List of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni

This is a list of alumni of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.


 * Shane Acker, filmmaker, 9
 * Ana Lily Amirpour, filmmaker, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
 * Corey Allen, actor, film director, writer, television director, and producer, Rebel Without a Cause
 * Allison Anders, filmmaker, Gas, Food, Lodging
 * MK Asante, author, Buck: A Memoir, filmmaker, The Black Candle, executive producer, While Black with MK Asante
 * Jacoba Atlas, television executive, senior producer at NBC News and TBS, vice president at CNN and PBS
 * Danilo Bach, writer, Beverly Hills Cop
 * Carroll Ballard, director, Fly Away Home
 * Beth Behrs, actress, 2 Broke Girls, The Neighborhood
 * Harve Bennett, producer, Star Trek
 * Corbin Bernsen, actor, Psych, L.A. Law
 * Jeff Berry, historian and author
 * Bruce Bilson, director, Get Smart
 * Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter, J. Edgar, Milk
 * Jack Black, actor, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock
 * Shane Black, writer/director, Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3
 * Thomas Bliss, producer
 * Roger Blonder, short film animation
 * Carol Burnett, comedian
 * Charles Burnett, filmmaker, To Sleep with Anger
 * Stephen H. Burum, cinematographer, Mission: Impossible
 * Giacun Caduff, producer of La femme et le TGV
 * Sheila Callaghan, writer/producer, Shameless
 * Patricia Cardoso, filmmaker, Real Women Have Curves
 * Nancy Cartwright, voice actress, The Simpsons
 * Migdia Chinea, writer, The Incredible Hulk
 * Bert Convy, host, Tattletales, Super Password
 * Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, The Godfather franchise
 * Alex Cox, filmmaker, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 * Steve Cuden, screenwriter, Jekyll & Hyde musical
 * Dean Cundey, cinematographer, Apollo 13
 * Julie Dash, filmmaker, Daughters of the Dust
 * Jonathan Dayton, director, Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks
 * James Dean, actor, Rebel Without a Cause
 * Joyce DeWitt, actress, Three's Company
 * Jesse Draper, actress, talk show host, The Valley Girl Show
 * Moctesuma Esparza, producer, Gettysburg
 * Jamaa Fanaka, filmmaker, Penitentiary
 * Valerie Faris, director, Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks
 * Teshome Gabriel, cinema scholar and professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, expert on cinema in Africa and the developing world
 * Sacha Gervasi, filmmaker, Hitchcock
 * Alex Gibney, filmmaker, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
 * Geoffrey Gilmore, director, Tribeca Film Festival
 * Maria Giese, director, activist for women directors, [When Saturday Comes], [DGA ACLU EEOC investigation for women directors]
 * Joanna Gleason, actress, The Wedding Planner
 * Dan Gordon, screenwriter, The Hurricane
 * Christopher Gorham, actor, Covert Affairs
 * Kristin Hanggi, Broadway director, Rock of Ages
 * Catherine Hardwicke, director, Twilight
 * Mariska Hargitay, actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
 * Marielle Heller, director, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
 * Felicia D. Henderson, writer/producer, Fringe, Gossip Girl
 * Jim Herzfeld, screenwriter, Meet the Fockers
 * Colin Higgins, screenwriter, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
 * Michael Hitchcock, actor/writer, Glee
 * Todd Holland, showrunner, Malcolm in the Middle
 * Randall Jahnson, screenwriter, The Doors
 * Anne-Marie Johnson, actress, What's Happening Now!!
 * Laeta Kalogridis, writer/producer, Terminator Genisys
 * Judy Kaye, Broadway actress
 * Nietzchka Keene, director, The Juniper Tree
 * Gil Kenan, director, Poltergeist
 * Russ Kingston, actor, film editor
 * David Koepp, screenwriter, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Mission Impossible
 * Scott Kosar, writer, The Machinist
 * Neil Landau, writer, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
 * Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer, Coming to America, Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
 * Janet Leahy, executive producer, Mad Men
 * Justin Lin filmmaker, Fast & Furious 6
 * Erica Lindbeck, voice actress
 * Russell Mael, singer-songwriter, Sparks
 * SJ Main Muñoz, television and film director, American Horror Stories
 * Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, The Doors
 * Courtney Marsh, filmmaker, Chau, Beyond the Lines
 * Steve Martin, actor/writer, It's Complicated, L.A. Story
 * Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist, The Doors
 * Gregory Nava, filmmaker, American Family
 * Victor Nuñez, filmmaker, Ulee's Gold
 * Alexander Payne, filmmaker, Nebraska, The Descendants
 * Nasim Pedrad, comedian, Saturday Night Live
 * Robert Roy Pool, writer, Armageddon
 * Doug Pray, filmmaker, Levitated Mass
 * Gina Prince-Bythewood, filmmaker, Beyond the Lights, The Secret Lives of Bees
 * John Rando, Broadway director, On the Town
 * Rob Reiner, actor/writer/producer, New Girl, Flipped, The Bucket List
 * Tim Robbins, actor, The Brink, Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption
 * Scott Rosenberg, producer/writer, Zoo, October Road, Con Air
 * Eric Roth, writer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Pietro Scalia, editor, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Good Will Hunting
 * Paul Schrader, writer, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver
 * Tom Shadyac, filmmaker, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty
 * Chuck Sheetz, animation director, The Simpsons, Recess
 * Brad Silberling, filmmaker, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * David Silverman, animation producer, The Simpsons
 * Tom Skerritt, actor, Ted, Picket Fences, Top Gun
 * Penelope Spheeris, director, Wayne's World
 * Nicole St. John, voice actress, Futurama
 * Ben Stiller, actor/writer/director, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zoolander
 * Michael Stuhlbarg, actor, Boardwalk Empire
 * Joel Surnow, writer, 24
 * Jorma Taccone, writer, Saturday Night Live
 * George Takei, actor, Star Trek
 * Ham Tran, director, The Anniversary (2003 film)
 * Gore Verbinski, director, Rango, Pirates of the Caribbean
 * David S. Ward, writer, Sleepless in Seattle, The Sting
 * Aron Warner, producer, Shrek franchise
 * Mitch Watson, animation writer, All Hail King Julien
 * Kevin Weisman, actor, Alias
 * Jenna Westover, writer, I am not OK with this!
 * Marianne Wibberley, writer, National Treasure franchise
 * Gregory Widen, writer, Highlander
 * Cress Williams, actor, Prison Break
 * Hoyt Yeatman, visual effects, Jack the Giant Slayer
 * Daphne Zuniga, actress, One Tree Hill, Melrose Place
 * Chih-yen Yee, writer/director, Blue Gate Crossing
 * Ayn Carrillo Gailey, writer, Nice Girl Like You
 * Usmar Ismail, director, Lewat Djam Malam
 * Kerem Çatay, film producer, Ay Yapim
 * Kevin Tsai, television host/writer, Kangsi Coming