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List of University of Michigan alumni A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

'' This is a list of arts-related alumni from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Art, architecture, and design

* Benny Alba, artist, graduated in psychology * James Baird, civil engineer; directed the construction of the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier *

Bill Barrett William Emery Barrett (February 9, 1929 – September 20, 2016) was an American Republican Party United States, Republican politician from Nebraska who served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001 as the con ...

(BS 1958, MS, MFA), sculptor and painter * John W. F. Bennett, civil engineer; supervised the construction of the Algonquin Hotel in New York and the Ritz and Waldorf Hotels in London *

Raymond Ward Bissell Raymond Ward Bissell, Jr. (October 23, 1936 – October 26, 2019) was an American art historian and educator. A scholar of Italian Baroque art, Bissell was Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan. Career Born in New York City to R ...

(BA 1958, PhD 1966), Professor of Art History Emeritus at the

Jonathan M. Bloom Jonathan Max Bloom (born April 7, 1950) is an American art historian and educator. Bloom has served as the dual Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, along with his wife, Sheila Blair. Career Blo ...

(MA 1975), Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classified ...

Charles Correa Charles Mark Correa (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban p ...

(ARCH: B.Arch. 1953, Honorary Doctor of Architecture 1980) *

John DeLorean John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company. DeLorean ma ...

(BUS: MBA 1957), GM Group Vice President; designer of the DeLorean *

John Dinkeloo Roche-Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), is an architectural firm based in Hamden, Connecticut founded in 1966. About The principal designers were 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche (June 19 ...

, civil engineer; partner of 1982

Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...

laureate

Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He was responsible for the design/master planning for over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These projects in ...

in the firm

Roche-Dinkeloo Roche-Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), is an architectural firm based in Hamden, Connecticut founded in 1966. About The principal designers were 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche (June 19 ...

Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow (April 10, 1904 – August 20, 1983) was an American architect based in Midland, Michigan, and known for his contributions to the style of Michigan Modern. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than ...

, architect; son of

Herbert Henry Dow Herbert Henry Dow (February 26, 1866 – October 15, 1930) was a Canadian-born American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. He was a graduate of Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, ...

(founder of the

Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastics ...

) and Grace A. Dow *

Dan Dworsky Daniel Leonard Dworsky (October 4, 1927 – January 19, 2022) was an American architect who was a longstanding member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Among other works, Dworsky designed Crisler Arena, the basketbal ...

(ARCH: B.Arch. 1950), designed the University's

Crisler Arena Crisler Center (formerly known as the University Events Building and Crisler Arena) is an indoor arena located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home arena for the University of Michigan's men's and women's basketball teams as well as its women's ...

and the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles; member of varsity football starting team at Michigan, 1945–1948; played professionally for the Los Angeles Dons in 1949; member of Jewish Sports Hall of Fame; all-time 50-year Rose Bowl team *

Tony Fadell Anthony Michael Fadell (born March 22, 1969) is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He was senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple Inc. and founder and former CEO of Nest Labs. Fadell joined Apple Inc. in 20 ...

(COE: BSE CompE 1991), "father of the

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancest ...

iPod The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about months after the Macintosh version of iTunes wa ...

" *

Jesse Frohman Jesse Frohman is a photographer who lives and works in New York City. Career Studying economics at the University of Michigan, Frohman discovered his passion for photography. With no formal training, he decided to try photography as a career and ...

(BA Economics), photographer * Mike Kelley (BFA 1976), gross-out artist in L.A. in the style of

Paul McCarthy Paul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Life McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1945. He studied art at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, and later continued ...

* Richard Keyes (SOAD: BA Design 1957), Professor Emeritus at

Long Beach City College Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus in Lakewood Village and the Pacific Coast Campus in central Long Beach ...

, after a 30-year career there teaching life drawing and painting *

Charles L. Kuhn Charles Louis Kuhn II (December 14, 1901 – July 21, 1985) was an American art historian and curator. Kuhn was the Director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University from 1930 to 1968. Career Kuhn graduated from the University of ...

(BA 1923), Director of the

Busch-Reisinger Museum The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

* Maynard Lyndon (1907–1999), architect * Malcolm McCullough, U of M ARCH professor and author *

Tristan Meinecke Tristan Meinecke (1916–2004) was an American artist, architect and musician who spent most of his life and career in Chicago. He was married to television and radio actress Angel Casey. His widely varied body of work explored abstract expressio ...

(c. 1942, did not graduate), painter, writer, architect. *

Charles Willard Moore Charles Willard Moore (October 31, 1925 – December 16, 1993) was an American architect, educator, writer, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991. He is often labeled as the father of pos ...

(ARCH: B.Arch 1947, Hon Arch D. 1992), designer of Lurie Tower on Michigan's North Campus; winner of the

AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." It is the Ins ...

in 1991 * Robert Nickle (BA 1943), artist known primarily for his "street scrap"

collage Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an Assemblage (art), assemblage of different forms, thus creat ...

work; studied architecture and design at Michigan; worked and taught at the

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

* Michele Oka Doner, American artist and writer. Stamps School of Art & Design: BFA, 1966; MFA, 1968, Alumna in Residence, 1990, Hon. Dr. Fine Arts, 2016. *

Jason Polan Jason Daniel Polan (July 17, 1982 – January 27, 2020) was an American artist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan who lived and worked in New York City. Polan's illustrations have been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''Metropolis ...

, American artist and illustrator. Stamps School of Art & Design: BFA, 2004 *

Ralph Rapson Ralph Rapson (September 13, 1914 – March 29, 2008) was Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota for 30 years. He was one of the world's oldest practicing architects at his death at age 93, and also one of the most ...

, head of architecture at the University of Minnesota for many years; one of the world's oldest and most prolific practicing architects at his death at age 93 *

Warren M. Robbins Warren Murray Robbins (September 4, 1923 – December 4, 2008) was an American art collector, whose collection of African art led to the formation of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution. Robbins was born in Worcest ...

(MFA), art collector whose collection led to the formation of the

National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-S ...

at the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Found ...

* Bernard "Tony" Rosenthal (BA 1936), abstract sculptor * Alison Ruttan (BFA, Photography, 1976), American interdisciplinary artist and educator at the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

Eric Staller Eric Staller is an American artist born September 14, 1947. He uses light and architecture as a medium to create and design works of art. Biography Staller was born in 1947 in Mineola, New York; he is the oldest of five children. His father is a ...

(BA 1971, Artist Architecture) * William A. Starrett, builder of the

Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from " Empire State", the nickname of the ...

* Harold P. Stern (BA 1943, MA 1948, PhD 1959), Director of the

Freer Gallery of Art The Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. focusing on Asian art. The Freer and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. The Freer and S ...

Marilyn Stokstad Marilyn Jane Stokstad (February 16, 1929 – March 4, 2016) was an American art historian, educator, and curator. A scholar of medieval and Spanish art, Stokstad was Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus at the Uni ...

(PhD, 1957), Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

* Martha Tedeschi (MA, 1982), Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945)He is presumed to have died in 1947, although the circumstances of his death are not clear and this date has been disputed. Some reports claim he was alive years later. 31 J ...

