# List of California Institute of the Arts people

Lists of notable alumni and faculty of the California Institute of the Arts.

## School of Art
### Alumni

* Angus Andrew
* B+
* Judie Bamber
* Richard Barnbrook
* Sadie Barnette
* Julie Becker (BFA, MFA)
* Cindy Bernard
* 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
* Sherry Brody
* Julia Brown
* Laurie Halsey Brown
* Krista Buecking (MFA 2012, Art)
* John Burtle
* Barbara Carrasco
* John J. Casbarian (MFA, Design)
* James Casebere (MFA 79, Art)
* Heather Cassils (MFA 2002, Art)
* Audrey Chan
* Nancy Chunn
* Jill Ciment
* Timothy Clark
* Fiona Connor
* Bernard Cooper
* Sofia Coppola (did not graduate; 92, Photography and Media)
* Meg Cranston
* Denise Gonzales Crisp
* Zoe Crosher
* Dorit Cypis
* Danielle Dean (MFA 2012)
* Karla Diaz, MFA 2004
* Richard K. Diran, 1972, painting
* Tomory Dodge
* Roy Dowell
* Zackary Drucker
* John Duncan
* Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
* Elana Dykewomon
* Mark Edward
* Kenneth Feingold
* Dylan Fergus
* Christina Fernandez
* Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
* Victoria Fu (MFA 05, Art)
* Mario García Torres (MFA 2005)
* Jill Giegerich
* Liz Glynn (MFA 08)
* Shane Guffogg
* Jack Goldstein
* Ramiro Gomez
* Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83)
* Sharon Grace (1972)
* Todd Gray (MFA 89, Photography and Media)
* Tony Greene
* Johnnie Jungleguts
* Kira Lynn Harris
* Asher Hartman
* Lyle Ashton Harris
* Kim Hastreiter
* Richard Hawkins (MFA 88)
* Johanna Hedva
* Mary Beth Heffernan
* Heather Henson
* Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
* Channa Horwitz
* Doug Ischar (BFA 87)
* Jim Isermann
* Michael Jang
* Larry Johnson
* Michael Adam Kandel
* Young Kakit
* Mike Kelley (MFA 78, Art)
* Robert Glenn Ketchum (MFA 73, Photography and Media)
* Susan Kinsolving
* Alice Könitz
* Suzanne Lacy (MFA '73)
* Alice Lang
* James Lapine
* Jonathan Lasker
* Elad Lassry
* Karen LeCocq
* Jenny Lens
* Laida Lertxundi
* Robert Levine
* Jen Liu
* 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)
* Douglas Melini
* John Miller (MFA 79, Art)
* Adia Millett
* Susan Mogul
* Noreen Morioka
* Farhad Moshiri
* Dwayne Moser (MFA 2001)
* Andy Moses
* Carter Mull
* Matt Mullican
* Yurie Nagashima
* Ray Navarro
* Kali Nikitas (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
* Stephen Nowlin
* Catherine Opie (MFA 88, Photography and Media)
* Julie Orser (MFA, 05, Art)
* Rubén Ortiz-Torres (MFA 92, Art)
* Tony Oursler (BFA 79, Art)
* Jan Oxenberg
* Esteban Ramón Pérez
* Ariel Pink
* Lari Pittman (MFA 76)
* Michael Polish (BFA 92, Art)
* Gala Porras-Kim (MFA 09, Art)
* Monique Prieto (BFA and MFA, Art)
* Stephen Prina
* Joe Ray (BFA 73, Art)
* Ry Rocklen
* Jaklin Romine (MFA 2017)
* G. Samantha Rosenthal
* Leo Rubinfien (BFA 1974, Photography)
* Christoph Ruckhäberle
* Shizu Saldamando (MFA 2005)
* David Salle (BFA 73, MFA 75, Art)
* Louise Sandhaus (MFA 94, Graphic Design)
* Adrian Saxe
* Mira Schor (MFA 73)
* Ilene Segalove
* Stephen Selkowitz (Environmental Design, MFA 72)
* Jim Shaw
* Nikita Shokhov
* Susan Silas
* Artur Silva
* Gary Simmons
* Patrice Stellest
* Haruko Tanaka
* Henry Taylor
* Valerie Tevere (MFA, 97)
* Clarissa Tossin
* Klaus vom Bruch
* Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
* Ayzay Ukwuoma
* Kaari Upson
* James Welling (BFA 72, MFA 74, Photography and Media)
* Dirk Westphal
* Richard Ray Whitman
* John Wiese
* Faith Wilding
* Christopher Williams
* Megan Williams, B.F.A., 1978
* Marisa Williamson
* Audrey Wollen
* Rio Yañez
* Nancy Youdelman
* Ethan Young (BFA 92, Art)
* 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
* Louis Danziger
* Harry Dodge
* Lecia Dole-Recio
* Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
* Richard Farson
* Anoka Faruqee
* Ed Fella
* Gerald Ferguson
* Karen Finley
* Judy Fiskin
* Simone Forti
* Anthony Friedkin
* Charles Gaines
* Harry Gamboa, Jr.
* Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
* April Greiman
* Fritz Haeg
* John Van Hamersveld
* Paula Harper
* Douglas Huebler
* Ashley Hunt
* Tom Jennings
* Matsumi Kanemitsu
* Allan Kaprow
* Jeffery Keedy
* Martin Kersels
* Alison Knowles
* Barbara Kruger
* Thomas Lawson
* Joe Lewis
* Roy Lichtenstein
* Sharon Lockhart
* Catherine Lord
* John Mandel
* Laurie Haycock Makela
* Paul McCarthy
* Bruce Nauman
* Jayme Odgers
* Nam June Paik
* Victor Papanek
* Peter Jon Pearce
* Judy Pfaff
* Ulrike Rosenbach
* Susan Rothenberg
* Miriam Schapiro
* Alan Schoen
* Allan Sekula
* Pat Steir
* Wolfgang Stoerchle
* Gail Swanlund
* Martine Syms
* Julie Tolentino
* Shirley Tse
* Stan Vanderbeek
* Peter Van Riper
* Lorraine Wild
* Emmett Williams
* Millie Wilson
* Krzysztof Wodiczko
* Emerson Woelffer

