List of California Institute of the Arts people
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Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and visiting artists of the California Institute of the Arts.
School of Art
Alumni
- Angus Andrew
- Judie Bamber[1]
- Julie Becker (BFA, MFA)
- Ashley Bickerton
- Jeremy Blake (MFA 95, Art)
- Nayland Blake (MFA 84, Art)
- Ross Bleckner (MFA 73, Art)
- Barbara Bloom (BFA 72, Art)
- John S. Boskovich (MFA, Art)
- Andrea Bowers
- Mark Bradford
- Troy Brauntuch
- Laurie Halsey Brown
- Krista Buecking (MFA 2012, Art)
- John Burtle
- James Casebere (MFA 79, Art)
- Heather Cassils (MFA 2002, Art)
- Nancy Chunn
- Jill Ciment
- Bernard Cooper
- Sofia Coppola (did not graduate) 92, Photography and Media)
- Meg Cranston
- Zoe Crosher
- Dorit Cypis
- Danielle Dean (MFA 2012)
- Richard K. Diran, 1972, painting
- Tomory Dodge
- Roy Dowell
- John Duncan
- Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
- Elana Dykewomon
- Mark Edward
- Kenneth Feingold
- Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
- Liz Glynn (MFA 08)
- Jack Goldstein
- Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83
- Todd Gray
- Tony Greene
- Johnnie Jungleguts
- Kira Lynn Harris
- Richard Hawkins (MFA 88)
- Heather Henson
- Alex Hirsch
- Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
- Doug Ischar (BFA 87)
- Mike Kelley (MFA 78, Art)
- Robert Glenn Ketchum (MFA 73, Photography and Media)
- Mike Kohnke (MFA 00, Graphic Design)
- Alice Könitz
- Suzanne Lacy (MFA '73)
- James Lapine
- Jonathan Lasker
- Elad Lassry
- Michael Mandiberg (MFA 03, Photography and Media)
- Elana Mann
- Daniel Joseph Martinez (BFA 79, Photography and Media)
- Kent Matsuoka
- Rodney McMillian (MFA 02, Art)
- Josephine Meckseper (MFA 92)
- John Miller (MFA 79, Art)
- Farhad Moshiri
- Dwayne Moser (MFA 2001)
- Carter Mull
- Yurie Nagashima
- Kali Nikitas (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
- Catherine Opie (MFA 88, Photography and Media)
- Rubén Ortiz-Torres (MFA 92, Art)
- Tony Oursler (BFA 79, Art)
- Ariel Pink
- Lari Pittman (MFA 76)
- Michael Polish (BFA 92, Art)
- Monique Prieto (BFA and MFA, Art)
- Stephen Prina
- Linda Ravenswood (BFA 2000, Interdisciplinary degree Art, Theatre, Music )
- Amy Keating Rogers
- Leo Rubinfien (BFA 1974, Photography)
- Christoph Ruckhäberle
- Shizu Saldamando (MFA 2005)
- David Salle (BFA 73, MFA 75, Art)
- Adrian Saxe
- Mira Schor (MFA 73)
- Peter Seidler, founder of Avalanche Systems
- Stephen Selkowitz (Environmental Design, MFA 72)
- Jim Shaw
- Denise Siegel
- Gary Simmons
- Patrice Stellest
- Klaus vom Bruch
- Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
- James Welling (BFA 72, MFA 74, Photography and Media)
- Dirk Westphal
- Faith Wilding
- Christopher Williams
- Megan Williams, B.F.A., 1978
- Amanda Woodward
- Tim Zuck
Faculty
- Vito Acconci
- Laurie Anderson
- Richard Artschwager
- Michael Asher
- David Askevold
- John Baldessari
- Lynda Benglis
- Natalie Bookchin
- Jonathan Borofsky
- Paul Brach
- Judy Chicago
- Robert H. Cumming
- Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
- Richard Farson
- Ed Fella
- Karen Finley
- Judy Fiskin
- Anthony Friedkin
- Harry Gamboa, Jr.
- Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
- April Greiman
- Fritz Haeg
- John Van Hamersveld
- Dick Higgins
- Douglas Huebler
- Tom Jennings
- Allan Kaprow
- Martin Kersels
- Alison Knowles
- Max Kozloff
- Barbara Kruger
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Catherine Lord
- John Mandel
- Paul McCarthy
- Jayme Odgers
- Victor Papanek
- Judy Pfaff
- Arlene Raven
- Susan Rothenberg
- Allan Sekula
- Shirley Tse
- Lorraine Wild
- Emmett Williams
- Millie Wilson
- Krzysztof Wodiczko
- Emerson Woelffer
Visiting artists
- Annie Abrahams
- Dennis Adams
- Ant Farm
- Eleanor Antin
- Philippe Apeloig
- Kevin Appel
- Ron Athey
- Julie Ault
- Stuart Bailey
- Lewis Baltz
- Marian Bantjes
- Jonathan Barnbrook
- Uta Barth
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Andrew Blauvelt
- Barbara Bloom
- John Boskovich
- Neville Brody
- Benjamin Buchloh
- Daniel Buren
- Jeff Burton
- Galo "MAKE" Canote
- Micha Cárdenas
- Matthew Carter
- Margo Chase
- Mel Chin
- Bonnie Clearwater
- Robert Colescott
- Linda Connor
- Barbara Degenevieve
- Richardo Dominguez
- Stan Douglas
- Johanna Drucker
- John Duncan
- Hasan M. Elahi
- Pablo Ferro
- Karen Finley
- Robert Frank
- Andrea Fraser
- Lee Friedlander
- Adam Fuss
- Amy Gerstler
- Frank Gohlke
- Dan Graham
- Renée Green
- Hans Haacke
- Fritz Haeg
- Peter Halley
- Ann Hamilton
- Richard Hawkins
- Marvin Heiferman
- Mary Heilmann
- Peter Hill
- Sikivu Hutchinson
- Helen Varley Jamieson
- Joan Jonas
- Mary Kelly
- Joyce Kozloff
- Alix Lambert
- Ann Lauterbach
- Louise Lawler
- Leigh Ledare
- Sol LeWitt
- Glenn Ligon
- Lucy R. Lippard
- Sylvère Lotringer
- John Mandel
- Fabian Marcaccio
- Paul McCarthy
- Susan Meiselas
- Robert Morris
- Oscar Murillo
- Elizabeth Murray
- Catherine Opie
- Pepon Osorio
- Tod Papageorge
- Raymond Pettibon
- Judy Pfaff
- Rick Poynor
- Miller Puckette
- David Reed
- Lawrence Rinder
- Pipilotti Rist
- Osvaldo Romberg
- Craig J Saper
- Stefan Sagmeister
- Carolee Schneemann
- Christian Schwartz
- Richard Serra
- Jim Shaw
- Lorna Simpson
- Jen Smith
- Kiki Smith
- Keith Sonnier
- Nathaniel Stern
- Pat Steir
- Mayo Thompson
- Tom of Finland
- Rubén Ortiz Torres
- Carmelita Tropicana
- Alice Twemlow
- Jerry Uelsmann
- Jeffrey Vallance
- Jeff Wall
- Carrie Mae Weems
- William Wegman
- Lawrence Weiner
- Wolfgang Weingart
- Robert Whitman
- Emmett Williams
- Deborah Willis
- Fred Wilson
- Garry Winogrand
- Andrea Zittel
School of Critical Studies
Alumni
- Andrew Berardini (MFA 06)
- Kate Durbin
- Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (MFA 13)
- Soo Kim (MFA 95)
- Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
- Grace Krilanovich (MFA 05)
- Janice Lee (MFA 08)
- Eric Lindley, aka Careful (MFA 08)
- Karl Montevirgen (MFA 00)
Faculty
- Dodie Bellamy
- Susie Bright
- Sue-Ellen Case
- Sande Cohen
- Thomas E. Crow
- Steve Erickson
- Brian Evenson
- María Irene Fornés
- Daniel Foss
- Peter Gadol
- Mark Harris
- Dick Hebdige
- Sikivu Hutchinson
- Anthony McCann
- Deena Metzger
- Maggie Nelson
- Carl Oglesby
- Vanessa Place
- David St. John
- Matthew Shenoda
- Jalal Toufic
- Luisa Valenzuela
- Matias Viegener
- Robert Walter
- Christine Wertheim
- Emmett Williams
Visiting artists
- Kathy Acker
- Ammiel Alcalay, writer and poet
- David Antin, performance artist
- Andrew Arato
- Arthur magazine
- Margaret Atwood
- Alain Badiou, philosopher
- John Baldessari, artist
- Stephen Barber, cultural theorist
- Dodie Bellamy, writer
- Aimee Bender, writer
- Caroline Bergvall, poet, writer
- Lauren Berlant
- Charles Bernstein, poet
- Robert Bly
- Christian Bök, poet
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Judith Butler
- Manuel Castells
- Michael Chabon, writer
- Wanda Coleman, writer and poet
- Bernard Cooper, essayist and art critic
- Dennis Cooper, novelist
- Victor Hernández Cruz, poet
- António Damásio
- Mike Davis, historian and social critic
- Vaginal Davis, performance artist, writer
- Thierry de Duve
