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The following is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of Columbia College Chicago.




Notable alumni


Scott Adsit (1987) – actor on 30 Rock
Chester Alamo-Costello (1998) – artist and photographer
Melissa Albert (2006) – author of young adult fiction
Hettie Barnhill (2006) – dancer in 2009 Broadway production of Fela!
Aidy Bryant (2009) – former cast member of Saturday Night Live
Mickie Caspi (1982) – artist
Shea Coulee (2011) – drag queen and contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
Nick Charles – sports broadcaster
Common (attended briefly) – rapper, actor, author
Chet Coppock (1971) – sports commentator for WLS radio
Greg Corner – musician, bass player of Kill Hannah, musical director and co-host of JBTV
David Cromer (attended briefly; award-winning director of Adding Machine)
Charlie Curtis-Beard – rapper and TikTok personality
Jeffrey Daniels – author and poet
Brant Daugherty (2008) – actor
Andy Dick – actor (attended briefly)
Phyllis Diller – comedian and actress
Jimmy Dore – stand-up comedian, former political commentator for The Young Turks, host of The Jimmy Dore Show
Bruce DuMont (1969) – broadcaster
Aiden English (2010) – professional wrestler
Elaine Equi – poet
Deitra Farr – blues singer
Danny Fenster (2009) – journalist, editor of Frontier Myanmar
Mauro Fiore (1987) – Academy Award-winning cinematographer (Avatar, The Island, Tears of the Sun, Training Day)
Kathleen Flinn (1989) – New York Times best-selling author
Paul Garnes – Producer Selma, QueenSugar, The Game
Greg Glienna – director and screenwriter
Michael Goi (1980) – cinematographer
Kevin Gosztola (2010) – journalist, writer, and documentarian
Shecky Greene (1946) – comedian and actor
Chester Gregory (1995) – actor, Broadway productions of Tarzan, Cry Baby, and Dreamgirls
Michael Grothaus (2000) – novelist, author of Epiphany Jones
John Guleserian – cinematographer
Hal Haenel (1981) – senior vice president of 20th Century Fox
Larry Heinemann (1971) – novelist, author of Paco's Story
David Heinz (2002) – film editor
Isabella Hofmann – actor
Erica Hubbard (1999) – actor on Lincoln Heights
Andrew Huebner (1998) – Emmy Award-winning television producer with Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Jeremih (2009) – singer
Rashid Johnson (2000) – photographer
Janusz Kamiński (1982–87) – Academy Award-winning cinematographer for Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan
John Kass – columnist
Kid Sister (2004) – recording artist
Kyle Kinane (2002) – comedian
J. A. Konrath – writer of the Jack Daniels mystery series
Tina La Porta (1989) – Digital Artist
Laura Les – American music producer, singer and songwriter, half of experimental electronic duo "100 gecs"
Jake Lloyd – actor, played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars film
Josefina Lopez (1991) – author of Real Women Have Curves
Becky Lynch – professional wrestler
Shane Madej (producer) (2009) – founder of Watcher Entertainment, filmmaker, writer, producer
Liz Mandeville – blues musician, singer, songwriter, music producer, record label owner
Jason Marnocha – voice actor
The Mazeking – contemporary visual artist
Kym Mazelle – singer and actress
Chris McKay – animator, film and television director, editor and producer
Austin P. McKenzie – actor
Joe Meno (1997) – author
Sharon Mesmer (1983) – poet, author
Michelle Monaghan – actress, Gone Baby Gone, Mission: Impossible III
Ozier Muhammad (1972) – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for The New York Times
Bob Odenkirk – writer for Saturday Night Live (1987–1995), actor (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
Lola Omolola – journalist
Anita Padilla (1991) – reporter for FOX Chicago
Diane Pathieu (2001) – weekend news anchor for WLS-TV in Chicago
Steve Pink – actor, screenwriter and director
Tonya Pinkins (1996) – Tony Award-winning actress
Laura Post – voice actress
Mark Protosevich (1983) – screenwriter of I Am Legend, Poseidon, The Cell
Aidan Quinn – actor, Elementary, Legends of the Fall
Declan Quinn (1979) – cinematographer
Matthew Rehwoldt (2010) – professional wrestler
Rob Renzetti – animator and creator of My Life as a Teenage Robot
Dean Richards reporter and broadcaster (1976)
Andy Richter (1988) – actor, sidekick on Conan
Alexander Rybak (2022) – winner of 2009 Eurovision
Saba (attended briefly) – rapper, record producer
Pat Sajak (1968) – host of Wheel of Fortune
Marcus Sakey – best-selling author
Anna D. Shapiro – theater director and Steppenwolf ensemble member
Drew Shiflett (1974) – mixed media artist and sculptor
Silver Sphere (1999) – singer-songwriter
Bob Sirott (1971) – broadcaster
Matt Skiba – musician, lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio
Coyla May Spring – Chautauqua dramatic reader, singer, pianist
Michael Stahl-David (2005) – actor, Cloverfield, The Black Donnellys
Dino Stamatopoulos – comedy writer
Greg Stimac (2005) – artist
Mike Stoklasa – director, actor, and creator of RedLetterMedia
Sumanth (1996) – Indian film actor/producer
Genndy Tartakovsky (1990) – creator of Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Sym-Bionic Titan
Robert Teitel (1990) – producer of Men of Honor, Barbershop, Notorious
George Tillman, Jr. (1991) – director of Men of Honor, Barbershop, Notorious
Glenna Smith Tinnin (1897) – women's suffrage leader and theater professional
Nadine Velazquez (2001) – actress in The League
Jim Verraros, dance musician and actor
Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2006) – film and television director
Lena Waithe – actress, producer, and screenwriter of Master of None
Ryley Walker – American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Frank Waln (2014) – Sicangu Lakota Native American rapper and activist
Sam Weller – (1990) author, biographer
Jon Wellner – actor, CSI 1997
Francis White (2007) – musician
Jim Williams – broadcaster
Timothy French – artist
Kimberly Jones (attended briefly) – author
Olivia A. Cole-(2011) author and teacher




Faculty



† denotes former faculty member
Stephen T. Asma – writer
Martin Atkins – musician
Dawoud Bey – photographer
Pauline Brailsford †
Gwendolyn Brooks – first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. †
Ivan Brunetti – sequential artist
Jim DeRogatis – music critic, co-host of Sound Opinions
Phyllis Eisenstein – fantasy and science fiction novelist
Jan Erkert – choreographer, teacher and writer
Ed Ferrara – television writer
Charles "Chuck" Harrison
Larry Heinemann †
Aleksandar Hemon – writer
Andy Herren – winner, Big Brother 15 (U.S.)
Joe Meno – author
Audrey Niffenegger – author
Edward L. Morris † – Journalist, CEO, President Chicago chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Executive Grant Broadcasting
Sheldon Patinkin †
Melissa Potter – American interdisciplinary artist
William Russo – musician
John Schultz – writer
Gordon A. Sheehan – animator †
Smino – rapper (attended briefly)
David Trinidad
Karen Volkman – poet
Sam Weller – journalist and author
Donda West – musician †
John H. White – photojournalist




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