Notable Alumni in Entertainment Motion Pictures, Television and Music
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Notable Alumni in Entertainment Motion Pictures, Television and Music UNION IN THE WORLD Daniel Andelman ’97, executive producer Alan Horn ’64, CEO, Disney Studios; of new media, The Phantom Gourmet former president and COO, Warner Brothers; co-founder, Castle Rock David Andelman ’92, CEO, The Phantom Entertainment; producer (Seinfeld, Gourmet When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, A Few Good Men, Shawshank Michael Andelman ’94, VP of business Redemption, The Green Mile, The development, The Phantom Gourmet; Bucket List) co-host, Saturday Shakeup, The Zone Pakk Hui ’00, film composer whose Robert Bernhardt ’73, music director, credits include The Fast and the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera; Furious, The Killing Room, Final conductor Destination 5, Law-Abiding Citizen and Transformers: Prime. Helena Binder ’76, opera director (Glimmerglass); choreographer Ilene Landress ’83, co-executive producer for HBO’s The Sopranos, Girls Steven Cole ’71, opera singer and Mildred Pierce (Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall) Michael Losure ’04, visual effects Robert Chartoff ’55, Hollywood artist, Dreamworks Animation producer (the Rocky series, Raging Bull, The Right Stuff); Academy Leonard Coles MacKenzie Jr. ’41, Award winner (Rocky, 1976) composer (“Chiquita Banana” jingle) Deborah Davis ’73, author and New York Bryan McGuirk ’85, president, Media and Times best seller, Strapless: Enterprise Services, SES AMERICOM, John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Inc.; former executive positions with Madame X OpenTV, TViFusion Jeffrey DeMunn ’69, television, film and John Milford ’50, actor/civil engineer; stage actor (The Green Mile, Law and credited with original design Order, The Shawshank Redemption, for the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Majestic) Phil Robinson ’71, screenwriter and George DiCenzo ’62, television, film and director (Field of Dreams, Sneakers, stage actor (Dynasty, Murder She Wrote, Sum of All Fears) Law and Order, Back to the Future, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) Peter Schlessel ’83, producer and Union College president of GK Films, LLC. Former 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 Michael Fuchs ’67, former chairman President of Worldwide Affairs at Sony 518.388.6180 and CEO, HBO; 2005 Broadcasting and Pictures and Director of Legal Affairs WWW.UNION.EDU Cable Honor Role of the Fifth Estate for RCA/Columbia Home Video. Last updated: 7/2012 Notable Alumni in Entertainment Motion Pictures, Television and Music (continued) UNION IN THE WORLD Ben Schwarz ’03, actor and writer Robert Thurber ’68, writer/producer (Parks and Recreation, House of Lies, of award-winning documentaries for Undercovers); won Emmy award for commercial and public television (A his writing work on the 81st Annual Day Without Sunshine about migrant Academy Awards show farm workers; Plea Bargaining, a behind-the-scenes exploration of the Adam Storke ’84, actor (Mystic Pizza, criminal justice system) Stephen King’s The Stand) Mark Urman ’73, executive producer, Scott Siegler ’69, partner, Zelnick Media; Academy Award-winning film former president, Columbia Pictures Monster’s Ball Television, TriStar Pictures Television and Granada Entertainment Rawson Marshall Thurber ’97, screenwriter, director, producer (Dodgeball, Magnum, P.I. movie) Union College 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 518.388.6180 WWW.UNION.EDU Last updated: 7/2012.