These are the following people who have attended and/or graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
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Academy Award winners |
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| Woody Allen | Actor, writer, director | TSOA[note 1] | Academy Award 1978, Annie Hall; (1986) Hannah and her Sisters |
| James L. Brooks | Producer | Coursework | Academy Award 1984, "Terms of Endearment" |
| John Canemaker | Director | M.F.A., 1976 | Academy Award 2006, The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation |
| Joel Coen | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor | B.F.A., 1978 | Academy Award 1997, Fargo; (2001), No Country For Old Men (3 Oscars: Screenplay, Director, Picture) |
| Geoffrey Fletcher | Screenwriter | M.F.A., 1999 | Academy Award 2010, Precious |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Actress | TSOA | Academy Award 1991, Ghost |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Actress | M.F.A., 1981 | Academy Award 2001, Pollock |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Actor | B.F.A., 1989 | Academy Award 2006, Capote |
| Angelina Jolie | Actress | TSOA, 1993[note 1] | Academy Award 2000, Girl, Interrupted |
| Ang Lee | Director | M.F.A. | Academy Award 2006, Brokeback Mountain |
| Ken Perlin | Professor at TSOA | Ph.D. 1986 | Academy Award 1997, for the development of Perlin noise |
| Martin Scorsese | Director | B.A., 1964; M.F.A., 1966[1] | Academy Award 2007, The Departed |
| Oliver Stone | Director | B.F.A., 1971[2] | Academy Award 1979, Midnight Express; (1987), Platoon; (1990), Born on the Fourth of July |
| Paul Francis Webster | Composer | 1928-1930[note 1] | Academy Award 1953, Secret Love |
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Emmy Award winners |
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| Woody Allen | Director | NYU[note 1] | Emmy Award (1957) |
| Alec Baldwin | Actor | B.F.A., 1994 | Emmy Award (2008), 30 Rock |
| Felicity Huffman | Actress | B.F.A., 1988 | Emmy Award (2005), Desperate Housewives |
| David Javerbaum | Head writer | M.F.A., 1995 | Emmy Award (2003), (2004), (2005) The Daily Show |
| Tony Kushner | Playwright | M.F.A., 1984 | Emmy Award (2004), Angels in America |
| Damon Lindelof | Head writer, co-creator | B.F.A., 1995 | Emmy Award (2005), Lost |
| Camryn Manheim | Actress | M.F.A., 1987 | Emmy Award (1998), The Practice |
| Debra Messing | Actress | M.F.A., 1993 | Emmy Award (2003), Will and Grace |
| Andy Samberg | Actor | Film | Emmy Award (2007), D*ck in a Box |
| Jeffrey Wright | Actor | M.F.A.[note 1] | Emmy Award (2004), Angels in America |
| Kristen Johnston | Actress | B.F.A. | Emmy Award (1997) (1999), 3rd Rock From the Sun |
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Tony Award winners |
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| Billy Crudup | Actor | M.F.A., 1994 | Tony Award (2007), The Coast of Utopia |
| Tony Kushner | Playwright | M.F.A., 1984 | Tony Award (1994), Angels in America: Perestroika |
| Idina Menzel | Actress, singer, songwriter | B.F.A. | Tony Award (2004), Wicked |
| Donna Murphy | Actress, singer | 1977–1979 | Tony Award (1994), Passion; (1996), The King and I |
| Nikki M James | Actress,singer | B.F.A | Tony Award (2011) The Book Of Mormon |
| Mel Shapiro | Director, writer | Founding member | Tony Award (1972), Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Neil Simon | Playwright | 1944-1945[note 1] | Tony Award (1965), The Odd Couple; (1985), Biloxi Blues; (1991) Lost in Yonkers |
| Jeffrey Wright | Actor | M.F.A.[note 1] | Tony Award (1994), Angels in America: Perestroika |
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Other notable alumni |
