EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Formed 1961 by the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute (1921) and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music (1883). The merger was conducted under the funding and coordination of Walt Disney with his brother Roy O. Disney.

Location:
Valencia, CA

Founding Date:
1961

Enrollment:
787

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Baldessari	Artist	17-Jun-1931		American conceptual artist
Brad Bird	Film Director	24-Sep-1956		The Iron Giant
Jesse Borrego	Actor	1-Aug-1962		Gael Ortega on 24
Alison Brie	Actor	29-Dec-1982		Annie Edison on Community
Tim Burton	Film Director	25-Aug-1958		The Nightmare Before Christmas
Merritt Butrick	Actor	3-Sep-1959	17-Mar-1989	Johnny Slash on Square Pegs
Don Cheadle	Actor	29-Nov-1964		Boogie Nights
Sofia Coppola	Film Director	14-May-1971		Lost in Translation
Eliza Coupe	Actor	6-Apr-1983		Jane Kerkovich-Williams on Happy Endings
Richard Cromwell	Actor	8-Jan-1920	11-Oct-1960	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Michael Cudlitz	Actor	29-Dec-1964		John Cooper on Southland
Eldon Dedini	Cartoonist	29-Jun-1921	12-Jan-2006	Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist
Kirby Dick	Film Director	23-Aug-1952		This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Gail Ann Dorsey	Bassist	20-Nov-1962		Bowie bassist and solo artist
Llyn Foulkes	Painter	1935		Assemblage artist
Paul Frees	Actor	22-Jun-1920	2-Nov-1986	The Man of a Thousand Voices
Thor Freudenthal	Film Director	20-Oct-1972		Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dan Gorlin	Computer Programmer	c. 1956		Choplifter
Ed Harris	Actor	28-Nov-1950		The Rock
David Hasselhoff	Actor	17-Jul-1952		Knight Rider, Baywatch
Stephen Hillenburg	Cartoonist	21-Aug-1961		Creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
Simbi Khali	Actor	28-Apr-1971		Nina Campbell on 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mark Tapio Kines	Film Director	26-Apr-1970		Foreign Correspondents
John Lasseter	Film Director	12-Jan-1957		Toy Story
Chris Lemmon	Actor	22-Jun-1954		Son of Jack Lemmon
Kevin Lima	Film Director	1962		Enchanted
Bob Mackie	Fashion Designer	24-Mar-1940		The Sultan of Sequins
James Mangold	Film Director	16-Dec-1963		Walk the Line
John Musker	Film Director	8-Nov-1953		Aladdin
Patrick Nagel	Artist	25-Nov-1945	4-Feb-1984	The Nagel Woman
Laraine Newman	Comic	2-Mar-1952		Original member of Saturday Night Live
Dana Reeve	Activist	17-Mar-1961	6-Mar-2006	Christopher Reeve Foundation
Wolfgang Reitherman	Film Director	26-Jun-1909	22-May-1985	Jungle Book
Paul Reubens	Actor	27-Aug-1952		Pee-wee Herman
Michael Richards	Actor	24-Jul-1949		Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld
Edward Ruscha	Painter	16-Dec-1937		Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
Douglas Rushkoff	Author	18-Feb-1961		Cyberculture analyst
Katey Sagal	Actor	19-Jan-1954		Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Henry Selick	Film Director	30-Nov-1952		The Nightmare Before Christmas
Cecily Strong	Actor	8-Feb-1984		Saturday Night Live
Ann Telnaes	Cartoonist	1960		Political cartoonist
Geoffrey Thorne	Actor	?		Wilson Sweet on In the Heat of the Night

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Baldessari	Artist	17-Jun-1931		American conceptual artist
Kathryn Bigelow	Film Director	27-Nov-1951		The Hurt Locker
Harold Budd	Electronic Musician	24-May-1936		Ambient composer, Eno collaborator
Mark Harris	Novelist	19-Nov-1922	30-May-2007	Bang the Drum Slowly
Monte Hellman	Film Director	12-Jul-1932		Two-Lane Blacktop
Alexander Mackendrick	Film Director	8-Sep-1912	22-Dec-1993	The Sweet Smell of Success
Morton Subotnick	Electronic Musician	13-Apr-1933		Silver Apples of the Moon
James Tenney	Composer	10-Aug-1934	24-Aug-2006	A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank E. Baxter	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Jefferies & Company, 1987-2000
Don Buchla	Inventor	17-Apr-1937	14-Sep-2016	Modular synthesizer designer
Don Cheadle	Actor	29-Nov-1964		Boogie Nights
Roy E. Disney	Business	10-Jan-1930	16-Dec-2009	Walt Disney's nephew
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Business	21-Dec-1950		Produced Shrek
Sanford M. Litvack	Attorney	c. 1937		General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Donald Marron	Business	21-Jul-1934		PaineWebber CEO
Peter Norton	Computer Programmer	14-Nov-1943		Retired computer utilities programmer

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