(ARCH: B.Arch 1935), Swedish diplomat famous for assisting Hungarian Jews in late World War II; namesake of the Wallenberg Fellowship and Taubman College's Wallenberg Studio *

Judd Winick Judd Winick (born February 12, 1970) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality. He first gained fame for his stint on MTV's ''The Real World: San Francisco'' in 1994, before f ...

(BA 1992 Drawing and Painting), cartoonist, screenwriter, author

Arts and entertainment

Alumni lives in film

* In '' 42'',

Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4billion in North America and more than $9.3billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America. He is the recipient o ...

plays

Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. He also creat ...

(J.D., 1911), the baseball manager who helped break baseball's color line by promoting the career of Jackie Robinson played by

Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Aaron Boseman (; November 29, 1976August 28, 2020) was an American actor. During his two-decade career, Boseman received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, ...

. * In '' The Bit Player'' John Hutton played

Claude Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as a "father of information theory". As a 21-year-old master's degree student at the Massachusetts I ...

the father of information theory, celebrating the 2016 centenary of Shannon's birth * In ''

Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920 ...

'',

Harry M. Daugherty Harry Micajah Daugherty (; January 26, 1860 – October 12, 1941) was an American politician. A key Ohio Republican political insider, he is best remembered for his service as Attorney General of the United States under Presidents Warren G. Hard ...

the 51st United States Attorney is portrayed by

Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor. McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy ''Happy Gilmore''. Other notable ...

* In '' Capote'',

William Shawn William Shawn (''né'' Chon; August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited ''The New Yorker'' from 1952 until 1987. Early life and education Shawn was born William Chon on August 31, 1907, in Chicago, Illino ...

, editor of

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

was portrayed by

Bob Balaban Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared. Balab ...

and in the 2012 film ''

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

'' by

Nicholas Woodeson Nicholas Woodeson (born 30 November 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor, and Drama Desk and Olivier award nominee. Early life Woodeson was born in Sudan and lived in the Middle East as a boy. He started performing at prep sc ...

. * In ''

Compulsion Compulsion may refer to: * Compulsive behavior, a psychological condition in which a person does a behavior compulsively, having an overwhelming feeling that they must do so. * Obsessive–compulsive disorder, a mental disorder characterized by i ...

'' Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb (

Leopold and Loeb Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago ...

), who are played by Judd Steiner and Artie Strauss, attempt to commit the perfect murder. They are defended at trial by

Clarence Darrow Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of t ...

who also attended the University of Michigan * In '' Driven'',

Lee Pace Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. He is known for starring as Thranduil the Elvenking in ''The Hobbit'' trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the AMC period drama television series '' Halt and Catch Fire''. He has also a ...

plays

and portrays the development of his car and his legal entanglements * In '' DeLorean'' (MBA 1957) is a documentary directed by

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning filmmakers

D. A. Pennebaker Donn Alan Pennebaker (; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subjects. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci ...

and

Chris Hegedus Chris Hegedus (born April 23, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker. She and her husband, filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, founded the company Pennebaker Hegedus Films. Hegedus was nominated for an Academy Award for ''The War Room'', a behind-t ...

. It chronicles John DeLorean throughout the launch of his DeLorean sports car in 1981. * In '' The Devil in the White City'', Leonardo DiCaprio will play

Herman Webster Mudgett Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Until his execution in 1896, h ...

(MD 1884), one of the first documented serial killers. * In '' The Fab Five'', Michigan's pathbreaking basketball recruiting class is depicted. * In the 1998 HBO miniseries ''

From the Earth to the Moon ''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil W ...

'',

Jerome Wiesner Jerome Bert Wiesner (May 30, 1915 – October 21, 1994) was a professor of electrical engineering, chosen by President John F. Kennedy as chairman of his Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Educated at the University of Michigan, Wiesner was asso ...

, former MIT president was portrayed by

Al Franken Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He gained fame as a writer and performer on the television comed ...

. * In ''

Gifted Hands ''Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story'' or simply ''Gifted Hands'' is an autobiographical book about the success story of Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and future politician, and his life going from a failing student to leading a team of surgeons ...

'', Cuba Gooding plays neurosurgeon

Ben Carson Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he ...

(M.D. 1977). * In '' Gimme Danger'', a

Jim Jarmusch James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' (19 ...

film,

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the " Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who w ...

(M.D.N.G.) plays himself, the front-man for

The Stooges The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, was an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Da ...

. * In ''

Harmon of Michigan ''Harmon of Michigan'' is a 1941 American film starring Anita Louise and Larry Parks. Ostensibly a biopic about University of Michigan football player Tom Harmon's post-collegiate career as a coach, it was actually filmed immediately upon his grad ...

'',

Tom Harmon Thomas Dudley Harmon (September 28, 1919 – March 15, 1990), known as Tom Harmon, as well as by the nickname "Old 98", was an American football player, military pilot, actor, and sports broadcaster. Harmon grew up in Gary, Indiana, and playe ...

(B.A. 1940), football player and athlete, plays himself. * In ''I am alive today: History of an AIDS Drug'',

Jerome Horwitz Jerome Phillip Horwitz (January 16, 1919 – September 6, 2012) was an American scientist; his affiliations included the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Michigan Cancer Foundation. ...

, primary investigator for the AZT drug (used to treat AIDS) is featured. * In '' Inherit the Wind'',

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two cons ...

plays trial attorney and alumnus

(M.D.N.G. 1878). * In '' The Insider''

Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...

was played by actor

Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...

in the 1999 feature film. * In ''Jessye Norman: A Portrait'', the life of opera singer

Jessye Norman Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert ...

was documented. * In ''

Love, Gilda ''Love, Gilda'' is a 2018 in film, 2018 American-Canadian documentary film directed and co-produced by Lisa Dapolito. The film is about the life and career of American comedian Gilda Radner. ''Love, Gilda'' premiered on April 18, 2018 at the Trib ...

'', the life of alumna and comedian

Gilda Radner Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian, and one of the seven original cast members of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). In h ...

is documented. Radner was previously memorialized in another film

Gilda Live ''Gilda Live'' is a 1980 American comedy documentary film starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels. Radner and Michaels and all of the writers involved with the production were alumni from the television progr ...

, which is a 1980 American comedy documentary film starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels. * In '' Madonna: Truth or Dare'', singer

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

(M.D.N.G. 1977) plays herself. * In '' Mike Wallace Is Here'', the career of American journalist Mike Wallace is described. * In '' Arthur Miller: Writer'' (March 2018), HBO documentary the life of playwright

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

is Directed and narrated by his daughter Rebecca * In ''

Mozart and the Whale ''Mozart and the Whale'' (released as ''Crazy in Love'' in some parts of Europe) is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Petter Næss and starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell. The film is loosely based on the lives of Jerry and ...

'', Josh Hartnett plays autistic savant Jerry Newport (B.A.). * In ''

Night and the City ''Night and the City'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studio ...

'' (1992), ''

The Great White Hype ''The Great White Hype'' is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson and Jamie Foxx. Th ...

'', and ''

Rocky Balboa Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in all eight ...

'',

Bert Sugar Herbert Randolph Sugar (June 7, 1936 – March 25, 2012) was an American boxing writer and sports historian known for his trademark fedora and unlit cigar. Biography Early life and education Sugar was born in Washington, D.C. on June 7, 1936 ...

