List of California Institute of the Arts people

Lists of notable alumni and faculty of the California Institute of the Arts.

Alumni

 * Angus Andrew
 * B+
 * Judie Bamber
 * Richard Barnbrook
 * Sadie Barnette
 * Julie Becker (BFA, MFA)
 * Cindy Bernard
 * Ashley Bickerton
 * Jeremy Blake (MFA 95, Art)
 * Nayland Blake (MFA 84, Art)
 * Ross Bleckner (MFA 73, Art)
 * Barbara Bloom (BFA 72, Art)
 * John S. Boskovich (MFA, Art)
 * Andrea Bowers
 * Mark Bradford
 * Troy Brauntuch
 * Sherry Brody
 * Julia Brown
 * Laurie Halsey Brown
 * Krista Buecking (MFA 2012, Art)
 * John Burtle
 * John J. Casbarian (MFA, Design)
 * James Casebere (MFA 79, Art)
 * Heather Cassils (MFA 2002, Art)
 * Audrey Chan
 * Nancy Chunn
 * Jill Ciment
 * Timothy Clark
 * Fiona Connor
 * Bernard Cooper
 * Sofia Coppola (did not graduate) 92, Photography and Media)
 * Meg Cranston
 * Denise Gonzales Crisp
 * Zoe Crosher
 * Dorit Cypis
 * Danielle Dean (MFA 2012)
 * Karla Diaz, MFA 2004
 * Richard K. Diran, 1972, painting
 * Tomory Dodge
 * Roy Dowell
 * Zackary Drucker
 * John Duncan
 * Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
 * Elana Dykewomon
 * Mark Edward
 * Kenneth Feingold
 * Dylan Fergus
 * Christina Fernandez
 * Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
 * Victoria Fu (MFA 05, Art)
 * Mario García Torres (MFA 2005)
 * Jill Giegerich
 * Liz Glynn (MFA 08)
 * Shane Guffogg
 * Jack Goldstein
 * Ramiro Gomez
 * Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83)
 * Sharon Grace (1972)
 * Todd Gray (MFA 89, Photography and Media)
 * Tony Greene
 * Johnnie Jungleguts
 * Kira Lynn Harris
 * Asher Hartman
 * Lyle Ashton Harris
 * Kim Hastreiter
 * Richard Hawkins (MFA 88)
 * Johanna Hedva
 * Mary Beth Heffernan
 * Heather Henson
 * Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
 * Channa Horwitz
 * Doug Ischar (BFA 87)
 * Jim Isermann
 * Michael Jang
 * Larry Johnson
 * Michael Adam Kandel
 * Young Kakit
 * Mike Kelley (MFA 78, Art)
 * Robert Glenn Ketchum (MFA 73, Photography and Media)
 * Susan Kinsolving
 * Alice Könitz
 * Suzanne Lacy (MFA '73)
 * Alice Lang
 * James Lapine
 * Jonathan Lasker
 * Elad Lassry
 * Karen LeCocq
 * Jenny Lens
 * Laida Lertxundi
 * Robert Levine
 * Jen Liu
 * Michael Mandiberg (MFA 03, Photography and Media)
 * Elana Mann
 * Daniel Joseph Martinez (BFA 79, Photography and Media)
 * Kent Matsuoka
 * Rodney McMillian (MFA 02, Art)
 * Josephine Meckseper (MFA 92)
 * Douglas Melini
 * John Miller (MFA 79, Art)
 * Adia Millett
 * Susan Mogul
 * Noreen Morioka
 * Farhad Moshiri
 * Dwayne Moser (MFA 2001)
 * Andy Moses
 * Carter Mull
 * Matt Mullican
 * Yurie Nagashima
 * Ray Navarro
 * Kali Nikitas (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
 * Stephen Nowlin
 * Catherine Opie (MFA 88, Photography and Media)
 * Rubén Ortiz-Torres (MFA 92, Art)
 * Tony Oursler (BFA 79, Art)
 * Jan Oxenberg
 * Esteban Ramón Pérez
 * Ariel Pink
 * Lari Pittman (MFA 76)
 * Michael Polish (BFA 92, Art)
 * Gala Porras-Kim (MFA 09, Art)
 * Monique Prieto (BFA and MFA, Art)
 * Stephen Prina
 * Joe Ray (BFA 73, Art)
 * Ry Rocklen
 * Jaklin Romine (MFA 2017)
 * G. Samantha Rosenthal
 * Leo Rubinfien (BFA 1974, Photography)
 * Christoph Ruckhäberle
 * Shizu Saldamando (MFA 2005)
 * David Salle (BFA 73, MFA 75, Art)
 * Louise Sandhaus(MFA 94, Graphic Design)
 * Adrian Saxe
 * Mira Schor (MFA 73)
 * Peter G. Seidler, founder of Avalanche Systems
 * Ilene Segalove
 * Stephen Selkowitz (Environmental Design, MFA 72)
 * Jim Shaw
 * Nikita Shokhov
 * Susan Silas
 * Artur Silva
 * Gary Simmons
 * Patrice Stellest
 * Haruko Tanaka
 * Henry Taylor
 * Valerie Tevere (MFA, 97)
 * Clarissa Tossin
 * Klaus vom Bruch
 * Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
 * Ayzay Ukwuoma
 * Kaari Upson
 * James Welling (BFA 72, MFA 74, Photography and Media)
 * Dirk Westphal
 * Richard Ray Whitman
 * John Wiese
 * Faith Wilding
 * Christopher Williams
 * Megan Williams, B.F.A., 1978
 * Marisa Williamson
 * Audrey Wollen
 * Rio Yañez
 * Nancy Youdelman
 * Ethan Young (BFA 92, Art)
 * Tim Zuck