- Brian Evenson
- Carolyn Forché, poet
- María Irene Fornés, playwright
- Peter Frank, art critic
- Coco Fusco, performance artist, writer and curator
- Cristina García, writer
- Amy Gerstler, poet and art critic
- Thomas Glave
- Kenneth Goldsmith, writer
- Jorie Graham, poet
- Hans Haacke
- Nina Hagen, musician
- Suheir Hammad
- Lyn Hejinian, poet
- Christopher Hitchens
- Richard Hugo
- Gary Indiana, writer
- Shelley Jackson, writer
- Michael Joyce, hypertext writer
- Heidi Julavits, writer
- Wayne Koestenbaum
- Rachel Kushner
- Ernesto Laclau
- Paul LaFarge
- Deena Larsen, hypertext writer
- Li-Young Lee, poet
- Denise Levertov
- Sandra Tsing Loh, humorist
- Sylvère Lotringer, theorist, writer
- Peter Lunenfeld
- Ben Marcus, writer
- Bernadette Mayer, poet
- Steve McCaffery, poet, essayist and critic
- James McMichael
- W. S. Merwin
- Czesław Miłosz, writer
- Honor Moore
- Harryette Mullen, poet
- Brighde Mullins
- Eileen Myles, poet, writer
- Geoff Nicholson, writer
- François Noudelmann
- Lance Olsen
- Michael Palmer
- Shahrnush Parsipur
- Octavio Paz
- Marjorie Perloff, literary critic
- Peggy Phelan, performance theorist
- Robert Pinsky, poet
- Thomas Powers
- Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker
- Charles Ray, artist
- John Rechy, writer
- Ishmael Reed, writer
- David Rees, writer, comic book artist and satirist
- Joan Retallack, poet
- Alan Rich
- Andrew Ross, cultural theorist
- Jerome Rothenberg
- John Sack, literary journalist
- May Sarton
- Carolee Schneemann, artist
- Sarah Schulman, writer, playwright
- Carolyn See, writer
- Steven Shaviro
- Cedar Sigo
- Gary Snyder, poet
- Mary Ellen Solt, poet
- Darcey Steinke
- Mark Strand, poet
- Michael Taussig, anthropologist
- Eugene Thacker
- Héctor Tobar, journalist and novelist
- Jalal Toufic, film theorist and video artist
- Quincy Troupe, poet and biographer
- Luisa Valenzuela, writer and critic
- Michael Ventura, writer and journalist
- Diane Wakoski
- Derek Walcott
- Anne Waldman, poet
- Margaret Wertheim, science journalist
- Hayden White, cultural theorist
- Peter Wollen
- Slavoj Žižek, cultural theorist
The Sharon Lund School of Dance
Alumni
- Jacques Heim (MFA 91)
- Dante Henderson
Faculty
Visiting artists
- Batsheva Dance Company
- Trisha Brown
- Ann Carlson
- Cornelius Carter
- Remy Charlip
- Merce Cunningham
- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
- Garth Fagan
- Brenda Dixon Gottschild
- Martha Graham
- Anna Halprin
- Erick Hawkins
- Deborah Hay
- Margaret Jenkins
- Ralph Lemon
- Victoria Marks
- Daniel Nagrin
- Alwin Nikolais
- Wendy Perron
- Troika Ranch
- Sara Rudner
- Gus Solomons Jr.
- Merian Soto
- Elizabeth Streb
- Meg Stuart
- Zaccho Dance Theatre
School of Film/Video
Alumni
- Andrew Ahn (Film Directing)
- Asitha Ameresekere (Film Directing)
- Steve Anderson (Character Animation)
- Mark Andrews (Character Animation)
- Tony Anselmo (Character Animation)
- Wes Archer (Character Animation)
- Chris Bailey (Character Animation)
- Steve Balderson (96, Film & Video)
- Tom Bancroft (Character Animation)
- Tony Bancroft (Character Animation)
- Adam Beckett (BFA 74, Experimental Animation)
- Nancy Beiman (Character Animation)
- Bruce Berman (73, Live Action)
- Tom Bertino (Animation)
- Anna Biller (Interschool, Film & Video, Art)
- Brad Bird (76, Character Animation)
- Kevin Bjorke
- Timothy Björklund
- Carlos Bonilla, aka DJ Quixotic (BFA 03, Film & Video)
- Dave Bossert (BFA 83, Character Animation)
- Colin Brady
- Ash Brannon (Character Animation)
- Q. Allan Brocka
- Bill Brown (MFA 97, Film & Video)
- Pete Browngardt (BFA 2000, Character Animation)
- Chris Buck (Character Animation)
- Tim Burton (79, Character Animation)
- James Caliri
- Doug Campbell (BFA 85, Live Action)
- Brenda Chapman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
- Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
- Fred Cline (BFA 84,Character Animation)
- Gary Conrad (BFA 84, Character Animation)
- Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
- Donovan Cook (92, Character Animation)
- Scott Cook (Character Animation)
- Gabriel Cowan (Film Directing)
- Jill Culton (Character Animation)
- Sean Daniel (BFA 73, Film & Video)
- David Daniels (Experimental Animation)
- Eric Darnell (MFA 90, Experimental Animation)
- Jeff DeGrandis
- Anthony DeRosa (Character Animation)
- Sue DiCicco (Character Animation)
- Kirby Dick (Film/Video)
- Mark Dindal (Character Animation)
- Pete Docter (BFA 90, Character Animation)
- Kate Dollenmayer (BFA 05 Film & Video)
- Russ Edmonds (BFA 87, Character Animation)
- Ralph Eggleston (86, Character Animation)
- Rodney Evans (MFA 96, Film & Video)
- Lauren Faust (94, Character Animation)
- F. X. Feeney (Film & Video)
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Steven Fonti
- David Frankel
- Javier Fuentes-León
- Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
- Joaquin "Kino" Gil
- Adam Samuel Goldman (MFA, Film & Video)
- Jason Goldwatch
- James Gore (Experimental Animation)
- Bob Gould (BFA '79, Film & Video)
- Stefan Gruber (Experimental Animation)
- Aurora Guerrero
- Jon Gustafsson (Film Directing)
- Jorge R. Gutierrez (MFA, Experimental Animation)
- Bret Haaland
- Tanya Haden (Experimental Animation)
- Curt Hahn (BFA, Film & Video)
- Steve Hanft (Film & Video)
- Sammy Harkham
- Butch Hartman (Character Animation)
- Rick Heinrichs (79, Character Animation)
- Mark Henn
- Hal Hickel (Experimental Animation, 82)
- Helen Hill (MFA 95, Experimental Animation)
- Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92, Experimental Animation)
- Alex Hirsch (Character Animation)
- Eliza Hittman (MFA Directing)
- Savage Steve Holland (Experimental Animation)
- Roger Holzberg (BFA 76)
- Chris Innis (MFA 91, Live Action/Film)
- Richard Isanove
- Richard Jefferies (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
- Kevin Johnson (Character Animation)
- Glen Keane (74, Experimental Animation)
- Gina Kim (MFA 99, Film & Video)
- Mark Tapio Kines (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
- Mark Kirkland (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
- David Kirkpatrick (BFA 74)
- Arlene Klasky (Experimental Animation)
- Jorgen Klubien (BFA, Character Animation)
- Bill Kopp (BFA, Character Animation)
- Alexis Krasilovsky
- Amy Kravitz
- Chris Langdon
- Lorne Lanning (Character Animation)
- John Lasseter (BFA 79, Character Animation)
- Doug Lefler
- Eric Leiser (2005, Experimental Animation)
- Jay Lender
- Kevin Lima (Character Animation)
• Vincent Lopez (MFA 92)
- Matthew Luhn (Character Animation)
- James Mangold (BFA 85, Film & Video)
- Alex Mann (BFA 82, Character Animation)
- Dinah Manoff
- Michael Marcantel (Experimental Animation)
- April March (one year, Character Animation)
- James Marsh
- Stu Maschwitz (Animation)
- Craig McCracken (92, Character Animation)
- Tom McGrath
- Eon McKai (Film & Video)
- Alessandro Mercuri (MFA 00, Live Action)
- Chris Miller (Character Animation)
- Rusty Mills[2]
- Rob Minkoff (83, Character Animation)
- Mike Mitchell
- Laura Molina (Character Animation)
- Zac Moncrief (Character Animation)
- Rich Moore (Character Animation)
- C. Scott Morse (Character Animation)
- Thom Mount (MFA 73, Live Action)
- M. David Mullen (MFA 91, Film & Video)
- Nirvan Mullick (Experimental Animation)
- Mike L. Murphy (Character Animation)
- John Musker (BFA, 79, Character Animation)
- Adam Muto (Character Animation)
- Drew Neumann (BFA 82, Film & Video)
- Teddy Newton (Character Animation)
- Michael Nguyen (88, Character Animation)
- Julien Nitzberg (Film Directing)
- Mark O'Hare (Character Animation)
- Gregory Orr (Film & Video)
- Mark Osborne (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
- Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
- Eric Patrick (MFA 97, Experimental Animation)
- Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
- Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
