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This is a list of alumni of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television .
- Shane Acker, filmmaker, 9
- Ana Lily Amirpour, filmmaker, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Corey Allen, actor, film director, writer, television director, and producer, Rebel Without a Cause
- Allison Anders, filmmaker, Gas, Food, Lodging
- MK Asante, author, Buck: A Memoir , filmmaker, The Black Candle , executive producer, While Black with MK Asante
- Jacoba Atlas, television executive, senior producer at NBC News and TBS, vice president at CNN and PBS
- Danilo Bach, writer, Beverly Hills Cop
- Carroll Ballard, director, Fly Away Home
- Beth Behrs, actress, 2 Broke Girls , The Neighborhood
- Harve Bennett, producer, Star Trek
- Corbin Bernsen, actor, Psych , L.A. Law
- Jeff Berry, historian and author [1]
- Bruce Bilson, director, Get Smart
- Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter, J. Edgar , Milk
- Jack Black, actor, Kung Fu Panda , School of Rock
- Shane Black, writer/director, Lethal Weapon , Iron Man 3
- Thomas Bliss, producer
- Roger Blonder, short film animation
- Carol Burnett, comedian
- Charles Burnett, filmmaker, To Sleep with Anger
- Stephen H. Burum, cinematographer, Mission: Impossible
- Giacun Caduff, producer of La femme et le TGV
- Sheila Callaghan, writer/producer, Shameless
- Patricia Cardoso, filmmaker, Real Women Have Curves
- Nancy Cartwright, voice actress, The Simpsons
- Migdia Chinea, writer, The Incredible Hulk
- Bert Convy, host, Tattletales , Super Password
- Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, The Godfather franchise
- Alex Cox, filmmaker, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Steve Cuden, screenwriter, Jekyll & Hyde musical
- Dean Cundey, cinematographer, Apollo 13
- Julie Dash, filmmaker, Daughters of the Dust
- Jonathan Dayton, director, Little Miss Sunshine , Ruby Sparks
- James Dean, actor, Rebel Without a Cause
- Joyce DeWitt, actress, Three's Company
- Jesse Draper, actress, talk show host, The Valley Girl Show
- Moctesuma Esparza, producer, Gettysburg
- Jamaa Fanaka, filmmaker, Penitentiary
- Valerie Faris, director, Little Miss Sunshine , Ruby Sparks
- Teshome Gabriel, cinema scholar and professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, expert on cinema in Africa and the developing world
- Sacha Gervasi, filmmaker, Hitchcock
- Alex Gibney, filmmaker, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- Geoffrey Gilmore, director, Tribeca Film Festival
- Maria Giese, director, activist for women directors, [When Saturday Comes], [DGA ACLU EEOC investigation for women directors]
- Joanna Gleason, actress, The Wedding Planner
- Dan Gordon, screenwriter, The Hurricane
- Christopher Gorham, actor, Covert Affairs
- Kristin Hanggi, Broadway director, Rock of Ages
- Catherine Hardwicke, director, Twilight
- Mariska Hargitay, actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Marielle Heller, director, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , Can You Ever Forgive Me? , The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- Felicia D. Henderson, writer/producer, Fringe , Gossip Girl
- Jim Herzfeld, screenwriter, Meet the Fockers
- Colin Higgins, screenwriter, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Michael Hitchcock, actor/writer, Glee
- Todd Holland, showrunner, Malcolm in the Middle
- Randall Jahnson, screenwriter, The Doors
- Anne-Marie Johnson, actress, What's Happening Now!! [2]
- Laeta Kalogridis, writer/producer, Terminator Genisys
- Judy Kaye, Broadway actress
- Nietzchka Keene, director, The Juniper Tree
- Gil Kenan, director, Poltergeist
- Russ Kingston, actor, film editor
- David Koepp, screenwriter, Jurassic Park , Spider-Man, Mission Impossible
- Scott Kosar, writer, The Machinist
- Neil Landau, writer, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
- Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer, Coming to America , Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
- Janet Leahy, executive producer, Mad Men
- Justin Lin filmmaker, Fast & Furious 6
- Erica Lindbeck, voice actress
- Russell Mael, singer-songwriter, Sparks
- SJ Main Muñoz, television and film director, American Horror Stories
- Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, The Doors
- Courtney Marsh, filmmaker, Chau, Beyond the Lines
- Steve Martin, actor/writer, It's Complicated , L.A. Story
- Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist, The Doors
- Gregory Nava, filmmaker, American Family
- Victor Nuñez, filmmaker, Ulee's Gold
- Alexander Payne, filmmaker, Nebraska , The Descendants
- Nasim Pedrad, comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Robert Roy Pool, writer, Armageddon
- Doug Pray, filmmaker, Levitated Mass
- Gina Prince-Bythewood, filmmaker, Beyond the Lights , The Secret Lives of Bees
- John Rando, Broadway director, On the Town
- Rob Reiner, actor/writer/producer, New Girl , Flipped , The Bucket List
- Tim Robbins, actor, The Brink , Mystic River , The Shawshank Redemption
- Scott Rosenberg, producer/writer, Zoo , October Road , Con Air
- Eric Roth, writer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Pietro Scalia, editor, Black Hawk Down , Gladiator , Good Will Hunting
- Paul Schrader, writer, Raging Bull , Taxi Driver
- Tom Shadyac, filmmaker, Bruce Almighty , Evan Almighty
- Chuck Sheetz, animation director, The Simpsons, Recess
- Brad Silberling, filmmaker, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- David Silverman, animation producer, The Simpsons
- Tom Skerritt, actor, Ted, Picket Fences , Top Gun
- Penelope Spheeris, director, Wayne's World
- Nicole St. John, voice actress, Futurama
- Ben Stiller, actor/writer/director, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty , Zoolander
- Michael Stuhlbarg, actor, Boardwalk Empire
- Joel Surnow, writer, 24
- Jorma Taccone, writer, Saturday Night Live
- George Takei, actor, Star Trek
- Ham Tran, director, The Anniversary (2003 film)
- Gore Verbinski, director, Rango , Pirates of the Caribbean
- David S. Ward, writer, Sleepless in Seattle , The Sting
- Aron Warner, producer, Shrek franchise
- Mitch Watson, animation writer, All Hail King Julien
- Kevin Weisman, actor, Alias
- Jenna Westover, writer, I am not OK with this! [3]
- Marianne Wibberley, writer, National Treasure franchise
- Gregory Widen, writer, Highlander
- Cress Williams, actor, Prison Break
- Hoyt Yeatman, visual effects, Jack the Giant Slayer
- Daphne Zuniga, actress, One Tree Hill , Melrose Place
- Chih-yen Yee, writer/director, Blue Gate Crossing [4] [ circular reference ]
- Ayn Carrillo Gailey, writer, Nice Girl Like You
- Usmar Ismail, director, Lewat Djam Malam
- Kerem Çatay, film producer, Ay Yapim
- Kevin Tsai, television host/writer, Kangsi Coming