


Mary Pickford Endowed Chair/Photo courtesy SCA

Professor Taylor brought this information to Gail Katz when she became the Chair of Film and Television Production for the USC School of Cinematic Arts. “The studios are doing sustainable filmmaking on their sets and want graduating film students to learn these skills prior to entering the industry.” “All the big studios in Hollywood want film students to learn environmental production protocol,” Taylor said. Michael Taylor, B.A.įormer Chair, Film & Television ProductionĮxecutive Director, Media Institute for Social Change/Photo courtesy SCA In the summer of 2020, film studios and television companies from Universal Pictures to HBO approached SCA and other top film schools about the prospect of training students in eco-friendly moviemaking. “One of the great things about our school is that we prepare our students to be professionals in the industry in every way and this is just one additional skill they need to know which is sustainable filmmaking.” “Sustainability is on everybody’s mind,” said Professor Michael Taylor from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
