BU’s Hollywood Express
Note: What follows is a by-no-means-complete list of BU alumni who have found film or television industry success in Hollywood. Is your name missing? Do you want to report your glorious adventures on the big or small screen? Write and tell us about them: bostonia@bu.edu.
Jason Alexander, Actor
Bonnie Arnold, Producer, Dreamworks Animation
Verna Bloom, Actress
P. J. Bracco, Director
Steven Brill, Writer, Director
Corinne Brinkerhoff, Writer
Rob Carlson, Vice President, William Morris Agency
Donick Cary, Writer
Paul Cassell, Actor
Michael Chiklis, Actor
Dana Coen, Writer, Producer
Vanessa Coifman, Producer
Geena Davis, Actress
Emily Deschanel, Actress
David Dinerstein, President of Worldwide Marketing
and Distribution, Lakeshore Entertainment
Christopher Donnelly, Partner, Endeavor Agency
Lauren Shuler Donner, Producer
Olympia Dukakis, Actress
Bill Duke, Actor, Director, Producer
Faye Dunaway, Actress
Bruce Feirstein, Writer
Jean Picker Firstenberg, Retired President and CEO, American Film Institute
Gary Fleder, Director, Producer
Dan Fogler, Actor
Jim Gianopulos, Cochairman, Fox Filmed Entertainment
Theo Gluck, Film Restoration Director, Walt Disney Studios
Tony Gilroy, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Richard Gladstein, Producer
Paul Michael Glaser, Actor
Gary H. Grossman, Producer
Bonnie Hammer, President, USA Network/SciFi Channel
Chris Harbert, Literary Agent
Ted Harbert, President and CEO, Comcast Entertainment Group
Rick Heinrichs, Production Designer
Russell Hornsby, Actor
Frederick Huntsberry, COO, Paramount
Michelle Hurd, Actress
David E. Kelley, Writer, Producer
Jeff Kline, Writer, Producer
Ronna Kress, Casting Director
Andrew Kreisberg, Writer, Producer
Jerry Levine, Director, Actor
Debbie Liebling, President of Production, Fox Atomic
Stephen Lighthill, Cinematographer
Leslie Maskin, Literary Agent
Albert Maysles, Documentary Filmmaker
David Metzler, Producer
Julianne Moore, Actress
Liz Newman, Producer
Rosie O’Donnell, Actress, Comedienne
Peter Paige, Actor
Estelle Parsons, Actress
Kim Raver, Actress
Shari Redstone, President, National Amusements
Jay Roewe, Senior Vice President, HBO Films
Scott Rosenberg, Writer, Producer
Joe Roth, President and CEO, Revolution Studios
Anthony Ruivivar, Actor
George Schweitzer, President, CBS Marketing Group
Ruthanne Secunda, Talent Agent
Fonda Snyder, Vice President, Disney Channel Original Movies
Martin Spencer, Literary Agent
Erica Steinberg, Producer, Universal Pictures
Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment
Wynn Thomas, Film Production Designer
Marisa Tomei, Actress
Krista Vernoff, Screenwriter
Cynthia Watros, Actress
Maura West, Actress
Ashley Williams, Actress
Michael Williams, Producer
Alfre Woodard, Actress
