Nobody can teach anybody to direct. USC provides a wonderful foundation for those with a penchant for storytelling using imagery, sound and narrative skills.

‘SC takes people with creative backgrounds, gives a good knowledge base, and then says…. go get it, you are on your own. This is like Hollywood for most – you graduate, you have bad or even good student films, and your first job is making coffee or sweeping stage floors for a production company – if you are lucky, have ambition and a lot of confidence in your self.

Luckily, there are many ways to become a director – there is no paved road unless you are the son or daughter of a celebrity – and learning the basics of editing, writing, audio design, visual design, etc, will only contribute to your potential success. That said, any good school can provide the basics, but being in southern california or new york, where the A+ production and post work happens on a daily basis, is a real advantage to a grad student, or under grad student. Break a leg!