"Conversations With..." Speaker Series

The Writing Division “Conversations With…” Speaker Series is an intimate interaction between SCA students and leading writers, producers and directors in the motion picture industry, television and other areas of the cinematic arts.

Past guests have included :

Jerry Bruckheimer (C.S.I., Black Hawk Down )
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 )
Baz Luhrman (Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge! )
David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks )
Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Generations )
Julie Taymor (Frida, Across the Universe )
and many others...

Traditionally, the “Conversations With…” speaker series is held on Friday afternoons with a discussion hosted by an M.F.A. writing student and then followed by a lengthy audience Q & A session.

“Conversations With…” is generally reserved for students of the Writing Division, but will, on occasion be opened to other SCA students and guests. Audio from the sessions is recorded. Podcast are available on the School of Cinematic Arts Web site or iTunes.

The “Conversations With…” speaker series was initially established as the Zaki Gordon Speaker Series.

For more information email WritingHost@cinema.usc.edu

Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

with David Gittins

Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

with Sean Wolfson, M.F.A. 2009

Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

with Ben Fast, M.F.A. 2008

Each of these podcasts plus editions from other SCA events are available on iTunes.

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