Columbia University School of The Arts - Notable Alumni and Attendees

Notable Alumni and Attendees

• David Altmejd - artist of sculptural systems
• Jonathan Ames (1989) - writer
• Laurie Anderson (1972) - musician
• Kenneth Ascher, DMA (1966 CC; 1968 GSAS; 1971 SOA) – jazz pianist, composer
• Jesse Ball (2004) - writer
• Albert Berger - Producer Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain
• Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (1974) - poet
• Kathryn Bigelow (1979) - screenwriter, film director, producer and two time Academy Award winner for The Hurt Locker (2009).
• John Bowe (1994) - journalist focussing on modern slavery
• Richard Brick (1971) - producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, Caught; Co-Producer Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Arizona Dream
• Lisa Cholodenko (1998) - screenwriter and film director, Laurel Canyon, The L Word
• Richard Corliss (1974) - film critic
• Cherien Dabis (2004) - filmmaker, screenwriter - The L Word, Amreeka
• Kiran Desai (1999) - winner of the Booker Prize for her novel The Inheritance of Loss
• Tan Dun (1993) - composer
• Meghan Daum (1996) - writer and journalist
• James Franco - (current) actor
• Philip Gourevitch (1992) - writer and journalist, editor-in-chief of The Paris Review
• Albert Hall (1971) - actor
• Nicole Holofcener - film and TV director, screenwriter Friends With Money, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under
• Tama Janowitz (1986) - writer
• Maureen Johnson (2003) - novelist
• Heidi Julavits - writer
• Simon Kinberg - screenwriter Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand
• Dave King (1999) - novelist
• Benjamin Kunkel - author of Indecision
• Jean Kwok - novelist
• Claire Labine, head writer of Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, General Hospital, Where The Heart Is, Guiding Light
• Yves Lavandier (1983–85) - screenwriter, director and script doctor
• James Mangold - film director, screenwriter Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, Cop Land
• Alec Michod (1999) - novelist
• Susan Minot (1983) - novelist and screenwriter
• Rick Moody (1986) - novelist
• Ed Park - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
• Kimberly Peirce - director, Boys Don't Cry, Stop-Loss
• Katha Pollitt (1975) - feminist writer
• Richard Price (1976) - novelist and screenwriter
• Anna Rabinowitz (1990) - poet, librettist
• James Rebhorn (1972) - actor
• Jay Scheib (1997) - theatre director
• Dana Schutz (2002) - painter
• Kathryn Shaw - director, actor, writer
• Banks Violette (2000) - sculptor
• Vendela Vida - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
• Ntshaveni Wa Luruli - film director
• Aaron Woolfolk, M.A. 1998 - film director, screenwriter The Harimaya Bridge