- Nicholas Peterson (Experimental Animation)
- Michael Pressman
- Joanna Priestley (MFA 85, Experimental Animation)
- Luis Prieto
- Rubén Procopio
- Dave Pruiksma (Character Animation)
- J. G. Quintel
- Kevin Rafferty
- Joe Ranft (Character Animation)
- Jim Reardon (Character Animation)
- Jerry Rees (Character Animation)
- Rob Renzetti (Character Animation)
- Lou Romano (94, Character Animation)
- Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
- Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
- Peter Sarkisian
- Mitch Schauer (Character Animation)
- Gary Schwartz (Experimental Animation)
- George Scribner
- Henry Selick (MFA 77, Experimental Animation)
- Maneesh Sharma
- Brian Sheesley (Character Animation)
- Lee Sheldon (MFA Film Directing)
- Bruce W. Smith (Character Animation)
- Peter Sohn
- Aaron Springer (Character Animation)
- Anthony Stacchi (Character Animation)
- Andrew Stanton (Character Animation)
- Eric Stefani (91, Character Animation)
- Jennifer Steinkamp (Experimental Animation)
- Patrice Stellest (Experimental Animation)
- Steven Subotnick (BFA 84, MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
- Doug Sweetland (Character Animation)
- Rea Tajiri
- Genndy Tartakovsky (92, Character Animation)
- Ann Telnaes (Character Animation)
- Dana Terrace (Character Animation)
- Paul Tibbitt (Character Animation)
- Bill Tomlinson
- Donna Tracy (Experimental Animation)
- Gary Trousdale (82, Character Animation)
- Cynthia True (Character Animation)
- Nassos Vakalis (Character Animation)
- Darrell Van Citters (BFA 76, Character Animation)
- Thurop Van Orman (Character Animation)
- Gregg Vanzo (Character Animation)
- Conrad Vernon (Character Animation)
- Pendleton Ward (BFA 05, Character Animation)
- Dave Wasson
- Stevie Wermers
- Erik Wiese
- David Hildebrand Wilson (MFA 76, Experimental Animation), founder-curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology.
- Kirk Wise (CRT 85, Character Animation)
- Ellen Woodbury (Experimental Animation)
- Fred Worden (Film & Video)
- Justin Wright
- Kyle Balda (Character Animation)
- Soudabeh Moradian (MFA 15, Film and Video)[3]
Faculty
- Michael Almereyda
- Thom Andersen
- James Benning
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Betzy Bromberg
- Ben Caldwell
- James Caliri
- Ed Emshwiller
- Jules Engel
- Maureen Furniss
- Jack Hannah
- Mark Jonathan Harris
- T. Hee
- Monte Hellman
- Peter Hutton
- Bill Jackson
- Mike Johnson
- Bob Kurtz
- Don Levy
- Alexander Mackendrick
- John Lee Mahin
- Nina Menkes
- William Moritz
- Pat O'Neill
- Mark Osborne
- Nam June Paik
- Rumen Petkov
- Ernest Pintoff
- Suzan Pitt
- Jon Reiss
- Terry Sanders
- Bill Viola
- Gene Youngblood
Visiting artists
- Kevin Adams
- Peggy Ahwesh
- Chantal Akerman
- Lisandro Alonso
- Allison Anders
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Tina Andrews
- Kenneth Anger
- Michael Apted
- Martin Arnold
- Craig Baldwin
- Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
- James Baxter
- Sadie Benning
- Bruce Bickford
- Brad Bird
- Dave Bossert
- Nick Broomfield
- Charles Burnett
- Paul Bush
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Abigail Child
- Lisa Cholodenko
- Peter Chung
- Jem Cohen
- Martha Colburn
- Pedro Costa
- Sally Cruikshank
- Larry Cuba
- Cui Zi'en
- Eric Darnell
- Julie Dash
- Tacita Dean
- Andreas Deja
- Arthur Dong
- Cheryl Dunye
- David Em
- Heinz Emigholz
- Harun Farocki
- Rudi Fehr
- Robert Frank
- Carl Franklin
- Rosa-Linda Fregoso
- Su Friedrich
- Yang Fudong
- Coco Fusco
- Rodrigo García
- Ernie Gehr
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- John Greyson
- Ted Griffin
- Curtis Harrington
- Trent Harris
- Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Jaime Hernandez
- J. Hoberman
- Darren T. Holmes
- Kore-Eda Hirokazu
- Agnieszka Holland
- Andrew Thomas Huang
- Ann Hui
- Peter Hutton
- Jay Jackson
- Mike Jittlov
- Joan Jonas
- Linda Jones
- Jon Jost
- Miranda July
- Pauline Kael
