page_title: List of Yale University people
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: List of Yale University people / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: Meryl Streep
context_page_description: Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies.
context_section_description: Angela Bassett (B.A. 1980 African-American Studies, M.F.A. 1983), Academy Award-nominated actress
  Jennifer Beals (B.A. 1987 American Literature), actress, best known for Flashdance and The L Word
  Henry Bean, screenwriter/director The Believer
  Jordana Brewster, actress, plays Mia in The Fast and the Furious
  Rob Campbell (M.F.A. 1990), actor, debuted in Unforgiven
  Bruce Cohen, film producer, won an Academy Award for American Beauty
  Michael Cimino (B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963), Academy Award-winning director of The Deer Hunter
  Jennifer Connelly (Class of 1992), Academy Award-winning actress
  Whitfield Cook, author, playwright and screenwriter
  Robert Curtis Brown (B.A. 1979), television, film, and stage actor
  Claire Danes (Class of 2002), actress
  Winston Duke (M.F.A. 2013), actor
  Noah Emmerich (B.A. 1992), actor
  Jodie Foster (B.A. 1985 in literature, magna cum laude), Academy Award-winning actress and director
  James Franco, actor, comedian
  Paul Giamatti (BA 1989, M.F.A. 1994), actor, starred in Sideways
  Alex Gibney, Academy Award-winning documentary-filmmaker (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, 2005; Taxi to the Dark Side, 2007)
  David Alan Grier, actor, comedian
  Kathryn Hahn (M.F.A.), actress
  Brian Tyree Henry (M.F.A.), actor
  Michael Herz, director, founder of Troma Studios
  George Hickenlooper (B.A. 1985), film director
  George Roy Hill, Academy Award-winning director
  Lloyd Kaufman (B.A. 1968), director, actor, President of Troma Studios, IFTA Charman
  Elia Kazan, Academy Award-winning director
  Zoe Kazan (B.A. 2005, Theatre), film and stage actress, Elia's granddaughter
  Phil LaMarr (B.A. 1989), actor, comedian
  Adam Leipzig (B.A. 1979 in literature), film and theater producer
  Thomas F. Lennon (B.A. 1973), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
  Ron Livingston (B.A. 1989), actor, best known for Office Space
  Jefferson Mays (B.A. 1987), Tony Award-winning actor
  Frances McDormand (MFA 1982), Academy Award-winning actress
  Bill Moseley, actor
  Paul Newman (DRA 1954), Academy Award-winning actor
  Alessandro Nivola (B.A. 1994), actor
  Edward Norton (B.A. 1991), Academy Award-nominated actor (American History X), also known for Fight Club
  Lupita Nyong'o (M.F.A. 2012), Academy Award-winning actress (12 Years A Slave)
  Kip Pardue (B.A. 1998), actor
  Bronson Pinchot (B.A. 1981), actor
  Vincent Price (B.A. 1933, History & English), actor
  Ira Sachs (B.A. 1987), director
  Liev Schreiber (M.F.A. 1992), actor
  Robert Simonds, film producer, best known for Big Daddy, Cheaper by the Dozen, and The Wedding Singer
  Gene Siskel (B.A. 1967), movie critic
  Todd Solondz (B.A. 1981), director, Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness
  Oliver Stone (Class of 1968), Academy Award-winning director
  Meryl Streep (M.F.A.), Academy Award-winning actress
  Ted Tally (B.A.), Academy Award-winning screenwriter
  John Turturro (M.F.A. 1983), actor
  Sam Waterston (B.A. 1961), actor
  Sigourney Weaver (MFA), actress
  Jon Weinbach (B.A. 1998), director/writer/producer
  Sam Weisman (B.A. 1969), director/producer/actor
  Jennifer Westfeldt (B.A. 1991), actress, screenwriter (Kissing Jessica Stein)
  James Whitmore, actor
  Douglas Wick (B.A. 1976), film producer
  Allison Williams (B.A. 2010), actress (Get Out), comedian, singer,
  Jessica Yu (B.A. 1987), Academy Award-winning film director
caption: Meryl Streep
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