Faculty

 * Vito Acconci
 * Laurie Anderson
 * Richard Artschwager
 * Michael Asher
 * David Askevold
 * John Baldessari
 * Lynda Benglis
 * Natalie Bookchin
 * Jonathan Borofsky
 * Paul Brach
 * Judy Chicago
 * Robert H. Cumming
 * Louis Danziger
 * Harry Dodge
 * Lecia Dole-Recio
 * Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
 * Richard Farson
 * Ed Fella
 * Gerald Ferguson
 * Karen Finley
 * Judy Fiskin
 * Simone Forti
 * Anthony Friedkin
 * Charles Gaines
 * Harry Gamboa, Jr.
 * Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
 * April Greiman
 * Fritz Haeg
 * John Van Hamersveld
 * Paula Harper
 * Douglas Huebler
 * Ashley Hunt
 * Tom Jennings
 * Matsumi Kanemitsu
 * Allan Kaprow
 * Jeffery Keedy
 * Martin Kersels
 * Alison Knowles
 * Barbara Kruger
 * Thomas Lawson
 * Joe Lewis
 * Roy Lichtenstein
 * Sharon Lockhart
 * Catherine Lord
 * John Mandel
 * Laurie Haycock Makela
 * Paul McCarthy
 * Bruce Nauman
 * Jayme Odgers
 * Nam June Paik
 * Victor Papanek
 * Peter Jon Pearce
 * Judy Pfaff
 * Ulrike Rosenbach
 * Susan Rothenberg
 * Miriam Schapiro
 * Alan Schoen
 * Allan Sekula
 * Pat Steir
 * Wolfgang Stoerchle
 * Gail Swanlund
 * Martine Syms
 * Julie Tolentino
 * Shirley Tse
 * Stan Vanderbeek
 * Peter Van Riper
 * Lorraine Wild
 * Emmett Williams
 * Millie Wilson
 * Krzysztof Wodiczko
 * Emerson Woelffer