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Mani Kaul
- Milt Kahl
- Toni Kalem
- Fay Kanin
- Naomi Kawase
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Millard Kaufman
- Glen Keane
- Bob Kurtz
- Robert Kramer
- Cédric Klapisch
- Park Kwang-su
- John Lasseter
- Caroline Leaf
- Everett Lewis
- Mark Lowenthal
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Ross McElwee
- Sally Menke
- Trinh T. Minh-ha
- James Mangold
- Michael Maltese
- Craig McCracken
- Ross McElwee
- James Merendino
- Tim Metcalf
- George Meyer
- Benjamin Millepied
- Manfred Mohr
- M. David Mullen
- Joe Murray
- Michael Nguyen
- Sue Nichols
- Yuriy Norshteyn
- Marc Norman
- Pat O'Neill
- David O'Reilly
- Bill Peet
- Dan Povenmire
- Michael Polish
- Lourdes Portillo
- Michael Pressman
- Rosa von Praunheim
- Joanna Priestley
- Ramin Bahrani
- Nik Ranieri
- B. Ruby Rich
- Don Roos
- Kathy Rose
- ®™ark
- Michael Rush
- Ben Russell
- Chris Sanders
- Bradley W. Schenck
- Richard Schenkman
- Henry Selick
- Arlene Sherman
- Vincent Sherman
- Stephen Silver
- Cheick Oumar Sissoko
- P. Adams Sitney
- Cauleen Smith
- Humberto Solás
- Phil Solomon
- Joseph Stefano
- Jennifer Steinkamp
- Chick Strand
- Elisabeth Subrin
- Astria Suparak
- Jan Švankmajer
- David Swift
- Renee Tajima-Peña
- Iimura Takahiko
- Bela Tarr
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Ella Taylor
- Suzie Templeton
- Andrew Tsao
- Peter Tscherkassky
- Michael Tolkin
- Johan van der Keuken
- Agnès Varda
- Bill Viola
- Stephen Vitiello
- Régis Wargnier
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- John Whitney
- John Woo
- Ellen Woodbury
- Bruce Yonemoto
- Norman Yonemoto
- Masaaki Yuasa
- Caveh Zahedi
The Herb Alpert School of Music
Alumni
- John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
- Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
- Francis Awe
- Bob Bellerue, founder of Il Corral
- Ronnie Blake
- Gene Bowen
- Michael Byron (73)
- Michael Cain (BFA 88, MFA 90)
- Mario Calire
- David Carlson
- Raven Chacon
- Nicholas Frances Chase, aka N.F. Chase (MFA Music 00)
- Sharon Cheslow
- Ken Christianson (MFA Music Composition)
- Curtis Clark
- Randy Cohen
- Scott Colley (BFA 88)
- Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90)
- Mark Coniglio (BFA 89)
- Jim Cooper of Detholz! (one semester; dropout)
- John Debney (BFA 78)
- Gail Ann Dorsey
- Dean Drummond
- Kiki Ebsen (BFA 85)
- Juárez Echenique
- Guy Eckstine '75
- Pedro Eustache
- Adam Fong
- Russ Freeman
- Josh Gabriel
- Peter Garland (BFA 73)
- Julia Holter
- Earl Howard (74, Composition)
- Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
- Art Jarvinen
- Terry Jennings
- Kerstin Jeppsson
- Kevin Kmetz
- Greg Kurstin
- Thomas Leeb (BFA '03)
- Chris Lemmon
- James Brandon Lewis (MFA 2010)
- Eric Lindley
- Paul Livingston
- Carey Lovelace
- Carla Lucero (BFA 86, Composition)
- Lusine
- Ed Mann
- Arturo Márquez (MFA 90)
- Ingram Marshall (MFA 71)
- John Maus
- Gabrial McNair (of No Doubt) ('95)
- Roger Miller (76, Composition)
- Ann Millikan (MFA)
- John Morton'78
- Mark Nauseef
- Anna Oxygen
- Randall Packer (MFA 81)
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Chan Poling
- Lisa Popeil
- Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00)
- Linda Ravenswood (BFA 1989–1992,1999–2000)
- Laura Rizzotto (BFA '15)
- Curtis Roads
- Sharon Robinson
- Marina Rosenfeld (MFA 94, Art-Music)
- Dean Rosenthal (MFA 97 - Did Not Graduate)
- Joel Rubin
- Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
- Otmaro Ruíz (MFA 91)
- Salvador Santana
- Matthew Setzer
- Daniel Shulman
- Todd Sickafoose
- Mark So (MFA 06)
- Rand Steiger (MFA 82)
- Adam Stern (BFA 75; MFA 77, conductor)
- Carl Stone (BFA 75)
- L. Subramaniam
- Mia Theodoratus
- Stephen van Dyck, founder of Los Angeles road concerts (MFA 09)
- André Vida (MFA 2005)
- Lois V Vierk
- Gregg Wager
- Marty Walker (MFA 91)
- Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra
- William Winant
- Benjamin Wynn (BFA 2002)
