Notable Alumni
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| SCA Alumni pay tribute to their alma mater during the groundbreaking for the new cinematic arts complex on October 4, 2007. |
Chris Black (Desperate Housewives)
Todd Black (The Pursuit of Happyness, A Knight’s Tale)
Robert Breech (The Practice, LA Law)
Bryan Burk (Lost)
Keith Calder (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane)
Sean Covel and Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite)
Josh Donen (The Quick and the Dead, Spider Man 3)
Susan Downey (The Brave One, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Dan Dubiecki (Juno, Jennifer’s Body)
Bob Ducsay (The Mummy, Van Helsing)
Lori Forte (Ice Age)
David Foster (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
Gary Foster (Sleepless in Seattle)
David Goffin (American Idol, Rockstar:INXS)
Gordon Gray (Miracle, The Rookie)
Brian Grazer (24, A Beautiful Mind)
Andrew Gunn (Freaky Friday)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon, Arrested Development)
Nancy Juvonen (Donnie Darko, Never Been Kissed)
David Kirschner (An American Tail)
Matt Kunitz (The Real World, Fear Factor)
Alan Ladd Jr. (Braveheart)
Jon Landau (Titanic, Solaris)
Damon Lee (Undercover Brother)
Steven Maeda (Lost, CSI: Miami)
Michelle Manning (The Breakfast Club, The Eye)
Felipe Marino (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane)
Ori Marmur (Evan Almighty, Into the Blue, The Jacket)
Kerry McCluggage (Star Trek: The Beginning)
Kevin McCollum (Rent, Avenue Q)
Neal Moritz (Prison Break, The Fast and the Furious)
Don Murphy (Transformers, Natural Born Killers)
Joe Neurauter (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane)
Erin O’Malley (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Da Ali G Show)
Chuck Roven (The Dark Knight, Get Smart)
Gabe Sachs (Freaks and Geeks, Beverly Hills 90210)
Ian Sander (The Ghost Whisperer)
Ed Saxon (Adaptation, Silence of the Lambs)
Tom Shelly (Survivor)
Stacey Sher (Erin Brockovich, Garden State)
Jason Shuman (Bangkok Dangerous, The Messengers)
Tom Spezialy (Desperate Housewives, Reaper)
Scott Stone (1,000 Places to See Before You Die, The Mole)
Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd (Memento, Must Love Dogs)
David L. Wolper (Roots, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Mark Wolper (Mists of Avalon, Penn & Teller’s Bullshit)
Laura Ziskin (Spider-Man)
Directors / Writer-Directors / Producer-Directors
Liz Allen (Aquamarine)
Judd Apatow (The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up)
Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation, Mysterious Skin)
Doug Atchison (Akeelah and the Bee)
Walt Becker (Van Wilder)
Christopher Bell (Bigger, Stronger, Faster)
Steven Cantor (Family Bonds)
John Carpenter (Halloween)
Jon Chu (Step Up 2: The Streets)
Sebastian Cordero (Crónicas)
Ericson Core (Invincible)
Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Breck Eisner (Sahara)
Rick Famuyiwa (Talk to Me, The Wood)
Bahman Farmanara (Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, Iran)
Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, The Office)
James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range)
Gary Fleder (The Express, Kiss the Girls)
Frank Flowers (Haven)
David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade: Trinity)
James Gray (We Own The Night, The Yards)
Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Aliens in America)
J. Mackeye Gruber (Kyle XY, Butterfly Effect)
Larry Guterman (Son of the Mask, Cats and Dogs)
Taylor Hackford (Ray, An Officer and A Gentleman)
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13)
James Ivory (Howard’s End, The Remains of the Day)
Phil Joanou (Gridiron Gang, U2: Rattle and Hum)
Rian Johnson (Brick)
Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales)
Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run)
Randal Kleiser (Grease, The Blue Lagoon)
Ken Kwapis (The Office, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
Michael Lehmann (Heathers, 40 Days and 40 Nights)
Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum)
Doug Liman (Swingers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith)
George Lucas (Star Wars, American Graffiti)
Joe Nussbaum (Sydney White, Sleepover)
Jon Poll (Charlie Bartlett)
Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking)
Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Austin Powers, Recount)
Ari Sandel (West Bank Story)
Marco Schnabel (The Love Guru)
Peter Segal (Get Smart, The Longest Yard)
Bryan Singer (Superman Returns, The Usual Suspects, X-Men)
John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, Four Brothers)
Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, G.I. Joe)
Barbara Stepansky (Hurt)
Tim Story (Barbershop, Fantastic Four)
Andy Tennant (Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch)
Rawson Marshall Thurber (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh)
Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, Jericho)
Ron Underwood (Mighty Joe Young, The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
Lee Unkrich (Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc.)
