# List of Emerson College people

This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and administrators of Emerson College, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts.

## Notable alumni
### Film and television production

* Patricia Alvarado Nuñez (MA, 1993), television producer and director for PBS
* Paul Thomas Anderson (did not graduate), Academy Award-winning director known for Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood
* Roberto Bentivegna, screenwriter known for House of Gucci
* Jay Bienstock (BFA, 1987), television producer
* Dave Blass, production designer known for The Boys
* Kevin S. Bright, television producer known for Friends
* Jim Cummings, filmmaker and actor known for Thunder Road
* The Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), directors known for Swiss Army Man and Everything Everywhere All at Once
* Vin Di Bona (1966), television producer known for MacGyver
* Paul Dini, screenwriter, known for Batman: The Animated Series
* Jim Finn, independent filmmaker
* John Frink, screenwriter known for The Simpsons
* Todd J. Greenwald, television producer known for Wizards of Waverly Place
* John Harrison, director and producer best known for Dune and Frank Herbert's Dune
* Doug Herzog, television producer and MTV Networks executive
* Shane Hurlbut (BA, 1987), cinematographer
* Laura Kightlinger, television writer and producer
* Marci Klein, television producer known for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock
* Richard LaGravenese (did not graduate), director and screenwriter known for The Bridges of Madison County
* Norman Lear (did not graduate), television producer known for All in the Family and Sanford and Son
* Adele Lim, director known for Crazy Rich Asians
* Joe Mande, television producer and writer
* Terry Matalas, television producer known for 12 Monkeys and Star Trek: Picard
* Michael McCusker, editor known for Logan and Ford v Ferrari
* Erik Messerschmidt, cinematographer known for Mank
* Amir Mokri, cinematographer
* Max Mutchnick, television producer known for Will & Grace
* Anna Hamilton Phelan, screenwriter known for Girl, Interrupted
* Brittany Martin Porter, television producer known for The Voice
* Felicia Pride, writer and producer known for Grey's Anatomy
* Jacobo Rispa, Spanish television producer
* Stefani Robinson, screenwriter known for Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows
* Bill Schulz, writer and television producer
* George Scribner, director and animator known for Oliver & Company
* Tyler Taormina, director and screenwriter known for Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
* Alex Tse, screenwriter known for Watchmen
* Lilly Wachowski (did not graduate), director and screenwriter known for The Matrix
* Harris Wittels, comedian and television writer known for Parks and Recreation

### Acting and performing arts

* Mary Kay Adams, actress, known for work on Guiding Light and Babylon 5
* Pearl Aday, singer
* Landry Allbright, actress
* Michael Angelakos, singer-songwriter known for Passion Pit
* Anthony Atamanuik, actor, comedian, and Donald Trump impressionist
* Sarah Borges, singer-songwriter
* Glenn Branca, avant garde composer and guitarist
* Bill Burr, comedian and actor
* Kerem Bürsin, television actor
* Tim Burton, saxophonist for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Mario Cantone, actor and comedian
* Anthony Clark (1986), television actor, known for Yes, Dear
* Bonnie Comley, Tony Award-winning theater producer
* Jennifer Coolidge, actress and comedian, known for American Pie and The White Lotus
* Billy Costa, radio personality
* David Cross (did not graduate), actor and comedian, known for Mr. Show and Arrested Development
* Gabe Dunn, podcaster and writer known for Just Between Us and Bad with Money
* Richard Dysart, actor, known for L.A. Law
* Joely Fisher (did not graduate), actress
* Gina Gershon, actress
* Natalie Gold, actress known for Succession
* Spalding Gray, actor and performance artist
* Adam Green, musician known for The Moldy Peaches
* Louise Closser Hale, actress and playwright
* Elden Henson, actor known for Daredevil
* Eric Hutchinson, singer-songwriter
* Abbi Jacobson (did not graduate), actress and comedian known for Broad City
* Kizzy, actress and television personality
* Zach Kornfeld, comedian and social media personality known for The Try Guys
* Paul Kreppel, actor and theatre producer
* Arasha Lalani, comedian and social media influencer known for Smosh
* Denis Leary, comedian and actor
* Brandon Lee, actor and martial artist known for The Crow
* Jay Leno (1973), comedian and talk show host
* Jack Lepiarz, circus performer and former WBUR anchor
* Dan Levy, comedian
* Sunita Mani, actress
* Andrea Martin, actress and comedian
* Matt McGorry, actor known for Orange Is the New Black
* Shelley Mitchell, actress and performance coach
* Lance Norris, actor and comedian
* Michael Nouri, actor known for Flashdance
* Morgan Page, music producer
* Eddie Palladino, announcer for the Boston Celtics
* Don Pardo, television personality
* Penny Peyser (1973), film and television actress
* Chrystee Pharris, actress known for Passions
* Eugene Roche, television actor
* Hartley Sawyer, actor known for CW's The Flash
* Iliza Shlesinger, comedian and actress
* Emily Skeggs, actress known for Fun Home
* Steve Sweeney, actor and comedian
* Michael Grant Terry, actor known for Bones
* Natasha Gregson Wagner (did not graduate), actress
* George Watsky, poet and rapper
* Justin Willman, television personality
* Henry Winkler, actor known for Happy Days and Barry
* Gene Wood, television personality and game show host
* Steven Wright, comedian
* Elisha Yaffe, television actor

