John Riggi, A&S '78

Producer, director, writer.

• "30 Rock" (co-executive producer, director, writer, '06-12, '08 & '07 Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series)
• "Will & Grace" (co-executive producer, '05-06)
• "The Larry Sanders Show" (co-executive producer, director, writer, actor, 2 Emmy nominations, ’95)
• "The Bernie Mac Show" (co-executive producer, '03)
• "Family Guy" (consulting producer, actor, 7 episodes, '01-99)
• "Seinfeld" (actor, '96)
• "Ellen" (actor, '94)
• "The Dennis Miller Show" (writer, '92)

LINK: Read the "UC Magazine" story on Riggi.

Brad Look, MFA (CCM) '88

Emmy-winning makeup artist (one win and nine other nominations). 

• "How I Met Your Mother" ('11 Emmy nomination for makeup in a primetime TV series)
  
• "StarStruck" ('10, Disney Channel movie)
• "Pushing Daisies" (earned an Emmy nomination for makeup in '08)
• "Enterprise" ('01-05, Emmy nominations in '05, '03, '02)
• "Star Trek: Voyager" ('97-01, won an Emmy for makeup in '96, nominated in '01)
• "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ('93-99, earned Emmy nominations in '99, '97, '96)

LINKS

• See his movie credits.
• See story and slideshow about his work on "The Hunger Games."
• Watch a video of Brad creating a scar wound.
• Read an interview with Look.
• See all of Brad's film credits at IMDb.com.

Travis Hagenbuch, CCM '07

Three-time Emmy-winning lighting director and a fourth Emmy nominee for television productions of live events, his specialty.

• "Queen Latifah" show (since the day-time talk show's premiere in Sept. ’13, lighting director, director of photography)
• "85th Annual Academy Awards" ('13, lighting director)
  
• "55th Annual Grammy Awards" ('13, Emmy nominated lighting director for show that drew 28 million viewers)
• "66th Annual Tony Awards" ('12, lighting director)
• "Lionel Richie and Friends" ('12 TV movie, lighting director)
• "47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" ('12, lighting director)
• "8" (lighting director for a 2012 video of a play based directly on transcripts of the Proposition 8 trial in California, directed by Rob Reiner and starring George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Jaimie Lee Curtis and George Takei) Watch entire 90-minute video here.

• "54th Annual Grammy Awards" ('12, Emmy winning lighting director)
• "Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl" ('11 TV special, lighting director)
• "46th Annual CMA Awards" ('11, lighting director)
• "BET Awards 2011" ('11, lighting director)
• "46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" ('11, assistant lighting director)
  
• "53rd Grammy Awards" (2011, Emmy winning lighting director)
  
• "2010 Winter Olympics" in Vancouver (associate lighting director, opening and closing ceremonies, which received the '10 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Direction; plus lighting director for the nightly "Victory Ceremonies" when medals were awarded) The opening ceremonies in Vancouver were viewed by an estimated 3 billion people worldwide.
• "45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" ('10, lighting director)
• "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" ('10, lighting director)
• "Obama Inaugural Celebration" at the Lincoln Memorial ('09, lighting director)
• "80th Annual Academy Awards" ('08, assistant lighting director)
• "14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards" ('09, lighting director)
• "44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" ('09, associate lighting director)
• "60th Primetime Emmy Awards" ('08, lighting director)
• "Celine Dion: That's Just the Woman in Me" TV special ('08, associate lighting director)

LINKS

• Read more and see enormous photo gallelry of his projects.
• Read interview with Hagenbuch here.
  

Robert Elhai, CCM '83

Noted arranger, orchestrator and music producer.

• “Fleming” (’14, BBC American mini-series about Ian Fleming)
• “Rogue” (’13-present, Canadian-British detective TV series)
• “Terra Nova” (’13, 13 episodes of the TV series)
• “Hawaii Five-0” (’10-11, 35 episodes of the TV series)
• “Star Trek: Enterprise” (’03, TV series)
• "Children of Dune" ('03 Emmy-winning mini-series)
• "Band of Brothers" ('01 mini-series, won an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series, plus 21 other awards and 20 nominations)
• "South Pacific" ('01, w/Glenn Close, nominated for two Emmys)

LINKS

• See his Tony-nominated Broadway work.  
  
• See his extensive movie credits.

Zach Mueller, CCM ’10

Audio engineer for A/D productions. Has worked in Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and China.

