Earl Hamner Jr., CCM ’48
Producer, screen writer. See TV credits, too.

• "Charlotte's Web" (2006, credited for writing the original film story)
• "Charlotte's Web" (1973, wrote the film story for this original animated version)
• "Spencer's Mountaiin" ('63, wrote the autobiographical novel of the same name, which was adapted into the movie starring Henry Ford and Maureen O'Hara)

See compilation of exclusive Hamner stories, videos and photos.

George Duning, CCM '33
(1908–2000)
Composer. Nominated five times for an Academy Award and twice for a Golden Globe. More than 400 TV & film credits in all. See TV credits and his bio on the musicians page.

• “Picnic” (’55, w/William Holden, Kim Novak, Oscar nominated for Best Score)
• "From Here to Eternity" ('54, w/Burt Lancaster, Oscar nominated for Best Score, Oscar-winner for Best Picture)
• "The Eddy Duchin Story" ('56, w/Tyrone Power and Kim Novak, Oscar nominated for Best Score)
• "No Sad Songs for Me" ('50, w/Natalie Wood, Oscar nominated for Best Score)
• "Jolson Sings Again ('49, Oscar nominated for Best Score)
• "The World of Suzie Wong" ('60, w/William Holden, Golden Globe nominated for Best Original Score)
• "All the King's Men" ('49, Golden Globe nominated for Best Motion Picture Score, Oscar winner for Best Picture)
• "Bell Book and Candle" ('59, w/Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak)
• "1001 Arabian Nights" ('59, w/Jim Backus)
• "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" ('61)
• "Toys in the Attic" ('63, w/Dean Martin)

Theda Bara, att. 1906-08 (aka Theodosia Goodman as a UC student)
(1885-1955)
Actress who originated the movie image of a "vamp." Made more than 40 films.

• "A Fool There Was There" (1915 silent film starring Bara, which initiated her nickname "the Vamp")
• "Cleopatra" (1917)
• "The Unchastened Woman " ('25)
• The Siren's Song" ('19)
• "When Men Desire " ('19)
• "Salome " ('18)
• "The Tiger Woman " ('17)
• "The Vixen " ('16)
• "Romeo and Juliet " ('16)
• "The Devil's Daughter" ('15)

Hugh O'Brian, att. '42-43 (left to join the Marine Corps)
Golden Globe-winning actor who appeared in 52 movies. Once staged and directed a company of "Guys and Dolls" that toured Vietnam, Thailand and Japan for the troops. Also recorded an album of popular songs and sang on the Ed Sullivan, Dinah Shore and Jackie Gleason variety shows. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1992. See his TV credits, too.

• "Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone" ('94)
• "Twins" ('88, played Granger with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito)
• "The Shootist" ('76, played Pulford in this Oscar-nominated film and was the last person killed on screen by John Wayne)
• Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" ('65, starred as Hugh Loombard)
• "There's No Business Like Show Business" ('54, played Charles Biggs in this Oscar-nominated film with Marilyn Monroe, Ethel Merman)
• "Broken Lance" ('54, played Mike Devereaux with Spencer Tracy in this Oscar-winninig film)
• "Drums Across the River" ('54, played Morgan with Walter Brennan)
• "The Man from the Alamo" ('53, won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer, playing with Glenn Ford, Chill Wills)
• "The Cimarron Kid" ('52, with Audie Murphy)

Jane Froman, att. CCM late ‘20s
(1907–80)
Popular singing star on radio, Ziegfield Follies performer, opera singer, night club headliner and TV guest star. During WWII, she was one of the first performers to volunteer to bring entertainment to the troops, but it nearly cost her life. Read more about her life and career. See her TV credits, her Broadway credits, her opera listing. Watch a vintage video of her on “What’s My Line?”

• “With a Song in My Heart” (’52, story about Froman’s life, starring Susan Hayward; Froman provided the vocal tracks)
• “Kissing Time” (1933)
• “Stars Over Broadway” (1935)
• “Radio City Revels” (1938)
  

Thomas Berger, A&S '48
Author who wrote four novels that have been adapted into movies.

