List of State University of New York at Purchase people
The following is a list of individuals associated with State University of New York at Purchase through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Conservatory of Theater Arts & Film alumni "Purchase Mafia"
The alumni of the Conservatory of Theater Arts & Film compose what has been called the "Purchase Mafia" by several different sources, including Edie Falco and Hal Hartley [1][2] and is also organized as an alumni group on LinkedIn. The term was first coined by casting director, Eve Brandstein, and later used in multiple biographical listings of Purchase alumni on The Internet Movie Database. It was later picked up by the press when actress and Purchase alumna, Edie Falco, came to national attention as a result of her role on HBO's mob drama, The Sopranos.
Actors and actresses
Notable alumni and former students from the Conservatory of Theater Arts & Film include:
Theatrical designers and technicians
Playwrights and screenwriters
Producers
Screenwriters
Directors
- Austin Chick
- Abel Ferrara
- Azazel Jacobs
- Ilya Chaiken
- Nick Gomez
- Bob Gosse
- Todd Graff
- Hal Hartley
- Danny Leiner
- Tim McCann
- Eric Mendelsohn
- E. Elias Merhige
- Jeffrey Alan Schechter
- Rob Schmidt
- James Spione
- Alex Turner
- Chris Wedge of Blue Sky Studios
- John G. Young
- Michael Spiller
- A. Dean Bell
- Nicholas McCarthy
Editors
Dancers and choreographers
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Musicians
- Edward W. Hardy
- The Age of Rockets
- Victor Axelrod
- Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America
- Mal Blum
- Bill Charlap
- Imani Coppola
- Dan Deacon
- Despot
- The Dude of Life
- Elite
- Fire Flies
- Gabriel Garzón-Montano
- Gregory and the Hawk
- Kiss Kiss (band)
- Langhorne Slim
- Jeffrey Lewis
- J-Zone
- Mase
- Meneguar (band)
- Mirk
- Mitski
- Moby (majored in sociology)
- Moving Mountains (band)
- O'Death
- Only Son (formerly of Moldy Peaches)
- Jae Matthews of Boy Harsher
- Jenny Owen Youngs
- Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw
- LVL UP
- Porches
- Mary Ruth Ray
- Suzzy Roche
- Bess Rogers
- Joel Rubin
- Alan Shulman
- Gerard Smith (musician) late bassist of TV on the Radio
- Regina Spektor
- Twin Sister
- Sheer Mag
- Stephanie Winters, cellist
- Vérité
- Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice
Artists
Liberal arts and sciences
Journalists
- Adam Nagourney
- J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner - forensic psychologist, journalist and television ;personality
Activists
Scientists
Authors
Radio personalities
References
- Purchase Power. The Village Voice. March 9, 1999.
- College website Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "Dan Friedman". Collections. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved 1 October 2012.