Jon M. Chu, on the midway level of directing back-to-back Depraved motion pictures, will ship the keynote tackle at USC‘s 142nd graduation ceremony in Could.
Chu, whose credit additionally embrace Loopy Wealthy Asians and Within the Heights, graduated from the USC Faculty of Cinematic Arts in 2003. He’ll obtain an honorary diploma as a part of the ceremony Could 15 on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the college stated Friday.
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“Jon continues to spark the imaginations of tens of millions by means of the dazzling worlds he creates. He’s a terrific champion of the wonderful expertise — performers, technicians and craftspeople — who contribute a lot to the artistic arts and convey essential tales to life,” USC president Carol Folt stated. “He’s additionally an exquisite position mannequin to college students and storytellers, and we will’t wait to listen to his inspirational phrases.”
Depraved: Half 1 scored 10 Oscar nominations this yr together with Finest Image and gained two, for Finest Manufacturing Design and Finest Costume Design. The film turned the highest-grossing adaptation of a Broadway musical of all time and grossed $733.7 million on the worldwide field workplace.
The sequel, Depraved: For Good, is gearing as much as hit theaters on November 21, 2025.
Chu has lengthy credited USC along with his growth and has stayed shut with the college; he met his Depraved and Within the Heights cinematography Alice Brooks when each had been college students there. There’s a Jon M. Chu APAA Cinematic Arts Scholarship, awarded to college students whose initiatives concentrate on Asian Pacific tradition in movie, TV and interactive media, and he lately established the Jon M. Chu Endowed Scholar Fund.