• "Little Big Man" ('70, w/Dustin Hoffman)
• "Meeting Evil" ('11, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Wilson)
• "Neighbors" ('81, starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd)
• "The Feud" ('89)

Lee Roy Reams, CCM '64, MA (CCM) '82, HonDoc '98
Actor, dancer, choreographer. See his numerous Broadway credits and his TV credits, too.

• "Sweet Charity" ('69, w/Shirley MacLaine)

Read "UC Magazine" story about Reams at the Muny.

George Hull, DAAP '93
Conceptual illustrator and visual-effects art director.

• "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" ('11, w/ John Malkovich and Leonard Nimoy; Hull conceptual designer)
• Untitled Spider-Man ('12, in pre-production)
• "Battleship" ('12, in production w/Liam Neeson)
• "Arthur Christmas" (visual development artist, expected release Nov. '11)
• "Tree of Life" ('10, w/Brad Pitt, Sean Penn)
• "Iron Man 2" ('10 w/Robert Downey Jr.)
• "Legion" ('10 w/Dennis Quaid)
• "9" ('09 w/Elijah Wood)
• "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" ('09)
• "Avatar" ('09, w/Sigourney Weaver)
• "Fantastic Voyage" ('10, in pre-production)
• "Speed Racer" (Imax version, '08)
• "The Last Mimsy" ('07)
• "V for Vendetta" ('05)
• "Constantine" ('05)
• "The Matrix: Revolutions" (late '03)
• "The Matrix: Reloaded" (early '03, w/Keanu Reeves)
• "Finding Nemo" ('00)
• "Jurassic Park: The Lost World" ('98)
• "The Hulk" ('98)
• "Superman" ('98)
• "Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi, Special Edition" ('97)
• "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Special Edition" ('97)
• "Star Wars, Special Edition" ('96)
• "Twister" ('96)
• "Mission Impossible" ('95)
• "Jumanji" ('95)
• "Forrest Gump" ('94, Academy Award winner, Best Visual Effects, Best Picture)

Debbie Denise, CCM '73
Visual effects executive producer. Executive VP, Sony Pictures Imageworks. Previously head of production at Industrial Light and Magic.

• "Alice and Wonderland" ('10, w/Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter)
• "Watchmen" ('09)
• "Valkyrie" ('08, w/Tom Cruise)
• "Body of Lies" ('08, w/Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe)
• "Beowulf" ('07, animated)
• "Open Season" ('07, animated, also in Imax 3-D)
• "Monster House" ('06, computer  animated using performance capture technology, also in 3-D)
• "Click" ('06, w/Adam Sandler)
• "Superman Returns" ('06)
• "The Polar Express" ('04, computer animated using performance capture technology, also in Imax 3-D)
• "Seabiscuit" ('03, w/Jeff Bridges)
• "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ('01)
• "Cast Away" ('00, w/Tom Hanks)
• "What Lies Beneath" ('00, w/Harrison Ford)
• "Stuart Little" ('99 Academy Award nominee, computer animated)
• "Snow Falling on Cedars" ('99 Academy Award nominee)
• "Forrest Gump"* ('94 w/Tom Hanks, Academy Award winner for best visual effects and best picture)
• "Death Becomes Her"* ('92, w/Meryl Streep & Goldie Hawn, Academy Award winner for best visual effects)

* She was visual effects producer at Industrial Light and Magic at the time of these two shows.

Charlie Bailey, DAAP '71
Model maker, supervisor. Created and/or supervised miniature model work for these films, while working with Kerner Optical and Industrial Light and Magic.

• "Terminator Salvation" ('09, w/ Christian Bale & Helena Bonham Carter)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ('07, w/Johnny Depp)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ('06, received Outstanding Models and Miniatures Award from the Visual Effects Society)
• "War of the Worlds" ('05, directed by Steven Spielberg)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" ('03, w/Johnny Depp)
• "Star Wars Attack of the Clones" ('02)
• "Star Wars: Phantom Menace" ('99)
• "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" ('80)
• "Jurassic Park III" ('01)
• "Jurassic Park" ('93)
• "E.T." ('82)
• "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" ('89)
• "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" ('84)
• "Raiders of the Lost Ark" ('81)
• "Poltergeist" ('82)
• "Back to the Future III" ('90,w/Michael J. Fox)
• "Back to the Future II" ('89, w/Michael J. Fox)
• "Peter Pan" ('03, w/Lynn Redgrave)
• "Dreamcatcher" ('03, w/Morgan Freeman)
• "Mars Attacks!" ('96, w/Jack Nicholson)

Brad Look, MFA (CCM) '88
Emmy-winning makeup artist. See TV credits, too. Watch a video of Brad creating a scar wound. See all of Brad's fillm credits.

