USC Taps Industry Vet Danny Bilson to Chair Games Division
USC just brought on Danny Bilson as the new chair of its School of Cinematic Arts Interactive Media & Games Division (IMGD), reporting to the School of Cinematic Arts dean Elizabeth M. Daley. Bilson, who has held senior executive positions at THQ and Electronic Arts, is a writer, film director, producer and game developer. Since 2005, he has also been on the faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, teaching screenwriting and narrative design, and, currently, leading the Advanced Games Project.
Bilson will “be part of the larger collaboration known as USC Games, which also includes the computer science department.” Former division chair Tracy Fullerton will continue as the Electronic Arts chair in Interactive Entertainment and director of USC Games. USC GamePipe Laboratory founding director Mike Zyda, a “professor of engineering practice in the computer science department,” will collaborate with Bilson and Fullerton in games education.
He encourages students “to build teams through advanced games,” and build demos “so they can attract investment dollars to complete those games and get quality, low-risk games into the indie space.”
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