List of California Institute of the Arts people

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

School of Art[]

Alumni[]

  • Angus Andrew
  • B+
  • Judie Bamber[1]
  • Sadie Barnette
  • Julie Becker (BFA, MFA)
  • 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
  • Laurie Halsey Brown
  • Krista Buecking (MFA 2012, Art)
  • John Burtle
  • James Casebere (MFA 79, Art)
  • Heather Cassils (MFA 2002, Art)
  • Nancy Chunn
  • Jill Ciment
  • Fiona Connor
  • Bernard Cooper
  • Sofia Coppola (did not graduate) 92, Photography and Media)
  • Meg Cranston
  • Zoe Crosher
  • Dorit Cypis
  • Danielle Dean (MFA 2012)
  • Karla Diaz, MFA 2004
  • Richard K. Diran, 1972, painting
  • Tomory Dodge
  • Roy Dowell
  • John Duncan
  • Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
  • Elana Dykewomon
  • Mark Edward
  • Kenneth Feingold
  • Christina Fernandez
  • Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
  • Liz Glynn (MFA 08)
  • Jack Goldstein
  • Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83
  • Todd Gray (MFA 89, Photography and Media)
  • Tony Greene
  • Johnnie Jungleguts
  • Kira Lynn Harris
  • Kim Hastreiter
  • Richard Hawkins (MFA 88)
  • Johanna Hedva
  • Heather Henson
  • Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
  • Doug Ischar (BFA 87)
  • Michael Jang
  • Young Kakit
  • Mike Kelley (MFA 78, Art)
  • Robert Glenn Ketchum (MFA 73, Photography and Media)
  • Susan Kinsolving
  • Alice Könitz
  • Suzanne Lacy (MFA '73)
  • James Lapine
  • Jonathan Lasker
  • Elad Lassry
  • Laida Lertxundi
  • 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)
  • John Miller (MFA 79, Art)
  • Adia Millett
  • Farhad Moshiri
  • Dwayne Moser (MFA 2001)
  • Carter Mull
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Amy Keating Rogers
  • Leo Rubinfien (BFA 1974, Photography)
  • Christoph Ruckhäberle
  • Shizu Saldamando (MFA 2005)
  • David Salle (BFA 73, MFA 75, Art)
  • Adrian Saxe
  • Mira Schor (MFA 73)
  • Peter Seidler, founder of Avalanche Systems
  • Stephen Selkowitz (Environmental Design, MFA 72)
  • Jim Shaw
  • Denise Siegel
  • Gary Simmons
  • Patrice Stellest
  • Henry Taylor
  • Klaus vom Bruch
  • Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
  • 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
  • Rio Yañez
  • 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
  • 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
  • Douglas Huebler
  • Tom Jennings
  • Matsumi Kanemitsu
  • Allan Kaprow
  • Martin Kersels
  • Alison Knowles
  • Barbara Kruger
  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Catherine Lord
  • John Mandel
  • Paul McCarthy
  • Jayme Odgers
  • Nam June Paik
  • Victor Papanek
  • Peter Jon Pearce
  • Judy Pfaff
  • Susan Rothenberg
  • Miriam Schapiro
  • Alan Schoen
  • Allan Sekula
  • Pat Steir
  • Wolfgang Stoerchle
  • Shirley Tse
  • Stan Vanderbeek
  • Peter Van Riper
  • Lorraine Wild
  • Emmett Williams
  • Millie Wilson
  • Krzysztof Wodiczko
  • Emerson Woelffer

School of Critical Studies[]

Alumni[]

Faculty[]

  • 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
  • Josephine Harris
  • Mark Harris
  • Dick Hebdige
  • Dick Higgins
  • Sikivu Hutchinson
  • Norman M. Klein
  • Max Kozloff
  • Saul Landau
  • Michael Leong
  • Anthony McCann
  • Deena Metzger
  • Larry Miller
  • Maggie Nelson
  • Carl Oglesby
  • Arlene Raven
  • Paul Roche
  • Janet Sarbanes
  • Matthew Shenoda
  • David St. John
  • Maurice R. Stein
  • Michael Stock
  • Jalal Toufic
  • Luisa Valenzuela
  • Matias Viegener
  • Robert Walter
  • John Willett
  • Christine Wertheim
  • Emmett Williams

The Sharon Lund School of Dance[]

Alumni[]

Faculty[]

School of Film/Video[]

Alumni[]