Alumni

 * Rose Anderson (MFA 18)
 * Andrew Berardini (MFA 06)
 * Colin Dickey (MFA 00)
 * Ken Ehrlich (MFA 99)
 * Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (MFA 13)
 * Amanda Yates Garcia (MFA 06)
 * Henry Hoke (MFA 11)
 * Soo Kim (MFA 95)
 * Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
 * Grace Krilanovich (MFA 05)
 * Eric Lindley, aka Careful (MFA 08)
 * Karl Montevirgen (MFA 00)
 * Dennis Phillips
 * Allie Rowbottom (MFA 11)
 * Stephen van Dyck (MFA 09)

Faculty

 * Bruce Bauman
 * Dodie Bellamy
 * Susie Bright
 * Sue-Ellen Case
 * Robert Christgau
 * Gabrielle Civil
 * Sande Cohen
 * Thomas E. Crow
 * Steve Erickson
 * Clayton Eshleman
 * Brian Evenson
 * María Irene Fornés
 * Daniel Foss
 * Peter Gadol
 * Paula Harper
 * Mark Harris
 * Dick Hebdige
 * Dick Higgins
 * Sikivu Hutchinson
 * Norman M. Klein
 * Max Kozloff
 * Saul Landau
 * Anthony McCann
 * Deena Metzger
 * Larry Miller
 * Maggie Nelson
 * Carl Oglesby
 * Arlene Raven
 * Janet Sarbanes
 * Jeremy J. Shapiro
 * Matthew Shenoda
 * David St. John
 * Maurice R. Stein
 * Michael Stock
 * Jalal Toufic
 * Luisa Valenzuela
 * Matias Viegener
 * Robert Walter
 * John Willett
 * Christine Wertheim
 * Emmett Williams

Alumni

 * Thomas Jefferson Byrd
 * Jacques Heim (MFA 91)
 * Dante Henderson
 * Cris Horwang
 * Jay Evan Jackson
 * Alonzo King

Faculty

 * Donald Byrd
 * Colin Connor
 * George de la Peña
 * Bella Lewitzky
 * Donald McKayle
 * Mia Čorak Slavenska
 * Allegra Fuller Snyder
 * Rebecca Wright

