List of California Institute of the Arts people
Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and visiting artists of the California Institute of the Arts.
School of Art
Alumni
- Angus Andrew
- Judie Bamber[1]
- 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
- Bernard Cooper
- Sofia Coppola (did not graduate) 92, Photography and Media)
- Meg Cranston
- Zoe Crosher
- Dorit Cypis
- Danielle Dean (MFA 2012)
- Travis Diehl (MFA 2010, Photography and Media)
- Richard K. Diran, 1972, painting
- Tomory Dodge
- Roy Dowell
- John Duncan
- Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
- Elana Dykewomon
- Mark Edward
- Kenneth Feingold
- Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
- Liz Glynn (MFA 08)
- Jack Goldstein
- Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83
- Todd Gray
- Tony Greene
- Johnnie Jungleguts
- Kira Lynn Harris
- Richard Hawkins (MFA 88)
- Heather Henson
- Alex Hirsch
- Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
- Doug Ischar (BFA 87)
- Michael Jang
- 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
- 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)
- Farhad Moshiri
- Dwayne Moser (MFA 2001)
- Carter Mull
- Yurie Nagashima
- Ray Navarro
- Kali Nikitas (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
- Catherine Opie (MFA 88, Photography and Media)
- Rubén Ortiz-Torres (MFA 92, Art)
- Tony Oursler (BFA 79, Art)
- Grant-Lee Phillips
- 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
- Klaus vom Bruch
- Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
- James Welling (BFA 72, MFA 74, Photography and Media)
- Dirk Westphal
- Faith Wilding
- Christopher Williams
- Megan Williams, B.F.A., 1978
- Amanda Woodward
- 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
- Karen Finley
- Judy Fiskin
- Anthony Friedkin
- Harry Gamboa, Jr.
- Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
- April Greiman
- Fritz Haeg
- John Van Hamersveld
- Dick Higgins
- Douglas Huebler
- Tom Jennings
- Allan Kaprow
- Martin Kersels
- Alison Knowles
- Max Kozloff
- Barbara Kruger
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Catherine Lord
- John Mandel
- Paul McCarthy
- Jayme Odgers
- Victor Papanek
- Judy Pfaff
- Arlene Raven
- Susan Rothenberg
- Alan Schoen
- Allan Sekula
- Shirley Tse
- Lorraine Wild
- Emmett Williams
- Millie Wilson
- Krzysztof Wodiczko
- Emerson Woelffer
Visiting artists
- Annie Abrahams
- Dennis Adams
- Ant Farm
- Eleanor Antin
- Philippe Apeloig
- Kevin Appel
- Ron Athey
- Julie Ault
- Stuart Bailey
- Lewis Baltz
- Marian Bantjes
- Jonathan Barnbrook
- Uta Barth
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Andrew Blauvelt
- Barbara Bloom
- John Boskovich
- Neville Brody
- Benjamin Buchloh
- Daniel Buren
- Jeff Burton
- Galo "MAKE" Canote
- Micha Cárdenas
- Matthew Carter
- Audrey Chan
- Margo Chase
- Mel Chin
- Bonnie Clearwater
- Robert Colescott
- Linda Connor
- Danielle Dean
- Barbara Degenevieve
- Richardo Dominguez
- Stan Douglas
- Johanna Drucker
- John Duncan
- Hasan M. Elahi
- Pablo Ferro
- Karen Finley
- Robert Frank
- Andrea Fraser
- Lee Friedlander
- Adam Fuss
- Amy Gerstler
- Frank Gohlke
- Dan Graham
- Renée Green
- Hans Haacke
- Fritz Haeg
- Peter Halley
- Ann Hamilton
- Richard Hawkins
- Marvin Heiferman
- Mary Heilmann
- EJ Hill
- Peter Hill
- Sikivu Hutchinson
- Helen Varley Jamieson
- Joan Jonas
- Mary Kelly
- Joyce Kozloff
- Alix Lambert
- Ann Lauterbach
- Louise Lawler
- Leigh Ledare
- Sol LeWitt
- Glenn Ligon
- Lucy R. Lippard
- Sylvère Lotringer
- John Mandel
- Fabian Marcaccio
- Paul McCarthy
- Susan Meiselas
- Robert Morris
- Oscar Murillo
- Elizabeth Murray
- Catherine Opie
- Pepon Osorio
