Notable Alumni
Hollywood is practically synonymous with the film and television industry, which has been instrumental in popularizing and marketing California around the world. The CSU is as critical a supplier of job-ready graduates in this industry as it is in the other drivers of California's knowledge-based economy: 44 percent of California's bachelor's degrees in media, culture and design studies graduated from the CSU. Additionally, 74 percent of California's communications bachelor's degrees are awarded by the CSU, as well as 86 percent of the graduates in radio and television broadcasting.
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Notable Alumni:
Actress, Stuntwoman, Stunt Coordinator
Director, Producer, Camera Operator
Academy Award-nominated Producer (La femme et le TGV)
Producer (Killer Joe; True Blue)
First assistant camera (2016 Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Camera Operators)
Writer, Director, Producer (Grumpy Old Men; Simon Birch; Ghostrider; Killing Season)
Academy Award-winning Sound Editor (The Bourne Ultimatum; Skyfall)
Writer, Director, Producer (Pretty Woman; Under Siege)
Producer (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; Chelsea Lately)
Producer, Actor (Dusty's Treehouse)
Camera operator (2018 Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Camera Operators)
Primetime Emmy-nominated Visual Effects Supervisor (Angels in America)
Academy Award-winning Director, Producer (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan)
Cinematographer (The Grey; Silver Linings Playbook; Black Mass; Spotlight)
Writer, Director (The Chronicles of Riddick franchise)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning Actor (One Life to Live)
