Alan Baker, B.A.

Associate Dean, Administration & International Projects

213.740.5258
abaker@cinema.usc.edu
LUC 209

Alan Baker is in his eleventh year as the School of Cinematic Arts assistant dean, after spending 25 years in network, syndication and public television production and programming. Alan’s current responsibilities include the initiation and oversight of several international programs, including five years organizing production and writing workshops in Vietnam and at USC for Vietnamese filmmakers.

For the past four years, Alan has also been working with Jordan’s Royal Film Commission in designing and implementing workshops in Jordan for aspiring young Jordanian filmmakers. Alan wrote the original grant proposal and now supervises the State Department’s USC Fusion Arts Exchange summer program, beginning its third year, which brings 20 international university students to USC for five-week workshops. He is also principal liaison for new programs with Dubai, India and other locales.

Alan oversees the school’s scholarship programs and does special projects for the dean and associate dean. He publishes a bi-weekly newsletter for faculty and staff.

Prior to USC, Alan was a vice president for programming at 20th and Paramount Television companies. He produced numerous cultural programs at the Los Angeles PBS television station, and was in charge of press and publicity for the 1984 Olympic Games international Arts Festival.

Alan has a B.A. in English from the University of Hawaii, is married and has three sons and a badly behaved dog.