1991年5月，伊丽莎白·戴利担任南加州大学电影电视学院院长。她是史蒂芬·J·罗斯/时代华纳学院院长的第一任主席。在她的领导下，学校增加了动画和数字艺术、互动媒体和游戏、媒体艺术和实践三个新专业；她组织建立了罗伯特·泽梅基斯数字艺术中心，设立了31个捐赠职位，并与多家娱乐和科技公司建立了成功的合作伙伴关系。2006年，戴利主持学校正式更名为电影艺术学院，由乔治·卢卡斯（george lucas）命名，并兴建了一个新的综合建筑群，该建筑群现在包括三栋教学楼、四个音响舞台和一个制作中心。在来到南加州大学之前，她曾担任马克·塔珀论坛影视子公司的董事，在此之前，她是米高梅/电视台的制片人。她在Avid技术委员会、本顿基金会和世界经济论坛全球议程委员会从事媒体、娱乐和信息的工作。她也是美国电影艺术与科学学院的成员。戴利在威斯康星大学获得博士学位，在杜兰大学和纽科姆学院获得文学硕士和学士学位。她也是香港浸会大学荣誉博士学位的获得者。
Elizabeth Daley was appointed dean of the USC School of Cinema-Television in May 1991. She is the inaugural holder of the Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair. Under her leadership, the school has added three new divisions in Animation and Digital Arts, Interactive Media and Games, and Media Arts and Practice; built the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts; established 31 endowed positions; and formed successful partnerships with a variety of entertainment and technology companies. In 2006, Daley presided over the school’s official renaming as the School of Cinematic Arts by George Lucas and broke ground for a new complex that now includes three instructional buildings, four sound stages and a production center. Before coming to USC, she 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 serves on the boards of Avid Technology, the Benton Foundation and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Media, Entertainment and Information. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Daley earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and M.A. and B.A. degrees from Tulane University and Newcomb College. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree from Hong Kong Baptist University.