• "Thor" ('11, directed by Kennethg Branagh, w/Anthony Hopkins)
• "Dinner for Schmucks" ('10, starring Steve Carell)
• "Unthinkable" ('10, w/Samuel L. Jackson)
• "This is It" (Oct. '09, w/Michael Jackson)
• "Escape to Witch Mountain" ('09)
• "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ('08, w/Harrison Ford)
• "Cloverfield" ('08)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ('07, w/Johnny Depp)
• "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" ('06, w/Tim Allen)
• "Poseidon" ('06, w/Richard Dreyfuss)
• "Star Trek: First Contact" ('96)
• "Star Trek: Insurrection" ('98)

Sarah Jessica Parker, CCM Prep School
Actress. See TV credits, too.

• "Sex and the City 2" ('10)
• "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" ('09, w/Hugh Grant)
• "Sex and the City: The Movie" ('08)
• "Failure to Launch" ('06, w/Matthew McConaughey)
• "The First Wives Club" ('96, w/Bette Midler, Maggie Smith, Goldie Hawn, Diana Keaton)
• "Mars Attacks!" ('96, w/Jack Nicholson & featuring body-less head of Sarah Jessica Parker
• "Ed Wood" ('94, Tim Burton movie w/Johnny Depp)
• "LA Story" ('91, w/Steve Martin)

Randy Edelman, CCM ’69, HonDoc '04
Composer, orchestrator, conductor, score producer, piano solos. Received BMI’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award in May '03. Visit Edelman's website.

• "Leap Year" ('10, w/John Lithgow)
• "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" ('08, w/Brendan Fraser)
• "27 Dresses" ('08)
• "Balls of Fury" ('07, w/Christopher Walken)
• "Surviving Christmas" ('04, w/Ben Affleck)
• "The Son of Mask" ('05, w/Alan Cumming)
• "Shanghai Knights" ('03, w/Jackie Chan)
• "Shanghai Noon" ('00, w/Jackie Chan)
• "The Whole Nine Yards" (’00, w/ Bruce Willis)
• "EDtv" ('99, w/Matthew McConaughey)
• "Dragonheart" ('96 w/ Dennis Quaid)
• "While You Were Sleeping" ('95 w/ Sandra Bullock)
• "The Mask" ('94, w/Jim Carrey)
• "Gettysburg" ('93, w/ Martin Sheen)
• "The Last of the Mohicans" ('92, w/Daniel Day-Lewis)

Themes from his "Gettysburg" score are often heard in film trailers and TV shows. One of his pieces of music was used during the '02 and '08 Olympics coverage.

Robert Elhai, CCM '83
Arranger, orchestrator and music producer. See his TV listings and his Tony-nominated Broadway credit, too.

• "The Expendables" ('10, w/Sylvester Stallone)
• "Marmaduke" ('10, w/Owen Wilson)
• "Law Abiding Citizen" ('09, w/Jamie Foxx)
• "Public Enemies" ('09, w/Johnny Depp)
• "Fast & Furious" ('09, w/Vin Diesel)
• "What Just Happened" ('08, w/Robert De Niro)
• "Stardust" ('07, w/Claire Danes)
• "Poseidon" ('06, w/Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss)
• "Constantine" ('05, w/Keanu Reeves)
• "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" ('04, w/Gwyneth Paltrow)
• "Final Cut" ('04, w/Robin Williams)
• "Open Range" ('03, w/Robert Duvall)
• "S.W.A.T." ('03, w/Samuel L. Jackson)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" ('03 Oscar-nominated film w/Johnny Depp)
• "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" ('03, w/Cameron Diaz)
• "Johnny English" ('03, w/Rowan Atkinson)
• "The Hunted" ('03, w/Tommy Lee Jones)
• "The Good Thief" ('02, Nick Nolte)
• "Frida" ('02 Oscar-winner w/Salma Hayek; won 14 awards and 28 nominations)
• "K-19: The Widowmaker" ('02, w/Harrison Ford)
• "The Count of Monte Cristo" ('02, w/Richard Harris)
  