Todd Wadlow (Cry Wolf, Never Back Down)
Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Beowulf)
Craig Zisk (Weeds, Nip/Tuck)
Randy Zisk (Monk)
Writers / Writer-Producers
Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People Vs. Larry Flynt)
Davah Avena (Medium)
John August (The Nines, Go, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Elisa Bell (Little Black Book, Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet)
Hans Beimler (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Serpent and the Eagle)
Paul Harris Boardman (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Robert Borden (The George Lopez Show)
Stephen Chbosky (Jericho, Rent)
David Eilenberg (Da Ali G Show, Weakest Link)
Kirk Ellis (Into the West, John Adams)
Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner (House)
Robert Gale (Back to the Future)
Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa (‘Til Death, The King of Queens)
Al Gough & Miles Millar (Smallville)
David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade)
Robert Guza, Jr. (General Hospital)
Grant Heslov (Good Night and Good Luck, Leatherheads)
Willard Huyck (American Graffiti)
Evan Katz (24)
Tim Kring (Heroes)
Eric Kripke (Supernatural)
Abby Kohn (He’s Just Not That Into You, Miss Match)
Scott Kosar (The Machinist)
Paul Laverty (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Bread and Roses, Sweet Sixteen)
Brent Maddock (Wild Wild West, Tremors)
Andrew Marlowe (Air Force One, Hollow Man)
John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Clear and Present Danger)
Kam Miller (Law & Order: SVU)
Norman Morrill (Thief)
Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow, Traitor)
Gustin Nash (Charlie Bartlett)
Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Path to 9/11, Into the West)
Jack Orman (ER)
Shawn Piller (The Dead Zone, Greek)
Ben Queen (Drive)
Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Felicity, The Yards)
Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy)
Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot)
Michael Ross (Turistas)
James Sadwith (Life is Wild)
Josh Schwartz (The O.C, Gossip Girl)
Marc Silverstein (He’s Just Not That Into You, Never Been Kissed)
Larry Stuckey (Meet the Fockers)
Stephen Susco (The Grudge, Red)
Josh Stolberg (Good Luck Chuck, Kids in America)
Jamie Vanderbilt (Basic, Zodiac)
Matt Venne (White Noise 2: The Light)
Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Mad Men)
David Weiss (Shrek 2)
John Wells (ER)
Steve Wilson (Tremors, Short Circuit)
Cinematographers
Chris Baffa (Nip/Tuck, Running With Scissors)
John Bailey (As Good As It Gets, The Kid Stays in the Picture)
Robert Brinkmann (The Rules of Attraction, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny)
Peter Collister (Higher Learning, Poetic Justice)
Jeff Cronenweth (Fight Club, One Hour Photo)
Caleb Deschanel (The Natural, Being There)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Syriana)
William Fraker (Rosemary’s Baby, Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
Conrad L. Hall (deceased) (American Beauty, Road to Perdition)
Nathan Hope (CSI, The Fog)
Woody Omens (Coming to America, Boomerang)
John Schwartzman (Seabiscuit, Pearl Harbor)
Robert Yeoman (The Royal Tenenbaums, The Squid and the Whale)
Editors
Tim Atzinger (Survivor, The Simple Life)
Jon Axelrad (We Own the Night)
Jeff Betancourt (The Good Girl, The Grudge)
Anita Brandt-Burgoyne (Legally Blonde)
Robert Dalva (October Sky, Hidalgo)
Jeffrey Ford (One Hour Photo, Shattered Glass)
Kevin Greutert (Saw III, Donnie Darko)
Richard A. Harris (Titanic, L.A. Story)
Lee Haxall (Arrested Development, Get Smart)
Sheldon Kahn (Out of Africa, Be Cool)
Steve Kemper (Face/Off, Windtalkers)
Marcia Lucas (Star Wars)
Armen Minasian (I, Robot, The Messengers)
Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Jarhead)
John Ottman (The Usual Suspects, X-Men 2)
David Ian Salter (Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo)
Eric Sears (Must Love Dogs, Gia)
Terilyn Shropshire (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me)
William Stich (The Sopranos)
Production Designers
Robert Boyle (Troop Beverly Hills)
Henry Bumstead (deceased) (Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River)
Greg Fonseca (Gladiator)
Sound Editors and Re-Recording Mixers
Richard L. Anderson (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Ben Burtt (Star Wars Episodes I-III)
