinberg, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty: Steve Albrezzi; Ioan Allen; Kate Amend; Tom Anderson; Wendy Appel; Jeff Apple; Robert Ballo; Philip Barry; Carol Baum; Rick Berg; Sandra Berg; Steve Binder; Bruce Block; Mitch Block; David Bondelevitch; Robert Brown; Chris Chomyn; Joseph Cohen; Cynthia Cohn; Cornelius Cole; Kenneth Cosby; Martin Daniel; Manohla Dargis; Sam Denoff; Eva Denst; Vera Dika; Richard Edland; Mar Elepano; Bob Enders; Peter Exline; Nina Foch; Kathy Fogg; Greg Foster; Jean-Pierre Geuens; Nelson Gidding; Dan Gillman; Andrew Given; Michael Gonzales; Lisa Gottlieb; Dianne Haak; Don Hall; Amy Halpern; Lynn Hendee; Rowdy Herrington; Joe Hoffman; Todd Hoffman; Michael Hoggan; Karen Horn; Joseph Janeti; Gabor Kalman; Kristy Kang; Randal Kleiser; Christopher Knopf; Jeffrey Korchek; Richard Krevolin; Susan Landau; Lisa Leeman; Everett Lewis; Lawrence Lyttle; Lisa Mann; Frank McAdams; Leonard Maltin; David Milton; Jay Moriarty; Dan Nienaltowski; Richard Ollis; Jack Oswald; Peter Pampusch; Lloyd Pentacost; Russell Petranto; Rebecca Pollack-Parker; Lou Pitt; Vincent Robert; Howard Rosenberg; Leon Roth; Mimi Roth; Lionel Schaen; Sue Scheibler; Michael Scroggins; Agueda Simo; Elliott Silverstein; Tom Sito; Kathy Smith; Jason Squire; Noreen Stone; Jeffrey Stott; Ken Tamburri; Jerry Tokofsky; Duke Underwood; Chris Vogler; Jon Wagner; Malvin Wald; Jennifer Warren; Eric Weissmann; Matthew Weisman; David Weitzner; Cynthia Wells; Sanford Wernick; Megan Williams; Oscar Williams; Robert Zemeckis; Vernon Zimmerman
Emeritus Professors: Gene Coe, M.F.A.; Herbert E. Farmer, M.A.; Trevor Greenwood, M.A.; Richard Harber, M.A.; Edward Kaufman, Ph.D.; Gene Petersen, M.F.A.; Melvin Sloan, M.A.; Wolfram von Hanwehr, Ph.D.; Daniel Wiegand, M.A.; Morton Zarcoff, M.A.