EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Formed 1961 by the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute (1921) and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music (1883).

Location:
Valencia, CA

Founding Date:
1961

Enrollment:
787

Official Website:
http://www.calarts.com/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brad Bird	Film Director	24-Sep-1956		The Incredibles
Jesse Borrego	Actor	1-Aug-1962		Gael Ortega on 24
Tim Burton	Film Director	25-Aug-1958		The Nightmare Before Christmas
Merritt Butrick	Actor	3-Sep-1959	17-Mar-1989	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Don Cheadle	Actor	29-Nov-1964		Ocean's 11, Boogie Nights
Sofia Coppola	Film Director	14-May-1971		Lost in Translation
Gail Ann Dorsey	Bassist	20-Nov-1962		Bowie bassist and solo artist
Dan Gorlin	Computer Programmer	c. 1956		Choplifter
Ed Harris	Actor	28-Nov-1950		The Rock
David Hasselhoff	Actor	17-Jul-1952		Knight Rider, Baywatch
Stephen Hillenburg	Cartoonist	21-Aug-1961		Creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
Mark Tapio Kines	Film Director	26-Apr-1970		Foreign Correspondents
John Lasseter	Film Director	12-Jan-1957		Toy Story
Chris Lemmon	Actor	22-Jun-1954		Son of Jack Lemmon
Kevin Lima	Film Director	1962		Enchanted
James Mangold	Film Director	16-Dec-1963		Walk the Line
John Musker	Film Director	8-Nov-1953		Aladdin
Laraine Newman	Comic	2-Mar-1952		Original member of Saturday Night Live
Dana Reeve	Activist	19-Feb-1961	6-Mar-2006	Christopher Reeve Foundation
Paul Reubens	Actor	27-Aug-1952		Pee-wee Herman
Michael Richards	Actor	24-Jul-1949		Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld
Edward Ruscha	Painter	16-Dec-1937		Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
Douglas Rushkoff	Author	18-Feb-1961		Cyberculture analyst
Katey Sagal	Actor	19-Jan-1954		Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Henry Selick	Film Director	30-Nov-1952		The Nightmare Before Christmas
Ann Telnaes	Cartoonist	1960		Political cartoonist

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kathryn Bigelow	Film Director	27-Nov-1951		Strange Days
Harold Budd	Electronic Musician	24-May-1936		Ambient composer, Eno collaborator
Mark Harris	Novelist	19-Nov-1922	30-May-2007	Bang the Drum Slowly
Monte Hellman	Film Director	12-Jul-1932		Two-Lane Blacktop
Alexander Mackendrick	Film Director	8-Sep-1912	22-Dec-1993	The Sweet Smell of Success
Morton Subotnick	Electronic Musician	13-Apr-1933		Silver Apples of the Moon
James Tenney	Composer	10-Aug-1934	24-Aug-2006	A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank E. Baxter	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Jefferies & Company, 1987-2000
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Business	21-Dec-1950		Produced Shrek
Sanford M. Litvack	Attorney	c. 1937		General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Donald Marron	Business	21-Jul-1934		PaineWebber CEO
Peter Norton	Computer Programmer	14-Nov-1943		Retired computer utilities programmer

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