Alumni

 * Andrew Ahn (Film Directing)
 * Asitha Ameresekere (Film Directing)
 * Steve F. Anderson (MFA '90, Film & Video)
 * Steve J. Anderson (Character Animation)
 * Bryan Andrews (Character Animation)
 * Mark Andrews (BFA 93, Character Animation)
 * Tony Anselmo (Character Animation)
 * Wes Archer (Experimental Animation)
 * David A. Armstrong
 * Kelly Asbury (Character Animation)
 * Jom Tob Azulay
 * Chris Bailey (Character Animation)
 * Kyle Balda (Character Animation)
 * Steve Balderson (96, Film & Video)
 * Tom Bancroft (Character Animation)
 * Tony Bancroft (Character Animation)
 * Adam Beckett (BFA 74, Experimental Animation)
 * Nancy Beiman (Character Animation)
 * Bruce Berman (73, Live Action)
 * Tom Bertino (Animation)
 * Anna Biller (Interschool, Film & Video, Art)
 * Brad Bird (76, Character Animation)
 * Kevin Bjorke
 * Timothy Björklund (Experimental Animation)
 * Robert Blalack (Experimental Animation)
 * Kat Blaque (BFA 12, Character Animation)
 * Joyce Borenstein (Experimental Animation)
 * Colin Brady (Character Animation)
 * Matt Braly (BFA 10, Film & Video)
 * Ash Brannon (Character Animation)
 * Patrick Brice (Film & Video)
 * Q. Allan Brocka
 * Bill Brown (MFA 97, Film & Video)
 * Pete Browngardt (BFA 2000, Character Animation)
 * Chris Buck (78, Character Animation)
 * Tim Burton (79, Character Animation)
 * James Caliri
 * Brenda Chapman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
 * Yarrow Cheney
 * Daniel Chong
 * Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
 * Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
 * Donovan Cook (92, Character Animation)
 * Gabriel Cowan (Film Directing)
 * Joel Crawford
 * Larry Cuba (Experimental Animation)
 * Jill Culton (Character Animation)
 * Sean Daniel (BFA 73, Film & Video)
 * David Daniels (Experimental Animation)
 * Eric Darnell (MFA 90, Experimental Animation)
 * Jeff DeGrandis
 * Anthony DeRosa (Character Animation)
 * Sue DiCicco (Character Animation)
 * Kirby Dick (Film/Video)
 * Mark Dindal (Character Animation)
 * Pete Docter (BFA 90, Character Animation)
 * Walt Dohrn
 * Kate Dollenmayer (BFA 05 Film & Video)
 * Kelman Duran
 * Russ Edmonds (BFA 87, Character Animation)
 * Ralph Eggleston (86, Character Animation)
 * Rhys Ernst (MFA 2011)
 * Rodney Evans (MFA 96, Film & Video)
 * Lauren Faust (95, Character Animation)
 * F. X. Feeney (Film & Video)
 * Michael Fitzpatrick
 * Steven Fonti
 * David Frankel
 * Thor Freudenthal
 * Javier Fuentes-León
 * Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
 * Dede Gardner
 * Joaquin "Kino" Gil
 * Benjamin Gluck
 * Adam Samuel Goldman (MFA, Film & Video)
 * Jason Goldwatch
 * Stefan Gruber (Experimental Animation)
 * Aurora Guerrero
 * Sara Gunnarsdóttir
 * Jon Gustafsson (Film Directing)
 * Jorge R. Gutierrez (BFA 97, MFA 00, Experimental Animation)
 * Bret Haaland
 * Tanya Haden (Experimental Animation)
 * Curt Hahn (BFA, Film & Video)
 * Don Hall (BFA 95, Character Animation)
 * Steve Hanft (Film & Video)
