Hollywood's Best-Kept Secret: UCSC Alums in Hollywood
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Erica Gerard Di Bona, Kresge '73-'75 edibona@ucsc.edu
STEPHANIE ALLAIN Producer Beyond the Lights, Dear White People
AXEL ALONSO Editor in Chief Marvel Comics
ERIC ROY ANDERSON Camera Operator, For Your Consideration, Dickie Roberts
DAVID ARATA Writer Children of Men
ALAN BAUMGARTEN Editor Joy, Trumbo
KEVIN BEGGS Chairman Lionsgate Television
ALISON BENSON Executive Producer Divorce, Work of Art: The NextGreat Artist
PHIL BENSON Former Executive in Charge Skywalker Sound
BILL BERNSTEIN Music Editor Saving Mr. Banks, Get On Up
JIM BERNSTEIN Executive Producer Mighty Med, American Dad
BRANNON BRAGA Executive Producer/Director Salem, Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
CHRIS BRANDT Storyboard Artist St. Vincent, Dr. Dell
KARINA FRIEND BUCK Producer HBO First Look
EMILY CALDERONE Producer Take Part Live
MARIE CANTIN Producer and Faculty Member, AFI Conservatory
RICK CARTER Production Designer Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens, Jurassic World
MELISSA CHESTER VP, Executive Music Producer BBDO
MITCH CLASPY Visual Effects Coordinator Black Sails, Boardwalk Empire
ARON COLEITE Producer Heroes, Hostages
FRANCIS CONWAY UPM Code Black, Stalker
KENNETH R. CORDAY Executive Producer/Composer Days of Our Lives
JORDAN CORNGOLD Music Editor Bridge of Spies, Hangover Part 3
STEVEN S. DeKNIGHT Executive Producer Daredevil, Spartacus: War of the Damned
MICHAEL DILLON Di Producer The Revenant, Ant-Man
LINDSAY DORAN Producer Stranger Than Fiction, Nanny McPhee Returns
JACOB AARON ESTES Writer/Director The Details, Mean Creek
NATHAN FLEMING Digital Imaging Tech Champs, The Road Within
CHRISTOPHER CODY FLICK Sound Editor Voyage of Time, Last Man Standing
CHRISTOPHER FLICK Foley Editor Now You See Me 2, Zootopia
DONALD FLICK Foley editor Horrible Bosses 2, After Earth
BRIAN FLORA Visual Effects The Walk, Thor
RYAN FRISCIA Manager, Sales Administration & Finance STARZ Worldwide Distribution
CARY FUKUNAGA Cinematographer/Producer/Writer/Director Beasts of No Nation, True Detective
HALIMA GILLIAM First Assistant Editor Pele: Birth of a Legend, Sabotage
ANNE FLETT-GIORDANO Executive Producer/Consulting Producer Mom, Hot in Cleveland
LAUREN GREY Casting Director Knight of Cups, Too Cool for School
MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER Actor/Director Criminal Minds,Trash Fire
RICHARD GUNN Actor The Astronaut Farmer, Hemlock Grove
PETER HANKOFF Producer Anne Frank's Holocaust, Remembering 911
DAN HASSID Executive In Charge of Production The Jungle Book, MacFarland, USA
RENEE LEVY HAZELTON Key Costumer The Last Ship, The Office
DAVEY HOLMES Executive Producer Shameless, Boomerang
KAREN JANSZEN Writer Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2
STEPHEN B. JONES Character Designer Warner Bros. TV, Nickelodeon
BRIAN KAVANAUGH-JONES Producer Collide, Midnight Special
GAIL KATZ Producer Pawn Sacrifice, The Perfect Storm
REN KLYCE Sound Designer Gone Girl, Inside Out
DAVID KORDUNER Associate National Executive Director DGA
HEATHER KRITZER Line Producer/UPM Meet the Blacks, Fearless
FRANKLIN LATT Talent Agent CAA
TAD LECKMAN Director of Art Education RIOT GAMES
BLAKE LEYH Supervising Sound Editor Into the Woods, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
NICOLE LORRE First Assistant Director The Big Bang Theory
SUSAN LOWRY National Director and Senior Counsel SAG-AFTRA
DOUG MAGNUSON Writer Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
CAMRYN MANHEIM Actress Extant, Return to Sender
JOHN MANKIEWICZ Co-Executive Producer House of Cards
DAVID MANSON Executive Producer House of Cards, The Divide
