Film, Theater, and Television
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatyana Ali (born 1979) | College 2002 | Actress, Singer | |
| Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) | College 1991 | Film director and screenwriter | |
| Ronald Bass (born 1942) | Law 1967 | Screenwriter | |
| S. N. Behrman (1893–1973) | College 1916 | Playwright, screenwriter | |
| Roberts Blossom (1924–2011) | College 1943 | Actor, Poet | |
| Andy Borowitz (born 1958) | College 1980 | Comedian, film actor | |
| Amy Brenneman (born 1964) | College 1987 | Actress | |
| Gaspar Bergman (born 1979) | Law 2001 | Film director | |
| Bill Brown | College 1992 | Experimental filmmaker | |
| Stockard Channing (born 1944) | Radcliffe 1965 | Actress | |
| Rob Cohen (born 1949) | College 1971 | Film director, screenwriter | |
| Cesar Conde (born 1973) | College 1995 | President of Univision | |
| Lindsay Crouse (born 1948) | Radcliffe 1970 | Actress | |
| Greg Daniels (born 1962) | College 1980–1984 | Comedy Writer, producer, and director | |
| Jeremy Doner (born 1974) | College 1994 | Screenwriter | |
| Christopher Durang (born 1949) | College 1971 | Playwright | |
| Greg Giraldo (1965–2010) | Law 1988 | Comedian | |
| Fred Grandy (born 1948) | College 1970 | Actor, U.S. Congressman | |
| Andre Gregory (born 1934) | College 1956 | Theatre director, actor | |
| Fred Gwynne (1926–1993) | College 1951 | Actor | |
| Hill Harper (1966) | HKS, Law 1992 | Actor | |
| Sarah Haskins (1979) | College 2001 | Comedian | |
| Josephine Hull (1886–1957) | Radcliffe 1899 | Actress | |
| Rashida Jones (born 1976) | College 1997 | Actress | |
| Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) | College 1969 | Actor | |
| Douglas Kenney (1947–1980) | College 1968 | Humorist, screenwriter | |
| Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) | College 1947 | Actor | |
| Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986) | College 1940 | Lyricist, librettist | |
| Jeremy Leven (born 1941) | Education 1973 | Novelist, screenwriter, director, producer | |
| John Lithgow (born 1945) | College 1967 | Actor | |
| Donal Logue (born 1966) | College 1989 | Actor | |
| Joseph Losey (1909–1984) | A.M. | Film director | |
| Terrence Malick (born 1943) | College 1966 | Film director, screenwriter | |
| Dan McGrath (born 1965) | College 1985 | Emmy-winning writer "Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and King of the Hill." | |
| Tom McGrath (born 1956) | College 1976, MBA 1980 | Film & Theater Executive/Producer, The Princess Bride, Hair, Passing Strange, West Side Story | Wikipedia |
| Abel Meeropol | Actor and composer | ||
| Alex Michel (born 1970) | College 1992 | American businessman and television personality for The Bachelor | |
| David Monahan (born 1971) | College | Actor | |
| Mira Nair (born 1957) | College 1979 | Film director | |
| B.J. Novak (born 1979) | College 2001 | Comedian, actor, The Office | |
| Conan O'Brien (born 1963) | College 1985 | Talk show host | |
| Mark O'Donnell (1954-2012) | College 1976 | Comedy writer, Tony winner Hairspray, author, op-ed columnist | imdb.com |
| Steve O'Donnell (born 1954) | College 1976 | Comedy writer, multiple Emmy winner, Head Writer David Letterman Show, The Simpsons | imdb.com |
| Keir Pearson (born 1968) | College 1989 | Screenwriter | |
| Frank R. Pierson (born 1925) | College 1950 | Screenwriter, film director | |
| Natalie Portman (born 1981) | College 2003 | Actress, Academy Award Winner | |
| Carol Potter (born 1948) | Social Relations (Psychology) 1970 | Actress, Beverly Hills, 90210 | |
| Michael Ritchie (1938–2001) | College 1960 | Film director | |
| Mo Rocca (born 1969) | College 1991 | Comedian | |
| Meredith Salenger (born 1970) | College 1992 | Actress | | |
| Michael Schur (born 1975) | College 1997 | Writer for Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Parks and Recreation | | |
| Peter Sellars | College 1980 | Theater director | |
| Wallace Shawn (born 1943) | College 1965 | Actor, playwright | |
| Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) | College 2000 | Actress | |
| Mira Sorvino (born 1967) | College 1990 | Actress | |
| Whit Stillman (born 1952) | College 1973 | Screenwriter, film director | |
| Renee Tajima-Peña | College 1980 | Film director and producer, notable for "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" | |
| Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) | College 1979 | Screenwriter | |
| Scottie Thompson (born 1981) | College 2005 | Actress | |
| James Toback (born 1944) | College 1966 | Film director and screenwriter | |
| Brian Tyler (born 1972) | College 1998 | Film composer and music producer | |
| Jack Valenti (1921–2007) | Business 1952 | President of the MPAA | |
| Courtney B. Vance (born 1960) | College 1982 | Actor | |
| John Weidman | College 1968 | Librettist | |
| Steve Zahn (born 1967) | Actor | ||
| Jeff Zucker (born 1965) | College 1986 | President of NBC Universal | |
| Edward Zwick (born 1952) | College 1974 | Film director | |
| Bill Stetson | B.A. 1982 | President of the Vermont Film Commission, Producer: "What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library"; “Citizen Suits”; and "A Closer Walk," | |- valign="top" |
| Olga Fedori | College 2004 | Actress, Singer |
Read more about this topic: List Of Harvard University People
Famous quotes containing the word television:
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)