• “Maestro” (due out in Jan. ’15, sound mixer for feature length film about award-winning conductor Paavo Jarvi, starring violinist Joshua Bell)
• “Gold Rush” (’13, sound mixer for Discovery Channel series filmed in Alaska wilderness where the crew has encountered bears)
• “The Christmas Spirit” (’13, utility sound, Hallmark movie starring Olympia Dukakis
• “Nova” (’13, sound recordist for “Cold Case JFK” episode)
• “Dark Age” (’13, plays Churro, Web series, http://www.darkage.tv)
• “Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell” (13, boom operator for Food Network series)
• “House Hunters International” (’12-13, sound mixer on the HGTV series)
• “Bar Rescue” (’12, sound mixer for Spike TV reality show)

LINKS

• Read story and watch a video from the show.
• Visit Discovery Channel’s website for “Gold Rush.”
• See the "Anna Sun" video that he sound-mixed for Walk the Moon.
• See his movie credit.
• Visit his website.

Kevin McCollum, CCM '84, HonDoc '05

Executive producer of Tony-winning Broadway shows.

• "Smash" ('13, NBC TV series, a cameo appearance as himself in an episode about the Broadway show "The Producers")
  
• "In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams" ('09 documentary starring the cast of the Broadway show "In the Heights," which McCollum produced)

LINKS

• See his long list of Broadway credits.
• See his movie credits.

Dawn Swiderski, CCM ’89

Art director, assistant art director, set designer.

• “House of Cards” (’13, art director for two episodes of the Netflix original series. starring Kevin Spacey)
• "Fail Safe" ('00, CBS movie broadcast live, w/George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss & Walter Cronkite; Swiderski set designer)

LINKS

• See long list of movie credits.
• See UC Mlagazine story about her work on the "Gone Girl" thriller.

Mike Gasaway, DAAP ’93

Director, visual effects, lead character animator.

• "Planet Sheen" ('09-11, Nickelodeon TV series)
• "Back at the Barnyard" ('07-09, Nickelodeon; Gasaway was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Directing in an Animated Program, ’08)
• “The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour" ('06, directed specials 2 and 3)
• "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” ('02-06, directed 25 episodes of the Nickelodeon TV series)
• "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" ('01, lead character animator)

LINK: See his Oscar-nominated movie credit.

Randy Edelman, CCM ’69, HonDoc '04

Composer, orchestrator, conductor, score producer, piano solos, singer/songwriter. Having composed more than 100 scores for television and film, he received BMI’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award in May '03. His score for "The Last of the Mohicans” was nominated for a Golden Globe, and the themes from his "Gettysburg" score are often heard in film trailers and TV shows. His piece of his music has been used for fiim trailers, commercials and major televised events.

• Misc. Academy Awards ceremonies
• "Dancing with the Stars" ('09, ABC series)
• Olympics coverage ('96, '02, '08)
• Super Bowl ('98)
• "Friends" ('98, NBC series)
• World Series ('97)
  
• NBC's NFL telecasts ('95–97)
• "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." ('93, Fox series, 11 episodes)
• "MacGyver" (ABC series, '85-92, 139 episodes)
• "The Chipmunks" (NBC series, 88-89, 24 episodes)

LINKS

• Read the UC Magazine feature on him.
• See his numerous movie listings.
• Read more on his musician listings.
• Visit his website.

Brian Leitten, CCM '01

Producer. Since 2013, has been director of production at Vevo, a music-video website. Former producer at FUSE TV and graphics consultant at Comedy Central.

• “Made” (’09-11, MTV series for which he won an Emmy, director and producer for 2 episodes, producer for 10 other episodes)
• “MTV Video Music Awards” (’02-07, music and talent relations for 6 of the annual programs)
• “Iced Out New Year's Eve 2005” (music and talent relations for the MTV special)

LINKS

• Read more about Leitten from his Jeffrey Hurwitz Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award. (Scroll down to the bottom.)
• See his creativity credits for digital movies.

Jason Packham, CCM '95

Production coordinator. Actor.

• "MADtv" ('06, actor)
  
• "The King of Queens" (production coordinator on 35 episodes, acted in six episodes, '98-05)

LINK: See his movie credit.

Larry Patterson, A&S '66

Producer. Won Emmy awards for the following:

• First episode of NBC's "First Tuesday" news magazine

LINKS

• Read the UC Magazine feature on Larry Patterson.
• See his TV credit.