This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and administrators of Emerson College, a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Notable alumni Film and television production
Pamela Abdy (1995), film producer and executive, co-CEO of Warner Bros. Patricia Alvarado Nuñez (MA, 1993), television producer and director for PBS Paul Thomas Anderson (did not graduate), Academy Award-winning director known for Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood Roberto Bentivegna, screenwriter known for House of Gucci Jay Bienstock (1987), television producer Dave Blass (1990), production designer Kevin S. Bright (1976), television producer known for Friends Jim Cummings (2009), filmmaker and actor known for Thunder Road The Daniels (Daniel Kwan '10 and Daniel Scheinert '09), directors known for Swiss Army Man and Everything Everywhere All at Once Vin Di Bona (1966), television producer known for MacGyver Paul Dini (1979), screenwriter, known for Batman: The Animated Series David Flebotte, television producer and writer John Frink (1985), screenwriter known for The Simpsons Todd J. Greenwald (1991), television producer known for Wizards of Waverly Place John Harrison (1971), director and producer best known for Dune and Frank Herbert's Dune Doug Herzog (1981), television producer and MTV Networks executive Shane Hurlbut (1987), cinematographer Laura Kightlinger, television writer and producer Marci Klein (did not graduate), television producer known for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock Richard LaGravenese (1980), director and screenwriter known for The Bridges of Madison County Norman Lear (did not graduate), television producer known for All in the Family and Sanford and Son Adele Lim (1996), director known for Crazy Rich Asians Joe Mande (2005), television producer and writer Terry Matalas (1998), television producer known for 12 Monkeys and Star Trek: Picard Michael McCusker (1988), editor known for Logan and Ford v Ferrari Erik Messerschmidt (2003), cinematographer known for Mank Amir Mokri (1981), cinematographer Max Mutchnick (1987), television producer known for Will & Grace Anna Hamilton Phelan (1965), screenwriter known for Girl, Interrupted Brittany Martin Porter (2010), television producer known for The Voice Felicia Pride (MA, 2005), writer and producer known for Grey's Anatomy Jacobo Rispa, Spanish television producer Stefani Robinson (2014), screenwriter known for Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows Bill Schulz (1998), writer and television producer George Scribner (1975), director and animator known for Oliver & Company Tyler Taormina (2013), director and screenwriter known for Christmas Eve in Miller's Point Alex Tse (1998), screenwriter known for Watchmen Lilly Wachowski (did not graduate), director and screenwriter known for The Matrix Harris Wittels (2006), comedian and television writer known for Parks and Recreation
Acting and performing arts
Mary Kay Adams, actress, known for work on Guiding Light and Babylon 5 Pearl Aday, singer Landry Allbright, actress Anania (2022), internet personality and actress Michael Angelakos, singer-songwriter known for Passion Pit Anthony Atamanuik (1997), actor, comedian, and Donald Trump impressionist Sarah Borges (1990), singer-songwriter Glenn Branca, avant garde composer and guitarist Bill Burr (1993), comedian and actor Kerem Bürsin, television actor Tim Burton, saxophonist for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Mario Cantone (1982), actor and comedian Ian Cardoni (2012), actor and voice talent; current voice of "Rick" on Adult Swim's Rick and Morty Anthony Clark (1986), television actor, known for Yes, Dear Bonnie Comley (MA, 1994), Tony Award-winning theater producer Jennifer Coolidge, actress and comedian, known for American Pie and The White Lotus Billy Costa, radio personality Michael Cyril Creighton (2001), actor known for Only Murders in the Building David Cross (did not graduate), actor and comedian, known for Mr. Show and Arrested Development Gabe Dunn (2009), podcaster and writer known for Just Between Us and Bad with Money Richard Dysart (BS 1956, MS 1981), actor, known for L.A. Law Joely Fisher (did not graduate), actress Gina Gershon (did not graduate), actress Natalie Gold, actress known for Succession Spalding Gray (1965), actor and performance artist Adam Green (did not graduate), musician known for The Moldy Peaches Louise Closser Hale, actress and playwright Elden Henson (did not graduate), actor known for Daredevil Eric Hutchinson, singer-songwriter Abbi Jacobson (did not graduate), actress and comedian known for Broad City Jen Kirkman, comedian and podcaster Paul Kreppel (1969), actor and theatre producer Denis Leary (1979), comedian and actor Brandon Lee (did not graduate), actor and martial artist known for The Crow Jay Leno (1973), comedian and talk show host Jack Lepiarz (2010), circus performer and former WBUR anchor Dev Lemons, singer-songwriter and record producer Dan Levy (2003), comedian Sunita Mani (2008), actress Andrea Martin (1969), actress and comedian Matt McGorry (2008), actor known for Orange Is the New Black Shelley Mitchell (did not graduate), actress and performance coach Lance Norris, actor and comedian Michael Nouri, actor known for Flashdance Morgan Page, music producer Eddie Palladino (1979), announcer for the Boston Celtics Don Pardo (1942), television personality Penny Peyser (1973), film and television actress Chrystee Pharris (1998), actress known for Passions Eugene Roche (1953), television actor Hartley Sawyer (2007), actor known for CW's The Flash Iliza Shlesinger (2005), comedian and actress Emily Skeggs (2012), actress known for Fun Home Michael Grant Terry, actor known for Bones Natasha Gregson Wagner (did not graduate), actress George Watsky (2010), poet and rapper Justin Willman (2002), television personality Henry Winkler (1967), actor known for Happy Days and Barry Gene Wood, television personality and game show host Steven Wright (1978), comedian Elisha Yaffe (2007), television actor
