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What famous film directors or producers have come out of USC's film school?
My brother is thinking about going to film school. I would like to know if there have been many alumni from USC that have gone on to do great things or that have become famous within the profession. I have heard about USC's film program through word of mouth and most everyone says it's a good school, but I'm curious to see whether the statistics show this. What sorts of careers have people who have graduated from the film school gone into? Was it something other than directing or producing? Have some gone into acting? Film editing? Screenwriting? Are they making good money? I want the best for my brother and would like to make sure that if he does go to California, he gets the best training possible, in addition to the reputation of having graduated from USC.
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The biggest names are:
Robert Zemeckis, who directed Back to the Future's, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Contact, Castaway, The Polar Express, Beowulf and The Christmas Carol.
George Lucas, who directed, produced or wrote Labyrinth, the Star Wars series, and the Indiana Jones series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts#Notable_SCA_alumni
A few of the following people are accomplished actors, screenwriters and film editors:
Amir Cyrus Ahanchian
Sasha Alexander
Scott Alexander
Elizabeth Allen
Thom Andersen
Judd Apatow
Gregg Araki
Aditya Assarat
Doug Atchison
Kelley Baker
A.V. Balakrishnan
John August
Richard L. Bare
Hal Barwood
Walt Becker
David Bezmozgis
Laura Bialis
Paul Harris Boardman
Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli
Charles Braverman
Mehcad Brooks
Norman Buckley
Ben Burtt
Trey Callaway
John Carpenter
Nick Castle
Art Clokey
Jack Couffer
John Cox
R. J. Cutler
Mark Z. Danielewski
Caleb Deschanel
Trygve Allister Diesen
Scott Derrickson
Craig Detweiler
Richard Edlund
Bobby Florsheim
Frank E. Flowers
Bob Gale
Douglas Gayeton
Scott Gimple
Alfred Gough
David S. Goyer
James Gray
Macy Gray
Brian Grazer
Luke Greenfield
Ashley Greyson
Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Conrad Hall
Jane Hamsher
James Haven
Grant Heslov
Matthew Ryan Hoge
Ron Howard
Martin Hynes
James Ivory
Joe Johnston
Rian Johnson
Larry Karaszewski
Jonathan Ke Quan
Richard Kelly
Karey Kirkpatrick
Randal Kleiser
Tom Klemesrud
Tim Kring
Eric Kripke
Ken Kwapis
Jon Landau
Alexander Sebastien Lee
Chris Chan Lee
R. Eric Lieb
Doug Liman
John Longenecker
George Lucas
Gregory Markopoulos
Richard Martini
John Milius
Miles Millar
F. Hudson Miller
Derek Mio
Stephen Mirrione
Walter Murch
Don Murphy
Tom Neff
Laura Neri
Dan O'Bannon
Randy Olson
Tom Oesch
Richard Outten
Chris Parson
Paula Patton
Sam Peckinpah (drama major)
Brian Wayne Peterson
Shawn Piller
Stu Pollard
Kevin Reynolds
Jay Roach
Shonda Rhimes
Barry Rubinow
Gary Rydstrom
Walter Salles
Edward Saxon
Josh Schwartz
Leigh Scott
Ben Shedd
Stacey Sher
Christine Shin
Sofia Shinas
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Bryan Singer
Dror Soref
John Singleton
Kevin Stea
Adam Stein
Tim Story
Stephen Sommers
Guido Mina di Sospiro
David H. Steinberg
Stephan Szpak-Fleet
Jon Turteltaub
Lee Unkrich
Christopher Vogler
Matthew Weiner
John Wells
Alexander Winn
Freddie Wong
Robert Zemeckis
Laura Ziskin
John Wayne was an alumnus of USC, but not of its film school (School of Cinematic Arts). (He studied pre-law and dropped out.)