## School of Critical Studies
### Alumni

* Andrew Berardini (MFA 06)
* Colin Dickey (MFA 00)
* Ken Ehrlich (MFA 99)
* Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (MFA 13)
* Amanda Yates Garcia (MFA 06)
* Henry Hoke (MFA 11)
* Soo Kim (MFA 95)
* Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
* Grace Krilanovich (MFA 05)
* Eric Lindley, aka Careful (MFA 08)
* Karl Montevirgen (MFA 00)
* Dennis Phillips
* Allie Rowbottom (MFA 11)
* Stephen van Dyck (MFA 09)

### Faculty

* Bruce Bauman
* Dodie Bellamy
* Susie Bright
* Sue-Ellen Case
* Robert Christgau
* Gabrielle Civil
* Sande Cohen
* Thomas E. Crow
* Steve Erickson
* Clayton Eshleman
* Brian Evenson
* María Irene Fornés
* Daniel Foss
* Carribean Fragoza
* Peter Gadol
* Paula Harper
* Mark Harris
* Dick Hebdige
* Dick Higgins
* Sikivu Hutchinson
* Norman M. Klein
* Max Kozloff
* Saul Landau
* Anthony McCann
* Deena Metzger
* Larry Miller
* Maggie Nelson
* Carl Oglesby
* Arlene Raven
* Janet Sarbanes
* Jeremy J. Shapiro
* Matthew Shenoda
* David St. John
* Maurice R. Stein
* Michael Stock
* Jalal Toufic
* Luisa Valenzuela
* Matias Viegener
* Robert Walter
* John Willett
* Christine Wertheim
* Emmett Williams

## The Sharon Lund School of Dance
### Alumni

* Thomas Jefferson Byrd
* Jacques Heim (MFA 91)
* Cris Horwang
* Jay Evan Jackson
* Alonzo King

### Faculty

* Donald Byrd
* Colin Connor
* George de la Peña
* Bella Lewitzky
* Donald McKayle
* Mia Čorak Slavenska
* Allegra Fuller Snyder
* Rebecca Wright