Thierry Couturier (The X-Files)
Stephen Hunter Flick (Apollo 13)
Doug Hemphill (Walk the Line, The Insider)
Tom Johnson (Titanic, Million Dollar Baby)
F. Hudson Miller (Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor)
Gary Rydstrom (Saving Private Ryan, Finding Nemo)
Mark Stoeckinger (The Last Samurai)
Sharon Tylk-Gersh (ER)
Eliot Tyson (Glory, The Shawshank Redemption)
Visual Effects
John Cox (Babe, X-Men)
Richard Edlund (Alien, Star Wars)
Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts)
John Knoll (Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars)
Kevin LaNeave (Sin City, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow)
Gray Marshall (Being John Malkovich)
Michael McAlister (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
Lewis Siegel (The Matrix, Technical Director)
Lindy Wilson (Deep Impact, Digital Effects Artist)
Documentary Filmmakers
Les Blank (Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers)
Jeff Blitz (Spellbound)
Chuck Braverman (Curtain Call)
Ted Braun (Darfur Now)
Bill Couturie (Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam)
R.J. Cutler (American High)
Lisa Leeman (Metamorphosis)
Alec Lorimore (IMAX: Everest)
Ellen Perry (The Fall of Fujimori)
Interactive Media
Kevin Bachus (Creator of X-Box)
Jenova Chen (Medal of Honor: European Assault, Co-Founder, ThatGameCompany)
Corey May (Prince of Persia, Assassin’s Creed)
Kellee Santiago (Karaoke Revolution Party;Co-Founder, ThatGameCompany)
Dooma Wendschuh (Prince of Persia, Assassin’s Creed)
Executives (Film/Television/Interactive)
Adrienne Biddle (Senior Vice President, Rogue Pictures)
Angela Bromstad (Former President, NBC/Universal Television Studios)
Michael Bostick (Co-CEO, Walden Media)
Polly Cohen (President, Warner Independent Pictures)
Samuel Dickerman (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Kevin Feige (President, Marvel Studios)
Jonathan Glickman (President, Spyglass Entertainment Group)
Liz Glotzer (President, Castle Rock Productions)
Robert Greenblatt (President, Showtime)
Evan Hayes (Vice President of Development, Working Title Films)
Peter Kang (Vice President of Production, Twentieth Century Fox)
Laird Malamed (Activision)
Bill Mechanic (President, Pandemonium)
Sharon Morrill (Former President, DisneyToon Studios)
Bob Osher (Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Pictures Motion Picture Group)
Santiago Pozo (Chief Executive Officer, Arenas Group)
Michelle Raimo (Senior Vice President, Production, Paramount)
Jason Reed (Executive Vice President, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group)
Bruce Rosenblum (Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Television Group)
Ira Rubenstein (Executive Vice President, Global Digital Media Group)
Scott Sassa (Kleiner Perkins)
Eric Schrier (Senior Vice President, FX Productions)
Scott Strauss (Senior Vice President, Screen Gems)
Toper Taylor (President and COO, The Cookie Jar Company)
James Whitaker (President of Production, Imagine Entertainment)
Agents
Frank Balkin (Paradigm)
Glen Bickel (Creative Artists Agency)
J.P. Evans (Creative Artists Agency)
Charlie Ferraro (United Talent Agency)
Todd Hoffman (International Creative Management)
Ramses Ishak (William Morris Agency)
Aaron Kaplan (William Morris Agency)
David Kramer (United Talent Agency)
Brian Lourd (Creative Artists Agency)
Gregory McKnight (William Morris Agency)
Dan Rabinow (International Creative Management)
Phil Raskind (Endeavor)
Erin Searcy (The Gersh Agency)
Elizabeth Swofford (Creative Artists Agency)
Jim Wiatt (President and Co-CEO of William Morris Agency)
Scholars/Authors
Richard Cante (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Mary Desjardins (Dartmouth College)
David Desser (University of Illinois, Urbana)
Anna Everett (UC Santa Barbara)
Sean Griffin (Southern Methodist University)
Mary Kearney (University of Texas, Austin)
Amy Lawrence (Dartmouth College)
Hilary Nerone (University of Vermont)
Abé Markus Nornes (University of Michigan)
Bhaskar Sarkar (UC Santa Barbara)
John Schulteiss (CSU Northridge)
Ellen Strain (Georgia Tech)
Gaylyn Studlar (University of Michigan)
Christina Venegas (UC Santa Barbara)
Mark Williams (Dartmouth College)
Richard Ward (A History of Hal Roach Studios)
Festivals
Drea Clark (Slamdance)
Anne Lai (Sundance)
Dan Mirvish (Slamdance)
Critics
Scott Foundas
Peter Rainier
Holly Willis
Actors/Performers
Macy Gray
Will Ferrell
Paula Patton
Forest Whitaker