It's hard to ascertain if the film school's alumni earn good money, but I think it's pretty safe to assume that they haven't gone hungry while pursuing the career of their choice. It's not fair, but in the real world, the most unskilled graduates of the most popular schools have a far easier time landing their typically good-paying dream jobs than the most skilled graduates of the most unknown schools.
Pictures below:
Eileen Norris Cinema Theater, where THX was born
the now-demolished The George Lucas Instructional Building
Robert Zemeckis, who directed Back to the Future's, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Contact, Castaway, The Polar Express, Beowulf and The Christmas Carol.
George Lucas, who directed, produced or wrote Labyrinth, the Star Wars series, and the Indiana Jones series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts#Notable_SCA_alumni
A few of the following people are accomplished actors, screenwriters and film editors:
Amir Cyrus Ahanchian
Sasha Alexander
Scott Alexander
Elizabeth Allen
Thom Andersen
Judd Apatow
Gregg Araki
Aditya Assarat
Doug Atchison
Kelley Baker
A.V. Balakrishnan
John August
Richard L. Bare
Hal Barwood
Walt Becker
David Bezmozgis
Laura Bialis
Paul Harris Boardman
Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli
Charles Braverman
Mehcad Brooks
Norman Buckley
Ben Burtt
Trey Callaway
John Carpenter
Nick Castle
Art Clokey
Jack Couffer
John Cox
R. J. Cutler
Mark Z. Danielewski
Caleb Deschanel
Trygve Allister Diesen
Scott Derrickson
Craig Detweiler
Richard Edlund
Bobby Florsheim
Frank E. Flowers
Bob Gale
Douglas Gayeton
Scott Gimple
Alfred Gough
David S. Goyer
James Gray
Macy Gray
Brian Grazer
Luke Greenfield
Ashley Greyson
Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Conrad Hall
Jane Hamsher
James Haven
Grant Heslov
Matthew Ryan Hoge
Ron Howard
Martin Hynes
James Ivory
Joe Johnston
Rian Johnson
Larry Karaszewski
Jonathan Ke Quan
Richard Kelly
Karey Kirkpatrick
Randal Kleiser
Tom Klemesrud
Tim Kring
Eric Kripke
Ken Kwapis
Jon Landau
Alexander Sebastien Lee
Chris Chan Lee
R. Eric Lieb
Doug Liman
John Longenecker
George Lucas
Gregory Markopoulos
Richard Martini
John Milius
Miles Millar
F. Hudson Miller
Derek Mio
Stephen Mirrione
Walter Murch
Don Murphy
Tom Neff
Laura Neri
Dan O'Bannon
Randy Olson
Tom Oesch
Richard Outten
Chris Parson
Paula Patton
Sam Peckinpah (drama major)
Brian Wayne Peterson
Shawn Piller
Stu Pollard
Kevin Reynolds
Jay Roach
Shonda Rhimes
Barry Rubinow
Gary Rydstrom
Walter Salles
Edward Saxon
Josh Schwartz
Leigh Scott
Ben Shedd
Stacey Sher
Christine Shin
Sofia Shinas
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Bryan Singer
Dror Soref
John Singleton
Kevin Stea
Adam Stein
Tim Story
Stephen Sommers
Guido Mina di Sospiro
David H. Steinberg
Stephan Szpak-Fleet
Jon Turteltaub
Lee Unkrich
Christopher Vogler
Matthew Weiner
John Wells
Alexander Winn
Freddie Wong
Robert Zemeckis
Laura Ziskin
John Wayne was an alumnus of USC, but not of its film school (School of Cinematic Arts). (He studied pre-law and dropped out.)
It's hard to ascertain if the film school's alumni earn good money, but I think it's pretty safe to assume that they haven't gone hungry while pursuing the career of their choice. It's not fair, but in the real world, the most unskilled graduates of the most popular schools have a far easier time landing their typically good-paying dream jobs than the most skilled graduates of the most unknown schools.
Pictures below:
Eileen Norris Cinema Theater, where THX was born
the now-demolished The George Lucas Instructional Building
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videos:
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