## School of Film/Video
### Alumni

* Andrew Ahn (Film Directing)
* Asitha Ameresekere (Film Directing)
* Steve F. Anderson (MFA '90, Film & Video)
* Steve J. Anderson (Character Animation)
* Bryan Andrews (Character Animation)
* Mark Andrews (BFA 93, Character Animation)
* Tony Anselmo (Character Animation)
* Wes Archer (Experimental Animation)
* David A. Armstrong
* Kelly Asbury (Character Animation)
* Jom Tob Azulay
* Chris Bailey (Character Animation)
* Kyle Balda (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 (Experimental Animation)
* Robert Blalack (Experimental Animation)
* Kat Blaque (BFA 12, Character Animation)
* Joyce Borenstein (Experimental Animation)
* Colin Brady (Character Animation)
* Matt Braly (BFA 10, Film & Video)
* Ash Brannon (Character Animation)
* Patrick Brice (Film & Video)
* Q. Allan Brocka
* Bill Brown (MFA 97, Film & Video)
* Pete Browngardt (BFA 2000, Character Animation)
* Chris Buck (78, Character Animation)
* Tim Burton (79, Character Animation)
* James Caliri
* Brenda Chapman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
* Yarrow Cheney
* Daniel Chong
* Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
* Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
* Donovan Cook (92, Character Animation)
* Gabriel Cowan (Film Directing)
* Joel Crawford
* Larry Cuba (Experimental Animation)
* 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)
* Walt Dohrn
* Kate Dollenmayer (BFA 05 Film & Video)
* Kelman Duran
* Russ Edmonds (BFA 87, Character Animation)
* Ralph Eggleston (86, Character Animation)
* Rhys Ernst (MFA 2011)
* Rodney Evans (MFA 96, Film & Video)
* Lauren Faust (95, Character Animation)
* F. X. Feeney (Film & Video)
* Michael Fitzpatrick
* Steven Fonti
* David Frankel
* Thor Freudenthal
* Javier Fuentes-León
* Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
* Dede Gardner
* Joaquin "Kino" Gil
* Benjamin Gluck
* Adam Samuel Goldman (MFA, Film & Video)
* Jason Goldwatch
* Stefan Gruber (Experimental Animation)
* Aurora Guerrero
* Sara Gunnarsdóttir
* Jon Gustafsson (Film Directing)
* Jorge R. Gutierrez (BFA 97, MFA 00, Experimental Animation)
* Bret Haaland
* Tanya Haden (Experimental Animation)
* Curt Hahn (BFA, Film & Video)
* Don Hall (BFA 95, Character Animation)
* Steve Hanft (Film & Video)
* Sammy Harkham
* Vashti Harrison
* Butch Hartman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
* Rick Heinrichs (79, Character Animation)
* Michael Hemschoot (Character Animation)
* Mark Henn (BFA 80, Character Animation)
* Isabel Herguera
* Hal Hickel (Experimental Animation, 82)
* Helen Hill (MFA 95, Experimental Animation)
* Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92, Experimental Animation)
* Alex Hirsch (BFA 07, Character Animation)
* Eliza Hittman (MFA Directing)
* Carole Holliday
* Savage Steve Holland (Experimental Animation)
* Roger Holzberg (BFA 76)
* Chris Innis (MFA 91, Live Action/Film)
* David Irving
* Richard Isanove
* Rick Jacobson
* Richard Jefferies (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
* Glen Keane (74, Experimental Animation)
* Gina Kim (MFA 99, Film & Video)
* Tran T. Kim-Trang
* 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 (MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
* Cy Kuckenbaker (MFA 04, Film & Video)
* Nandita Kumar
* Chris Langdon
* Lorne Lanning (Character Animation)
* John Lasseter (BFA 79, Character Animation)
* Doug Lefler
* Eric Leiser (2005, Experimental Animation)
* Jay Lender
* Kristen Lepore (MFA 12, Experimental Animation)
* Kevin Lima (Character Animation)
* Matthew Luhn (Character Animation)
* James Mangold (BFA 85, Film & Video)
* Dinah Manoff
* Michael Marcantel (Experimental Animation)
* April March (one year, Character Animation)
* James Marsh
