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The Players

July/August 2007

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The Players

Illustrations by Joshua Gorchov

People who can greenlight your project, who can star in it, who can help it reach an audience of millions. Work the room with some of the alumni who’ve earned Cardinal-carpet treatment.

Illustration from left: Stephen Gilula, Tom Pollock, Micheline Chau, Samuel Dickerman and Andre Braugher.

From left: Stephen Gilula, ’72, COO, Fox Searchlight Pictures; Tom Pollock, ’64, former chair, Universal, Vice-chair, American Film Institute; Micheline Chau, MBA ’76, President and COO, Lucasfilm; Samuel Dickerman, ’88, production executive, The Perfect Storm, Troy; Andre Braugher, ’84, actor, Glory, Homicide.


Illustration from left: Jack Palance and Edith Head.

From left: Jack Palance, ’49 (1919-2006), actor, Shane, City Slickers; Edith Head, MA ’20 (1897-1981), costume design, Roman Holiday, The Sting.


Illustration from left: Ray Dolby, Caldecot Chubb, Alvy Ray Smith, Brad Krevoy

From left: Ray Dolby, ’57, audio innovator, founder and chair, Dolby Laboratories; Caldecot Chubb, ’71, Producer, Hoffa, Eve’s Bayou; Alvy Ray Smith, MS ’66, PhD ’70, visual effects, co-founder, Pixar; Brad Krevoy, ’78, theater chain owner, Producer, Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin.


Illustration from left: Jeffrey Bewkes, Edward Pressman, David Brown, Jordan Kerner, Clark Peterson, Carl Rosendahl.

From left: Jeffrey Bewkes, MBA ’77, President and COO, Time Warner; Edward Pressman, ’65, Producer, Conan the Barbarian, Wall Street; David Brown, ’36, Producer, Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy; Jordan Kerner, ’72, Producer, Fried Green Tomatoes, Charlotte’s Web; Clark Peterson, ’88, Producer, The Watcher, Monster; Carl Rosendahl, ’79, visual effects, founded Pacific Data Images (now PDI/DreamWorks).


Illustration from left: Roger Corman, Gale Anne Hurd, Richard D. Zanuck, Todd McCarthy.

From left: Roger Corman, ’47, Director, “King of B Movies”; Gale Anne Hurd, ’77, Producer, The Terminator, Aliens; Richard D. Zanuck, ’56, Producer, Jaws, The Sting; Todd McCarthy, ’72, Variety movie critic.


Illustration from left: Alexander Payne, Reed Hastings, Michael Tollin, Jeff Skoll.

From left: Alexander Payne, ’83, Director, screenwriter, About Schmidt, Sideways; Reed Hastings, MS ’88, Founder and CEO, Netflix; Michael Tollin, ’77, Producer, Coach Carter, Radio; Jeff Skoll, MBA ’95, Producer, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth.


Illustration from left: Cathy Yuspa, Ted Danson, Jennifer Connelly.

From left: Cathy Yuspa, ’92, Screenwriter, What Women Want, 13 Going On 30; Ted Danson, ’70, actor, Three Men and a Baby, Cheers; Jennifer Connelly, ’96, actor, A Beautiful Mind, Blood Diamond.

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