• "K-PAX" ('01, w/Kevin Spacey)
• "X-Men" ('00, w/ Hugh Jackman)
• "Frequency" ('00, w/Dennis Quaid)
• "Titus" ('99 w/Sir Anthony Hopkins)
• "The Sixth Sense" ('99, w/Bruce Willis)
• "In Dreams" ('99, w/Annette Bening)
• "What Dreams May Come" ('98, w/Robin Williams)
• "Sphere" ('98, w/Dustin Hoffman)
• "Alien: Resurrection" ('97, w/Sigourney Weaver)
• "The Devil's Advocate" ('97, w/Al Pacino)
• "Dante's Peak" ('96, w/Pierce Brosnan)
• "101 Dalmatians" ('96, w/Glenn Close)
• " Michael Collins" ('96, w/Liam Neeson)
• "Jack" ('96, w/Robin Williams)
• "A Time to Kill" ('06, w/Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock)
• "The Juror" ('96, w/Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore)
• "Eye for an Eye" ('96, w/Sally Field, Ed Harris)
• "Heat" ('95, w/Robert De Niro, Al Pacino)
• "Waterworld" ('95, w/Kevin Costner)
• "Batman Forever" ('95, w/Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey)
• "Outbreak" ('95, w/Dustin Hoffman)
• "COBB" ('94, w/Tommy Lee Jones)
• "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" ('94, w/Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt)
• "The Three Musketeers" ('93, w/Tim Curry)
• "Demolition Man" ('93, w/Sylvester Stallone)
• "Alien 3" ('92, w/Sigourney Weaver)

Dawn Swiderski, CCM ’89
Art director, assistant art director, set designer. See TV credit.

• "The Rum Diary" (Oct. '11, w/Johnny Depp; Swiderski art director)
• "X-Men: First Class" ('11, w/Kevin Bacon; Swiderski supervising art director)
• "Unstoppable" ('10, w/ Denzel Washington; Swiderski art director)
• "Angels & Demons" ('09. w/Tom Hanks; Swiderski art director)
• "Hancock" ('08, w/Will Smith; Swiderski art director)
• "Spider-Man 3" ('07, w/Tobey Maguire; Swiderski art director)
• "Bewitched" ('05 w/Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell; Swiderski assistant art director)
• "Van Helsing" ('04 w/Hugh Jackman; Swiderski assistant art director)
• "Bruce Almighty" ('03 w/Jim Carrey; Swiderski assistant art director)
• "Monkeybone" ('01, w/Brendan Fraser; Swiderski assistant art director)
  
• "Galaxy Quest" ('99 w/Tim Allen  & Sigourney Weaver; Swiderski set designer)
  
• "What Dreams May Come" ('98, w/Robin Williams; Swiderski set designer)
• "Patch Adams" (’98, w/Robin Williams; Swiderski set designer)
• "James and the Giant Peach" ('96, animated w/Richard Dreyfuss; Swiderski set designer)

Aaron Lazar, MFA (CCM) '00
Actor. See TV credits and Broadway credits.

• "J. Edgar" (Nov. '11, directed by Clint Eastwood w/Leonardo DiCaprio; Lazar plays Prosecutor David Wilentz)
• "Company" ('11, a film of a sold-out, star-studded concert of Sondheim’s musical "Company" at the New York Philharmonic; Lazar plays Paul)

Nicole Callender, CCM '92
Stuntwoman. See TV credits, too.