* Stu Maschwitz (Animation)
* Miwa Matreyek (MFA 07, Experimental Animation)
* Craig McCracken (92, Character Animation)
* Tom McGrath (BFA 92, Character Animation)
* Patrick McHale (Character Animation)
* Eon McKai (Film & Video)
* Alessandro Mercuri (MFA 00, Live Action)
* Chris Miller (Character Animation)
* Rusty Mills
* Rob Minkoff (83, Character Animation)
* Mike Mitchell
* Adrian Molina
* Laura Molina (Character Animation)
* Zac Moncrief (Character Animation)
* Rich Moore (Character Animation)
* C. Scott Morse (Character Animation)
* Soudabeh Moradian (MFA 15, Film and Video)
* 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)
* Daron Nefcy (Character Animation)
* Drew Neumann (BFA 82, Film & Video)
* Teddy Newton (Character Animation)
* Sue C. Nichols
* Michael Nguyen (88, Character Animation)
* Julien Nitzberg (Film Directing)
* Mark O'Hare (Character Animation)
* Gregory Orr (Film & Video)
* Mark Osborne (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
* Akosua Adoma Owusu
* Sergio Pablos
* Skyler Page
* Andrea Pallaoro
* Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
* Eric Patrick (MFA 97, Experimental Animation)
* Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
* Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
* Michael Peraza
* Bob Persichetti (BFA 96, Character Animation)
* Nicholas Peterson (Experimental Animation)
* Jeff Pidgeon
* Leonardo Pirondi
* Michael Pressman
* Joanna Priestley (MFA 85, Experimental Animation)
* Luis Prieto
* Rubén Procopio
* Dave Pruiksma (Character Animation)
* Jory Prum
* Tom Lin Shu-yu
* Marco Simon Puccioni
* J. G. Quintel (BFA 05, Character Animation)
* Kevin Rafferty
* Joe Ranft (80, Character Animation)
* Jim Reardon (Character Animation)
* Jerry Rees (77, Character Animation)
* Rob Renzetti (Character Animation)
* Mike Rianda
* Jose Rivera
* Lou Romano (94, Character Animation)
* Simon Rouby
* Jeff Rowe
* Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
* Rajee Samarasinghe (Film & Video)
* Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
* Peter Sarkisian
* Mitch Schauer (Character Animation)
* Allison Schulnik (BFA 00, Experimental Animation)
* Gary Schwartz (Experimental Animation)
* George Scribner
* Henry Selick (MFA 77, Experimental Animation)
* Madeline Sharafian (Character Animation)
* Maneesh Sharma
* Brian Sheesley (Character Animation)
* Lee Sheldon (MFA Film Directing)
* Bruce W. Smith (Character Animation)
* Peter Sohn (BFA 99, Character Animation)
* Aaron Springer (Character Animation)
* Anthony Stacchi (BFA 86, Character Animation)
* Andrew Stanton (BFA 87, Character Animation)
* Eric Stefani (91, Character Animation)
* Jennifer Steinkamp (Experimental Animation)
* Patrice Stellest (Experimental Animation)
* Robert Stromberg
* Steven Subotnick (BFA 84, MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
* Doug Sweetland (Character Animation)
* Shion Takeuchi
* Rea Tajiri
* Genndy Tartakovsky (92, Character Animation)
* Ann Telnaes (BFA 85, Character Animation)
* Paul Tibbitt (Character Animation)
* Bill Tiller (BFA 92, Character Animation)
* Shannon Tindle (99, Character Animation)
* Bill Tomlinson
* Donna Tracy (Experimental Animation)
* Gary Trousdale (82, Character Animation)
* Cynthia True (Character Animation)
* Naomi Uman
* Nassos Vakalis (Character Animation)
* Darrell Van Citters (BFA 76, Character Animation)
* Thurop Van Orman (Character Animation)
* Gregg Vanzo (Character Animation)
* Conrad Vernon (Character Animation)
* J.J. Villard (BFA 04, Character Animation)
* Pendleton Ward (BFA 05, Character Animation)
* Dave Wasson
* Stevie Wermers
* Erik Wiese
* Travis Wilkerson
* 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
* Laurence Wright
* Eric Yahnker
* Chie Yamayoshi
* Niki Yang

