The University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television is the oldest film school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The School’s founding faculties include Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, William C. DeMille , Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, and Darryl Zanuck. Notable professors include Drew Casper, the Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Professor of American Film, Tomlinson Holman, inventor of THX, and Mark Jonathan Harris, documentary filmmaker.
The program is one of the most competitive specialty schools, accepting 150 out of roughly 14,000 undergraduate applicants each year. It is famous for turning down Steven Spielberg's application for undergraduate studies (ironically, he is now on the school's board of directors).
Since 1973, not a year has passed without an alumnus being nominated for an Academy Award; and alumni have held key creative or production positions in 8 of the 10 highest grossing movies in history.
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Famous alumni
See also: List of University of Southern California people
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