Notable Directors

Theater

• LEE BREUER '58 (Mabou Mines' DollHouse)
• GIL CATES (I Never Sang for My Father, Voices)
• KATE CHERRY (Artistic Director, Black Swan Theatre Company, Perth, Australia)
• BRIAN KITE '91, MFA '04 (Driving Miss Daisy revival)
• JOHN RANDO MFA '88 (Urinetown, The Wedding Singer)

Film

• ALLISON ANDERS '86 (Things Behind the Sun, The L Word)
• MIKE B. ANDERSON MFA '90 (The Simpsons Movie)
• CARLOS AVILA MFA '91(Price of Glory, Foto-Novelas)
• * PAUL BARTEL '61 (Deathrace 2000, Eating Raoul)
• SHANE BLACK '83 (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang)
• CHARLES BURNETT '69, MFA '77 (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger)
• PATRICIA CARDOSO MFA '94 (Real Women Have Curves, The Water Carrier of Cucunuba)
• GIL CATES (I Never Sang for My Father)
• FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA MFA '67 (The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now)
• ALEX COX (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy)
• JULIE DASH MFA '85 (Daughters of the Dust, The Rosa Parks Story)
• JONATHAN DAYTON '80 and VALERIE FARIS '80 (Little Miss Sunshine)
• CHRIS ESKA MFA '03 (August Evening)
• JAMAA FANAKA '73, MFA '79 (Penitentiary, Hip Hop Jump)
• * THOMAS GRAEFF '52 (Teenagers From Outer Space)
• CATHERINE HARDWICKE (Thirteen, Twilight)
• * KAYO HATTA MFA '91 (Picture Bride)
• CHARLES HERMAN-WURMFELD (Kissing Jessica Stein, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde)
• RICKERBY HINDS MFA '96 (Buckworld One)
• NEAL JIMENEZ '83 (The Waterdance)
• GIL KENAN MFA '02 (Monster House, City of Ember)
• DAVID KOEPP '90 (Secret Window, Ghost Town)
• SUSAN KRAMER (Gray Matters)
• LEE CHI-YUAN (Hurricane Festival, Chocolate Rap)
• KWANG-MO LEE MFA '98 (Spring in My Hometown)
• JUSTIN LIN '95 (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Finishing the Game)
• RAMON MENENDEZ (Stand and Deliver, Money for Nothing)
• NINA MENKES MFA '89 (Phantom Love)
• NIELS MUELLER MFA '89 (The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
• GREGORY NAVA '71, MFA '76 (American Family, Selena, Frida, Bordertown)
• ALEXANDER PAYNE MFA '90 (About Schmidt, Sideways)
• GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD '91 (Love and Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees)
• BILLY RAY '85 (Shattered Glass, Breach)
• ROB REINER (A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally)
• TIM ROBBINS '82 (Dead Man Walking, Cradle Will Rock)
• BOBBY ROTH (Prison Break, Berkeley)
• * RICHARD RUSH '49 (Getting Straight, The Stunt Man)
• * DENIS SANDERS '52, MFA '55 (A Time Out of War, Crime and Punishment USA)
• JAY SANDRICH '53 (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show)
• PAUL SCHRADER MA '70 (Auto Focus, Adam Resurrected)
• TOM SHADYAC (Bruce Almighty, Liar, Liar)
• CHUCK SHEETZ '83 (Recess: School's Out; What's New, Scooby-Doo?)
• BRAD SILBERLING MFA '87 (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 10 Items or Less)
• DAVID SILVERMAN '79, MFA '83 (Monsters Inc, The Simpsons Movie)
• PENELOPE SPHEERIS '69, MA '73 (Wayne's World, The Decline of Western CivilizationI)
• HAM TRAN '03 (Journey From the Fall)
• GORE VERBINSKI '87 (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, The Weather Man)
• KURT VOSS (Down and Out with the Dolls, Sugar Town)
• PRINCE CHATRI CHALERM YUKOL (Legend of Suriothai, King of Fire)

Television

• MIKE B. ANDERSON MFA '90 (The Simpsons)
• DANIEL ATTIAS MFA '83 (The Sopranos, Six Feet Under)
• BRUCE BILSON '50 (Get Smart, The Odd Couple)
• TODD HOLLAND '83 (Malcolm in the Middle)
• LOUIS J. HORVITZ '68 (Multiple Academy Awards and Emmy Awards shows)
• BOB LALLY '59, MA '60 (The Jeffersons, Silver Spoons)
• MICHAEL NANKIN '77 (Picket Fences, Battlestar Galactica)
• GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD '91 (The Bernie Mac Show)
• BOBBY ROTH (Prison Break)
• CHUCK SHEETZ '83 (Recess, The Simpsons)
• DAVID SILVERMAN '79, MFA '83 (The Simpsons)

Digital Media

• DAVID HARRISON MFA '08 (How Do I Say This?)
• KEVIN SCHARFF 'MFA '97 (Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Legendary)
• SUNIL THANKAMUSHY MFA '01 (Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Legendary)

* deceased