, plays himself (author, odds-maker, boxing aficionado). * In ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway,

Jeff Marx Jeff Marx (born September 10, 1970) is an American composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical ''Avenue Q'' with collaborator Robert Lopez. Early life Marx grew up in Hollywood, Florida. He attended ...

(and his parents) can be seen in the documentary film which followed the trajectories of four Tony-nominated musicals from 2004,

Avenue Q ''Avenue Q'' is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of ...

, Wicked, Taboo and Caroline, or Change. Marx, along with filmmaker Dori Berinstein and actor

Alan Cumming Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a British actor. His London stage appearances include ''Hamlet'', the Maniac in '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in '' Bent'', The National Theatre ...

, provided the audio commentary for the documentary's DVD. * In '' Spellbound'' (2002), Harry Altman plays himself, a contestant who goes on to earn a Ph.D. from Michigan in mathematics. * In '' Spelling the Dream'', Michigan graduate Nupur Lala's 1999 spelling bee victory is documented in this 2018 film; Ms. Lala also appeared as herself in Spellbound * In '' Stargate: Continuum'' Some scenes were filmed on board (SSN-757). The then-captain of the Alexandria, Commander Mike Bernacchi, played himself. * In ''

The Orchid Thief ''The Orchid Thief'' is a 1998 non-fiction book by American journalist Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of horticulturist John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in south Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Faka ...

'',

Meryl Streep Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...

plays University of Michigan essayist

Susan Orlean Susan Orlean (born October 31, 1955) is a journalist, television writer, and bestselling author of ''The Orchid Thief'' and '' The Library Book''. She has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1992, and has contributed articles to many ...

(B.A. 1976). * In ''

Tom vs Time ''Tom vs Time'' is an American documentary series created by Gotham Chopra that was released from January 25 to March 12, 2018 on Facebook Watch. The six-episode series follows New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and provides an intimate l ...

'' an American documentary web television series created by Gotham Chopra was released from January 25 to March 12, 2018 on Facebook Watch. The six-episode series follows New England Patriots quarterback

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...

(B.G.S., 1999) * In ''

The Trial of the Chicago 7 ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'' is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines ...

'',

Tom Hayden Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, authoring t ...

was portrayed by Eddie Redmayne * In '' Unabomber: The True Story'',

Tobin Bell Tobin may refer to: Name * Tobin (surname) * Tobin (given name) Places in the United States * Tobin, California * Tobin Bridge, near Boston, Massachusetts * Tobin Range, a mountain range in Nevada * Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana * Tobi ...

stars as Ted Kaczynski * In '' You Don't Know Jack'',

Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (; ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy ...

plays Dr.

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is n ...

(M.D. 1952), an advocate for euthanasia. * In '' Wallenberg: A Hero's Story'', released in 1985, Richard Chamberlain plays

. The 1990 Swedish production '' Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg'', featured

Stellan Skarsgård Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), '' Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (201 ...

Dance

Nina Davuluri Nina Davuluri (born April 20, 1989) is an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show ''Made in America'' on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014, she became the first Indian American contestan ...

(BS 2011), first

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Miss America ( Miss America 2014); first to perform a Bollywood dance on that pageant's stage *

Janet Lilly Janet Lilly (born August 15, 1957) is an American modern dancer and choreographer. She was a principal dancer for Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane's company from 1983–1991. She currently serves as the Director of the UNCG College of Visual and ...

, principal dancer for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company * Sharmila Mukerjee is an Odissi Dancer and Choreographer, a disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. * Kapila Vatsyayan (born December 25, 1928) is a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history.

Directors, producers, and screenwriters

Libby Appel Libby Appel (born May 14, 1937) served as the fourth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) from 1995 to June 2007. Appel directed more than 25 productions at OSF, and her artistic vision influenced the 11 plays presented each ...

, fourth

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of the

Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. The Festival now offers matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary pla ...

* Wyatt Bardouille (BS 1997), producer and director of '' Dominica: Charting a Future for Paradise'' *

William J. Bell William Joseph Bell (March 6, 1927 – April 29, 2005) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas '' Another World'', ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Ea ...

(March 6, 1927 – April 29, 2005) was an American

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and

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producer, best known as the creator of the

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s '' Another World'', ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

'' and ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

''. *

Forman Brown Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 – January 10, 1996) was one of the world's leaders in puppet theatre in his day, as well as an important early gay novelist. He was a member of the Yale Puppeteers and the driving force behind Turnabout Theatre. ...

(BA 1922), established Yale Puppeteers upon graduating; opened a puppet theatre in Los Angeles in the 1920s which attracted celebrity attention and support from Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Douglas Fairbanks, and Albert Einstein *

David Callaham David Elias Callaham (born October 24, 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer. Life Callaham was born in Fresno, California on October 24, 1977 to Lee Hsu and Michael Callaham. He has a brother, Gregory. He is of Chinese descent throug ...

(BA 1999), screenwriter of ''

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film ...

'' * Hal Cooper (BA 1946), TV producer and director for ''Maude'', ''Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Mayberry RFD'', ''That Girl'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and ''Empty Nest'' *

Valentine Davies Valentine Loewi Davies (August 25, 1905 – July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), ''Chicken Every Sunday'' (1949), ''It Happens Every Spring ...

(BA 1927), screenwriter of ''Miracle on 34th Street'' * Lillian Gallo (BA), 1978 winner of a Crystal Award, established in 1977 to honor outstanding women who have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry * Megan Ganz (BA 2006), comedy writer; former associate editor of ''

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'' *

Jon Glaser Jonathan Daniel Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', creating and starring in the Adult Swim ...

(BA), writer, comedian *

Richard Glatzer Richard Glatzer (January 28, 1952 – March 10, 2015) was an American writer and director. Early life Glatzer was born in Flushing, Queens. He grew up in Westbury, Long Island, and Livingston, New Jersey, then gained a bachelor's degree at the ...

, writer and director, '' Still Alice'' *

Jonathan Glickman Jonathan Glickman (born May 18, 1969) is an American film producer who served as the President of MGM Motion Picture Group from 2011 to 2020. Personal life and education Glickman is the son of Rhoda Yura and Dan Glickman, the former Kansas Cong ...

(BA 1991), producer of

Rush Hour (franchise) The ''Rush Hour'' franchise is a series of American action comedy films created by Ross LaManna and directed by Brett Ratner with both Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in leading roles. All three films center around a pair of police detectives, Chief ...

; former president, Motion Picture Group of

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Josh Greenfeld Josh Greenfeld (27 February 1928 – 11 May 2018) was an American author and screenwriter mostly known for his screenplay for the 1974 film ''Harry and Tonto'' along with Paul Mazursky, which earned them an Academy Award nomination and its star, A ...

(1928–2018), author and screenwriter; known for screenplay for the 1974 film ''

Harry and Tonto ''Harry and Tonto'' is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky. It features Art Carney as Harry in an Oscar-winning performance. Tonto is his pet cat. Plot Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is an elderly ...

'' along with

Paul Mazursky Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards: three ...