 * Sammy Harkham
 * Vashti Harrison
 * Butch Hartman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
 * Rick Heinrichs (79, Character Animation)
 * Michael Hemschoot (Character Animation)
 * Mark Henn (BFA 80, Character Animation)
 * Isabel Herguera
 * Hal Hickel (Experimental Animation, 82)
 * Helen Hill (MFA 95, Experimental Animation)
 * Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92, Experimental Animation)
 * Alex Hirsch (BFA 07, Character Animation)
 * Eliza Hittman (MFA Directing)
 * Carole Holliday
 * Savage Steve Holland (Experimental Animation)
 * Roger Holzberg (BFA 76)
 * Chris Innis (MFA 91, Live Action/Film)
 * David Irving
 * Richard Isanove
 * Rick Jacobson
 * Richard Jefferies (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
 * Glen Keane (74, Experimental Animation)
 * Gina Kim (MFA 99, Film & Video)
 * Mark Tapio Kines (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
 * Mark Kirkland (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
 * David Kirkpatrick (BFA 74)
 * Arlene Klasky (Experimental Animation)
 * Jorgen Klubien (BFA, Character Animation)
 * Bill Kopp (BFA, Character Animation)
 * Alexis Krasilovsky
 * Amy Kravitz (MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
 * Cy Kuckenbaker (MFA 04, Film & Video)
 * Nandita Kumar
 * Chris Langdon
 * Lorne Lanning (Character Animation)
 * John Lasseter (BFA 79, Character Animation)
 * Doug Lefler
 * Eric Leiser (2005, Experimental Animation)
 * Jay Lender
 * Kristen Lepore (MFA 12, Experimental Animation)
 * Kevin Lima (Character Animation)
 * Matthew Luhn (Character Animation)
 * James Mangold (BFA 85, Film & Video)
 * Dinah Manoff
 * Michael Marcantel (Experimental Animation)
 * April March (one year, Character Animation)
 * James Marsh
 * Stu Maschwitz (Animation)
 * Miwa Matreyek (MFA 07, Experimental Animation)
 * Craig McCracken (92, Character Animation)
 * Tom McGrath (BFA 92, Character Animation)
 * Patrick McHale (Character Animation)
 * Eon McKai (Film & Video)
 * Alessandro Mercuri (MFA 00, Live Action)
 * Chris Miller (Character Animation)
 * Rusty Mills
 * Rob Minkoff (83, Character Animation)
 * Mike Mitchell
 * Adrian Molina
 * Laura Molina (Character Animation)
 * Zac Moncrief (Character Animation)
 * Rich Moore (Character Animation)
 * C. Scott Morse (Character Animation)
 * Soudabeh Moradian (MFA 15, Film and Video)
 * Thom Mount (MFA 73, Live Action)
 * M. David Mullen (MFA 91, Film & Video)
 * Nirvan Mullick (Experimental Animation)
 * Mike L. Murphy (Character Animation)
 * John Musker (BFA, 79, Character Animation)
 * Adam Muto (Character Animation)
 * Daron Nefcy (Character Animation)
 * Drew Neumann (BFA 82, Film & Video)
 * Teddy Newton (Character Animation)
 * Sue C. Nichols
 * Michael Nguyen (88, Character Animation)
 * Julien Nitzberg (Film Directing)
 * Mark O'Hare (Character Animation)
 * Gregory Orr (Film & Video)
 * Mark Osborne (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
 * Akosua Adoma Owusu
