University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Larry Doyle

Comedy writer

Thurber Prize for humor

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Douglas Bell

Oral historian

The Oscars

Josh Nizzi

Entertainment designer

Designed ‘Iron Man 3’ robots

Nick Offerman

Actor, comedian

NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'

Annie Crawley

Underwater photographer

Women Divers Hall of Famer

Roger Young

Emmy-winning director

Did ‘Magnum P.I.’ pilot

Michael Kosta

Stand-up comedian

Illini tennis star

John Axness

Picture editor

Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’

Marty Weiss

Writer/director

Formerly of Amazon Studios

Jason Brett

Entertainment executive

Co-produced ‘About Last Night’

Dominic Fumusa

Actor

‘Nurse Jackie,’ ‘Homeland’

Fred Koschmann

Filmmaker

Founder, Backyard Film Co.

Ang Lee

Movie maker

3 Oscar wins with 3 movies