Georgetown University Alumni - Entertainment, Media & Culture

Entertainment, Media & Culture

• Guy Adami (B 1986) - CNBC
• Sara Albert (C 2005) - America's Next Top Model contestant
• Amerie (C 2000) - rhythm and blues singer
• Melissa Anelli (C 2001) - webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron and New York Times bestselling author
• Pearl Bailey (C 1985) - noted singer, actress, entertainer
• Mitch Bainwol (C 1981) - chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
• Jarrett Barrios (L 1995) - president, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Agustin Barrios Gomez (SFS 1993) - founder and president, Solutions Abroad
• Bruce Bartlett (G 1976) - economist and Wall Street Journal columnist.
• John Barrymore (C 1898) - actor
• Jason Bellini (C 1997) - journalist
• Tarak Ben Ammar (SFS) - Franco-Tunisian film producer
• Michael Benz (C 2004) - actor
• Melanie Berliet - journalist
• Bruce Berman (L 1978) - chairman & CEO, Village Roadshow Pictures, a partnership with Warner Bros.
• John C. Bersia (G 1979) - Orlando Sentinel journalist, winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
• Mike Birbiglia (C 2000) - comedian
• Joan Biskupic (L 1993) - Supreme Court reporter, USA Today, 2000–present; Supreme Court reporter, Washington Post, 1992–2000
• William Peter Blatty (C 1950) - author of The Exorcist
• Stuart Bloomberg (C 1972) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
• David G. Bradley (L 1983) - chairman, The Atlantic Monthly; chairman, National Journal Group
• Tony Braithwaite (C 1993) - Barrymore Award winning actor
• Sally Buzbee (G 1997) - AP Washington bureau chief, 2010–present; AP chief of Middle East news, based in Cairo
• Mike Cahill (C 2005) - director and screenwriter
• Chris Cillizza (C 1998) - Washington Post political reporter
• Jeff Civillico (G 2005) - International Comic Juggler and MC
• Suzanne (Matthews) Clark (S 1997, G 2003) - president, National Journal Group
• Bob Colacello (SFS 1969) - noted biographer (Andy Warhol, Doris Duke, the Reagans)
• Robert J. Collier (C 1894) - publisher of Collier's Weekly magazine (founded by his father); president, Aero Club of America; married a granddaughter of William Astor
• Bradley Cooper (C 1997) - actor
• William Corcoran (C 1813) - founder, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington's first art museum
• George Crile III (SFS 1968) - CBS News producer (60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II) and reporter, 1976–2006; The Overseas Press Club twice awarded Crile its Edward R. Murrow Award; wrote 2003 bestseller Charlie Wilson's War
• Michael Dellaira (C 1971) - composer of opera, choral and other vocal music
• Lyle Denniston (G 1957) - journalist who covered the Supreme Court for: Wall Street Journal, Washington Star and Baltimore Sun; taught at Georgetown Law for eight years
• Lucy Barzun Donnelly (C 1995) - producer of Emmy-winning HBO movie Grey Gardens
• James C. Duff (L 1981) - president, The Freedom Forum, which includes the Newseum, 2011–present
• Margaret Edson (G 1992) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wit
• Bonnie G. Erbe (L 1987) - journalist and host of To The Contrary
• Paul Erdman (SFS 1955) - business and financial writer; novelist
• Ahmet Ertegün (G 1945) - chairman, Atlantic Records; co-founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; chairman, The American Turkish Society
• Justin Falvey (B 1990) - co-head of DreamWorks Television, the network television production arm of DreamWorks SKG
• John T. Flynn (L 1902) - author of 20 books including Trusts Gone Wrong and Graft in Business; columnist for The New Republic.
• Kelly Flynn (C 1988) - executive producer, CNN
• Jim Gaffigan (MSB 1988) - comedian/actor
• Robert Gant (L ) - actor
• Jamie Gangel (SFS 1977) - NBC News Today national correspondent
• Lourdes Garcia-Navarro (SFS 1994) - Baghdad bureau chief, NPR News
• Jeffrey Gedmin (G 1990) - president, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• Stephen Glass (L 2001) - infamous journalist known for fabrication of stories for The New Republic, George, and Harper's
• Linda Gradstein (SFS 1985) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
• Chad Griffin (SFS 1997) - president, Human Rights Campaign
• John Guare (C 1960, H 1991) - author and playwright: The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation; five Tony Awards
• Savannah Guthrie (L 2002) - co-host of NBC's Today show
• Daniel Henninger (SFS 1971) - deputy editorial page director and columnist, Wall Street Journal
• Quin Hillyer (C 1986) - columnist and associate editorial page editor, The Washington Times
• Jack Hofsiss (C 1971) - director of theater, film and television; Tony Award for directing The Elephant Man
• Stuart Holliday (SFS 1988) - president and CEO, Meridian International Center
• James R. Jones (L 1964) - national chairman, World Affairs Councils of America, 2003–present
• Mary Jordan (C 1983) - Washington Post journalist, co-winner of 2003 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting; currently co-bureau chief in London
• Keith Kane (G 1992) - Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist of rock group Vertical Horizon
• Brian Kelly (C 1974) - Editor, US News and World Report
• Iris Krasnow (G 1997) - author specializing in relationships and personal growth
• Nick Kroll (C 2001) - actor and comedian
• Wilton Lackaye (G 1914) - early stage and film actor
• Mark Landler (SFS 1987) - New York Times European economic correspondent, Frankfurt, 2002–present; New York Times Hong Kong bureau chief, 1998–2002
• Monica Langley (L 1983) - Washington DC deputy bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal
• Malcolm Lee (C 1992) - director, The Best Man and Undercover Brother
• Mitchell Hurwitz (C 1985) - TV writer, creator of Arrested Development
• Peter G. Loehr (SFS 1989) - producer; Imar Film Co., a Beijing-based, independent film company
• Willard Mack, aka Charles McLaughlin, (C 1889) - a Canadian-born actor, director, and playwright.