, which earned them an Academy Award nomination * Jon Hein (BA 1989), creator of the

Jump the Shark The idiom "jumping the shark" was coined in 1985 by Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom ''Happy Days'', in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a shark while on water-skis. The phrase is pejo ...

website * Adam Herz (BA 1996), writer and producer of '' American Pie'' *

Max Hodge Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007) was an American television writer who worked on shows including ''The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''CHiPS'' and '' Mission: Impossible'', and is perhaps best known for creating Mr. Freeze for '' Ba ...

(BA 1939), TV writer for ''Wild, Wild West'', ''Mission Impossible'', ''Marcus Welby'', and ''The Waltons'' *Lawrence Kasdan (BA 1970, MA 1972), studied creative writing; won four Hopwood Awards; known for his work on ''The Empire Strikes Back'', ''Return of the Jedi'', and ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''The Force Awakens'' *Aviva Kempner (AB), director and screenwriter *Maryam Keshavarz (MA), filmmaker *Philip N. Krasne (BA 1927), producer of the later Charlie Chan films and the ''The Cisco Kid (TV series), Cisco Kid'' series *David Levien (BA 1989), co-wrote and co-directed ''The Knockaround Guys''; co-wrote ''Rounders'' *

(BA 1993), composer and lyricist of musicals; known for creating the Broadway musical ''Avenue Q'' with collaborator Robert Lopez; together, they wrote the show's 21 songs *Robert McKee (BA), creative writing instructor *Marcia Milgrom Dodge (BA 1977), director, choreographer, playwright, educator; Tony Award nominee for RAGTIME revival, 2010 *David Newman (filmmaker), David Newman (BA 1958, MA 1959), screenwriter for ''Superman I, II, III'', ''Bonnie & Clyde'', ''What's Up Doc?'' and ''Still of the Night'' *Leslie Newman (BA 1958), screenwriter for ''Superman'' *Dudley Nichols (MDNG: 1914–1917), screenwriter for ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', ''Stagecoach'', the Academy Awards, Oscar-winning ''The Informer'', and ''Bringing up Baby'' *Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (BFAs 2007), musical theatre writing team *Kerri Pomarolli (BFA 1996), comedian *John Rich (director), John Rich (BA 1948, MA 1949), Emmy Award-winning producer for ''Maude (TV series), Maude'', ''That Girl'', ''Mayberry RFD'', and ''MacGyver (1985 TV series), MacGyver'' *Norman Rosten (MA 1936), poet, playwright, novelist and Guggenheim award winner *Davy Rothbart, author; filmmaker; contributor to ''This American Life''; editor and publisher of ''Found Magazine'' *Allen Rucker, writer and television producer *Robert Shaye (BUS: BBA 1960), founder and co-chairman of New Line Cinema; produced ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy *Ron Sproat (MA), creator of character Barnabas Collins in ''Dark Shadows'' *Roger L. Stevens (MDNG: 1928–1930, HLLD 1964), stage producer for ''West Side Story'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', ''A Man for All Seasons'', and ''Annie'' *Christopher Yost (BA 1995), screenwriter for ''Thor: Ragnarok'', ''Cowboy Bebop'' and ''The Mandalorian''

National Book Award

*Kevin Boyle (historian), Kevin Boyle His 2004 book, ''Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age'', won the National Book Award. *Howard Moss won the National Book Award in 1972 for ''Selected Poems''. *Frank O'Hara ''The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara'', the first of several collections, shared the 1972 National Book Award for Poetry. *Theodore Roethke won the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for ''Words for the Wind'',[2] and posthumously in 1965 for ''The Far Field''. *Keith Waldrop won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2009 collection ''Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy'' *Jesmyn Ward, won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel ''Salvage the Bones'' and the 2017 National Book Award for "Sing, Unburied, Sing". She is the only two-time female winner of the National Book award. *Gloria Whelan won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel ''Homeless Bird''.

National Medal of the Arts

*James Earl Jones, 1992 recipient *

, 1993 recipient *

, 2009 recipient *Roger L. Stevens, 1988 recipient

Emmy Award

Collectively, , 31 Michigan alumni have won 87 Emmy Awards. *James A. Baffico, winner of 2 Emmy Awards *Michael Bellavia, winner of an Emmy Award *Reg E. Cathey, winner of an Emmy Award *David Connell (television producer), David Connell, winner of 5 Emmy Awards *Darren Criss, winner of an Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie ("The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story") *Ann B. Davis, winner of 2 Emmy Awards *Paul Devlin (filmmaker) winner of 5 Emmy Awards *Neal Gabler, winner of an Emmy Award *Cathy Guisewite, winner of an Emmy Award *Sanjay Gupta, winner of an Emmy Award *Peter Hansen (actor), Peter Hansen, winner of an Emmy Award *Gary Hutzel, winner of 4 Emmy Awards *James Earl Jones, winner of 8 Emmy Awards *Mick Kaczorowski, winner of 3 Emmy Awards *Christine Lahti, winner of 3 Emmy Awards *Joseph LoDuca, winner of 2 Emmy Awards *Jill Martin (television personality), Jill Martin, winner of 4 Emmy Awards *Margo Martindale, winner of 3 Emmy Awards *Bob McGrath, received a life time achievement Emmy in 1990 *Ari Melber (born March 31, 1980) is an American journalist for NBC News and host of MSNBC's ''The Beat with Ari Melber''. *

, winner of 2 Emmy Awards *Marilyn Suzanne Miller, winner of 3 Emmy Awards *

, winner of 2 Emmy Awards *John Rich (director), John Rich, winner of 3 Emmy Awards *Davy Rothbart, winner of an Emmy Award *Kurt Sayenga, winner of an Emmy Award *David Shuster, winner of an Emmy Award *Curt Sobel, winner of an Emmy Award *

, winner of 21 Emmy Awards *Don Was, winner of an Emmy Award *Beth Tanenhaus Winsten, winner of an Emmy Award

Golden Globe Award winners

*Darren Criss, is an American actor, singer and songwriter who won in 2019. *Gary Gilbert (born 1965), film producer and the founder and president of Gilbert Films *James Earl Jones (born 1931), actor; career has spanned more than 60 years *Jeff Levy-Hinte (a.k.a. Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte), film producer; President of Antidote International Films *

(Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman *Pasek and Paul (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television *Christine Lahti (born 1950), actress, filmmaker, two-time Golden Globe winner *John Rich (director), John Rich (1925–2012), film and television director

Grammy Award winners

*George Crumb (D.M.A.) (born 1929), composer of avant-garde music; winner of a Grammy and a Pulitzer prize *Chip Davis (B.A.) (born 1947), founder and leader of Mannheim Steamroller *John M. Eargle (M.A.) (1931–2007), Oscar and Grammy-winning audio engineer; musician *David Effron (B.A.), conductor and educator *Gabriela Lena Frank (D.M.A.) (born 1972), pianist and composer of contemporary classical music *Joe Henry (B.A.) (born 1960), singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer; has released 13 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums *Bob James (musician), Bob James (M.A.) (born 1939), multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer *James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931), actor; career has spanned more than 60 years; has won three Grammys *Fred LaBour (M.A.) (born 1948), better known by his stage name Too Slim; Grammy award-winning musician, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky *

(MDNG) (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman; referred to as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s; seven-time Grammy award winner *