 * Sergio Pablos
 * Skyler Page
 * Andrea Pallaoro
 * Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
 * Eric Patrick (MFA 97, Experimental Animation)
 * Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
 * Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
 * Michael Peraza
 * Bob Persichetti (BFA 96, Character Animation)
 * Nicholas Peterson (Experimental Animation)
 * Jeff Pidgeon
 * Leonardo Pirondi
 * Michael Pressman
 * Joanna Priestley (MFA 85, Experimental Animation)
 * Luis Prieto
 * Rubén Procopio
 * Dave Pruiksma (Character Animation)
 * Jory Prum
 * Tom Lin Shu-yu
 * Marco Simon Puccioni
 * J. G. Quintel (BFA 05, Character Animation)
 * Kevin Rafferty
 * Joe Ranft (80, Character Animation)
 * Jim Reardon (Character Animation)
 * Jerry Rees (77, Character Animation)
 * Rob Renzetti (Character Animation)
 * Mike Rianda
 * Jose Rivera
 * Lou Romano (94, Character Animation)
 * Simon Rouby
 * Jeff Rowe
 * Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
 * Rajee Samarasinghe (Film & Video)
 * Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
 * Peter Sarkisian
 * Mitch Schauer (Character Animation)
 * Allison Schulnik(BFA 00, Experimental Animation)
 * Gary Schwartz (Experimental Animation)
 * George Scribner
 * Henry Selick (MFA 77, Experimental Animation)
 * Maneesh Sharma
 * Brian Sheesley (Character Animation)
 * Lee Sheldon (MFA Film Directing)
 * Bruce W. Smith (Character Animation)
 * Peter Sohn (BFA 99, Character Animation)
 * Aaron Springer (Character Animation)
 * Anthony Stacchi (BFA 86, Character Animation)
 * Andrew Stanton (BFA 87, Character Animation)
 * Eric Stefani (91, Character Animation)
 * Jennifer Steinkamp (Experimental Animation)
 * Patrice Stellest (Experimental Animation)
 * Robert Stromberg
 * Steven Subotnick (BFA 84, MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
 * Doug Sweetland (Character Animation)
 * Shion Takeuchi
 * Rea Tajiri
 * Genndy Tartakovsky (92, Character Animation)
 * Ann Telnaes (BFA 85, Character Animation)
 * Paul Tibbitt (Character Animation)
 * Bill Tiller (BFA 92, Character Animation)
 * Shannon Tindle (99, Character Animation)
 * Bill Tomlinson
 * Donna Tracy (Experimental Animation)
 * Gary Trousdale (82, Character Animation)
 * Cynthia True (Character Animation)
 * Naomi Uman
 * Nassos Vakalis (Character Animation)
 * Darrell Van Citters (BFA 76, Character Animation)
 * Thurop Van Orman (Character Animation)
 * Gregg Vanzo (Character Animation)
 * Conrad Vernon (Character Animation)
 * J.J. Villard (BFA 04, Character Animation)
 * Pendleton Ward (BFA 05, Character Animation)
 * Dave Wasson
 * Stevie Wermers
 * Erik Wiese
 * Travis Wilkerson
 * David Hildebrand Wilson (MFA 76, Experimental Animation), founder-curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology.
 * Kirk Wise (CRT 85, Character Animation)
 * Ellen Woodbury (Experimental Animation)
 * Fred Worden (Film & Video)
 * Justin Wright
 * Laurence Wright
 * Eric Yahnker
 * Chie Yamayoshi
 * Niki Yang