### Faculty

* Michael Almereyda
* Thom Andersen
* Dale Baer
* Jerry Beck
* James Benning
* Kathryn Bigelow
* Betzy Bromberg
* Nancy Buchanan
* Charles Burnett
* Ben Caldwell
* James Caliri
* Ciro Cappellari
* Johanna Demetrakas
* Gill Dennis
* Ed Emshwiller
* Jules Engel
* Maureen Furniss
* Juan Pablo González
* Jack Hannah
* Mark Jonathan Harris
* T. Hee
* Monte Hellman
* Peter Hutton
* Bill Jackson
* Mike Johnson
* Bob Kurtz
* Deborah LaVine
* Don Levy
* Joan Logue
* Alexander Mackendrick
* John Lee Mahin
* Nina Menkes
* E. Michael Mitchell
* William Moritz
* Pat O'Neill
* Robert Nelson
* Mark Osborne
* Rumen Petkov
* Ernest Pintoff
* Suzan Pitt
* Jon Reiss
* Terry Sanders
* Janice Tanaka
* Bill Viola
* Billy Woodberry
* Gene Youngblood

## The Herb Alpert School of Music
### Alumni

* John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
* Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
* Francis Awe
* Ryan Bancroft (BFA 11, MFA 13)
* Ronnie Blake
* Kevin Blechdom
* Gene Bowen
* Dustin Boyer
* Anthony Brandt
* Michael Cain (BFA 88, MFA 90)
* Mario Calire
* David Carlson
* Raven Chacon
* Pearl Charles
* 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)
* Mikal Cronin
* John Debney (BFA 78)
* Gail Ann Dorsey
* Dean Drummond
* Kiki Ebsen (BFA 85)
* Juárez Echenique
* Guy Eckstine '75
* Pedro Eustache
* Jill Fraser
* Adam Fong
* Russ Freeman
* Josh Gabriel
* Peter Garland (BFA 73)
* Julia Holter
* Steve Horowitz
* Earl Howard (74, Composition)
* Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
* Art Jarvinen
* Terry Jennings
* Kerstin Jeppsson
* Aaron Johnson
* Kevin Kmetz
* Joel Krosnick
* Greg Kurstin
* Thomas Leeb (BFA '03)
* Chris Lemmon
* James Brandon Lewis
* David C. Lewis
* Eric Lindley
* Hugh Livingston
* Paul Livingstone
* Carey Lovelace
* Carla Lucero (BFA 86, Composition)
* Lusine
* Ed Mann
* Arturo Márquez (MFA 90)
* Terrace Martin
* Ingram Marshall (MFA 71)
* John Maus
* Gabrial McNair (of No Doubt) ('95)
* Roger Miller (76, Composition)
* Ann Millikan (MFA)
* Maryam Mirbagheri (2018, Performer-Composer / 2016 Composition)
* John Morton'78
* Stephen L. Mosko
* Zane Musa
* Mark Nauseef
* Darek Oleszkiewicz
* Anna Oxygen
* Charlemagne Palestine
* Kolleen Park
* Chan Poling
* Lisa Popeil
* Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00)
* Raaginder
* Ellen Reid
* Laura Rizzotto (BFA '15)
* Curtis Roads
* Michael Eric Robinson
* Sharon Robinson
* Marina Rosenfeld (MFA 94, Art-Music)
* Dean Rosenthal (MFA 97 - Did Not Graduate)
* Anni Rossi
* Joel Rubin
* Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
* Otmaro Ruíz (MFA 91)
* Emma Ruth Rundle
* 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
* Oliver Tree
* André Vida (MFA 2005)
* Lois V Vierk
* Gregg Wager
* Marty Walker (MFA 91)
* Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra
* William Winant
* Nate Wood
* Benjamin Wynn (BFA 2002)
* Yulianna
* Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92)
* Z'EV
* Jeremy Zuckerman (MFA '01)

