List of Columbia College Chicago people
The following is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of Columbia College Chicago.
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Alumni
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- Scott Adsit (1989)
- Jay Beyers (2008)
- Karyn Bosnak (1996)
- Dan Burdett (1984-1986) Known in internet advertising as "Action Dan"
- Nick Charles
- Common (attended briefly)
- David Cromer (attended briefly; award-winning director of Adding Machine (musical))[citation needed]
- Darius de Haas (attended briefly)
- Andy Dick (attended briefly)
- Jeffrey Daniels
- Bruce DuMont (1969)
- Elaine Equi
- Eric Fensler
- Mauro Fiore (1987), Academy Award winning cinematographer (Avatar, The Island, Tears of the Sun, Training Day)
- Greg Glienna
- Shecky Green (1946)
- Larry Heinemann (1971)
- Maureen Herman (attended briefly)
- Jay Johnston
- Janusz Kamiński (1982–87), Academy Award winning cinematographer for Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan
- John Kass
- J. A. Konrath writer of the "Jack Daniels" mystery series
- Steve Kmetko
- Jake Lloyd
- Joe Meno
- Ozier Muhammad (1972)
- Bob Odenkirk
- Tonya Pinkins (attended briefly)
- Aidan Quinn
- Rhymefest (attended briefly)
- Dean Richards
- Andy Richter (1988)
- Konee Rok (attended briefly)
- Pat Sajak (1968)
- Matthew Santos
- Anna D. Shapiro
- Michael Stahl-David
- Shawnna (attended briefly)
- Bob Sirott (1971)
- Matt Skiba
- Dino Stamatopoulos (attended briefly)
- Genndy Tartakovsky (1990)
- Robert Teitel (1990)
- Jan Terri (1983)
- George Tillman, Jr. (1991)
- Nadine Velazquez (2001)
- Jim Verraros
- Jon Walker (attended briefly)
- Nan Warshaw (1994)
- Jim Williams
- Nick Monteleone (2009) film composer and musician
- Maps & Atlases
- Jeremih (2009) Singer
- Kid Sister
Faculty
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- † denotes former faculty member
- Martin Atkins (musician)
- Dawoud Bey (photographer)
- Pauline Brailsford †
- Ivan Brunetti (sequential artist)
- David Cromer (theatre director and stage actor.)
- Steve Dahl (radio personality)
- Jim DeRogatis (music critic, co-host of Sound Opinions)[1]
- Phyllis Eisenstein (fantasy and science fiction novelist)
- Jan Erkert (choreographer, teacher and writer)
- Ed Ferrara (television writer)
- Charles "Chuck" Harrison
- Larry Heinemann †
- Joe Meno (author)
- Salim Muwakkil (author)
- Audrey Niffenegger
- Sheldon Patinkin
- William Russo
- John Schultz
- Jason Stephens
- David Trinidad
- Sam Weller (journalist and author)
- Albert Williams (lead theater critic, Chicago Reader)
- John H. White (photojournalist)
References
- ^ "Pop Music Critic Jim DeRogatis to Rock Department of English at Columbia College Chicago". Press release. Columbia College Chicago. April 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-23.