Faculty

 * Michael Almereyda
 * Thom Andersen
 * Dale Baer
 * Jerry Beck
 * James Benning
 * Kathryn Bigelow
 * Betzy Bromberg
 * Nancy Buchanan
 * Charles Burnett
 * Ben Caldwell
 * James Caliri
 * Ciro Cappellari
 * Johanna Demetrakas
 * Gill Dennis
 * Ed Emshwiller
 * Jules Engel
 * Maureen Furniss
 * Juan Pablo González
 * Jack Hannah
 * Mark Jonathan Harris
 * T. Hee
 * Monte Hellman
 * Peter Hutton
 * Bill Jackson
 * Mike Johnson
 * Bob Kurtz
 * Deborah LaVine
 * Don Levy
 * Joan Logue
 * Alexander Mackendrick
 * John Lee Mahin
 * Nina Menkes
 * E. Michael Mitchell
 * William Moritz
 * Pat O'Neill
 * Robert Nelson
 * Mark Osborne
 * Rumen Petkov
 * Ernest Pintoff
 * Suzan Pitt
 * Jon Reiss
 * Terry Sanders
 * Janice Tanaka
 * Bill Viola
 * Billy Woodberry
 * Gene Youngblood

Alumni

 * John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
 * Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
 * Francis Awe
 * Ryan Bancroft (BFA 11, MFA 13)
 * Ronnie Blake
 * Kevin Blechdom
 * Gene Bowen
 * Dustin Boyer
 * Anthony Brandt
 * Michael Cain (BFA 88, MFA 90)
 * Mario Calire
 * David Carlson
 * Raven Chacon
 * Pearl Charles
 * Nicholas Frances Chase, aka N.F. Chase (MFA Music 00)
 * Sharon Cheslow
 * Ken Christianson (MFA Music Composition)
 * Curtis Clark
 * Randy Cohen
 * Scott Colley (BFA 88)
 * Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90)
 * Mark Coniglio (BFA 89)
 * Jim Cooper of Detholz! (one semester; dropout)
 * Mikal Cronin
 * John Debney (BFA 78)
 * Gail Ann Dorsey
 * Dean Drummond
 * Kiki Ebsen (BFA 85)
 * Juárez Echenique
 * Guy Eckstine '75
 * Pedro Eustache
 * Jill Fraser
 * Adam Fong
 * Russ Freeman
 * Josh Gabriel
 * Peter Garland (BFA 73)
 * Julia Holter
 * Steve Horowitz
 * Earl Howard (74, Composition)
 * Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
 * Art Jarvinen
 * Terry Jennings
 * Kerstin Jeppsson
 * Aaron Johnson
 * Kevin Kmetz
 * Joel Krosnick
 * Greg Kurstin
 * Thomas Leeb (BFA '03)
 * Chris Lemmon
 * David C. Lewis
 * Eric Lindley
 * Hugh Livingston
 * Paul Livingstone
 * Carey Lovelace
 * Carla Lucero (BFA 86, Composition)
 * Lusine
 * Ed Mann
 * Arturo Márquez (MFA 90)
 * Terrace Martin
 * Ingram Marshall (MFA 71)
 * John Maus
 * Gabrial McNair (of No Doubt) ('95)
 * Roger Miller (76, Composition)
 * Ann Millikan (MFA)
 * Maryam Mirbagheri (2018, Performer-Composer / 2016 Composition)
 * John Morton'78
 * Stephen L. Mosko
 * Zane Musa
 * Mark Nauseef
 * Darek Oleszkiewicz
 * Anna Oxygen
 * Charlemagne Palestine
 * Kolleen Park
 * Chan Poling
 * Lisa Popeil
 * Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00)
 * Raaginder
 * Ellen Reid
 * Laura Rizzotto (BFA '15)
 * Curtis Roads
 * Michael Eric Robinson
 * Sharon Robinson
 * Marina Rosenfeld (MFA 94, Art-Music)
 * Dean Rosenthal (MFA 97 - Did Not Graduate)
 * Anni Rossi
 * Joel Rubin
 * Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
 * Otmaro Ruíz (MFA 91)
 * Emma Ruth Rundle
 * Salvador Santana
 * Matthew Setzer
 * Daniel Shulman
 * Todd Sickafoose
 * Mark So (MFA 06)
 * Rand Steiger (MFA 82)
 * Adam Stern (BFA 75; MFA 77, conductor)
 * Carl Stone (BFA 75)
 * L. Subramaniam
 * Mia Theodoratus
 * Oliver Tree
 * Stephen van Dyck, founder of Los Angeles road concerts (MFA 09)
 * André Vida (MFA 2005)
 * Lois V Vierk
 * Gregg Wager
 * Marty Walker (MFA 91)
 * Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra
 * William Winant
 * Nate Wood
 * Benjamin Wynn (BFA 2002)
 * Yulianna
 * Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92)
 * Z'EV
 * Jeremy Zuckerman (MFA '01)

Faculty

 * John Bergamo
 * Robert E. Brown
 * Gene Bowen
 * Harold Budd
 * Igor Buketoff
 * Edward Carroll
 * Daniel Corral
 * Swapan Chaudhuri
 * Bill Douglas
 * Susan Allen
 * Vinny Golia
 * Charlie Haden
 * Laurel Halo
 * Leonid Hambro
 * Alphonso Johnson
 * Eyvind Kang
 * Daniel Katzen
 * Ulrich Krieger
 * Joe LaBarbera
 * Anne LeBaron
 * Steve Lehman
 * Daniel Lentz
 * Bennie Maupin
 * Roscoe Mitchell
 * Buell Neidlinger
 * James Newton
 * Marni Nixon
 * Frederick Noad
 * K. P. H. Notoprojo
 * Buell Neidlinger
 * Jeff Parker
 * Michael Pisaro
 * Mel Powell
 * Ron Purcell
 * T. Ranganathan
 * Harihar Rao
 * Taranath Rao
 * David Rosenboom
 * Frederic Rzewski
 * Trichy Sankaran
 * David Schwartz
 * Wadada Leo Smith
 * Luciana Souza
 * Rand Steiger
 * Richard Stoltzman
 * Volker Straebel
 * Morton Subotnick
 * Miroslav Tadić
 * Rajeev Taranath
 * Serge Tcherepnin
 * James Tenney
 * Frederick D. Tinsley
 * Mark Trayle
 * Fernando Valenti
 * T. Viswanathan
 * Allan Vogel
 * Wolfgang von Schweinitz
 * Michele Zukovsky

