Elizabeth Daley, University of Southern California

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Cinematic Arts Professor Los Angeles, California edaley@cinema.usc.edu Office: (213) 740-2804

Bio/Research

Elizabeth Daley joined the school in 1989 as chair of the Film & Television Production Program. Before coming to USC, Daley served as director of the film and television subsidiary of the Mark Taper Forum, and prior to that, was a producer for MGM/Television. She has also been an independent prod...

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Bio/Research

Elizabeth Daley joined the school in 1989 as chair of the Film & Television Production Program. Before coming to USC, Daley served as director of the film and television subsidiary of the Mark Taper Forum, and prior to that, was a producer for MGM/Television. She has also been an independent producer and media consultant, and serves on the board of directors of AVID Technologies, as well as the non-profit boards of the Benton Foundation, Operation Smile Board of Governors, the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts, the Warner Bros. Historical Foundation, the World Economic Forum’s Media, Entertainment & Information Industry Agenda Council, and advisory boards at USC for KUSC Radio and the Institute for Creative Technologies.

Daley has been honored by American Women in Radio and Television and was twice nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award. She has received a Cine Golden Eagle, the Barbara Jordan Award, the California Governor’s Award, and the Women in Film Business Leadership Award, acknowledging extraordinary contributions by women behind the camera. She was also the inaugural recipient of The Alfred Hitchcock Legacy Award, given on behalf of the Hitchcock Family and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Daley earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and M.A. and B.A. degrees from Tulane University and Newcomb College.


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