### Faculty

* John Bergamo
* Anner Bylsma
* Robert E. Brown
* Gene Bowen
* Harold Budd
* Igor Buketoff
* Edward Carroll
* Daniel Corral
* Swapan Chaudhuri
* Bill Douglas
* Susan Allen
* Vinny Golia
* Charlie Haden
* Laurel Halo
* Leonid Hambro
* Alphonso Johnson
* Eyvind Kang
* Daniel Katzen
* Ulrich Krieger
* Joe LaBarbera
* Anne LeBaron
* Steve Lehman
* Daniel Lentz
* Bennie Maupin
* Roscoe Mitchell
* Buell Neidlinger
* James Newton
* Marni Nixon
* Frederick Noad
* K. P. H. Notoprojo
* Buell Neidlinger
* Jeff Parker
* Michael Pisaro
* Mel Powell
* Ron Purcell
* T. Ranganathan
* Harihar Rao
* Taranath Rao
* David Rosenboom
* Frederic Rzewski
* Trichy Sankaran
* David Schwartz
* Wadada Leo Smith
* Luciana Souza
* David Starobin
* Rand Steiger
* Richard Stoltzman
* Volker Straebel
* Morton Subotnick
* Miroslav Tadić
* Rajeev Taranath
* Serge Tcherepnin
* James Tenney
* Frederick D. Tinsley
* Mark Trayle
* Fernando Valenti
* T. Viswanathan
* Allan Vogel
* Wolfgang von Schweinitz
* Michele Zukovsky

## School of Theater Arts
### Alumni

* Kevin Adams (MFA 86, Scene Design)
* Amanda Aday (Acting)
* Ali Ahn (Acting, MFA 06)
* Perry Anzilotti
* Brandon Stirling Baker (Lighting)
* Kathy Baker (72, Acting)
* Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90, Acting)
* Dorie Barton (actress, director) (BFA)
* Jesse Borrego (84, Acting)
* Barbara Bosson (Acting)
* Alison Brie (BFA 05, Acting)
* Natalia Cordova-Buckley
* Merritt Butrick (Acting)
* Stephanie Barton-Farcas (Acting)
* Tiffany Boone
* 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
* Patricia Fernández
* Dennis Gersten
* Richard Green
* Virginia Grise (09, MFA Writing for Performance)
* Dana Gourrier
* Aleshea Harris (MFA, 2014)
* Ed Harris (BFA 75, Acting)
* David Hasselhoff (73, Acting)
* Roger Holzberg (BFA 76, Writing)
* Cindy Im
* Albert Innaurato
* Bill Irwin (72, Acting)
* Jules de Jongh
* Elaine Kao
* Simbi Khali-Williams (BFA 93, Acting)
* Don Lake
* Michael Lassell (MFA '73, Acting)
* Scott MacDonald (Acting)
* Derek Magyar
* Andrew Matarazzo
* Justine Miceli
* Kim Milford (Acting)
* Dana Morosini (Acting)
* Laraine Newman (Acting)
* Stephanie Niznik (Acting)
* Sharon Ott
* Condola Rashād (BFA 08, Acting)
* Diona Reasonover
* Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) (73, Acting)
* Michael Richards (73, Acting)
* Christopher Rivas
* Michael D. Roberts (Acting)
* Amy Keating Rogers (MFA 94)
* Douglas Rushkoff, writer, social theorist
* Katey Sagal (Acting)
* Tobe Sexton (BFA 91)
* Mark Allen Shepherd
* Jan Smithers
* Cecily Strong (BFA 06, Acting)
* Monty Taylor (Lighting Design)
* Julie Taymor
* Amanda Tepe
* Allan Trautman
* Winston Tong
* Mageina Tovah
* Deborah Joy Winans (MFA Acting 09)

### Faculty

* Christopher Akerlind
* Libby Appel
* Fran Bennett
* Herbert Blau
* Lee Breuer
* Marissa Chibás
* Ruby Cohn
* Erik Ehn
* Janie Geiser
* Lisa Gay Hamilton
* Donald Holder
* Marshall Ho'o
* Sally Jacobs
* Mirjana Joković
* Ron Cephas Jones
* Franz Marijnen
* Suzan-Lori Parks
* Lew Palter
* Joe Rohde
* Carl Hancock Rux
* Lap Chi Chu
* Lars Jan

## Honorary degrees

Past honorary degree recipients include:
* Beverly Sills (1975)
* Roy Lichtenstein (1977)
* Twyla Tharp (1978)
* Gordon Davidson (1980)
* Bella Lewitzky (1981)
* Haskell Wexler (1981)
* Henry Mancini (1983)
* Jan de Gaetani (1983)
* Ravi Shankar (1985)
* John Cage (1986)
* Frank O. Gehry (1987)
* Trisha Brown (1988)
* Donn Tatum (1989)
* Luis Valdez (1989)
* Paul Taylor (1989)
* Ornette Coleman (1990)
* Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1991)
* Pearl Primus (1991)
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