TRACY McGRATH Executive Producer Get a Job, 7500
MATT MEDLIN Line Producer/UPM Wild Oats
BARRY MENDEL Producer Trainwreck, This is 40
ANGELIC MERCER Casting Manager Master Chef, Home Free
STEPHEN MIRRIONE Editor The Revenant, Birdman
JENNIE MORRIS Executive Vice President Acquisitions, Research & Network Operations PIVOT/ Participant Media
DENCY NELSON Stage Manager The Oscars, The 55th Annual Grammy Awards
ERIK NELSON Executive Producer The 78 Project Movie, Street Dogs of South Central
STEVEN R. NELSON Sound Mixer The Last Ship, Hatfields & McCoys
KEVIN NOLTING Editor Inside Out, Up
MARTI NOXON Executive Producer/Writer Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, UnREAL, Code Black
IAN OLDS Writer/Director Zeroville, The Fixer
JAIME PAGLIA Co-Executive Producer/Writer Scream: The TV Series, The Flash
GWYNETH HORDER-PAYTON Director Once Upon a Time, Tyrant
LEE PERCY Editor Touched With Fire, Carrie
AARON PLATT Cinematographer Money Fight
CAMERON PORSANDEH Executive Producer/Writer Helix
PAUL RABWIN Executive Director Post Production, ABC Studios
CHUCK RANBERG Co-Executive Producer/Writer Hot in Cleveland, Frasier
HEATHER LYNNE RASNICK Set Decorator Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune
DANIELLE RENFREW Producer Cobain: Montage of Heck, Grandma
DALE ROY ROBINSON Executive Producer Watt’s World, Extreme Hotels
KARL ROGOVIN Dynamics Effects Animator Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man
CONSTANZA ROMERO Theatre Costume Designer The Mountaintop, Fences, Gem of the Ocean
BILL ROSENTHAL Co-Executive Producer Saint George, Nurse Jackie
ANNE-MARIE ROSS Executive Vice President International Lionsgate
KENNETH RUDMAN Former VP Product Management Technicolor
MAYA RUDOLPH Actress The Angry Birds Movie, Sisters, Bridesmaids
AKIVA SCHAFFER Actor/Director/Writer/Producer Corner4Real, The Lego Movie
TOM SCHNAIDT Camera Operator/Steadicam Supergirl, Revenge
SARAH SCHECHTER Producer/Executive Producer Legends of Tomorrow, Pan
DANIELLE SCHOENBERG Talent Agent Gersh
MICHAEL SEALES PrincipalEngineer & Software Architect Dreamworks Animation
MICHAEL SHIPLEY Executive Producer The Holy Fail, Last Man Standing
JON SILK Executive Studio 8, Co-Producer Gangster Squad
MARGERY SIMKIN Casting Director The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Pacific Rim
CHRIS SLATER Sr. Director Creative Development & Production AOL Originals
MARC SMOLOWITZ Documentary Producer/Director Buried Above Ground, The Power Of Two
DUG STANAT Character Technical Director How to Train YourDragon 2, Rise of the Guardians
JAMES STANTON Editor Empire, Married at First Sight
ZACK STENTZ Writer X-Men: First Class, THOR
DAVE TARITERO Senior Vice President Visual Effects & Production Walt Disney Studios
DAVID TENZER RPRS Media Partners and Raskin, Peter, Rubin Simon
JUSTINE TURNER International Film Acquisitions Distributions/Editorial Walt Disney Studios
AMY VINCENT Director of Photography/Cinematographer Footloose, Hustle & Flow
DEBBIE VON ARX Production Legal Counsel Whiplash, Insidious, Chapter 2
ALLY WALKER Director/Producer/Actress Sex, Death & Bowling, Colony
ANNE WALKER Associate Producer Boyhood
JANET WALKER Chair Film & Media Studies Department UC Santa Barbara
AMY BERKOWER WEISS President Writers' House
TIFFANY WHITE Costume Designer Dude, Mad Men
DYLAN WILCOX Former Sr. Vice President Acquisitions Relativity
RICH WILKES Writer xXx: State of the Union
JIM WILSON Director/Writer/Producer 50 to 1, Mr. Brooks
DAN WOLF Consultant/Writer Lone Wolf Writing, Dreamworks Animation
DEBORAH WULIGER Unit Publicist Black Hat, Lincoln
RON YERXA Producer/Co-Executive Producer Nebraska, The Leftovers