Jon M. Chu, on the midway level of directing back-to-back Depraved motion pictures, will ship the keynote deal with at USC‘s 142nd graduation ceremony in Might.
Chu, whose credit additionally embody 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 Might 15 on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the college mentioned Friday.
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“Jon continues to spark the imaginations of tens of millions via the dazzling worlds he creates. He’s a terrific champion of the superb expertise — performers, technicians and craftspeople — who contribute a lot to the inventive arts and produce vital tales to life,” USC president Carol Folt mentioned. “He’s additionally an exquisite position mannequin to college students and storytellers, and we are able to’t wait to listen to his inspirational phrases.”
Depraved: Half 1 scored 10 Oscar nominations this 12 months together with Greatest Image and gained two, for Greatest Manufacturing Design and Greatest Costume Design. The film grew to become 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 together with his improvement 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 tasks give attention to Asian Pacific tradition in movie, TV and interactive media, and he just lately established the Jon M. Chu Endowed Pupil Fund.