- Tod Papageorge
- Raymond Pettibon
- Judy Pfaff
- Rick Poynor
- Miller Puckette
- David Reed
- Lawrence Rinder
- Pipilotti Rist
- Osvaldo Romberg
- Craig J Saper
- Stefan Sagmeister
- Carolee Schneemann
- Christian Schwartz
- Richard Serra
- Jim Shaw
- Lorna Simpson
- Jen Smith
- Kiki Smith
- Keith Sonnier
- Nathaniel Stern
- Pat Steir
- Mayo Thompson
- Tom of Finland
- Rubén Ortiz Torres
- Carmelita Tropicana
- Alice Twemlow
- Jerry Uelsmann
- Jeffrey Vallance
- Jeff Wall
- Carrie Mae Weems
- William Wegman
- Lawrence Weiner
- Wolfgang Weingart
- Robert Whitman
- Emmett Williams
- Deborah Willis
- Fred Wilson
- Garry Winogrand
- Andrea Zittel
School of Critical Studies
Alumni
- Andrew Berardini (MFA 06)
- Kate Durbin
- Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (MFA 13)
- Henry Hoke (MFA 11)
- Soo Kim (MFA 95)
- Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
- Grace Krilanovich (MFA 05)
- Eric Lindley, aka Careful (MFA 08)
- Karl Montevirgen (MFA 00)
- Stephen van Dyck (MFA 09)
Faculty
- Dodie Bellamy
- Susie Bright
- Sue-Ellen Case
- Sande Cohen
- Thomas E. Crow
- Steve Erickson
- Brian Evenson
- María Irene Fornés
- Daniel Foss
- Peter Gadol
- Mark Harris
- Dick Hebdige
- Sikivu Hutchinson
- Anthony McCann
- Deena Metzger
- Maggie Nelson
- Carl Oglesby
- Vanessa Place
- David St. John
- Matthew Shenoda
- Jalal Toufic
- Luisa Valenzuela
- Matias Viegener
- Robert Walter
- Christine Wertheim
- Emmett Williams
Visiting artists
- Kathy Acker
- Ammiel Alcalay, writer and poet
- David Antin, performance artist
- Andrew Arato
- Arthur magazine
- Margaret Atwood
- Alain Badiou, philosopher
- John Baldessari, artist
- Stephen Barber, cultural theorist
- Dodie Bellamy, writer
- Aimee Bender, writer
- Caroline Bergvall, poet, writer
- Lauren Berlant
- Charles Bernstein, poet
- Robert Bly
- Christian Bök, poet
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Judith Butler
- Manuel Castells
- Michael Chabon, writer
- Wanda Coleman, writer and poet
- Bernard Cooper, essayist and art critic
- Dennis Cooper, novelist
- Victor Hernández Cruz, poet
- António Damásio
- Mike Davis, historian and social critic
- Vaginal Davis, performance artist, writer
- Thierry de Duve
- Brian Evenson
- Carolyn Forché, poet
- María Irene Fornés, playwright
- Peter Frank, art critic
- Coco Fusco, performance artist, writer and curator
- Cristina García, writer
- Amy Gerstler, poet and art critic
- Thomas Glave
- Kenneth Goldsmith, writer
- Jorie Graham, poet
- Hans Haacke
- Nina Hagen, musician
- Suheir Hammad
- Lyn Hejinian, poet
- Christopher Hitchens
- Richard Hugo
- Gary Indiana, writer
- Shelley Jackson, writer
- Michael Joyce, hypertext writer
- Heidi Julavits, writer
- Wayne Koestenbaum
- Rachel Kushner
- Ernesto Laclau
- Paul LaFarge
- Deena Larsen, hypertext writer
- Li-Young Lee, poet
- Denise Levertov
- Sandra Tsing Loh, humorist
- Sylvère Lotringer, theorist, writer
- Peter Lunenfeld
- Ben Marcus, writer
- Bernadette Mayer, poet
- Steve McCaffery, poet, essayist and critic
- James McMichael
- W. S. Merwin
- Czesław Miłosz, writer
- Honor Moore
- Harryette Mullen, poet
- Brighde Mullins
- Eileen Myles, poet, writer
- Geoff Nicholson, writer
- François Noudelmann
- Lance Olsen
- Michael Palmer
- Shahrnush Parsipur
- Octavio Paz
- Marjorie Perloff, literary critic
- Peggy Phelan, performance theorist
- Robert Pinsky, poet
- Thomas Powers
- Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker
- Charles Ray, artist
- John Rechy, writer
- Ishmael Reed, writer
- David Rees, writer, comic book artist and satirist
- Joan Retallack, poet
- Alan Rich
- Andrew Ross, cultural theorist
- Jerome Rothenberg
