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! ) and David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks ), among many others.
Traditionally, the “Conversations With…” speaker series is held on Friday afternoons with a discussion run by an M.F.A. writing student and then followed by a lengthy audience Q & A session.
This year's student host is Ben Fast, a second-year M.F.A. candidate.
“Conversations With…” is generally reserved for students of the Writing Division, but will, on occasion be opened to other SCA students and guests. Sessions are also frequently recorded, with audio available through the School of Cinematic Arts Podcast page.
The “Conversations With…” speaker series was initially established as the Zaki Gordon Speaker Series.
For more information email WritingHost@cinema.usc.edu
To hear past sessions: cinema.usc.edu/podcasts