(MUSIC: MMUS 1968; HSCD 1987), opera and concert singer and 4 time Grammy winner *Pasek and Paul, musical duo *

(1946–1989), comedian, actress, and one of seven original cast members of ''SNL'' *Christopher Rouse (composer), Christopher Rouse (University of Michigan fellow) (born 1949), composer *Jennifer Laura Thompson (B.F.A. 1991) is an American actress and singer. *Don Was (MDNG) (born 1952), musician, record producer and record executive; winner of three Grammy awards

Tony Award winners

*Celia Keenan-Bolger (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying List of To Kill a Mockingbird characters#"Scout" Finch, Scout Finch in the successful play ''To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play), To Kill a Mockingbird'' *Gavin Creel, Gavin James Creel (born 1976), actor, singer, and songwriter; best known for his work in musical theatre; received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in ''Hello, Dolly!'' *David Allen Grier for A Soldier's Play *Gregory Jbara (born 1961), film, television and stage actor, and singer *James Earl Jones (born 1931), actor; career has spanned more than 60 years *Michael Maguire (actor), Michael L. Maguire (born 1955), actor, best known for his role as Enjolras in the original Broadway production of the musical ''Les Misérables''; this role won him a Tony Award in 1987 *

(born 1970), composer and lyricist of musicals; winner of two Tony Awards *Marian Mercer, Marian Ethel Mercer (1935–2011), actress and singer *Arthur Miller, Arthur Asher Miller (1915–2005), playwright, essayist, and figure in twentieth-century American theater *Jack O'Brien (director), Jack O'Brien (born 1939), director, producer, writer and lyricist is a winner of three Tony Awards *Paul Osborn, playwright and screenwriter best known for writing the screen adaptation of ''East of Eden (film), East of Eden''; won 1980 Tony award for best Broadway revival for his play about four sisters, ''Morning's at Seven'', which originally opened on Broadway in 1939 *Martin Pakledinaz (1953–2012), costume designer for stage and film; winner of two Tony Awards *Pasek and Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television *Jeffrey Seller (BA 1986), Broadway producer; three-time Tony Award winner for Best Musical (''Rent (musical), Rent'' 1996, ''

'' 2004, and ''In the Heights'' 2008) and, most recently, Hamilton (musical), Hamilton *James D. Stern, film and Broadway producer; won a 2003 Tony Award for ''Hairspray''

Graphic arts

* Sid Meier (BS 1976), video game designer of over 60 titles, including the Civilization (series), ''Civilization'' series, ''Sid Meier's Pirates!, Pirates!'', and ''Railroad Tycoon''. Co-founder of MicroProse and Firaxis Games. *Lloyd Dangle (BFA 1983), cartoonist *Beth Lo (BA 1971), artist *Dwayne McDuffie (BA, MA), cartoonist and fantasy author *Al Milgrom, Allen "Al" Milgrom (BA 1972), comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics; known for ten-year run as editor of ''Marvel Fanfare''; long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man''; four-year tenure as ''West Coast Avengers'' penciller; and long stint as the inker of ''X-Factor (comics), X-Factor'' *Jim Ottaviani (MA nuclear engineering), author of several comic books about the history of science; ''Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists'' features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, and Richard Feynman *Jason Rubin, video game director; comic book creator; Internet company founder; known for the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series of games *Sam Viviano (AB 1975), Art Director and cover illustrator for ''MAD magazine''

Music

Music: Composers

*Clarice Assad (MA), her master's thesis concerto was recorded by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg *Evan Chambers (PhD), composer, traditional Irish fiddler, and Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan *Stephen Chatman (DMA 1977), composer *Pius Cheung (Chinese name: wikt:張, 張 wikt:鈞, 鈞 wikt:量, 量) (PhD), marimba, marimbist and composer *Robert Cogan (BM 1951, MM 1952), music theorist, composer, teacher *Feist (singer), Feist, Far East Movement and Natalia Kills; has co-written songs for Lady Gaga, t.A.T.u., Flipsyde, Tokio Hotel, Ai, Alexandra Burke and Colby O'Donis *Gabriela Lena Frank (DMA 2001), composer, Guggenheim award winner *Alexander Frey (BM, MM), conductor, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, composer *Jay Gorney (LS&A: BA 1917; LAW: 1919), composer, songwriter of "Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" *Bob James (musician), Robert James (BA, MA), two-time Grammy Award-winning smooth jazz keyboardist, arranger and Record producer, producer *Laura Karpman (BM), composer for film,

, Video game, video games, theater, and the Concert, concert hall; winner of 5 Emmy Awards. *Andrew Lippa (BA 1987), lyricist and composer *David T. Little, composer and drummer known for orchestral and operatic works *Normand Lockwood, composer; studied composition at U-M 1921–1924; winner of a Guggenheim award *George W. Meyer (PhD 1941), Tin Pan Alley songwriter; Guggenheim award winner *Frank Ticheli (MM 1983, DMA 1987), Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California *Thomas Tyra (MUSIC: PhD 1971), American composer, arranger, bandmaster, and music educator *Aleksandra Vrebalov (DMA 2002), Serbs, Serbian composer *Julia Wolfe, composer

Music: Groups

*The Arbors, 1960s pop group (all four members; group named after Ann Arbor, Michigan) *George Frayne (BFA, MFA), founder of music group Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Commander Cody *Ella Riot, band formed by Michigan undergraduates who coined "DanceThink" music *Nomo (band), Nomo, band formed at U-M *Tally Hall (band), Tally Hall, band named after a shopping plaza in Michigan

Music: Instrumentalists

*Don Blum (BA 1994), drummer in the band The Von Bondies *Aaron Dworkin (MA 1998), violinist and music educator *Laurence Kaptain (DMA), symphonic cimbalom artist *Fred LaBour (MA), musician; instrumental in the spread of the "Paul is Dead" urban legend *Randy Napoleon (BFA 1999), jazz guitarist *Barbara Nissman (BM, MM, DMA); concert pianist known for her interpretations of the music of Ginastera and Prokofiev

Music: Educators and Musicologists

*Judith Becker (BA, PhD), ethnomusicologist *Chalkdust, born Hollis Urban Lester Liverpool (PhD ethnomusicology), calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago; ethnomusicologist at the University of the Virgin Islands * James Kibbie (DMA 1981), concert organist, recording artist, Professor of Organ at U-M *Timothy McAllister (BM 95, MM 97, DMA, 2002), Grammy award-winning classical saxophonist; member of PRISM Quartet; current Professor of Saxophone at U-M *Daniel Bernard Roumain (PhD), composer and performer, the self-styled "Dred Violinist" *Norma Wendelburg, composer, pianist and academic teacher