### Literature

* Mary P. Burrill (1904), playwright of the Harlem Renaissance
* Gerry Duggan, comic book writer for Marvel Comics
* Denise Duhamel, poet
* Jack Gantos, children's book writer
* Seth Grahame-Smith, novelist
* Jody Houser, comic book writer
* Don Lee, novelist
* Thomas Lux, poet and academic
* Chris Lynch, YA novelist
* Carl Menninger, stage director and playwright
* Erik Mona, writer known for Dungeons & Dragons game magazines
* Jay Baron Nicorvo, poet and essayist
* Porsha Olayiwola, poet laureate of Boston
* Joe Randazzo, comedy writer known for The Onion
* Taylor Jenkins Reid, novelist known for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
* Kim Roberts, poet
* Olen Steinhauer, television producer and spy novelist
* Laurie Faria Stolarz, YA novelist
* Cecilia Tan, writer, publisher, and founder of Circlet Press
* Nicola Yoon, YA novelist known for Everything, Everything
* Laura van den Berg, award winning author

### Journalism

* Julie Banderas, television news correspondent and anchor for Fox News
* Veronica Belmont, technology journalist and media personality
* Steve Berthiaume, sportscaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Warren Bobrow, culinary writer and chef
* Jared Bowen, reporter and editor at WGBH-TV
* Ben Collins, reporter for NBC News and The Daily Beast
* Morton Dean (1957), television correspondent and anchor, known for CBS Evening News and Good Morning America
* Greg Dickerson, sideline reporter for the Boston Celtics
* Frank Fixaris, broadcast reporter and anchor at WGME-TV
* Al Jaffe (1968), broadcast producer and executive
* Mike Joy, sporstcaster for NASCAR
* Amir Korangy, newspaper and magazine publisher
* Wayne Larrivee, sports broadcaster for the Green Bay Packers
* Gene Lavanchy, reporter and anchor for WFXT Boston 25
* Dion Lim, television anchor for KGO-TV
* Leslie Marshall, journalist and talk radio host
* Maria Menounos, entertainment journalist and media personality
* Tim Neverett, sportscaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Josh Pahigian, baseball sportswriter
* Anaridis Rodriguez, television correspondent anchor for WBZ-TV
* Katya Soldak, journalist and editor for Forbes
* Lauren Sherman, fashion writer
* Matt Spiegel, sports broadcaster
* Kristin Tate, libertarian columnist and commentator
* Susan Wornick, television reporter and anchor

### Business

* Benjamin Bronfman, environmentalist and entrepreneur
* Bobbi Brown, make-up artist and entrepreneur
* Will Dawkins, basketball executive and GM of the Washington Wizards
* Ada Crogman Franklin, newspaper publisher
* Marian Goodman, art dealer
* Rob Hennigan, basketball executive and former GM of the Orlando Magic
* Jayceeoh, music producer and DJ
* Sam Presti, basketball executive and GM of the Oklahoma City Thunder
* Sara Weeks Roberts, president of the National Library for the Blind

### Academia

* Elma Lewis (1943), arts educator and founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
* Guy McElroy (1975), art historian
* Henry Lawrence Southwick, second president of Emerson College
* Jessie Eldridge Southwick, actress, author, and Emerson College professor

### Politics

* Elspeth B. Cypher, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* Susan Del Percio, political strategist
* Jaclyn Friedman, feminist activist
* Doris Haddock, campaign finance reform activist
* Chris Hurst, activist and member of the Virginia House of Delegates
* Hussein Ibish (1986), Arab-American activist and scholar
* Suzan Johnson Cook, political advisor and pastor
* Gaynelle Griffin Jones, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
* Katherine G. Langley, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky
* Julie Mayberry, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Peter Meade (1970), head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority under Mayor Thomas Menino
* Alice Moore Hubbard, feminist writer and suffragette
* Elaine Noble, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Jerry Parisella, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Michael Rulli (1991), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio

### Sports

* Geoffrey Gray, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Skip Lockwood (1976), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Jessie Ward, professional wrestler and television producer

### Visual arts

* Derek Paul Jack Boyle, visual artist
* Ken Fallin, illustrator and cartoonist
* Spencer Tunick, photographer

### Miscellaneous

* Tamara Czartoryska, Polish aristocrat and model
* Princess Noor bint Asem (2004), member of the Jordanian royal family
* Princess Sarah bint Asem, member of the Jordanian royal family
* James Parry, internet personality and comedian

## Faculty

* Jonathan Aaron (1988–present), poet
* David Akiba, photographer
* Melia Bensussen (2000–present), theater director
* Sven Birkerts, literary critic
* Benjamin Bolger, perpetual student
* Tony Cennamo, radio host and disc jockey and host
* Helen Chasin, poet
* Samuel James Cornish, poet
* Rashin Fahandej, artist
* Jim Finn, independent filmmaker
* Andy Fish, artist, writer, and graphic novelist
* Ted Gup, writer and journalist
* Alden Jones, writer
* Bavand Karim, screenwriter and filmmaker
* Michael W. King, filmmaker and music video producer
* Bill Knott, poet
* Kristin Linklater (1990-1996), vocal coach and author
* Tim Riley, music journalist and critic
* Beena Sarwar, journalist and activist
* Jeffrey L. Seglin (1999–2011), columnist
* David Foster Wallace, novelist and essayist

### Presidents

* Charles Wesley Emerson, founder and first president
* Jacqueline Liebergott, president 1992–2011
* M. Lee Pelton, president 2011–2021
* Jay Bernhardt, president 2023–