- John Sack, literary journalist
- May Sarton
- Carolee Schneemann, artist
- Sarah Schulman, writer, playwright
- Carolyn See, writer
- Steven Shaviro
- Cedar Sigo
- Gary Snyder, poet
- Mary Ellen Solt, poet
- Darcey Steinke
- Mark Strand, poet
- Michael Taussig, anthropologist
- Eugene Thacker
- Héctor Tobar, journalist and novelist
- Jalal Toufic, film theorist and video artist
- Quincy Troupe, poet and biographer
- Luisa Valenzuela, writer and critic
- Michael Ventura, writer and journalist
- Diane Wakoski
- Derek Walcott
- Anne Waldman, poet
- Margaret Wertheim, science journalist
- Hayden White, cultural theorist
- Peter Wollen
- Slavoj Žižek, cultural theorist
The Sharon Lund School of Dance
Alumni
- Jacques Heim (MFA 91)
- Dante Henderson
Faculty
- Donald Byrd
- Colin Connor
- George de la Peña
- Bella Lewitzky
- Donald McKayle
- Mia Čorak Slavenska
Visiting artists
- Batsheva Dance Company
- Trisha Brown
- Ann Carlson
- Cornelius Carter
- Remy Charlip
- Merce Cunningham
- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
- Garth Fagan
- Brenda Dixon Gottschild
- Martha Graham
- Anna Halprin
- Erick Hawkins
- Deborah Hay
- Margaret Jenkins
- Ralph Lemon
- Victoria Marks
- Daniel Nagrin
- Alwin Nikolais
- Wendy Perron
- Troika Ranch
- Sara Rudner
- Gus Solomons Jr.
- Merian Soto
- Elizabeth Streb
- Meg Stuart
- Zaccho Dance Theatre
School of Film/Video
Alumni
- Andrew Ahn (Film Directing)
- Asitha Ameresekere (Film Directing)
- Steve Anderson (Character Animation)
- Mark Andrews (Character Animation)
- Tony Anselmo (Character Animation)
- Wes Archer (Character Animation)
- 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
- Carlos Bonilla, aka DJ Quixotic (BFA 03, Film & Video)
- Dave Bossert (BFA 83, Character Animation)
- Colin Brady
- 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)
- Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
- Fred Cline (BFA 84,Character Animation)
- Gary Conrad (BFA 84, Character Animation)
- Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
- Donovan Cook (92, Character Animation)
- Scott Cook (Character Animation)
- Gabriel Cowan (Film Directing)
- 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
- Javier Fuentes-León
- Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
- Joaquin "Kino" Gil
- Adam Samuel Goldman (MFA, Film & Video)
- Jason Goldwatch
- James Gore (Experimental Animation)
- 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
- 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)
- Savage Steve Holland (Experimental Animation)
- Roger Holzberg (BFA 76)
- Chris Innis (MFA 91, Live Action/Film)
- Richard Isanove
- Richard Jefferies (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
- Kevin Johnson (Character 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)
• Vincent Lopez (MFA 92)
- 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
- Eon McKai (Film & Video)
- Alessandro Mercuri (MFA 00, Live Action)
- Chris Miller (Character Animation)
- Rusty Mills[2]
- Rob Minkoff (83, Character Animation)
- Mike Mitchell
- Laura Molina (Character Animation)
- Zac Moncrief (Character Animation)
- Rich Moore (Character Animation)
- C. Scott Morse (Character Animation)
- Soudabeh Moradian (MFA 15, Film and Video)[3]
- 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)
- Drew Neumann (BFA 82, Film & Video)
- Teddy Newton (Character Animation)
- Michael Nguyen (88, Character Animation)
- Julien Nitzberg (Film Directing)
- Mark O'Hare (Character Animation)
- Gregory Orr (Film & Video)
- Mark Osborne (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
- Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
- Eric Patrick (MFA 97, Experimental Animation)
- Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
- Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
- Nicholas Peterson (Experimental Animation)
- 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)
- Lou Romano (94, Character Animation)
- Spencer Rothbell (Experimental Animation)
- Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
- Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
- Peter Sarkisian
- Mitch Schauer (Character Animation)
- 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)
- Steven Subotnick (BFA 84, MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
- Doug Sweetland (Character Animation)
- 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)
- Nassos Vakalis (Character Animation)
- Darrell Van Citters (BFA 76, Character Animation)
- Brad Vandergrift (91, 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
- Ben Caldwell
- James Caliri
- Ciro Cappellari
- Ed Emshwiller
- Jules Engel
- Maureen Furniss
- Jack Hannah
- Mark Jonathan Harris
- T. Hee
- Monte Hellman
- Peter Hutton
- Bill Jackson
- Mike Johnson
- Bob Kurtz
- Don Levy
- Alexander Mackendrick
- John Lee Mahin
- Nina Menkes
- William Moritz
- Pat O'Neill
- Mark Osborne
- Nam June Paik
- Rumen Petkov
- Ernest Pintoff
- Suzan Pitt
- Jon Reiss
- Terry Sanders
- Bill Viola
- Gene Youngblood
Visiting artists
- Kevin Adams
- Peggy Ahwesh
- Chantal Akerman
- Lisandro Alonso
- Allison Anders
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Tina Andrews
- Kenneth Anger
- Michael Apted
- Martin Arnold
- Craig Baldwin
- Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
- James Baxter
- Sadie Benning
- Bruce Bickford
- Brad Bird
- Dave Bossert
- Nick Broomfield
- Charles Burnett
- Paul Bush
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Abigail Child
- Lisa Cholodenko
- Peter Chung
- Jem Cohen
- Martha Colburn
- Pedro Costa
- Sally Cruikshank
- Larry Cuba
- Cui Zi'en
- Eric Darnell
- Julie Dash
- Tacita Dean
- Andreas Deja
- Arthur Dong
- Cheryl Dunye
- David Em
- Heinz Emigholz
- Harun Farocki
- Rudi Fehr
- Robert Frank
- Carl Franklin
- Rosa-Linda Fregoso
- Su Friedrich
- Yang Fudong
- Coco Fusco
- Rodrigo García
- Ernie Gehr
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- John Greyson
- Ted Griffin
- Curtis Harrington
- Trent Harris
- Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Jaime Hernandez
- J. Hoberman
- Darren T. Holmes
- Kore-Eda Hirokazu
- Agnieszka Holland
- Andrew Thomas Huang
- Ann Hui
- Peter Hutton
- Jay Jackson
- Mike Jittlov
- Joan Jonas
- Linda Jones
- Jon Jost
- Miranda July
- Pauline Kael
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Mani Kaul
- Milt Kahl
- Toni Kalem
- Fay Kanin
- Naomi Kawase
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Millard Kaufman
- Glen Keane
- Bob Kurtz
- Robert Kramer
- Cédric Klapisch
- Park Kwang-su
- John Lasseter
- Caroline Leaf
- Everett Lewis
- Mark Lowenthal
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Ross McElwee
- Sally Menke
- Trinh T. Minh-ha
- James Mangold
- Michael Maltese
- Craig McCracken
- Ross McElwee
- James Merendino
- Tim Metcalf
- George Meyer
- Benjamin Millepied
- Manfred Mohr
- M. David Mullen
- Joe Murray
- Michael Nguyen
- Sue Nichols
- Yuriy Norshteyn
- Marc Norman
- Pat O'Neill
- David O'Reilly
- Bill Peet
- Dan Povenmire
- Michael Polish
- Lourdes Portillo
- Michael Pressman
- Rosa von Praunheim
- Joanna Priestley
- Ramin Bahrani
- Nik Ranieri
- B. Ruby Rich
- Don Roos
- Kathy Rose
- ®™ark
- Michael Rush
- Ben Russell
- Chris Sanders
- Bradley W. Schenck
- Richard Schenkman
- Henry Selick
- Arlene Sherman
- Vincent Sherman
- Stephen Silver
- Cheick Oumar Sissoko
- P. Adams Sitney