• "The Next Three Days" ('10, w/Liam Neeson, Russell Crow)
• "The Other Guys" (Aug. '10, w/Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Samuel L. Jackon)
• "The Adjustment Bureau" (July '10, w/Matt Damon)
• "Salt" (July '10, w/Angelina Jolie, Live Schreiber)
• "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (July '10, w/Nicolas Cage)
• "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (April '10, by Oliver Stone, w/Michael Douglas)
• The Rebound" ('09, w/Catherine Zeta-Jones)
• "Zombieland" ('09, w/Bill Murray)
• "Confessions of a Shopaholic" ('09, w/Joan Cusack)
• "The Unborn" ('09, w/Gary Oldlman)
• "You Don’t Mess with the Zohan" (’08, w/ Adam Sandler)
• "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (’08, w/ Harrison Ford)
• "I Am Legend" (’07, w/ Will Smith)
• "Enchanted" (’07, Disney)
• "Spider-Man 3" ('07, w/Tobey Maguire)
• "American Gangster" (’07, w/ Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe)
• "War of the Worlds” (’05, by Steven Spielberg, w/ Tom Cruise

Vicki Lewis, att. CCM
Actress. See TV credits, too.

• "Alpha and Omega" ('10, plays Eve)
• "The Ugly Truth" ('09, plays a saleswoman)
• "Finding Nemo” (’03, animated, the voice of Deb & Flo, the blue and white fish in the tank)

Diana Maria Riva, MFA (CCM) ’95 (Uhlenbrock as a UC student)
Actress. See TV credits, too.

• "Our Family Wedding Pact" ('10, plays Sonia Ramirez w/ Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera)
• "17 Again" ('09, plays the judge in movie w/Matthew Perry, Zac Effron)
• “What Women Want” (’00, w/Mel Gibson)
• “The Third Wheel” (’02, w/Ben Affleck)

UC Magazine feature on Riva in 2007.
Riva recalls dream-job offer.
Riva talks about working on “The Good Guys.”

Karen Olivo, CCM '97
Actress. See this Tony Award winner's Broadway credits and TV credits.

• "Generation Um ..." (due out in '12, starring Keanu Reeves and Olivo as Carrie Hines)

Watch Olivo perform a song from the Broadway show "In the Heights."

Philip Solomon, CCM ’93
Stunt performer. See his musician credits. (Read stories about Solomon and watch two videos.)

• "A Thousand Words" (‘09, w/ Eddie Murphy)
• "Rush Hour 3" (’07, principal stunt performer w/Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker)
• "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" ('99, as a fire-breathing stunt performer, with Mike Myers)
• "Being John Malkovich" ('99, hand artist for John Cusack)

Solomon also performs at red-carpet and dignitary events for films, including:

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ('11)
• "Princess and the Frog" ('09)
• "Ratatouille" ('07)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" ('06)
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" ('03)
• "WALL-E" (featuring Robostilts)
• "Herbie Fully Loaded" ('05)
• "The Haunted Mansion" ('03)

Catherine Wall, DAAP ’83
Assistant costume designer, cutter/fitter. See TV credits, too.

• "Land of the Lost" ('09, w/Will Ferrell)
• "There Will Be Blood” ('08, w/Daniel Day-Lewis)
• "The Island" ('05, w/Ewan McGregor)
• "Ocean's Twelve" ('04, w/George Clooney, Brad Pitt)
• "Collateral" ('04, w/Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx)
• "Italian Job” ('03 w/Donald Sutherland)
• "Solaris" ('02 w/George Clooney)
• "Ali" ('01 w/Will Smith)

Scott Bridges, CCM ’96
Actor. Producer. Production manager. Writer. See Broadway credit and TV credit.

• "Doonby" ('12, w/John Schneider; Bridges is production manager,)
  
• "Lake Effects" ('12, w/Jane Seymour; Bridges is co-producer and unit production manager)
• "Date Movie" (’06, w/ Carmen Electra; Bridges was an actor)

Jason Matthew Smith , CCM ’96
Actor.

• "Star Trek" ('09, as "burly cadet," w/ Simon Pegg, Winona Ryder)

Mike Gasaway, DAAP ’93
Lead character animator. See his Emmy-nominated TV credits, too.

• “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” (’01 Academy Award nominee, best animated film)

Adrien Finkel, CCM '08
Actress. See TV credit, too.

• "Exodus Falls" (Plays Charlotte Minor, the second lead. Film won "Best of Fest" at '10 Ventura Film Festival)

Jason Packham, CCM '95
Actor. See TV credit, too.

• "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" ('09, plays "Comet," a robber)

Tory Ross, CCM '02
Actress.

• "Sex and the City 2" ('10)
• "The Producers" ('05)
  

Guy Miracle, DAAP ’93
Costumer. See TV credits, too.