Alumni

 * Kevin Adams (MFA 86, Scene Design)
 * Amanda Aday (Acting)
 * Ali Ahn (Acting, MFA 06)
 * Perry Anzilotti
 * Brandon Stirling Baker (Lighting)
 * Kathy Baker (72, Acting)
 * Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90, Acting)
 * Dorie Barton (actress, director) (BFA)
 * Jesse Borrego (84, Acting)
 * Barbara Bosson (Acting)
 * Alison Brie (BFA 05, Acting)
 * Natalia Cordova-Buckley
 * Merritt Butrick (Acting)
 * Stephanie Barton-Farcas (Acting)
 * Tiffany Boone
 * Michael Carmine
 * Matthew Causey
 * Don Cheadle (BFA 86, Acting)
 * Eliza Coupe (BFA 06, Acting)
 * Jennifer Elise Cox (BFA 91, Acting)
 * Juli Crockett
 * Michael Cudlitz (Acting)
 * Frank Darabont
 * Emilio Delgado
 * Sam Doumit
 * Randall Edwards
 * Shahine Ezell
 * Patricia Fernández
 * Dennis Gersten
 * Richard Green
 * Virginia Grise (09, MFA Writing for Performance)
 * Dana Gourrier
 * Aleshea Harris (MFA, 2014)
 * Ed Harris (BFA 75, Acting)
 * David Hasselhoff (73, Acting)
 * Roger Holzberg (BFA 76, Writing)
 * Cindy Im
 * Albert Innaurato
 * Bill Irwin (72, Acting)
 * Jules de Jongh
 * Elaine Kao
 * Simbi Khali-Williams (BFA 93, Acting)
 * Don Lake
 * Michael Lassell (MFA '73, Acting)
 * Scott MacDonald (Acting)
 * Derek Magyar
 * Andrew Matarazzo
 * Justine Miceli
 * Kim Milford (Acting)
 * Dana Morosini (Acting)
 * Laraine Newman (Acting)
 * Stephanie Niznik (Acting)
 * Sharon Ott
 * Condola Rashād (BFA 08, Acting)
 * Diona Reasonover
 * Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) (73, Acting)
 * Michael Richards (73, Acting)
 * Christopher Rivas
 * Michael D. Roberts (Acting)
 * Amy Keating Rogers(MFA 94)
 * Douglas Rushkoff, writer, social theorist
 * Katey Sagal (Acting)
 * Tobe Sexton (BFA 91)
 * Mark Allen Shepherd
 * Jan Smithers
 * Cecily Strong (BFA 06, Acting)
 * Monty Taylor (Lighting Design)
 * Julie Taymor
 * Amanda Tepe
 * Allan Trautman
 * Winston Tong
 * Mageina Tovah
 * Deborah Joy Winans (MFA Acting 09)

Faculty

 * Christopher Akerlind
 * Libby Appel
 * Fran Bennett
 * Herbert Blau
 * Lee Breuer
 * Marissa Chibás
 * Ruby Cohn
 * Erik Ehn
 * Janie Geiser
 * Lisa Gay Hamilton
 * Donald Holder
 * Marshall Ho'o
 * Sally Jacobs
 * Mirjana Joković
 * Ron Cephas Jones
 * Franz Marijnen
 * Suzan-Lori Parks
 * Lew Palter
 * Joe Rohde
 * Carl Hancock Rux
 * Lap Chi Chu
 * Lars Jan

Honorary degrees
A list of past honorary degree recipients include:


 * Beverly Sills (1975)
 * Roy Lichtenstein (1977)
 * Twyla Tharp (1978)
 * Gordon Davidson (1980)
 * Bella Lewitzky (1981)
 * Haskell Wexler (1981)
 * Henry Mancini (1983)
 * Jan de Gaetani (1983)
 * Ravi Shankar (1985)
 * John Cage (1986)
 * Frank O. Gehry (1987)
 * Trisha Brown (1988)
 * Donn Tatum (1989)
 * Luis Valdez (1989)
 * Paul Taylor (1989)
 * Ornette Coleman (1990)
 * Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1991)
 * Pearl Primus (1991)
 * Adrian Piper (1992)
 * Ray Bradbury (1992)
 * Yvonne Rainer (1993)
 * Steven Bochco (1993)
 * Stan Brakhage (1994)
 * Vija Celmins (1994)
 * Betye Saar (1995)
 * Carolyn Forche (1995)
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