Music: Producers

*Joe Henry, singer, songwriter, music producer *Martin Kierszenbaum (also known as Cherry Cherry Boom Boom; "Kirschbaum" is German for cherry tree), head of Artists and repertoire, A&R at Interscope Records; president of Interscope's subsidiary imprint Cherrytree Records; songwriter; producer; Artists and repertoire, A&R for Lady Gaga, Sting (musician), Sting, Keane (band), Keane, Tokio Hotel, *Felix Pappalardi, musician, record producer *Richard Perry (BA 1964), record producer *David Shayman, aka Disco D (BUS: BBA 2002), helped pioneer Detroit booty music, booty music and later named it "ghettotech"; producer of Hip hop music, hip-hop, R&B, and dancehall tracks *Sam Valenti IV (BA 2000), founded independent record label Ghostly International in 1999 *David Was (David Weiss, BA 1974), musician and producer, Was (Not Was); music critic and commentator *Don Was (Don Fagenson, MDNG: 1970–1971), record producer; Blue Note Records president and musician, Was (Not Was) *Jack Yellen (BA 1913), lyricist and screenwriter; two of his most recognized songs are "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Ain't She Sweet"; ASCAP board of directors (1951–69); Songwriters Hall of Fame 1972

Music: Vocalists

*Becky Baeling Lythgoe (BFA), singer, actress, producer *Chris Bathgate (BFA), indie folk singer-songwriter and musician in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti folk music scene in Michigan *Janai Brugger (MM), operatic soprano *Michelle Chamuel (BA 2008), singer, songwriter, producer *Muriel Costa-Greenspon (AB, MA), mezzo-soprano who performed with the New York City Opera for thirty years; a daughter of deaf parents *David Daniels (countertenor), David Daniels (MM 1992), countertenor *Joe Dassin (PhD), French singer *Michael Fabiano (BM 2005), operatic tenor *Elizabeth Fischer Monastero (BM 1956), operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher *Theo Katzman (BA 2008), singer, songwriter, producer *Holden Madagame, American transgender, opera singer tenor *

, born Madonna Ciccone (MDNG: 1976–1978), singer and actress *Niagara (singer), Niagara, musician; painter; lead vocalist of the punk rock bands Destroy All Monsters (band), Destroy All Monsters and Dark Carnival *Sean Panikkar (BM, MM), opera singer; member of the classical crossover group Forte Tenors *Nicholas Phan, tenor, performer of oratorio and opera *

, born James Osterberg, Jr. (MDNG: 1963–1964), rock star *Ashley Putnam, (BM 1974, MM 1975), opera and concert singer *Antwaun Stanley, singer, songwriter *Vienna Teng, born Cynthia Yih Shih, Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter; albums include ''Waking Hour (album), Waking Hour'' (2002), ''Warm Strangers'' (2004), ''Dreaming Through The Noise'' (2006), and ''Inland Territory'' (2009); live album, ''The Moment Always Vanishing'' (2009), on which she is double-billed with her percussionist, Alex Wong (producer, musician), Alex Wong *Dick Valentine (BA 1994), singer of Electric Six *Sachal Vasandani, jazz vocalist

Academy Award nominees and winners

*John Briley (BA 1951, MA 1952), won Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay, ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'' *

Miracle on 34th Street earned him an Academy Award for Best Story in 1947 *Charles Crawford Davis (COE: 1916), won 1948 Oscar for his invention of the Davis Drive System, a system for merging sound with pictures and driving the film through movie cameras and projectors *Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn (MDNG), nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1966 for ''Ship of Fools'' *John M. Eargle (MM 1954), Oscar and Grammy-winning audio engineer; musician (piano, church and theater organ) *Michael Epstein (BArch); also winner of two George Foster Peabody Awards, an Emmy, and a Writers Guild Award *Gary Gilbert (BBA), ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'' (nominated for Best Picture); producer; founder and president of Gilbert Films * James Earl Jones (BFA 1955), actor; the voice of Darth Vader in the ''Star Wars'' movies; winner of two Tony Awards and an honorary Oscar *Lawrence Kasdan, Lawrence Edward "Larry" Kasdan (MA), ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'' (nominated, screenplay), ''Grand Canyon (1991 film), Grand Canyon'' (nominated, screenplay), ''The Accidental Tourist (film), The Accidental Tourist'' (nominated, screenplay; Best Picture); ''Grand Canyon'' won the Golden Bear at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. * Christine Lahti (BFA 1972), actress; winner of the Academy Award, an Emmy, and two Golden Globe awards *Kurt Luedtke, ''Out of Africa'' (winner – Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Writing Adapted Screenplay) *

(BA 1938), nominated for ''The Crucible''; the play was adapted for film twice, by Jean-Paul Sartre as the 1957 film ''Les Sorcières de Salem'' and by Miller himself as the 1996 film ''The Crucible (1996 film), The Crucible''; his adaptation earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay based on Previously Produced Material, his only nomination *John Nelson (visual effects artist), John Nelson, Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'' and ''Blade Runner 2049'' *Dudley Nichols, nominated for Best Screenplay for ''The Long Voyage Home'' in 1941, for Best Original Screenplay for ''Air Force'' in 1944, and for Best Story and Screenplay (Written Directly for the Screen) for ''The Tin Star'' in 1958; he won Best Screenplay for ''The Informer'' in 1936, but initially refused the honor due to an ongoing writer's strike *Pasek and Paul Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an Academy and Tony Award-winning American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television

Talent management

*George Finkel (producer), George Finkel (BA 1958), TV sports producer for NBC Sports 1971–1990; won three Emmy awards *Dan Glickman (BA 1966), President and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Theatre, film, and television

