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Model maker, Charlie Bailey |
Sarah Jessica Parker, CCM Prep School
"Sex and the City" (movie & 94 TV episodes '98-04)
ACTORS from TV CLASSICS
Hugh O'Brian, att. '43
"Wyatt Earp" ('55-61)
Tennessee Ernie Ford variety shows ('56-65)
Albert Hague, CCM '42
"Fame" (played Professor Shorofsky in 1980 film & 131 TV episodes, '82-97)
Pamela Myers, CCM '69
"Alice" ('79-84)
"Starsky and Hutch" ('77)
"Sha Na Na" ('77)
"Happy Days" ('75)
SOAP OPERA FAVORITES
David Canary, A&S '60
"All My Children" ('83-present, 435 episodes as both Adam & Stuart Chandler, for which he won five Emmys)
Also TV series "Bonanza" ('67-73, as ranch foreman "Candy")
"Passions" ('99-present as T.C. Russell)
"The Young and the Restless" ('98-99 as Trey Stark)
VOICE ARTISTS
Vicki Lewis, CCM '80
"Finding Nemo"
Also TV shows: "Grey's Anatomy," "Home Improvement"
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ('87-95)
"California Raisins"
"Pinky and the Brain" theme song
"Animaniacs"
Also movie "Full Metal Jacket"
Also miniseries "Roots: The Next Generation"
146 film credits in all
SUPPORTING ACTORS
Teddi Siddall, CCM '75
"Prizzi's Honor" (w/Jack Nicholson)
Also TV shows: "Grey's Anatomy," "LA Law," "Hill Street Blues," "Happy Days"
(Ray) Cooper Thornton, CCM '92
"Fracture" (w/Sir Anthony Hopkins)
"Flightplan" (w/Jodie Foster)
Also TV shows: "My Name Is Earl," "House, M.D.," "The Office," "Hanna Montana," "Scrubs"
STUNT PERFORMERS
Nicole Callender, CCM '92
"Law and Order"
"Third Watch"
"All My Children"
Philip Solomon, CCM '93
"A Thousand Words" ('09, w/ Eddie Murphy)
"Rush Hour 3" (w/Jackie Chan)
TV ACTORS IN NON-LEADING ROLES
Diana Maria Riva, CCM '91, MFA (CCM) '95 (aka Deanna Uhlenbrock)
"The Ghost Whisperer"
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
"West Wing" (recurring role as Santos deputy campaign manager Edie Ortega)
"24"
"Judging Amy"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Friends"
"CSI"
"Numb3rs"
"The Sopranos"
"Law & Order"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
"CSI"
"Cold Case"
"24"
"ER"
"Six Feet Under"
"Six Feet Under"
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
"Frasier"
"Friends"
VISUAL-EFFECTS PRODUCER
Debbie Denise, CCM '73
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
"The Polar Express"
"Forrest Gump"*
"Death Becomes Her"* (Academy Award winner, Best Visual Effects)
"Valkyrie" (w/Tom Cruise)
(*She was visual effects producer at Industrial Light and Magic for these two shows. The rest of them came from her position as executive VP, Sony Pictures Imageworks.)
MINIATURE-MODEL MAKER
Charlie Bailey, DAAP '71
"Pirates of the Caribbean" -- all 3 movies
"Star Wars" -- 4 movies: "The Empire Strikes Back," "Return of the Jedi," "Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones"
"Jurassic Park," 1st & 3rdmovies
"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"
"Indiana Jones" -- 3 movies: "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Last Crusade," "Temple of Doom" "Poltergeist"
(He created and/or oversaw miniature model work for these films while at Industrial Light and Magic.)
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Writer Earl Hamner |
Earl Hamner, CCM '48
"The Waltons" (210 TV episodes, '72-81, plus 5 specials, Emmy-winning creator, executive producer, writer, narrator)
"Charlotte's Web" ('73 animated movie, wrote the screenplay)
"Falcon Crest" (32 TV episodes, '81-83, producer)
"Twilight Zone" (8 episodes, '62-64, writer)
"30 Rock" (co-executive producer, writer, '06-present, '08 & '07 Primetime Emmys, Outstanding Comedy Series)
"Will & Grace" (co-executive producer, '05-06)
"The Larry Sanders Show" (co-executive producer, writer, actor, 2 Emmy nominations)
"WKRP in Cincinnati" (TV show, '78-82, writer, producer, director)
"Wonder Woman" (TV show, '76-77, executive producer)
"The Love Boat" (TV show, '76-86, executive producer)
"The Odd Couple" (TV show, '70-75, executive producer)
"The Brady Bunch" (TV show, '69-74, executive producer)
"Star Trek" (TV show, '66, executive producer)
COMPOSERS
Albert Hague, CCM '42
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ('66 score on TV, '00 on film)
Also Grammy & Tony winner for "Redhead"
Randy Edelman, CCM '69, HonDoc '04
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
"Shanghai Noon" (w/Jackie Chan)
"The Last of the Mohicans"
"While You Were Sleeping" (w/ Sandra Bullock)
Also BMI's '03 Outstanding Career Achievement Award
"Picnic" (w/Kim Novak)
"The World of Suzie Wong" (w/William Holden)
TV episodes: "Star Trek" ('67-68), "Dennis the Menace" ('59)
More than 400 TV and film credits in all
ANIMATOR, DIRECTOR
Mike Gasaway, DAAP '93
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (Academy Award nominee, Best Animated Film; Gasaway, lead character animator)
"Back at the Barnyard" ('07-present, Nickelodeon; '08 Daytime Emmy nomination to Gasaway for directing an animated program)
"The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron" TV series
ILLUSTRATOR, ARTIST, VISUAL-EFFECTS ART DIRECTOR
George Hull, DAAP '93
"The Matrix" -- 2 movies: "Revolutions," "Reloaded" "Finding Nemo"
"Jurassic Park: The Lost World"
"Star Wars" -- 3 special edition movies: "The Return of the Jedi," "The Empire Strikes Back," "Star Wars"
"Forrest Gump" (Academy Award winner, Best Visual Effects)
MAKEUP ARTIST
Brad Look, MFA (CCM) '88
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Star Trek" -- 2 movies: "First Contact," "Insurrection"; 3 TV series: "Enterprise," "Voyager," "Deep Space Nine" (won an Emmy for "Star Trek: Voyager")
"Race to Witch Mountain" (Disney film in production)
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
Jessica Peel, DAAP '93
"Princess Diaries," 1st & 2nd movies
"Spider-Man 2"
"Secondhand Lions"
"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"
Assistant art director, set designer
Dawn Swiderski, CCM '89
"Bruce Almighty"
"James and the Giant Peach"
"What Dreams May Come"
CAMERMAN
Maryan Evans Infield, DAAP '78
"Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi"
"Dune"
Also TV shows: "Star Trek," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Falcon Crest"
Also concerts starring: Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder
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