Notable Alumni

Melissa Blake ’95
Writer-Producer | Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Sleepy Hollow

Barbara Broccoli ’81
Producer | Skyfall, Casino Royale 

Effie Brown ’93
Producer | Dear White People, Real Women Have Curves, Rocket Science
CEO | Gamechanger Films

John Cosgrove ’77
Producer | Unsolved Mysteries 

Kimberly Costello ’92
Writer-Producer | Melrose Place, JAG

Kathleen Courtney ’79
Producer | Chasing Mavericks, Daredevil 

Matthew Cullen ’01
Director-Producer | London Fields, A Boy Named Shel, Pacific Rim
Commercial and Music Video Director | Adele, The Black Eyed Peas , Katy Perry

Kahlil Joseph Davis ’03
Director | Until the Quiet Comes
Video artist and music video director 

Steve Duncan ’79
Writer | Tour of Duty, A Man Called Hawk, The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 

Rick Dunkle ’06
Producer | Criminal Minds 

Steve Franks ’94
Writer-Producer | Big Daddy, Psych 

Chris Hanada ’01
Director-Producer | Little Big Awesome, The Off Season, This Isn’t Working 

Shay Hatten ’16
Writer | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 

Brian Helgeland ’87
Writer-Director-Producer | 42, Mystic River, Robin Hood, L.A. Confidential 

Winifred Hervey ’77
Writer-Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel–Air, The Cosby Show 

Tim Iacofano ’78
Producer-Director | 24, Kingdom 

André Jacquemetton ’89
Producer | Mad Men, The Romanoffs, Star Trek: Enterprise, Baywatch 

Sarah Nicole Jones ’09
Writer-Producer, Longmire 

Kevin Kerslake ’83
Music Video Director | R.E.M, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, and others 

Tanner Kling ’00
Producer-Director | Little Big Awesome, The Off Season, This Isn’t Working 

Ted Kroeber ’02
Producer | American Gun, Four Sheets to the Wind 

Francis Lawrence ’91
Writer-Director-Producer | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants

Steve McEveety ’77
Producer | Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ 

Sean McNamara ’84
Producer-Writer | Soul Surfer, That's So Raven 

Patrick Melton ’02
Writer-Producer | Feast, Saw, The Collector 

David Mirkin ’78
Producer-Writer-Director | The Simpsons, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 

Ronald Mita M.A. '95
Writer-Producer | S.W.A.T., Robots, Sniper II, and 24 Hours to Live.

Glen Morgan ’83
Writer-Producer | The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Space: Above and Beyond, Event, Final Destination 

Dave Meyers ’94
Director | The Hitcher
VMA–Winning Music Video Director | Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift 

Jack Orman ’90
Producer-Writer | ER, Men of a Certain Age, Pan Am, JAG 

Emily Spivey MFA ’96
Writer-Producer | Up All Night, SNL, Modern Family, Bless the Harts, The Last Man on Earth 

Patricia Whitcher ’83
Producer | Godzilla, Thor, The Terminal, Captain Marvel 

James Wong ’83
Producer-Writer, American Horror Story, The X-Files, Final Destination, The Commish

Art Adams ’87
Cinema Lens Specialist at ARRI 

John Bailey ’64
Groundhog Day, As Good as It Gets 

Scott Cunningham ’94
Music videos for Janet Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, and others 

Shana Hagan ’89
Breathing Lessons (Winner, Academy Award, 1997), Walk Run Cha-Cha (Nominee, Academy Award, 2020), 17 Sundance Film Festival selections, including Generation Wealth, Queen of Versailles, and Taylor Swift: Miss Americana

Laura Jansen ’15
Other Side of the Box (Winner, Midnight Short Competition, SXSW19)

Vince Keala Lucero ’97
Hawaii 5-0, Snatched, Snowden

Lauren Carara ’06
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ready Player One, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Battleship, Iron Man 2

Raul Guerra ’02
Family Guy

Martin Hall ’96
The Amazing Spider-Man, Hugo, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Thor, Speed Racer

Kevin Molina-Ortiz ’16
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Winner, ANNIE, 2019)

Lauren Montgomery ’02
Wonder Woman, Justice League, Batman 

Peter Oswald ’03
ParaNorman, Hotel Transylvania 

Van Partible ’93
Johnny Bravo, Pete the Cat 

David “Dwooman” Woo ’08
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, Dinotrux Supercharged, Turbo FAST
Director and Storyboard Artist | DreamWorks Animation

Bob Beemer ’77
Bourne Ultimatum, Gladiator, Dreamgirls, Speed 

Christian Buenaventura ’05
American Horror Story, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, In Treatment, 9-1-1

Mark Camperell ’04
Video Games | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Halo 4 

Pete Elia ’91
The Man in the High Castle, True Blood, Revenge, Dexter 

Warren Hendriks ’01
X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, The Internship, TRON: Legacy 

Brian Lapin ’02
Knocked Up, Superbad 

Alex Levy ’03
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Lost, Super 8 

Laura Schmadel ’05
True Blood, Ugly Betty, Palo Alto, Dexter

Darleen Stoker ’84
American Gothic, Men of a Certain Age, The Walking Dead, E.R.

Damon Tedesco ’90
First Man, The Hate U Give, The Last Samurai, The Thin Red Line

Mario A. Vitale ’00
The Avengers, Thor, A Nightmare on Elm Street 

Mark Volman ’97
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Mad Men, Pirate Radio 

Sean Wiedeman ’02
Video Games | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth

David Maurer ’00
Absentia, Whale Wars, Splinter, Bachelor Pad 

Eric Spagnoletti ’99
The Real World, The Challenge

Nick Alt ’01
Founder and CEO, VYNL; Former VP of Mobile and TV, Vimeo 

Francie Calfo ’89
Producer, Undisputed Cinema

Jason Constantine ’97
President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Lionsgate 

Bryan Davidson ’92
Director of Animation Development, Skydance Animation 

Steve Dontanville ’76
Founder/Manager, Dontaville/Frattaroli Management 

Roger Goff LLS ’87
Partner, Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro LLC 

Paul Hook ’89
EVP/Head of Motion Picture Production, ICM 

Kathryn Nielsen ’76
SVP/Controller, Theatrical Division, Sony Pictures 

Jim Toth ’92
Founding Board Member, Hello Sunshine Official