University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Axness

Picture editor

Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’

Irving Azoff

2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment

Douglas Bell

Oral historian

The Oscars

Norm Berns

Producer, director

ProStar Media

Hannah Bonecutter

Founder/owner, BoneClutter LLC

Teacher, tutor, actress

Jason Brett

Entertainment executive

Co-produced ‘About Last Night’

Don Edwards

Flexpoint Ford CEO

Chair, UI board of trustees

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Jon Lee Brody

LA-based filmmaker

Iron Will Productions

Jodie Burke

Hollywood scriptwriter

ESPN 30 for 30 alumna

Lorren Cotton

Actress

Stacy in TV's 'That Guy'

Annie Crawley

Underwater photographer

Women Divers Hall of Famer

Larry Doyle

Comedy writer

Thurber Prize for humor

Abby Emmett

Amazon Studios

‘Mozart in the Jungle’

Dominic Fumusa

Actor

‘Nurse Jackie,’ ‘Homeland’

Marra Gad

Director, president

Egad! Productions

John ‘JJ’ Harris

Founder, creative director

Techboogie Media

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Jayda Imanlihen

Director of Multimedia Design & Production, Bovard College, University of Southern California

Executive Director, Black Girl Film School

Fred Koschmann

Filmmaker

Founder, Backyard Film Co.

Michael Kosta

Stand-up comedian

Illini tennis star

Chris Landreth

Award-winning animator

2004 Oscar for ‘Ryan’

Ang Lee

Movie maker

3 Oscar wins with 3 movies

Jack Leiv

Screenwriter/Producer

‘The Karate Yid’

Jeffrey Lieber

TV/film screenwriter/producer

‘Lost’ co-creator

Caroline Liem

Casting director/producer

Glass Ceiling Entertainment