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| Raymond Arroyo | Journalist, author | B.F.A. | EWTN news director and anchor |
| Annie Baker | Playwright | B.F.A. | Body Awareness |
| Kristen Bell | Actress | B.F.A., 2002[note 1] | Veronica Mars, Reefer Madness, Heroes, Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
| Julie Benz | Actress | B.F.A., 1994 | Jawbreaker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel |
| Selma Blair | Actress | Coursework[note 1] | The Fog, Cruel Intentions, Scream 2, Hellboy |
| Justin Blanchard | Actor | B.F.A., 2001 | Journey's End (Broadway), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit |
| Alexis Bledel | Actress | B.F.A.[note 1] | Gilmore Girls, Sin City |
| Barry Bostwick | Actor | TSOA, 1968 | Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City |
| Martin Brest | Director | B.F.A., 1973 | Beverly Hills Cop, Meet Joe Black, Gigli |
| James L. Brooks | Producer | Coursework[note 1] | The Simpsons |
| Salvador Carrasco | Director | B.F.A., 1991 | The Other Conquest |
| Susan Cartsonis | President, Wind Dance Films | ||
| Bud Cort | Actor | 1967-1969[note 1] | M*A*S*H, Harold and Maude |
| Billy Crudup | Actor | M.F.A., 1994 | Sleepers, Big Fish, Watchmen |
| Billy Crystal | Actor/filmmaker | B.F.A., 1970 | Analyze This, City Slickers, When Harry met Sally |
| Julie Delpy | Actress | TSOA Directing Program | Before Sunrise, Homo Faber, Three Colors: White |
| Amanda Detmer | Actress | M.F.A. | |
| Lisa Edelstein | Actress | House M.D | |
| Raúl Esparza | Actor | B.F.A. | Tick, Tick... BOOM!, Taboo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Company |
| Nicolas Falacci | Creator/producer/writer | B.F.A., 1981 | Numb3rs |
| Wayne Federman | Comedian/actor/writer | B.F.A. | Legally Blonde, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X-Files |
| Bridget Fonda | Actress | B.F.A., 1986[3] | Doc Hollywood, Jackie Brown |
| Marc Forster | Director | 1990-1993[note 1] | Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace |
| James Franco | Actor/director/writer | M.F.A., 2011[4] | Spider-Man trilogy, Pineapple Express, 127 Hours |
| John Fusco | Screenwriter | B.F.A., 1986 | Young Guns, Thunderheart, Hidalgo, Forbidden Kingdom |
| Melissa Gallo | Actress | B.F.A., 2003 | One Life to Live |
| Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) | Musician, singer-songwriter | B.F.A.[note 1] | Grammy Award 2010 |
| Gina Gershon | Actress | B.F.A., 1983 | The Insider, Showgirls |
| Matthew Gray Gubler | Actor, film director | B.F.A., 2002 | Criminal Minds, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, (500) Days of Summer |
| Michael C Hall | Actor | M.F.A., 1996 | Six Feet Under, Dexter, The Game |
| Wood Harris | Actor | M.F.A., 1983 | Above The Rim |
| Anne Hathaway | Actress | Coursework[note 1] | The Princess Diaries, Rachel Getting Married |
| Ethan Hawke | Writer, actor | Coursework[note 1] | Great Expectations, Snow Falling on Cedars, Training Day |
| Amy Heckerling | Director | B.F.A., 1976 | Look Who's Talking, Loser, Clueless |
| Winnie Holzman | Playwright, screenwriter, producer | M.F.A., 1984 | Wicked the Musical, My So-Called Life, thirtysomething, Once and Again |
| Todd Holoubek | Actor | B.F.A., 2002 | |
| Neal Huff | Actor | M.F.A. | Take Me Out, The Little Dog Laughed |
| Joe Iconis | Composer/lyricist, librettist | B.M., 2003; M.F.A., 2005 | The Black Suits, Jonathan Larson Award 2006, Kleban Award 2007 |
| Jim Jarmusch | Director | Coursework[note 1] | Night on Earth |
| Tamara Jenkins | Writer, director | M.F.A., 1994 | Slums of Beverly Hills, The Savages |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | Producer, co-founder of Dreamworks | Coursework[note 1] | Shrek |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Actor | M.F.A., 1996 | Lost |
