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

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