  • Andrew Ahn (Film Directing)
  • Asitha Ameresekere (Film Directing)
  • Steve F. Anderson (MFA '90, Film & Video)
  • Steve J. Anderson (Character Animation)
  • Bryan Andrews
  • Mark Andrews (Character Animation)
  • Tony Anselmo (Character Animation)
  • Wes Archer (Experimental Animation)
  • David A. Armstrong
  • Kelly Asbury
  • 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
  • Robert Blalack (Experimental Animation)
  • Kat Blaque
  • Carlos Bonilla, aka DJ Quixotic (BFA 03, Film & Video)
  • Colin Brady
  • Matt Braly (BFA 10, Film & Video)[2]
  • 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 (Character Animation)
  • Tim Burton (79, Character Animation)
  • James Caliri
  • Doug Campbell (BFA 85, Live Action)
  • Brenda Chapman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
  • Yarrow Cheney
  • Daniel Chong
  • Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
  • Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
  • Donovan Cook (92, Character Animation)
  • Scott Cook (Character Animation)
  • Sophia Coppola[3]
  • Gabriel Cowan (Film Directing)
  • 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)
  • Kate Dollenmayer (BFA 05 Film & Video)
  • Russ Edmonds (BFA 87, Character Animation)
  • Ralph Eggleston (86, Character Animation)
  • Rodney Evans (MFA 96, Film & Video)
  • Lauren Faust (94, Character Animation)
  • F. X. Feeney (Film & Video)
  • Michael Fitzpatrick
  • Steven Fonti
  • David Frankel
  • Thor Freudenthal
  • Javier Fuentes-León
  • Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
  • Joaquin "Kino" Gil
  • Benjamin Gluck
  • Adam Samuel Goldman (MFA, Film & Video)
  • Jason Goldwatch
  • Bob Gould (BFA '79, Film & Video)
  • Stefan Gruber (Experimental Animation)
  • Aurora Guerrero
  • Jon Gustafsson (Film Directing)
  • Jorge R. Gutierrez (MFA, Experimental Animation)
  • Bret Haaland
  • Tanya Haden (Experimental Animation)
  • Curt Hahn (BFA, Film & Video)
  • Steve Hanft (Film & Video)
  • Sammy Harkham
  • Vashti Harrison
  • Butch Hartman (Character Animation)
  • Rick Heinrichs (79, Character Animation)
  • Mark Henn
  • Hal Hickel (Experimental Animation, 82)
  • Helen Hill (MFA 95, Experimental Animation)
  • Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92, Experimental Animation)
  • Alex Hirsch (Character Animation)
  • Eliza Hittman (MFA Directing)
  • Carole Holliday
  • Savage Steve Holland (Experimental Animation)
  • Roger Holzberg (BFA 76)
  • Larry Huber
  • 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
  • Chris Langdon
  • Lorne Lanning (Character Animation)
  • John Lasseter (BFA 79, Character Animation)
  • Doug Lefler
  • Eric Leiser (2005, Experimental Animation)
  • Jay Lender
  • Kevin Lima (Character Animation)
  • Matthew Luhn (Character Animation)
  • James Mangold (BFA 85, Film & Video)
  • Alex Mann (BFA 82, Character Animation)
  • Dinah Manoff
  • Michael Marcantel (Experimental Animation)
  • April March (one year, Character Animation)
  • James Marsh
  • Stu Maschwitz (Animation)
  • Craig McCracken (92, Character Animation)
  • Tom McGrath
  • Patrick McHale (Character Animation)
  • Eon McKai (Film & Video)
  • Alessandro Mercuri (MFA 00, Live Action)
  • Chris Miller (Character Animation)
  • Rusty Mills[4]
  • 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)[5]
  • 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)[6]
  • 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)
  • Sergio Pablos[7]
  • Skyler Page
  • Andrea Pallaoro
  • Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
  • Eric Patrick (MFA 97, Experimental Animation)
  • Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
  • Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
  • Nicholas Peterson (Experimental Animation)
  • Jeff Pidgeon
  • Michael Pressman
  • Joanna Priestley (MFA 85, Experimental Animation)
  • Luis Prieto
  • Rubén Procopio
  • Dave Pruiksma (Character Animation)
  • J. G. Quintel (Character Animation)
  • Kevin Rafferty
  • Joe Ranft (Character Animation)
  • Jim Reardon (Character Animation)
  • Jerry Rees (Character Animation)
  • Rob Renzetti (Character Animation)
  • Mike Rianda
  • Christian Robinson
  • Lou Romano (94, Character Animation)
  • Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
  • Rajee Samarasinghe (Film & Video)
  • Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
  • Peter Sarkisian
  • Mitch Schauer (Character Animation)
  • Allison Schulnik(Experimental Animation)[8]
  • 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
  • Aaron Springer (Character Animation)
  • Anthony Stacchi (Character Animation)
  • Andrew Stanton (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 (Character Animation)
  • Paul Tibbitt (Character Animation)
  • Bill Tiller (BFA 92, 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)
  • Pendleton Ward (BFA 05, Character Animation)
  • Dave Wasson
  • Stevie Wermers
  • Erik Wiese
  • 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

