When Matt Reeves graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Tim Burton was about to film Batman’s big return to the big screen.
Now The Batman writer-director and Class of 1988 alum will give the 2022 commencement address on May 13 at the campus-adjacent Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.SCA also said today that Insecure writer-director-EP Prentiss Penny, a 1995 SCA grad, will receive its Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
He was previously was announced as the speaker for the 2022 USC Black Graduation Ceremony on May 11 at Cromwell Field on campus.Reeves’ The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, is the top-grossing film of 2022, with $367.9 million in North America since its March 4 release and nearly $760 million worldwide.
After directing episode of TV series including Felicity and Homicide: Life on the Street, his breakout film was 2008’s Cloverfield, which set a domestic record for January release and went on to gross more than $175 million globally.
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