- Yulianna
- Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92)
- Z'EV
- Jeremy Zuckerman
Faculty
- John Bergamo
- Robert E. Brown
- Gene Bowen
- Harold Budd
- Igor Buketoff
- Edward Carroll
- Swapan Chaudhuri
- Robert Christgau
- Bill Douglas
- John Fumo
- Susan Allen
- Vinny Golia
- Charlie Haden
- Leonid Hambro
- Alex Iles
- Alphonso Johnson
- Eyvind Kang
- Ajay Kapur
- Daniel Katzen
- Ulrich Krieger
- Joe LaBarbera
- Anne LeBaron
- Daniel Lentz
- Bennie Maupin
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Buell Neidlinger
- James Newton
- Marni Nixon
- Frederick Noad
- K. P. H. Notoprojo
- Michael Pisaro
- Mel Powell
- T. Ranganathan
- Taranath Rao
- Michael Richard
- David Rosenboom
- Frederic Rzewski
- Trichy Sankaran
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Rand Steiger
- Richard Stoltzman
- Morton Subotnick
- Miroslav Tadić
- Rajeev Taranath
- Serge Tcherepnin
- James Tenney
- Mark Trayle
- T. Viswanathan
- Allan Vogel
- Michele Zukovsky
Visiting artists
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- John Adams
- Geri Allen
- Hossein Alizadeh
- Charles Amirkhanian
- Thomas Ankersmit
- Jon Appleton
- Robert Ashley
- Milton Babbitt
- Bang on a Can All-Stars
- Louis and Bebe Barron
- Bethany Beardslee
- Francis Bebey
- David Behrman
- Maya Beiser
- Gregg Bendian
- Luciano Berio
- Derek Bermel
- Judith Bettina
- Harrison Birtwistle
- Ed Blackwell
- Theo Bleckmann
- Dušan Bogdanović
- Pierre Boulez
- Tara Bouman
- Anthony Braxton
- Martin Bresnick
- Chris Brown
- Earle Brown
- Gavin Bryars
- Don Byron
- Harold Budd
- Monique Buzzarté
- John Cage
- Uri Caine
- The California EAR Unit
- Elliott Carter
- Don Cherry
- Billy Childs
- Mary Ellen Childs
- John Chowning
- Nels Cline
- Steve Coleman
- Alice Coltrane
- Aaron Copland
- John Corbett
- Alvin Curran
- Andrew Cyrille
- Anthony Davis
- Art Davis
- Angelo Debarre
- Stuart Dempster
- DJ Spooky
- Paul Dresher
- Mark Dresser
- Jacob Druckman
- Kahil El'Zabar
- Ensemble InterContemporain, IRCAM
- Morton Feldman
- Mimi Fox
- Fred Frith
- Kyle Gann
- Vinko Globokar
- Malcolm Goldstein
- Goodiepal
- Annie Gosfield
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Gyuto Tibetan Monks Tantric Choir
- Lou Harrison
- Tootie Heath
- Billy Higgins
- Dave Holland
- Wayne Horvitz
- Huun-Huur-Tu
- Nicholas Isherwood
- Jon Jang
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Leroy Jenkins
- Marc Johnson
- Ben Johnston
- Elvin Jones
- Mauricio Kagel
- Henry Kaiser
- Kaoru Kakizakai
- Roger Kleier
- Lee Konitz
- Peter Kowald
- William Kraft
- Krar
- Kronos Quartet
- Joan La Barbara
- Steve Lacy
- Andre Lafosse
- Art Lande
- Jaron Lanier
- Paul Lansky
- Libby Larsen
- Yusef Lateef
- Mary Jane Leach
- Tania León
- John Lindberg
- Pete Lockett
- Annea Lockwood
- Alvin Lucier
- Tod Machover
- Bunita Marcus
- Branford Marsalis
- Salvatore Martirano
- Miya Masaoka
- Gustavo Matamoros
- Bennie Maupin
- Brad Mehldau
- Pat Metheny
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Butch Morris
- Sheik Chinna Moulana
- Don Moye
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Gordon Mumma
- Amina Claudine Myers
- Andy Narell
- The Necks
- Max Neuhaus
- James Newton
- Phill Niblock
- Richard Nunns
- Larry Ochs
- Carol J. Oja
- Pauline Oliveros
- Ursula Oppens
- Oregon Jazz Band
- Christopher Parkening
- Zeena Parkins
- Hermeto Pascoal
- Austin Peralta
- Paul Pisk
- Larry Polansky
- Andrew Poppy
- Tanjore Ranganathan
- Lou Reed
- Steve Reich
- Johnny Reinhard
- Terry Riley
- Jean-Claude Risset
- Max Roach
- Rachel Rosenthal
- Frederic Rzewski
- Marc Sabat
- Steven Schick
- John Scofield
- Ravi Shankar
- Lucy Shelton
- Wayne Shorter
- Alvin Singleton
- Juliana Snapper
- Laetitia Sonami
- Sonor
- Markus Stockhausen
- Richard Stoltzman
- Dr. L. Subramaniam
- Aki Takahashi
- Margaret Leng Tan
- Richard Teitelbaum
- Ed Thigpen
- Henry Threadgill
- David Torn
- Joan Tower
- Ruth Underwood
- Glen Velez
- Jack Vees
- Lois Vierk