- Cauleen Smith
- Humberto Solás
- Phil Solomon
- Joseph Stefano
- Jennifer Steinkamp
- Chick Strand
- Elisabeth Subrin
- Astria Suparak
- Jan Švankmajer
- David Swift
- Renee Tajima-Peña
- Iimura Takahiko
- Bela Tarr
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Ella Taylor
- Suzie Templeton
- Andrew Tsao
- Peter Tscherkassky
- Michael Tolkin
- Johan van der Keuken
- Agnès Varda
- Bill Viola
- Stephen Vitiello
- Régis Wargnier
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- John Whitney
- John Woo
- Ellen Woodbury
- Bruce Yonemoto
- Norman Yonemoto
- Masaaki Yuasa
- Caveh Zahedi
The Herb Alpert School of Music
Alumni
- John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
- Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
- Francis Awe
- Bob Bellerue, founder of Il Corral
- Ronnie Blake
- Gene Bowen
- Michael Cain (BFA 88, MFA 90)
- Mario Calire
- David Carlson
- Raven Chacon
- Nicholas Frances Chase, aka N.F. Chase (MFA Music 00)
- Sharon Cheslow
- Ken Christianson (MFA Music Composition)
- Curtis Clark
- Randy Cohen
- Scott Colley (BFA 88)
- Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90)
- Mark Coniglio (BFA 89)
- Jim Cooper of Detholz! (one semester; dropout)
- John Debney (BFA 78)
- Gail Ann Dorsey
- Dean Drummond
- Kiki Ebsen (BFA 85)
- Juárez Echenique
- Guy Eckstine '75
- Pedro Eustache
- Adam Fong
- Russ Freeman
- Josh Gabriel
- Peter Garland (BFA 73)
- Julia Holter
- Earl Howard (74, Composition)
- Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
- Art Jarvinen
- Terry Jennings
- Kerstin Jeppsson
- Carson Kievman (BFA 75, MFA 77)
- Kevin Kmetz
- Greg Kurstin
- Thomas Leeb (BFA '03)
- Chris Lemmon
- Eric Lindley
- Paul Livingston
- Carey Lovelace
- Carla Lucero (BFA 86, Composition)
- Lusine
- Ed Mann
- Arturo Márquez (MFA 90)
- Ingram Marshall (MFA 71)
- John Maus
- Gabrial McNair (of No Doubt) ('95)
- Roger Miller (76, Composition)
- Ann Millikan (MFA)
- John Morton'78
- Zane Musa
- Mark Nauseef
- Anna Oxygen
- Randall Packer (MFA 81)
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Chan Poling
- Lisa Popeil
- Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00)
- Ellen Reid
- Laura Rizzotto (BFA '15)
- Curtis Roads
- Sharon Robinson
- Marina Rosenfeld (MFA 94, Art-Music)
- Dean Rosenthal (MFA 97 - Did Not Graduate)
- Joel Rubin
- Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
- Otmaro Ruíz (MFA 91)
- Salvador Santana
- Matthew Setzer
- Daniel Shulman
- Todd Sickafoose
- Mark So (MFA 06)
- Rand Steiger (MFA 82)
- Adam Stern (BFA 75; MFA 77, conductor)
- Carl Stone (BFA 75)
- L. Subramaniam
- Mia Theodoratus
- Stephen van Dyck, founder of Los Angeles road concerts (MFA 09)
- André Vida (MFA 2005)
- Lois V Vierk
- Gregg Wager
- Marty Walker (MFA 91)
- Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra
- William Winant
- Benjamin Wynn (BFA 2002)
- Yulianna
- Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92)
- Z'EV
- Jeremy Zuckerman (MFA '01)
- Oliver Tree
Faculty
- John Bergamo
- Robert E. Brown
- Gene Bowen
- Harold Budd
- Igor Buketoff
- Edward Carroll
- Swapan Chaudhuri
- Robert Christgau
- 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
Visiting artists
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- John Adams
- Geri Allen
- Hossein Alizadeh
- Charles Amirkhanian
- Thomas Ankersmit
- Jon Appleton
- Robert Ashley
- Milton Babbitt
- Bang on a Can All-Stars
- Louis and Bebe Barron
- Bethany Beardslee
- Francis Bebey
- David Behrman
- Maya Beiser
- Gregg Bendian
- Luciano Berio
- Derek Bermel
- Judith Bettina
- Harrison Birtwistle
- Ed Blackwell
- Theo Bleckmann
- Dušan Bogdanović
- Pierre Boulez
- Tara Bouman
- Anthony Braxton
