An Evening with Helen Mirren in Television Symposium

(NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION FOR THE SPRING '09 SEMESTER)



7 - 10:15 P.M. on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall

CTCS-467: Television Symposium is a 4-unit elective class open to all campus majors. The evening will begin with screenings of selected television performances from Helen Mirren's extraordinary career, including Prime Suspect and Elizabeth I. The screenings will be followed by a moderated Q&A with Helen Mirren that will be open for student questions.

MAKE A RESERVATION

Each week, the class meets television creators, writers, directors, actors and more, from many of your favorite shows, for intimate conversations about the process of television production.

From LOST: Damon Lindelof (creator), Carlton Cuse (exec producer), Bryan Burk (exec producer), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Michael Giacchino (composer)
From HOUSE: David Shore (creator), Garrett Lerner (exec producer, writer), Russel Friend (exec producer, writer)
From THE OFFICE: Ken Kwapis (director), Jenna Fischer (actor), John Krasinski (actor)
From GREY'S ANATOMY: Shonda Rhimes (creator), T.R. Knight (actor)
From ENTOURAGE: Doug Ellin (creator)
From THE SHIELD: Shawn Ryan (creator)
From PUSHING DAISIES: Bryan Fuller (creator), Dan Jinks (exec producer)
From IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA: Rob McElhenney (creator, actor), Charlie Day (actor, writer), Glenn Howerton (actor, writer)
From GOSSIP GIRL & CHUCK: Josh Schwartz (creator), Stephanie Savage (creator), Chris Fedak (creator)
From HEROES: Tim Kring (creator), Alan Arkush (exec producer, director), Greg Beeman (exec producer, director), Jeph Loeb (co-exec producer, writer), Masi Oka (actor)
From THE WIRE: David Simon (creator)
From RENO 911!: Carlos Alazraqui (actor), Wendy McLendon-Covey (actor), Cedric Yarbrough (actor)
From MAD MEN: Matt Weiner (creator), Scott Hornbacher (producer), Dan Bishop (production designer), Janie Bryant (costume designer), Vincent Kartheiser (actor)
From DEXTER: Clyde Phillips (producer, showrunner), Melissa Rosenberg (writer)
From THE RICHES: Eddie Izzard (actor, producer)
From RAISING THE BAR: Steven Bochco (creator), Mark-Paul Gosselar (actor)
From BIG LOVE: Mark Olsen (creator), Will Scheffer (creator), Bill Paxton (actor)
From TRACEY TAKES ON...: Tracey Ullman (creator, actor)
From REAPER: Tom Spezialy Jr. (exec producer)
From DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: Marc Cherry (creator)
From SCRUBS: Bill Lawrence (creator)
From THE L WORD: Ilene Chaiken (creator)
From EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: Phil Rosenthal (creator)
From WEEDS: Jenji Kohan (creator)
From STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP: Thomas Schlamme (exec producer), Matthew Perry (actor), Nathan Corddry (actor), Steven Weber (actor)
From THE SIMPSONS: Ian Maxtone-Graham (exec producer, writer), Matt Selman (writer), Danny Chun (writer), Matt Warburton (writer)
From FAMILY GUY & AMERICAN DAD!: Seth MacFarlane (creator, actor), Chris Sheridan (exec producer, writer), Mike Barker (procuer, writer)

ABOUT CHECK-IN & RESERVATIONS

This event is open to all USC students, staff, faculty and alumni. The theater will be OVERBOOKED to ensure capacity and the RSVP list will be honored on a first-come, first-serve basis, with no reserved seating. Please bring a photo ID or print out of your reservation confirmation, which will be automatically sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through the website.

ABOUT PARKING

The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 850 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $8 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of W. Jefferson Blvd. & McClintock Avenue. We recommend parking in outdoor Lot M or V, or Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Please note that Parking Structure D cannot accommodate tall vehicles such as SUVs. Street parking is also available along W. Jefferson Boulevard (meters are free after 6 P.M. on weekdays).

For a map of the USC campus (Norris Cinema Theatre, NCT, is N.10 in blue), please access the following website: http://www.usc.edu/assets/maps/upc_map.pdf