Faculty[]

  • Michael Almereyda
  • Thom Andersen
  • James Benning
  • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Betzy Bromberg
  • Nancy Buchanan
  • Ben Caldwell
  • James Caliri
  • Ciro Cappellari
  • 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
  • Don Levy
  • Joan Logue
  • Alexander Mackendrick
  • John Lee Mahin
  • Nina Menkes
  • William Moritz
  • Pat O'Neill
  • Robert Nelson
  • Mark Osborne
  • Rumen Petkov
  • Ernest Pintoff
  • Suzan Pitt
  • Jon Reiss
  • Terry Sanders
  • Janice Tanaka
  • Bill Viola
  • Gene Youngblood

The Herb Alpert School of Music[]

Alumni[]

Faculty[]

  • John Bergamo
  • Robert E. Brown
  • Gene Bowen
  • Harold Budd
  • Igor Buketoff
  • Edward Carroll
  • Daniel Corral
  • Swapan Chaudhuri
  • Bill Douglas
  • John Fumo
  • Susan Allen
  • Vinny Golia
  • Charlie Haden
  • Leonid Hambro
  • Alex Iles
  • Alphonso Johnson
  • Eyvind Kang
  • Ajay Kapur
  • Daniel Katzen
  • Ulrich Krieger
  • Joe LaBarbera
  • Anne LeBaron
  • Daniel Lentz
  • Bennie Maupin
  • Roscoe Mitchell
  • Buell Neidlinger
  • James Newton
  • Marni Nixon
  • Frederick Noad
  • K. P. H. Notoprojo
  • Michael Pisaro
  • Mel Powell
  • T. Ranganathan
  • Taranath Rao
  • Michael Richard
  • David Rosenboom
  • Frederic Rzewski
  • Trichy Sankaran
  • Wadada Leo Smith
  • Rand Steiger
  • Richard Stoltzman
  • Morton Subotnick
  • Miroslav Tadić
  • Rajeev Taranath
  • Serge Tcherepnin
  • James Tenney
  • Mark Trayle
  • T. Viswanathan
  • Allan Vogel
  • Michele Zukovsky

School of Theater Arts[]

Alumni[]

Faculty[]

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)
  • Laurie Anderson (1996)
  • Elvin Jones (1996)
  • Chantal Akerman (1997)
  • Lee Breuer (1998)
  • Ed Ruscha (1999)
  • Bill Viola (2000)
  • Steve Reich (2000)
  • Ry Cooder (2001)
  • Faith Hubley (2001)
  • Bruce Nauman (2001)
  • Alice Coltrane (2002)
  • Roy E. Disney (2003)
  • Anna Halprin (2003)
  • Carolee Schneemann (2003)
  • Christian Wolff (2004)
  • Daniel Nagrin (2004)
  • James Newton (2005)
  • Julius Shulman (2005)
  • Rudy VanderLans (2006)
  • Rudy Perez (2006)
  • Alonzo King (2007)
  • Harry Belafonte (2008)
  • Herbert Blau (2008)
  • Terry Riley (2008)
  • Elizabeth LeCompte (2009)
  • Morton Subotnick (2009)
  • Trimpin (2010)
  • Annette Bening (2011)
  • Donald McKayle (2011)
  • Peter Sellars (2012)
  • Eric Fischl (2013)
  • John Lasseter (2014)
  • David Hildebrand Wilson (2015)
  • Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (2015)
  • Wadada Leo Smith (2016)
  • Don Cheadle (2016)
  • Edgar Heap of Birds (2018)

References[]

  1. ^ C.O.L.A 2008 Catalog. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9719949-6-6.
  2. ^ https://blog.calarts.edu/2019/03/27/calartians-selected-as-animation-magazines-rising-stars/
  3. ^ Shawn Levy. (2019). The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont. Doubleday.
  4. ^ "Rusty Mills, director on Warner animated series, dies at 49 - Credits include 'Animaniacs,' 'Pinky and the Brain'". Variety. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  5. ^ "School of Film/Video Graduates". School of Film/Video Alumni.
  6. ^ @DaronNefcy (1 August 2018). "@AlisonTrixa I went to CalArts where I got a BFA in character animation" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ https://facebook.com/calarts/photos/a.10151907520820825/10156638990085825/?type=3&source=54
  8. ^ Johnson, Ken (2011-12-15). "Allison Schulnik: 'Mound' (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-28.

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