Literature Mary P. Burrill (1904), playwright of the Harlem Renaissance Gerry Duggan (1996), comic book writer for Marvel Comics Denise Duhamel (1984), poet Jack Gantos (1976), children's book writer Seth Grahame-Smith (1998), novelist and screenwriter Jody Houser (MFA), comic book writer Don Lee (MFA, faculty), fiction writer and former editor of the literary journal Ploughshares Thomas Lux (1970), poet and academic Chris Lynch (MA), YA novelist Carl Menninger (MA), stage director and playwright Erik Mona, writer known for Dungeons & Dragons game magazines Porsha Olayiwola (MFA, 2022, faculty), poet laureate of Boston Joe Randazzo (2002), comedy writer known for The Onion Taylor Jenkins Reid (2005), novelist known for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Kim Roberts (1984), poet Olen Steinhauer (MFA, 1999), television producer and spy novelist Laurie Faria Stolarz (MFA), YA novelist Cecilia Tan (MA, 1994), writer, publisher, and founder of Circlet Press Laura van den Berg (MFA, 2008), author Nicola Yoon (MA, 1999), YA novelist known for Everything, Everything
Journalism
Julie Banderas (1996), television news correspondent and anchor for Fox News Veronica Belmont (2004), technology journalist and media personality Steve Berthiaume (1987), sportscaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks Warren Bobrow (1985), culinary writer and chef Jared Bowen (1998), reporter and editor at WGBH-TV Ben Collins (2010), reporter for NBC News and The Daily Beast Morton Dean (1957), television correspondent and anchor, known for CBS Evening News and Good Morning America Greg Dickerson, sideline reporter for the Boston Celtics Frank Fixaris (1956), broadcast reporter and anchor at WGME-TV Al Jaffe (1968), broadcast producer and executive Mike Joy, sportscaster for NASCAR Wayne Larrivee (1977), sports broadcaster for the Green Bay Packers Gene Lavanchy (1986), reporter and anchor for WFXT Boston 25 Dion Lim (2006), television anchor for KGO-TV Leslie Marshall, journalist and talk radio host Maria Menounos (2000), entertainment journalist and media personality Tim Neverett (1988), sportscaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers Josh Pahigian (MFA, 2001), baseball sportswriter Anaridis Rodriguez (2011), television correspondent anchor for WBZ-TV Matt Shearer (2009), reporter for WBZ NewsRadio Lauren Sherman (2004), fashion writer Katya Soldak (2003), journalist and editor for Forbes Matt Spiegel (1992), sports broadcaster Kristin Tate, libertarian columnist and commentator Susan Wornick (1971), television reporter and anchor
Business
Benjamin Bronfman (did not graduate), environmentalist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown (1979), make-up artist and entrepreneur Will Dawkins (2008), basketball executive and general manager of the Washington Wizards Ada Crogman Franklin, newspaper publisher Marian Goodman, art dealer Rob Hennigan (2004), basketball executive and former general manager of the Orlando Magic Jayceeoh (2004), music producer and DJ Sam Presti (2000), basketball executive and general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder Sara Weeks Roberts, president of the National Library for the Blind Wishnutama (took courses), Indonesian executive
Academia Elma Lewis (1943), arts educator and founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists Guy McElroy (1975), art historian Henry Lawrence Southwick, second president of Emerson College Jessie Eldridge Southwick, actress, author, and Emerson College professor
Politics Elspeth B. Cypher (1980), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Susan Del Percio, political strategist Jaclyn Friedman (MFA, 2004), feminist activist Doris Haddock (honorary degree, did not graduate), campaign finance reform activist Chris Hurst (2009), activist and member of the Virginia House of Delegates Hussein Ibish (1986), Arab-American activist and scholar Suzan Johnson Cook (1976), political advisor and pastor Gaynelle Griffin Jones (1969), former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas Katherine G. Langley, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky Julie Mayberry, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Peter Meade (1970), head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority under Mayor Thomas Menino Alice Moore Hubbard, feminist writer and suffragette Elaine Noble (MS, 1970), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Jerry Parisella (1988), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Michael Rulli (1991), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio Kotaro Tatsumi, Japanese politician and member of the Japanese House of Representatives from Osaka
Sports Geoffrey Gray (2019), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Skip Lockwood (1976), Major League Baseball pitcher Jessie Ward (2007), professional wrestler and television producer
Visual arts Derek Paul Jack Boyle, visual artist Ken Fallin (1974), illustrator and cartoonist Spencer Tunick (1988), photographer
Miscellaneous Princess Noor bint Asem (2004), member of the Jordanian royal family Princess Sarah bint Asem (BA, 2000, MA, 2002), member of the Jordanian royal family James Parry, internet personality and comedian
Fictional alumni Nancy Wheeler, from the television series Stranger Things Zach Stone, as portrayed by Bo Burnham, from the television series "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous"
Faculty Jonathan Aaron (1988–present), poet David Akiba, photographer Jay Baron Nicorvo, poet and essayist Melia Bensussen (2000–present), theater director Sven Birkerts, literary critic Benjamin Bolger, perpetual student Tony Cennamo, radio host and disc jockey and host Helen Chasin, poet Samuel James Cornish, poet Rashin Fahandej, artist Jim Finn, independent filmmaker Andy Fish, artist, writer, and graphic novelist Ted Gup, writer and journalist