Notable Writers

Theater Playwrights

• TIFFANY ANTONE '04, MFA '06(Ana and the Closet, In the Company of Jane Doe)
• ANGELA BERLINER MFA ''07 (Little, Blood Hungary)
• SHEILA CALLGHAN MFA '97 (Dead City, Fever Dream, Scab)
• TOM JACOBSON MFA '85 (Tainted Blood, The Friendly Hour)
• ROSE MARTULA MFA '03 (Salsa Saved the Girls)
• BRIAN NELSON MFA '81 (Overlooked)
• LAUREL OLLSTEIN (Laughter, Hope and a Sock in the Eye, Opa!)
• MATT PALFREY MFA '05 (Cockroach Nation, Freak Storm)
• MARLENE SHELTON MFA '05 (If the Shoe Fits)
• MICHAEL VUKADINOVICH MFA '07 (Billboard)

Film Screenwriters

• Shane Black (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang; Lethal Weapon I & II, Last Action Hero)
• Jeffrey Boam (Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 3)
• Paul Castro (August Rush)
• Patrick Cirillo (Tears of the Sun, Dangerous Heart)
• Lewis Colick (Ladder 49, October Sky)
• Sacha Gervasi (The Terminal, The Hypnotist)
• Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp, The Hurricane)
• Pamela Gray (A Walk on the Moon, Music of the Heart)
• Claudia Grazioso (Bring It On Again, Are We There Yet?)
• Nicholas Griffin (Matchstick Men)
• Dean Hargrove (Perry Mason, Columbo)
• Jim Herzfeld (Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers)
• Collin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Nine to Five)
• Randall Jahnson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro)
• Laeta Kalogridis (Alexander, Birds of Prey)
• Gloria Katz (American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
• David Koepp (Spider Man, Mission Impossible)
• Scott Kosar (The Amityville Horror, Machinist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
• Josefina Lopez (Real Woman Have Curves)
• Michael Miner (Robocop)
• Niels Mueller (Tadpol, The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
• Ed Neumeier (Starship Troopers, Robocop Trilogy)
• Alexander Payne (Sideways, What About Schmidt, Election)
• Don Payne (My Super Ex Girlfriend, The Simpsons)
• Gregory Poirier (Rosewood, Tomcats)
• Robert Roy Pool (Outbreak, Armageddon)
• F.J. Pratt (Frasier, Less Than Perfect)
• Richard Price (The Color of Money, Mad Dog and Glory)
• Daniel Pyne (The Manchurian Candidate, Sum of All Fears)
• Paris Qualles (The Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks Story)
• Billy Ray (Flight Plan, Suspect Zero, Shattered Glass)
• Marco Williams (Two Towns of Jasper)
• Scott Rosenberg (Gone in 60 Seconds, High Fidelity)
• Eric Roth (The Insider, Forrest Gump)
• Paul Schrader (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver)
• Ed Solomon (Men in Black, The In-Laws)
• Dana Stevens (City of Angels, For the Love of the Game)
• Kathy Stumpe (Cheers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
• Eric Wald (View from the Top)
• David S. Ward (The Sting, Sleepless in Seattle)
• Audrey Wells (Shall We Dance?, Under the Tuscan Sun, Truth About Cats & Dogs)
• Mike Werb and Michael Colleary (Face/Off, The Mask)
• Marianne Wibberley (National Treasure, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
• Gregory Widen (The Highlander, Back Draft)
• Caroline Williams (The Office, Miss/Guided)

Television

• JEFFREY BELL MFA '90 (The X-Files, Alias, Day Break)
• JEFFREY BOAM MFA '72 (The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.)
• DEAN HARGROVE (Perry Mason, Columbo)
• LAETA KALOGRIDIS MFA '94 (Bionic Woman)
• BRIAN NELSON MFA '81 (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Earth: Final Conflict)
• DON PAYNE '87, MFA '91 (The Simpsons)
• F.J. PRATT '82 (Frasier, Less Than Perfect)
• PARIS QUALLES MA '78 (The Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks Story)
• KATHY STUMPE MFA '91 (Cheers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
• GREGORY WIDEN '81, MFA '85 (Highlander)
• CAROLINE WILLIAMS MFA '04 (The Office, Miss/Guided)