Arts Davidson Taylor (1966-1971) Frank MacShane (interim dean, 1971-1972) Bernard Beckerman (1972-1976) Schuyler G. Chapin (1976-1987) Peter Smith (1987-1995) Robert Fitzpatrick (1995-1998) Dan Kleinman (acting, 1998-1999) Bruce W. Ferguson (1999-2005) Dan Kleinman (acting, 2005-2007) Carol Becker (2007 to present) Notable alumni and attendees Film Ayad Akhtar - screenwriter and actor, The War Within; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Disgraced Alice Arlen - screenwriter of Silkwood, The Weight of Water, Then She Found Me Bogdan Apetri (2006) - screenwriter, film director Sophie Barthes - screenwriter, film director Albert Berger - Producer Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - Academy Award nominated screenwriter-directors, American Splendor, The Nanny Diaries Kathryn Bigelow (1979) - screenwriter, film director, producer and two time Academy Award winner for The Hurt Locker (2009). Anna Boden - co-screenwriter and director, Half Nelson, Captain Marvel Richard Brick (1971) - producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, Caught; Co-Producer Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Arizona Dream Liz Chae - screenwriter, film director, documentary director, The Last Mermaids (documentary) Lisa Cholodenko (1998) - screenwriter and film director, The Kids Are All Right, Laurel Canyon, The L Word Deborah Chow (2003) - screenwriter, television and film director, The High Cost of Living; director, The Mandalorian Richard Corliss - Time magazine film critic Cherien Dabis (2004) - filmmaker, screenwriter - The L Word, Amreeka Sabrina Dhawan - screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding Scott Ferguson (1990) - executive producer, Succession Michael France - screenwriter, Goldeneye, Cliffhanger James Franco (2010) - filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, producer Nicole Holofcener - film and TV director, screenwriter Please Give, Enough Said, Friends With Money, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under Courtney Hunt - Academy Award nominated screenwriter and film director, Frozen River, The Whole Truth Phil Johnston - screenwriter, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia; co-director, Ralph Breaks the Internet Khary Jones - Award-winning screenwriter and film director, Hug Simon Kinberg - screenwriter Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past Yves Lavandier (1983–85) - screenwriter, director and script doctor Jennifer Lee (2005) - Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph Ashley Lyle - co-creator, Yellowjackets John Magary - film director, screenwriter The Mend (film) SJ Main Muñoz (2004) - screenwriter and film director, Requiescat;director, American Horror Stories, Manifest, The Cleaning Lady James Mangold - film director, screenwriter 3:10 to Yuma, Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, Cop Land Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (2019) -