• Brit Marling (C 2005) - actress and writer.
• Kevin Markey (C 1987) - author, "Slumpbuster", "Wall Ball", Wing Ding", "Rainmaker", other children's and adult books
• Alexander Marquardt (STIA) - ABC News foreign correspondent
• Victorino L. Matus (SFS 1995) - assistant managing editor, The Weekly Standard
• Joseph D. McClatchy (C 1967) - editor, The Yale Review, 1991–present
• Tara McKelvey (C 1985) - editor, The American Prospect
• Dinaw Mengestu (C 2000) - novelist and writer, English professor at Georgetown, MacArthur fellow
• Marilyn Milian (L 1984) - The People's Court judge
• John Mulaney (C 2004) - stand-up comedian, regularly featured on VH1's Best Week Ever
• Deroy Murdock (C 1986) - columnist, Scripps Howard News Service
• Brian F. Murray (C 1988) - president and CEO, HarperCollins
• Don Murphy (MSB 1984) - motion picture producer
• Megan Mylan (SFS 1992) - director of Smile Pinki, winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
• Condé Montrose Nast (C 1894, G) - founder of Condé Nast Publications
• Jonathan Nolan (C 1999) - author of Memento, co-writer of screenplay for The Dark Knight
• Glenn O'Brien (C 1970) - nonfiction writer and Style Guy for GQ Magazine
• Miles O'Brien (C 1981) - CNN technology and environmental correspondent
• Timothy L. O'Brien (C 1984) -- Journalist and author; edits and oversees the Sunday Business section of The New York Times
• Norah O'Donnell (C 1996, G 2003) - MSNBC chief Washington correspondent; contributor to NBC's Today
• Greg Olear (C 1995) - novelist
• Rob Pegoraro (SFS 1993) - Washington Post consumer technology columnist, 1999-2011
• Guy Picciotto (C 1987) - guitarist for rock band Fugazi, former lead singer and guitarist for Rites of Spring
• Walter H. Pincus (L 2001) - Washington Post national security journalist
• Mark Jude Poirier (C 1991) - author, books include Goats and Unsung Heroes of American Industry
• Patricia Pomerleau (NHS 1971) - founder and president, ceoexpress.com
• Shirley Povich (C 1928, L attended two years) - Mr. Povich was sports editor of the Washington Post for 41 years
• Jean M. Prewitt (L 1974) - president and CEO, Independent Film & Television Alliance
• Frank J. Prial (C 1951) - New York Times wine columnist, 1972–2005
• Martin Quigley, Jr. (C 1939) - publisher, politician, author, spy.
• Walter Ratliff (G 2004) - documentary producer, Associated Press journalist
• Carl Reiner (SFS 1943) - actor, director, film producer; holder of most Emmy awards in the entertainment field
• William Lawrence (Larry) Rohter (SFS 1971) - New York Times bureau chief, Rio de Janeiro
• Chris Sacca (SFS 1997, L 2000) - Google's head of special initiatives
• Matt Scannell (G 1992) - Leadsinger/Songwriter/Guitarist of rock group Vertical Horizon
• Maria Shriver (C 1977) - NBC-TV news commentator and former First Lady of California
• David Schickler (SFS 1991) - author, books include Kissing in Manhattan and Sweet and Vicious
• Kate Snow (MSFS 1990) - co-anchor, weekend edition of ABC News Good Morning America
• Alex Stancioff (MBA 1995) - executive animation producer, Comedy Central's "Lil' Bush"
• Michael Sucsy (SFS 1995) - co-writer, director and producer of HBO movie "Grey Gardens" which won six Emmys
• Margaret M. Sullivan (C 1979) - New York Times public editor
• Tim Sullivan (SFS 1988) - AP bureau chief, New Delhi
• James Johnson Sweeney (C 1922) - Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952-1960; Curator for the Museum of Modern Art, 1935-1946)
• Lisa Sylvester (SFS 1992) - CNN reporter
• Will Tanous (C 1992) - Warner Music Group executive, co-creator HBO's "Reverb"
• Frank A. Taylor (L 1934) - founding director, National Museum of American History; director, Air and Space Museum, 1969–1971
• Anthony Thomopoulos (SFS 1959) - former president ABC Entertainment and ABC Broadcast Group
• Jenny Toomey (C 1990) - indie rock musician and arts activist
• Greta Van Susteren (L 1979, L 1982) - Fox News anchor, On The Record
• Arick Wierson (SFS 1994) - former NYC TV General Manager and former media advisor to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
• Trish Wilson (SFS 1983) - deputy Latin America and Caribbean editor for The Associated Press, 2011–present
• Michael J. Winship (C 1973) - president, Writers Guild of America East
• David Yates (1987) - television and film director; credits include four Harry Potter films
• John Ziegler (C 1989) - talk show host, KFI-Los Angeles