- Martin Bresnick
- Chris Brown
- Earle Brown
- Gavin Bryars
- Don Byron
- Harold Budd
- Monique Buzzarté
- John Cage
- Uri Caine
- The California EAR Unit
- Elliott Carter
- Don Cherry
- Billy Childs
- Mary Ellen Childs
- John Chowning
- Nels Cline
- Steve Coleman
- Alice Coltrane
- Aaron Copland
- John Corbett
- Alvin Curran
- Andrew Cyrille
- Anthony Davis
- Art Davis
- Angelo Debarre
- Stuart Dempster
- DJ Spooky
- Paul Dresher
- Mark Dresser
- Jacob Druckman
- Kahil El'Zabar
- Ensemble InterContemporain, IRCAM
- Morton Feldman
- Mimi Fox
- Fred Frith
- Kyle Gann
- Vinko Globokar
- Malcolm Goldstein
- Goodiepal
- Annie Gosfield
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Gyuto Tibetan Monks Tantric Choir
- Lou Harrison
- Tootie Heath
- Billy Higgins
- Dave Holland
- Wayne Horvitz
- Huun-Huur-Tu
- Nicholas Isherwood
- Jon Jang
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Leroy Jenkins
- Marc Johnson
- Ben Johnston
- Elvin Jones
- Mauricio Kagel
- Henry Kaiser
- Kaoru Kakizakai
- Roger Kleier
- Lee Konitz
- Peter Kowald
- William Kraft
- Krar
- Kronos Quartet
- Joan La Barbara
- Steve Lacy
- André Lafosse
- Art Lande
- Jaron Lanier
- Paul Lansky
- Libby Larsen
- Yusef Lateef
- Mary Jane Leach
- Tania León
- John Lindberg
- Pete Lockett
- Annea Lockwood
- Alvin Lucier
- Tod Machover
- Bunita Marcus
- Branford Marsalis
- Salvatore Martirano
- Miya Masaoka
- Gustavo Matamoros
- Bennie Maupin
- Brad Mehldau
- Pat Metheny
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Butch Morris
- Sheik Chinna Moulana
- Don Moye
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Gordon Mumma
- Amina Claudine Myers
- Andy Narell
- The Necks
- Max Neuhaus
- James Newton
- Phill Niblock
- Richard Nunns
- Larry Ochs
- Carol J. Oja
- Pauline Oliveros
- Ursula Oppens
- Oregon Jazz Band
- Christopher Parkening
- Zeena Parkins
- Hermeto Pascoal
- Austin Peralta
- Paul Pisk
- Larry Polansky
- Andrew Poppy
- Tanjore Ranganathan
- Lou Reed
- Steve Reich
- Johnny Reinhard
- Terry Riley
- Jean-Claude Risset
- Max Roach
- Rachel Rosenthal
- Frederic Rzewski
- Marc Sabat
- Steven Schick
- John Scofield
- Ravi Shankar
- Lucy Shelton
- Wayne Shorter
- Alvin Singleton
- Juliana Snapper
- Laetitia Sonami
- Sonor
- Markus Stockhausen
- Richard Stoltzman
- Dr. L. Subramaniam
- Aki Takahashi
- Margaret Leng Tan
- Richard Teitelbaum
- Ed Thigpen
- Henry Threadgill
- David Torn
- Joan Tower
- Ruth Underwood
- Glen Velez
- Jack Vees
- Lois Vierk
- Tanjore Viswanathan
- Allan Vogel
- Ge Wang
- Gerald Wilson
- Olly Wilson
- William Winant
- Amnon Wolman
- Iannis Xenakis
- Pamela Z
- John Zorn
School of Theater Arts
Alumni
- Kevin Adams (MFA 86, Scene Design)
- Amanda Aday (Acting)
- Anita Sax (Acting)
- Aleshea Harris (MFA, 2014)
- Brandon Stirling Baker (Lighting)
- Kathy Baker (72, Acting)
- Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90, Acting)
- Jesse Borrego (84, Acting)
- Barbara Bosson (Acting)
- Alison Brie (BFA 05, Acting)
- Merritt Butrick (Acting)
- Michael Carmine
- Matthew Causey
- Don Cheadle (BFA 86, Acting)
- Eliza Coupe (BFA 06, Acting)
- Jennifer Elise Cox (BFA 91, Acting)
- Juli Crockett
- Michael Cudlitz (Acting)
- Frank Darabont
- Emilio Delgado
- Sam Doumit
- Randall Edwards
- Shahine Ezell
- Joel Fitzpatrick
- Dennis Gersten
- Richard Green
- Virginia Grise (09, MFA Writing for Performance)
- Ed Harris (BFA 75, Acting)
- David Hasselhoff (73, Acting)
- Roger Holzberg (BFA 76, Writing)
- Albert Innaurato
- Bill Irwin (72, Acting)
- Simbi Khali-Williams (BFA 93, Acting)
- Don Lake
- Michael Lassell (MFA '73, Acting)
- Scott MacDonald (Acting)
- Justine Miceli
- Kim Milford (Acting)
