Commencement 2007
Dean
Elizabeth M. Daley
"It is my pleasure to welcome you—parents, families, partners, friends, supporters, and especially our graduates—to this wonderful celebration." More...
Commencement Speaker
Will Wright
"I want to thank USC for inviting me here to speak to you today. This is actually the first commencement ceremony I've ever been to. I went to college for many years but just took the classes that interested me so I never earned a degree. In high school I was quite anxious to get out as soon as possible so after my junior year I took summer school classes so I could graduate despite skipping my senior year." More...Mary Pickford Endowed Chair
Doe Mayer
"Each year, the school and the Mary Pickford Foundation pay tribute with the Pickford Award to a person who attended USC whose achievements are so extraordinary that they bring special distinction to the USC School of Cinematic Arts and to our industry." More...
Mary Pickford Foundation Award
Ray Harryhausen
"I had to learn the hard way, by trial and error, most of it. But I’m so grateful for that course, particularly in film editing..." More...
Chair, Board of Councilors
Frank Price
"Today it is my great pleasure to introduce a man who, over the course of his nearly 50-year career, has created a canon of work that profoundly underscores this principle." More...
Honorary Alumnus Award
Clint Eastwood
Acclaimed actor, director and producer received the first Honorary Alumni Award.
Watch it here.
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Michael Renov, Ph.D.
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"Why six divisions in a single school? It certainly wasn’t always so. The growth of what we teach and who we are as a school has developed over a period of decades in response to and anticipation of emerging media forms and practices." More...
Division Chair Speeches
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| Anne Friedberg |
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| Kathy Smith |
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| Howard A. Rodman |
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| Michael Taylor |
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| Scott S. Fisher |
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| Larry Turman |
