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Notable Alumni



SCA Alumni pay tribute to their alma mater during the groundbreaking for the new cinematic arts complex
on October 4, 2007.









To find more alumni, please visit SCA Community.





Producers
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 & Chris Wyatt
Napoleon Dynamite

Josh Donen
The Quick & 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
The Getaway
The River Wild
The Mask of Zorro
The Thing


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 & 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 & 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 & Suzanne Todd
Memento
Must Love Dogs


David L. Wolper
Roots
Willy Wonka & 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 & 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 & 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 & Dogs


Taylor Hackford
Ray
An Officer & 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 & Hum


Rian Johnson
Brick

Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko,
Southland Tales


Karey Kirkpatrick
Chicken Run

Randal Kleiser
Grease,
The Blue Lagoon


Ken Kwapis
The Office,
Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants
Directors / Writer-Directors
/ Producer-Directors
cont'd
Michael Lehmann
Heathers
40 Days & 40 Nights


Shawn Levy
Cheaper by the Dozen
Night at the Museum


Doug Liman
Swingers
Mr.  & 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 & the Chocolate Factory


Elisa Bell
Little Black Book
Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet


Hans Beimler
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Serpent & 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 & 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 & 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 & Roses
Sweet Sixteen


Brent Maddock
Wild Wild West
Tremors


Andrew Marlowe
Air Force One
Hollow Man


John Milius
Apocalypse Now
Clear & 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 & 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 Kempe
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 &
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
Die Hard
Poltergeist
Robocop
Speed

Total Reccall

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 & the Argonauts

John Knoll
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars


Kevin LaNeave
Sin City
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow


Gray Marshall
Being John Malkovich

Michael McAlister
Indiana Jones & 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 & 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 & Co-CEO
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
University California
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
University California
Santa Barbara

John Schulteiss
California State
University Northridge

Ellen Strain
Georgia Tech

Gaylyn Studlar
University of Michigan

Christina Venegas
University California
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



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