Made by Alumni: Film and Television

John Baumann A'81 & Tom Bessoir E'79, Morse (2018)
available to watch on Vimeo

Tom Bessoir E'79 & Joshua Pines E'78, Digits of Pi (2019)
available to watch on Vimeo

Shelley Eshkar A‘93, After Ghostcatching (1999)
excerpts on Vimeo 

Thom Fitzgerald A’90, The Hanging Garden (1997), Cloudburst (2011), 3 Needles (2005)
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video 

Max Fleischer A'1900, created Betty Boop character (1932), licensed Popeye The Sailor comic strip to produce the Popeye animated cartoons (1933), produced the first Superman animated series (1941-1942)
A pioneer in animated film, Fleischer produced a number of well-loved cartoons as the head of Fleischer Studios, and introduced technological innovations to the industry including Rotoscope and the "Bouncing Ball" animation for sing-a-long films.
Many Fleischer Studios short films are available on the Fleischer Studios YouTube Channel.

Janet Gardner A‘65, Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story (2016)
available to rent on Vimeo

Milton Glaser A‘51, To Inform and Delight (2008)
available to watch on Tubi 

Tanya Hamilton A‘90, Showrunner for Cherish the Day (2020), Director of Night Catches Us (2010)
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video

Matthew Harrison A‘81, directed Season 1, Episodes 11 and 12 of Sex & the City (1998)
available on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, and Hulu  

Steven Hillyer AR‘90, The Event (2003)
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video 

Patty Jenkins A‘93, Wonder Woman (2017), Monster (2003)
Wonder Woman available to rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, and iTunes; Monster available to watch on Tubi

Laura Miller A‘09, Production Designer of Curvature (2017)
available to watch on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu

Mike Mills A‘89, 20th Century Women (2016), Beginners (2010)
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video

Bill Morrison A‘89, Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video

Dimitri Scheblanov A‘05, Herring & Herring Films
available to watch on their Herring & Herring website 

Neal Slavin A‘63, Focus (2001)
available to rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes 

Alice Wetterlund A‘03, starred as recurring character on Silicon Valley
available to rent on Amazon Prime Video

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.