Distinguished Alumni
- Allison Anders, MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" awardee
- M.K. Asante, Jr.
- Carroll Ballard
- Daniel Bernardi
- Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award winner
- Jack Black
- Shane Black
- Nzinga Blake
- Lloyd Bridges
- Carol Burnett
- Charles Burnett, MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" awardee
- Nicolas Cage, Academy Award winner
- Migdia Chinea
- James Coburn, Academy Award winner
- Francis Ford Coppola, five-time Academy Award winner
- Alex Cox
- Dean Cundey
- Jonathan Dayton
- Jamaa Fanaka
- Valerie Faris
- Leslie Erganian
- Teshome Gabriel, Cinema scholar and professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
- Alex Gibney, Academy Award winner
- Dan Gordon
- Robert David Hall
- Catherine Hardwicke
- Mariska Hargitay, Golden Globe and Emmy winner
- Mark Harmon
- Kayo Hatta, Sundance Film Festival award winner
- Jim Herzfeld
- James Horner, Academy Award winner
- Lew Hunter
- William Missouri Downs
- Gil Kenan, Academy Award nominee
- David Koepp
- Scott Kosar
- Justin Lin
- Jayne Mansfield, Golden Globe winner
- Ray Manzarek
- Frank Marshall
- Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of The Doors
- Robert A. Nakamura filmmaker, co-founder of Visual Communications (VC)
- Victor Nuñez
- Lisa Onodera
- Michael Ovitz
- Alexander Payne, Academy Award winner
- Rob Reiner, two-time Emmy winner
- Tim Robbins, Academy Award winner
- Scott Rosenberg
- Eric Roth, Academy Award winner
- Pietro Scalia, two-time Academy Award winner
- Joel Schumacher
- Paul Schrader, Academy Award nominee
- Tom Shadyac
- Brad Silberling
- Tom Skerritt
- Penelope Spheeris
- Jorma Taccone
- George Takei
- Ham Tran
- Kevin Tsai
- Gore Verbinski
- David S. Ward, Academy Award winner
- Aron J. Warner, Academy Award winner
- Jaleel White
- Gregory Widen
- John Williams, five-time Academy Award winner
- Hoyt Yeatman
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