- Dana Morosini (Acting)
- Laraine Newman (Acting)
- Sharon Ott
- Condola Rashād (BFA 08, Acting)
- Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) (73, Acting)
- Michael Richards (73, Acting)
- Michael D. Roberts (Acting)
- Douglas Rushkoff, writer, social theorist
- Katey Sagal (Acting)
- Tobe Sexton (BFA 91)
- Mark Allen Shepherd
- Robert Smith (BFA 96, Lighting Design)
- Jan Smithers
- Cecily Strong (BFA 06, Acting)
- Monty Taylor (Lighting Design)
- Julie Taymor
- Amanda Tepe
- Allan Trautman
- Winston Tong
- Deborah Joy Winans (MFA Acting 09)
Faculty
- Christopher Akerlind
- Libby Appel
- Robert L. Benedetti
- Fran Bennett
- Herbert Blau
- Lee Breuer
- Ruby Cohn
- Erik Ehn
- Lisa Gay Hamilton
- Donald Holder
- Mirjana Joković
- Suzan-Lori Parks
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Lap Chi Chu
- Anne Militello
- Michael Darling
Visiting artists
- Joey Arias
- Kathy Bates - actor
- Belarus Free Theatre
- Annette Bening - actor
- Martin Benson - director, artistic director
- Big Art Group
- Steven Bochco - producer
- Kenneth Branagh - actor with Royal Shakespeare Company, director, producer
- James Burrows - producer, writer
- Catherine Butterfield - playwright
- Joseph Chaikin - performance artist
- Jason Cooper - designer
- Allan Corduner - Royal Shakespeare Company
- Brian Cox - Royal Shakespeare Company
- Gordon Davidson - director, artistic director
- Richard Foreman - director
- Andre Gregory
- John Guare
- Danny Hoch - writer, performer, 1998 Alpert Award winner
- Naomi Iizuka - playwright
- Eugène Ionesco
- Ken Jacobs - puppet artist
- John Kani - actor
- John Kilduff
- Jan Kott - writer, theorist
- Lisa Kron - performance artist, 1997 Alpert Award winner
- Beth Lapides
- Ming Cho Lee - scene designer
- Lisa Loomer - playwright
- Lynn Manning - playwright, director, actor
- Catherine McNeil - producer
- Mabou Mines
- David Nevins
- Jack O'Brien - director, artistic director of the Globe Theater, San Diego
- Zaven Paré - director
- Chris Parry - designer
- David Rambo - producer, playwright
- Lloyd Richards - director, former Dean, Yale School of Drama
- Jose Rivera - playwright
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Peter Sellars - director
- Patrick Stewart - actor, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Tony Taccone - director, artistic director
- Julie Taymor - director, designer
- Quincy Troupe - poet
- Basil Twist
- Gregory Whitehead - composer, sound artist
- August Wilson - playwright
- Robert Wilson
- Henry Winkler
- Albert Wolsky - designer
- Charlayne Woodard - actress
- The Wooster Group
- Chay Yew - playwright
- Paul Zaloom - puppeteer, actor
Honorary degrees
CalArts confers honorary Doctor of Arts degrees to artists who have consistently represented the bold innovation and visionary creativity championed by the Institute, and who have each made extraordinary contributions to contemporary arts and culture. 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)
- Mischa Schneider (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)
- Beatrice Manley (1990)
- Lulu May Von Hagen (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)
- Harrison “Buzz” Price (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)
- William M. Lowman (2010)
- 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)
- Steven D. Lavine (2017)
- Glenn Edgerton (2017)
- Edgar Heap of Birds
References
- C.O.L.A 2008 Catalog. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 2008. ISBN 0-9719949-6-X.
- "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.
- "School of Film/Video Graduates". School of Film/Video Alumni.
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