The USC School of Cinematic Arts congratulates our alumni, students, and faculty with projects accepted at the 2024 SXSW Film and TV Festival!
The USC School of Cinematic Arts and USC School of Dramatic Arts held a panel and reception on Sunday, March 10th in Austin, Texas to celebrate our Trojans at SXSW.
Thank you to our partner Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services for leading the engaging discussion on Archival Preservation: The Future of Cinema.
Our alumni panelists included Jonathan Chinn '94 (Producer, Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion, and Producer, The Trouble with Mr. Doodle); Yaniv Elani '11 (Editor, MoviePass, MovieCrash); Evan Hayes '02 (Producer, Free Solo); Prentice Penny '95 (Producer/Director, Black Twitter)
Headliners
The Fall Guy
Bridger Nielson ’04
2nd Unit Director of Photography
Y2K
Kyle Mooney ’07
Director
Narrative Feature Competition
We’re All Gonna Die
Matthew Arnold ’02
Director/Screenwriter
Freddie Wong ’06
Director/Screenwriter
Narrative Spotlight
A Nice Indian Boy
Madhuri Shekar ’09 (SDA)
Writer
Raashi Kulkarni GCRT ’16, MM ’18 (Thornton)
Composer
I Don’t Understand You
Jon Glickman
Producer
My Dead Friend Zoe -WINNER
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes ’10
Director/Writer/Producer
Arcadian
Jared Underwood ’90 (Marshall)
Executive Producer
Desert Road
Shannon Triplett ’10
Director/Writer
Lauren Bates ’15
Producer
The Greatest Hits
Saira Haider ’14
Editor
Robert Abilez ’15
First Assistant Editor
Switch Up
Lorena Gonzalez ’21 (SDA)
Cast
Lisa London ’82
Casting Director
Wakhri (One of a Kind)
Iram Parveen Bilal ’07
Director/Writer/Producer
I Love You Forever
Jon Rudnitsky ’12 (SDA)
Actor
Documentary Spotlight
How To Build A Truth Engine
Grant Heslov ’86 (SDA)
Executive Producer
MoviePass, MovieCrash
Jack Heller ’04
Producer
Yaniv Elani ’11
Co-Editor
Max Aruj ’12 (Thornton)
Composer
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion
Jonathan Chinn ’94
Producer
How Music Got Free
Steve Berman ’84
Producer
Paul Rosenberg ’90
Producer
Stormy
Judd Apatow ’87
Executive Producer
A King Like Me
Justin Feldman ’11
Music Supervisor
Fly
Justin Feldman ’11
Music Supervisor
Midnighters
Azrael
Dan Kagan
Producer
Family
Logan Nelson ’19 (Thornton/SCA)
Composer
It’s What’s Inside
James Morosini ’14 (SDA)
Cast
Dead Mail
Payton Jane ’23 (SDA/Dornsife)
Production Designer
The Trouble With Mr. Doodle
Jonathan Chinn ’94
Producer
24 Beats Per Second
This is a Film About The Black Keys
Elizabeth Gregory ’93 (Gould)
Producer
Diane Warren: Relentless
Marie Lessel ’22
Editor
Heather Guibert ’06 (Thornton)
Music Supervisor
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It
Wesley Adams ’13 (Annenberg)
Co-Executive Producer
Cassidy Hartmann ’11
Exectutive Producer
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
Justin Feldman ’11
Music Supervisor
Dandelion
Maren H. Jensen ’17
Production Designer
Luke Taylor ’11 (Thornton)
Executive Producer
Festival Favorites
Dìdi (??)
Sean Wang ’16
Director/Producer
Sam Davis ’16
Director of Photography
Arielle Zakowski '12
Editor
Chris Tennant ‘18
Assistant Editor
Pet Shop Days
Alex Coco ’16
Producer
Riccardo Maddalosso ’15 (Gould)
Co-Executive Producer
TV Premiere
3 Body Problem
Rian Johnson ’96
Executive Producer
Madhuri Shekar ’09 ’14 (Annenberg/SDA)
Writer
Rosalind Chao ’79 (Annenberg)
Actor
Zine Tseng (SDA)
Actor
Black Twitter: A People’s History
Prentice Penny ’95
Director
STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A - WINNER
Cassidy Hartmann ’11
Co-Executive Producer
TV Spotlight
Hacks Season 3 Premiere - WINNER
Aisha Imami Muharrar
Co-Executive Producer/Writer
Adam Bricker ’08
Director of Photography
Susan Vaill ’00
Editor
Star Trek: Discovery Final Season Premiere
Jon Dudkowski ’00
Editor
The Broadcast
Danielle Soury ’18 (Thornton)
Supervisor
Ryley Walker & Friends Danielle Soury ’18 (Thornton)
Music Supervisor
Independent TV Pilot Competition
Tossers
Chase Block ’18
Showrunner/Director/Executive Producer
Natalie Rousseau ’19 (SDA)
Actor
Narrative Shorts Competition
A Rotten Woman / Die Verdorbene
Niamh Sauter-Cooke
Director/Screenwriter
Dissolution
Thomas J. Lopez ’95 (Thornton)
Producer
The Last Brunch
Thomas Cross ’14
Producer
Andrew Goldstein ’14
Executive Producer
Learning English
Jean Liu ’21
Director/Writer/Producer
Tiffany Lin ’20
Editor
Ajeng Canyarasmi ’19
Sound Design/Mixer
Zine Tseng (SDA)
Actor
See It Say It
Rui Jiang Ong
Director of Photography
Midnight Shorts Competition
Inner Demons
Samuel Gill ’23
Editor
XR Experience Competition
The Vortex Cinema
Brian Chase ’06 (Price)
Cast
Music Video Competition
Bambina - 'Anyway U Want It'
Sean Conaty ’08
Director of Photography
We apologize if we missed anyone. If you or a fellow alum have a project in the upcoming SXSW Film and TV Festival, please let us know at alumni@cinema.usc.edu so that we may properly recognize you.