- Tanjore Viswanathan
- Allan Vogel
- Ge Wang
- Gerald Wilson
- Olly Wilson
- William Winant
- Amnon Wolman
- Iannis Xenakis
- Pamela Z
- John Zorn
School of Theater Arts
Alumni
- Kevin Adams (MFA 86, Scene Design)
- Amanda Aday (Acting)
- Anita Sax (Acting)
- Aleshea Harris (MFA, 2014)
- Brandon Stirling Baker (Lighting)
- Kathy Baker (72, Acting)
- Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90, Acting)
- Jesse Borrego (84, Acting)
- Barbara Bosson (Acting)
- Alison Brie (BFA 05, Acting)
- Merritt Butrick (Acting)
- Michael Carmine
- Matthew Causey
- Don Cheadle (BFA 86, Acting)
- Eliza Coupe (BFA 06, Acting)
- Jennifer Elise Cox (BFA 91, Acting)
- Juli Crockett
- Michael Cudlitz (Acting)
- Frank Darabont
- Emilio Delgado
- Sam Doumit
- Randall Edwards
- Shahine Ezell
- Joel Fitzpatrick
- Dennis Gersten
- Richard Green
- Virginia Grise (09, MFA Writing for Performance)
- Ed Harris (BFA 75, Acting)
- David Hasselhoff (73, Acting)
- Roger Holzberg (BFA 76, Writing)
- Albert Innaurato
- Bill Irwin (72, Acting)
- Simbi Khali-Williams (BFA 93, Acting)
- Don Lake
- Michael Lassell (MFA '73, Acting)
- Scott MacDonald (Acting)
- Justine Miceli
- Kim Milford (Acting)
- Dana Morosini (Acting)
- Laraine Newman (Acting)
- Sharon Ott
- Condola Rashād (BFA 08, Acting)
- Linda Ravenswood (1989–1992,1999–2000 BFA Interdisciplinary)
- Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) (73, Acting)
- Michael Richards (73, Acting)
- Michael D. Roberts (Acting)
- Douglas Rushkoff, writer, social theorist
- Katey Sagal (Acting)
- Tobe Sexton (BFA 91)
- Mark Allen Shepherd
- Robert Smith (BFA 96, Lighting Design)
- Jan Smithers
- Cecily Strong (BFA 06, Acting)
- Monty Taylor (Lighting Design)
- Julie Taymor
- Amanda Tepe
- Allan Trautman
- Winston Tong
- Deborah Joy Winans (MFA Acting 09)
Faculty
Visiting artists
- Joey Arias
- Kathy Bates - actor
- Belarus Free Theatre
- Annette Bening - actor
- Martin Benson - director, artistic director
- Big Art Group
- Steven Bochco - producer
- Kenneth Branagh - actor with Royal Shakespeare Company, director, producer
- James Burrows - producer, writer
- Catherine Butterfield - playwright
- Joseph Chaikin - performance artist
- Jason Cooper - designer
- Allan Corduner - Royal Shakespeare Company
- Brian Cox - Royal Shakespeare Company
- Gordon Davidson - director, artistic director
- Richard Foreman - director
- Andre Gregory
- John Guare
- Danny Hoch - writer, performer, 1998 Alpert Award winner
- Naomi Iizuka - playwright
- Eugène Ionesco
- Ken Jacobs - puppet artist
- John Kani - actor
- John Kilduff
- Jan Kott - writer, theorist
- Lisa Kron - performance artist, 1997 Alpert Award winner
- Beth Lapides
- Ming Cho Lee - scene designer
- Lisa Loomer - playwright
- Lynn Manning - playwright, director, actor
- Catherine McNeil - producer
- Mabou Mines
- David Nevins
- Jack O'Brien - director, artistic director of the Globe Theater, San Diego
- Zaven Paré - director
- Chris Parry - designer
- David Rambo - producer, playwright
- Lloyd Richards - director, former Dean, Yale School of Drama
- Jose Rivera - playwright
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Peter Sellars - director
- Patrick Stewart - actor, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Tony Taccone - director, artistic director
- Julie Taymor - director, designer
- Quincy Troupe - poet
- Basil Twist
- Gregory Whitehead - composer, sound artist
- August Wilson - playwright
- Robert Wilson
- Henry Winkler
- Albert Wolsky - designer
- Charlayne Woodard - actress
- The Wooster Group
- Chay Yew - playwright
- Paul Zaloom - puppeteer, actor
References
- ^ C.O.L.A 2008 Catalog. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 2008. ISBN 0-9719949-6-X.
- ^ "Rusty Mills, director on Warner animated series, dies at 49 - Credits include 'Animaniacs,' 'Pinky and the Brain'". Variety. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ^ "School of Film/Video Graduates". School of Film/Video Alumni.