| Stanley Kramer | Film producer | B.F.A., 1993 | High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Peter Krause | Actor | M.F.A., 1990 | Sports Night, Six Feet Under |
| Martin Kunert | Writer/director/producer | B.F.A. | Campfire Tales, MTV Fear, Voices of Iraq |
| Eriq La Salle | Actor | B.F.A. | ER |
| Fredric LeBow | Screenwriter | M.F.A., 1970 | While You Were Sleeping |
| Spike Lee | Actor, writer, director, producer | MFA | |
| Thomas Lennon | Actor, screenwriter | B.F.A., 1992 | Reno 911, Night At The Museum |
| Bai Ling | Actress, model | 1991-(year unknown) | |
| Zoe Lister-Jones | Actress, playwright, screenwriter | B.A. | The Little Dog Laughed |
| Darnell Martin | Director | M.F.A. | Cadillac Records |
| Jesse L. Martin | Actor | M.F.A., 1989 | Law and Order, RENT |
| Mary Stuart Masterson | Actress | Coursework[note 1] | Dogtown |
| mc chris | Musician, writer, comedian | ||
| John C. McGinley | Actor | B.F.A. | Scrubs, Platoon, Talk Radio |
| Patrick McGuinn | Director, musician | ||
| Sally Menke | Editor | B.F.A. 1979 | Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs |
| Jesse Merz | Actor, director, professor | B.F.A., 1996 | My Own Private Idaho, Artistic Director, Longview Stageworks |
| Kate Mulgrew | Actress | A.A., 1976 | Star Trek Voyager |
| Jules and Gedeon Naudet | Documentary filmmakers | 1995[5] | 9/11, In God's Name |
| Katie Nisa | Actress, writer | BFA | Threat |
| Karen O | Vocalist | Singer for indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| Jerry O'Connell | Actor | B.F.A., 1995 | Crossing Jordan, Mission to Mars |
| Haley Joel Osment | Actor | Current student | The Sixth Sense, Pay It Forward, A.I., Forrest Gump |
| Dean Parisot | Director | B.F.A., 1979 | Fun with Dick and Jane, Galaxy Quest |
| Todd Phillips | Director, screenwriter | B.F.A., 1994 | Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, The Hangover |
| Derek Pike | Director | B.F.A., 2010 | |
| Matt Pizzolo | Director, writer, producer | Coursework[note 1] | Threat |
| Keith Powell | Actor | B.F.A., 2001 | 30 Rock |
| Brett Ratner | Director | B.F.A., 1991 | Rush Hour, Red Dragon |
| Fred Ritchin | Writer | former New York Times editor | |
| James Roday | Actor | B.F.A. | Psych |
| Adam Sandler | Actor, comedian, producer | B.F.A., 1991 | Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy, Funny People |
| M. Night Shyamalan | Writer, director | B.F.A., 1992 | The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Happening |
| Steven Sills | Screenwriter | B.F.A., 1993 | Sinner |
| Morgan Spurlock | Director | B.F.A., 1993 | Supersize Me |
| Maura Tierney | Actress | Coursework[note 1] | ER, News Radio, Primary Colors |
| John Waters | Director | Coursework[note 1] | Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Hairspray, Serial Mom |
| Chandra Wilson | Actress | B.F.A., 1991 | Grey's Anatomy |
| Mara Wilson | Actress | B.F.A., 2009 | Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda, Miracle On 34th Street |
| Rainn Wilson | Actor | M.F.A., 1989 | Six Feet Under, The Office |
| Kevin Willmott | Writer, director | M.F.A. | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America |
| Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo | Director | B.F.A., 2002 | Pâté, After.Life |
| Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett | Musician | B.F.A., 2005 | Member of girl group Danity Kane |
| Doug Wright | Playwright | TSOA, 1987 | Winner, 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| Richard W. Haines | Feature Film Producer/Director and Film Historian | B.F.A., 1979 | |
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