head Jim Best. Notable people Alumni Ronnie Abrams, judge Dan Barber, chef Tony Blinken, current U.S. Secretary of State Montgomery Clift, actor Anderson Cooper, journalist Rachel Covey, actress Claire Danes, actress Edward Downes, musicologist and radio quizmaster Naomi Ekperigin, writer and comedian Edgar de Evia, photographer Samuel R. Delany, writer Maxim Dlugy, chess grandmaster Shaun Donovan, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Noah Emmerich, actor Mark Feuerstein, actor Frances FitzGerald, journalist Barrett Foa, actor Helen Frankenthaler, abstract expressionist painter Laura Geller, rabbi Alexis Glick, television personality Sam Gold, theater director, actor Carol Grace, actress Jennifer Grey, actress Jefferson Y. Han, research scientist Hannah Higgins, writer Marni Hodgkin, children's book editor A. J. Jacobs, journalist Jason Jorjani, writer Max Joseph, filmmaker Brooks Kerr, jazz pianist Rachel Kovner, United States federal judge Dylan Lauren, businesswoman Steve Lemme, actor Joshua Katz, classicist Sean Lennon, musician Andrew Levitas, painter and sculptor J. Kenji López-Alt, chef and food writer Jenny Lumet, actress and #MeToo activist Mary Stuart Masterson, actress Helly Nahmad, art dealer Jennifer O'Neill, actress Morgan Pehme, filmmaker, journalist Tracy Pollan, actress Dara Resnik, screenwriter and producer Simon Rich, writer James B. Rosenwald III, entrepreneur Matthew Ross, film director, screenwriter, journalist Tracee Ellis Ross, actress Marco Roth, editor and founder of N+1 magazine Melissa Russo, journalist Eric Schlosser, journalist Wallace Shawn, actor, playwright Marian Seldes, actress Fazal Sheikh, photographer Christian Slater, actor Jill Stuart, fashion designer Emma Sulkowicz, performance artist Veronica Vasicka, record label founder and DJ Josh Waitzkin, chess player Dean Wareham, musician Julie Warner, actress Bokeem Woodbine, actor David Yassky, Director, New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. Matt Yglesias, writer Andrew Zimmern, chef Faculty Donald Barr, headmaster c. 1964-74 Joe Frank, taught literature and philosophy 1965-1975; radio performer, writer. Rhys Caparn, art instructor 1946–1972 Jeffrey Epstein, taught 1974-76. Financier; convicted sexual predator Yves Volel, taught c. 1968-85. Lawyer, activist, assassinated while running for Haitian presidency See also References External links Official website Educational institutions established in 1919 Preparatory schools in New York City Private K-12 schools in Manhattan Upper East Side Ivy Preparatory School League 1919 establishments in New York City