*Stanley Bahorek (BFA 2003), actor *Rick Bayless, chef who specializes in modern interpretations of traditional Mexican cuisine; known for PBS series ''Mexico: One Plate at a Time'' * Michael Bellavia (BS 1991), Emmy Award- winning President of Animax Entertainment * Selma Blair (BA 1994), actress, known for ''Cruel Intentions'' and ''Legally Blonde'' *Zachary Booth (BFA 2004), actor * Sophina Brown (BFA), actor, ''Numb3rs'' *David Burtka (BFA 1997), actor; chef; entertainment news correspondent for E! News *Bruno Campos (LAW), Brazilian-born actor, ''Nip/Tuck'' * Jessica Cauffiel (SMTD: BFA), actress * Esther K. Chae (MA), actress * Darren Criss (BFA 2009), actor; singer-songwriter; cast member of ''Glee (TV series), Glee''; member of StarKid Productions * Ann B. Davis (BFA 1948), two-time Emmy award winner, played the secretary in ''The Bob Cummings Show'' and Alice Nelson on ''The Brady Bunch'' *Don Diamond, Donald Alan "Don" Diamond (BA 1942), radio, film, and television actor; known for his comic portrayal as Crazy Cat on the 1960s television sitcom ''F Troop'' *Erin Dilly, actress; Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Tony Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award * Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn, aka Gary Neil Miller (MDNG), actor, known for his recurring role as mad scientist Dr. Miguelito Loveless in the 1960s TV series ''The Wild Wild West'' *Barrett Foa (BFA 1999), actor, ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' * Hunter Foster (BFA 1992), Tony Award-nominated actor *Stephen Fung, Stephen Fung Tak-Lun (BA 1992), Hong Kong-based actor, singer, model, writer and film director * Alexander Gemignani, actor, tenor * David Alan Grier (BA 1978), actor, comedian * Erika Henningsen (BFA 2014), Broadway actress, known for originating the role of Cady Heron in Mean Girls (musical), ''Mean Girls'' * Avery Hopwood (AB 1905), one of the most successful playwrights of the Jazz Age * Ruth Hussey, actress *Stephanie Izard (BA), chef; winner of the fourth season of ''Top Chef'', Bravo's cooking competition show * Gregory Jbara (MDNG: 1979–1981), Tony award-winning actorTheatre at Michigan, 2005/2006 Volume 17, Page #12 and #14 (PDF file)
/ref> * Tusshar Kapoor (BBA), actor in Indian cinema * Andrew Keenan-Bolger (BFA 2007), known for the role of Crutchy in Disney's ''Newsies (musical), Newsies'', as well as for his video blog, "Andrew's Blog" * Celia Keenan-Bolger (BFA 2007), Broadway actress who originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky in ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee''; Éponine in the revival of ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' * Nancy Kovack, film and TV actress; attended U-M at age 15 and graduated by 19; appeared on ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' and ''Bewitched''; in 1969 she was nominated for an Emmy for an appearance on ''Mannix'' * Ethan Laidlaw, actor * Mark Lenard, actor, including several ''Star Trek'' movies * Matt Letscher (BA 1992), film and TV actor; ''The Mask of Zorro'' * Lucy Liu (BFA 1990), actress, known for ''Ally McBeal'', Elementary (TV series), ''Elementary'' and for the movie versions of ''Charlie's Angels (movie), Charlie's Angels'' * Taylor Louderman, Broadway actress, known for originating roles Campbell in ''Bring It On: The Musical'' and Regina George in ''Mean Girls (musical), Mean Girls the Musical'' * Strother Martin (BA 1947), actor, member of the diving team *Margo Martindale, film, stage and television actress; Emmy Award winner * Bob McGrath (1954), actor, singer, and writer; "Bob" from PBS' ''Sesame Street'' *Mark Metcalf (BA 1968), actor in television and film * Eric Millegan, ''Bones (TV series), Bones'' *Emily Morse (born 1970), sex therapist, author, and media personality *Sydney Morton, played a recurring character in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It (TV series), ''She's Gotta Have It''. *Mike O'Brien (actor), Michael O'Brien, writer ''Saturday Night Live'' 2009–2015, cast member 2013–14 *Beverley Owen (née Ogg, sometimes credited as Beverly Owen), known for having played Marilyn Munster * Eren Ozker (1970), puppeteer and Muppet performer * Ashley Park (actress), Ashley Park (BFA 2013), Broadway actress known for her work in ''The King and I'' and for originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in ''Mean Girls (musical), Mean Girls'' * Rob Paulsen class of 1975, actor (attended 1975 only) * David Paymer (BA 1975), character actor, ''Carpool (1996 film), Carpool'', ''Get Shorty (film), Get Shorty'' * Jean Peters, actress *

(BA 1970), actress and comedian, known for her work on ''Saturday Night Live'' for which she won an Emmy in 1978 * Ted Raimi (BA 1983), actor, ''seaQuest DSV'' and ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * William Russ, actor; the father on ''Boy Meets World'' *Ellen Sandweiss (MA in Theatre Management), B-movie actress; has performed in musical theatre as a dancer and pop singer, and in a one-woman show of Jewish music * Martha Scott (BA 1934), actress, ''Our Town (1940 film), Our Town'' (Academy Award nomination), ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'', ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben Hur'' *Miriam Shor (BFA), film, stage, and television actress *Douglas Sills, actor *Randy Sklar, Randy and Jason Sklar, professionally known as the Sklar Brothers, identical twin comedians *StarKid Productions, the cast and creators of YouTube sensation, ''A Very Potter Musical'' * Jennifer Laura Thompson (BFA 1991), Tony Award-nominated actress, played Glinda in the Broadway musical '' Wicked'' *Carlos Valdes (actor), Carlos Valdes (SMTD BA 2011), actor and musician, ''The Flash (2014 TV series), The Flash'' * Kapila Vatsyayan (MA), Indian arts scholar; founder and director of Indira Kalakendra *James Wolk (BFA 2007), actor, ''Front of the Class'', ''The Crazy Ones'' * Mike Weinberg (BFA 2015), actor, ''Life as a House'', ''Home Alone 4''

Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction

*Daniel Aaron (academic), Daniel Aaron (BA 1933), author of many articles and books, including ''Men of Good Hope: A Story of American Progressives'', ''The Unwritten War: Writers of the Civil War'' and, with Richard Hofstadter and William Miller, ''The Structure of American History'' *Megan Abbott (BA), author of crime fiction and of a non-fiction analysis of hardboiled crime fiction; Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2008 for ''Queenpin'' *Saladin Ahmed (BA), Arab-American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet *Uwem Akpan (MFA 2007), Nigerian author; Jesuit priest; won Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the PEN/Beyond Margins Award for ''Say You're One of Them'' *Jennifer Allison (BA), author of Mystery (fiction), mystery novels and the Gilda Joyce children's series *Olive San Louie Anderson, author of ''An American Girl, and Her Four Years in a Boys’ College'' *Max Apple (BA 1963), author of ''The Oranging of America'' (1976, short stories), ''Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right'' (1978, novel), ''Three Stories'' (1983, short stories), ''Free Agents'' (1984, novel), ''The Propheteers: A Novel'' (1987, novel), and ''Roommates: My Grandfather's Story'' (1994, biography of his grandfather) *Robert Arthur, Jr. (BA 1930), writer, novelist, editor; created "The Three Investigators" mystery series for young readers and worked on the anthology TV series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' *Robert Asprin (MDNG: 1964–1965), science fiction and fantasy author *Brit Bennett (MFA 2014), author of ''The Mothers'' (2016) *Kevin Boyle (historian), Kevin Boyle (PhD), author; professor of history; his 2004 book, ''Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age'', won the National Book Award *Sven Birkerts (AB 1973), essayist and author of ''The Gutenberg Elegies'', and son of emeritus faculty member Gunnar Birkerts *Martha Arnold Boughton (Ph.B. 1880), poet, biographer, song music and lyrics *Philip Breitmeyer (AB 1947), wrote ''Lightning Ridge! Further Adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' *Michael Byers (American academic), Michael Byers (MFA), writer *John Malcolm Brinnin (BA 1942), Canadian-born American poet and literary critic *Juliet Winters Carpenter (BA, MA 1976), translator of Japanese, author *Meg Waite Clayton (LAW: JD), ''The Language of Light'' was a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize; ''The Wednesday Sisters'' became a national bestseller and a book club favorite *James Oliver Curwood, James Oliver "Jim" Curwood (MDNG: 1899–1900), action-adventure writer and conservation movement, conservationist *Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (MFA 1988), Philippines, Filipino writer *Underwood Dudley (PhD 1965), known for his popular writing about Crank (person), crank mathematics *Elizabeth Ehrlich, wrote ''Miriam's Kitchen'' *Neal Gabler (LAW: JD) author of ''An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood'' (1989), ''Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity'' (1994), ''Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998)'', and ''Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination'' (2006) *Mary Gaitskill, author of ''Bad Behavior'' (1988), ''Two Girls'', ''Fat and Thin'' (1991), ''Because They Wanted To'' (1997) (stories), ''Veronica'' (2005) *Frank Gilbreth, Jr., Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. (AB 1933), wrote ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' *Connie Glaser (MA), author, speaker, and columnist on the topics of women's leadership and communications *

, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of ''A Child Called Noah'' trilogy *Judith Guest (BA 1959), wrote ''Ordinary People'', later turned into an Academy Award-winning film *Cathy Guisewite (BA 1972), author, creator of ''Cathy (comic strip), Cathy'' comic strip *Aaron Hamburger (BA 1995), writer; his short story collection ''The View from Stalin's Head'' (2004) was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome; his novel ''Faith for Beginners'' (2005) was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award *Gabrielle Hamilton (chef), Gabrielle Hamilton (MFA), owner and manager of Prune restaurant in Manhattan; author of ''Blood Bones and Butter''; recipient of the James Beard award for best chef *Steve Hamilton (author), Steve Hamilton (AB 1983), wrote ''Blood is the Sky'', an Alex McKnight mystery; his 1999 novel ''A Cold Day in Paradise'' won an Edgar Award; his 2010 novel ''The Lock Artist'' won an Edgar Award, Edgar for Best Novel; one of only five authors to win the award twice *Robert Hayden (MA 1944), Professor of Poetry 1969–1980 *Raelynn Hillhouse (HHRS: MA, PhD 1993), author of spy novels; national security expert; blogger (The Spy Who Billed Me); political scientist *Matthew Hittinger (MFA 2004), author of the poetry collection ''Skin Shift'' (2012), and the chapbook ''Pear Slip'' (2007); winner of the Spire Press 2006 Chapbook Award
Jessica Hollander
(BA 2004), author of Katherine Anne Porter Prize winning story collection ''In These Times the Home is a Tired Place'' (2013) and the chapbook ''Mythical Places'' (2019) Sonders Press *Avery Hopwood, James Avery Hopwood (AB 1905), playwright, established the U-M Hopwood Awards; one of the premier playwrights of the jazz age; at one time had four plays running simultaneously on Broadway theatre, Broadway *James Hynes, novelist *Randa Jarrar, Palestinian-American novelist, short story writer, and translator *Ruth Ward Kahn (BA, 1889), author, lecturer *Laura Kasischke (MFA 1987), author and Guggenheim award winner, ''In a Perfect World'', ''Suspicious River'', ''White Bird in a Blizzard'', ''The Life Before Her Eyes'', ''Boy Heaven'', ''Be Mine'', ''Feathered (novel), Feathered'' *Jane Kenyon (BA 1970, MA 1972), poet and wife of former Michigan professor Donald Hall, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, U.S. Poet Laureate *Elizabeth Kostova (MFA 2004), writer; her first novel, ''The Historian'', was published in 2005, and has become a best-seller *Kathryn Lasky (BA 1966), children's author and nonfiction writer *Daniel Lyons (MFA 1992), writer; senior editor at ''Forbes'' magazine; writer at ''Newsweek''; editor of ReadWrite *Ross Macdonald (MA 1942, PhD 1952), wrote the Lew Archer mystery series *Janet Malcolm, 1955, writer for ''

''; wrote ''In the Freud Archives'' *Sebastian Matthews (MFA), poet and writer *Thomas McGuane (MDNG), novelist *Richelle Mead (BA), bestselling fantasy author *Brad Meltzer (BA 1992), wrote ''The Zero Game'', ''The Tenth Justice'', ''Dead Even'', ''The First Counsel'', and ''The Millionaires''; creator of TV series ''Jack and Bobby'' * Walter Miller (philologist), Walter Miller (MA 1844), classics scholar; first to translate the ''Iliad'' into English in the native dactylic hexameter * Sara Moulton (BA 1974), author of ''Sara Moulton Cooks at Home'', ''Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals'', and ''Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners'' *Nami Mun (MFA), Korean American novelist and short story writer *Davi Napoleon (AB 1966, AM 1968), wrote ''Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater'' *Heather Neff, (BA 1978), African American novelist and professor *Bich Minh Nguyen (MFA), novelist; American Book Award for ''Short Girls'' *Frank O'Hara, Frank O’Hara (MA 1951); author of ''A City Winter and Other Poems'', ''Oranges: 12 Pastorals'', ''Second Avenue'', ''Odes'', ''Lunch Poems'', ''Love Poems'' *Patrick O'Keeffe (writer), Patrick O'Keeffe (MFA), winner of the Hopwood Program's Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing for ''Above the Bar''; instructor in U-M's Sweetland Writing Center; won the 2006 Story Prize for ''The Hill Road''; won 2006 Whiting Writers Award *Susan Olasky (AB 1975), author *

(AB 1976), wrote ''The Orchid Thief'', made into the movie ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' *John Patric (attended 1924–25), wrote for ''National Geographic'' and ''Reader's Digest'' in the 1930s and 1940s *Otto Penzler, editor of mystery fiction; proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City *Marge Piercy (AB 1957), wrote ''Braided Lives'' and ''Fly Away Home''; Hopwood Program award winner *Elwood Reid, novelist and short story writer *Kathryn Reiss (MFA), award-winning author of children's and young adult fiction *Paisley Rekdal (MFA), poet *Emma Winner Rogers (Litt. B. 1891), writer, speaker, suffragist *Matthew Rohrer (BA), poet and Hopwood Award winner *Ari Roth, playwright and artistic director of Theater J *Kristen Roupenian (MFA), author of ''You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories'' *Preeta Samarasan (MFA 2006), wrote ''Evening is the Whole Day'' *Ruth L. Schwartz (MFA 14985), poet *Allen Seager, author, ''Amos Berry'' and ''A Frieze of Girls'' *

(MDNG: 1925–1927), ''The New Yorker'' editor 1952–1987 *Porter Shreve (MFA), author; professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University *Danez Smith (MFA 2017), poet *John Sinclair (poet), John Sinclair (BA 1964), poet, one-time manager of the band MC5 *Hubert Skidmore, had written six novels by the time he was 30, including ''Hawk's Nest''; married to Maritta Wolff *Betty Smith (1921–22, 1927, 1931), author of ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' *Iehiro Tokugawa (born 7 February 1965) is an author, translator, and the heir of the main Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa house. *Robert Traver, pen name of John D. Voelker (JD 1928), wrote ''Anatomy of a Murder'' *Jia Tolentino (MFA 2015), staff writer for ''

'' and formerly deputy editor of ''Jezebel (website), Jezebel'' and contributing editor at ''The Hairpin''. *David Treuer (PhD 1999), writer *Chris Van Allsburg (BA 1972), author and illustrator; best known for ''Jumanji'' and ''The Polar Express'', both made into films *Jesmyn Ward (MFA 2005), author of Where the Line Bleeds (2008); Salvage the Bones (2011); Men We Reaped (2013); and Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) *Edmund White (AB 1962), writer for ''Vanity Fair'' and ''The New Yorker'' *Stewart Edward White (PhD 1895, MA 1903), author *Nancy Willard (BA, PhD), 1982 Newbery Medal for ''A Visit to William Blake's Inn'' *Maritta Wolff (BA 1940), author of ''Whistle Stop'', called by Sinclair Lewis "the most important novel of the year;" also wrote''About Lyddy Thomas'' (1947), ''Back of Town'' (1952), ''The Big Nickelodeon'' (1956) and ''Buttonwood'' (1962) *Sarah Zettel (BA), science fiction, fantasy, and mystery author

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