• "Memoirs of a Geisha" ('05, movie won Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design)
• "Legend of Zorro" ('05, w/Antonia Banderas)
• "Princess Diaries 2" ('04, w/Julie Andrews)
• "Spider-Man 2" ('04, w/Tobey Maguire)
• "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" ('03, w/Cameron Diaz)
• "Catch Me If You Can” (’02 w/Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio)
• "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" ('00 w/George Clooney)
• "Blow" (’01 w/Johnny Depp)

Jessica Peel, DAAP ’93
Assistant costume director.

• "Cloverfield" ('08)
• "Georgia Rule" ('07, w/Jane Fonda)
• "Click" ('06, w/Adam Sandler)
• "Flightplan" ('05, w/Jodie Foster)
• "The Princess Diaries 2" ('04)
• "Spider-Man 2" ('04 w/Tobey Maguire)
• "Second Hand Lions" ('03 w/Michael Caine, Robert Duvall)
• "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (’02)
• "The Princess Diaries" ('01, w/Julie Andrews)

(Ray) Cooper Thornton, CCM '92
Actor. See TV credits, too.

• "The Inside Experience” ('11, billed as “the first interactive social horror film experience"; Cooper played agent McArthur) See link below.
  
• "Changeling" ('08, plays a prison guard)
• "Zodiac" ('07, w/Robert Downey Jr. and Jake  Gyllenhall)
• "Fracture" ('07, w/Sir Anthony Hopkins)
• "Flightplan" ('05, w/Jodie Foster)
• "The House of Sand and Fog" ('03, w/Ben Kingsley)

Read more about  "The Inside Experience."

Scott Leberecht, DAAP '94
Visual effects art director. (Now directing and writing independent films.)

• "Sleepy Hollow" ('99, w/Johnny Depp)
• "Spawn" ('97, w/John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen)
• "Flubber" ('97, w/Robin Williams)
• "101 Dalmatians" ('96)
  
  

Mikhail Roberts , CCM '08
Actor. Artist. See TV credits, too.

• "Saki" ('11, portraying Ben; also worked as an artist in the art department on the film)
• "A Better Place" ('11, as a guard)

David Matthews, CCM ‘64
Keyboardist, composer and arranger who founded the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra and Quintet. See his musician listing.

• “Garbo” (orchestrator, ‘05 documentary with Greta Garbo and Julie Christie)
• "Space Battlecruiser Yamato" (’94, composed score for ’10 series of 7 animated videos)
• "Bedtime Eyes" (composer, performed with MJQ, ‘87 Japanese film)
• “The Fighters” (composer, ’74 documentary starring Mohammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Burt Lancaster)
• "The Stepford Wives" (orchestrator, ’75)
• "Parallax View" (composer, ’74, starring Warren Beatty)

Watch MJO perform.

Tom Bruehl, CCM '68
Senior vice president for technical operations at Paramount Studios, the last remaining movie studio located in Hollywood. The sprawling 50-acre lot consumes 26 square blocks in the middle of downtown, where it accommodates, among other things, 30 sound stages, 140 editing rooms, 3 million square feet of office space, a submersible parking lot for water scenes, a Foley stage for creating sound effects, two theaters appropriate for premieres, three smaller theaters and nine exterior sets.

Read the UC Magazine feature on Tom Bruehl.

Teddi Siddall, CCM '75
Actress. See her TV credits.

• "Prizzi's Honor" ('85)

Kurt Gerard (Heinlein), MFA (CCM) '95
Actor, stuntman, fight director.

• "The Scoundrel's Wife" ('02, w/Tatum O'Neal)
• " For Richer or Poorer" ('97, w/Tim Allen)
• "One Fine Day" ('96, w/ Michelle Pfeiffer & George Clooney)
  
  

Albert Hague, CCM '42
(1920-2001)
Tony-winner composer, lyricist and actor. See his TV credits, his Broadway credits and his bio on the musicians page. (Read how he landed the Grinch job with Dr. Seuss.)

• "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ('00, w/Jim Carrey; composed theme song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
• "The Story of Us" ('99, w/Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer; played Dr. Siegler)
• "Space Jam" ('96, Looney Toons movie with Michael Jordan; played the psychiatrist)