Notable Alumni of School of Visual Arts [Sorted List]

1. Chrissy Conant

artist

Chrissy Conant is an American artist who created works such as Chrissy Caviar and Chrissy Skin Rug. Her BioArt works have aroused strong responses and have been a basis for discussions of the body, art, and ethics.

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2. Marisa Acocella Marchetto

1963-. (aged 63)

novelist cartoonist

Marisa Acocella is an American cartoonist. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling graphic novel Ann Tenna, the graphic memoir Cancer Vixen, and Just Who the Hell is She, Anyway? She is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and a columnist for W magazine's website. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, and...

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3. Geoffrey Notkin

1961-. (aged 65)

musician

Geoffrey Notkin is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. Notkin is known as one of the hosts of Meteorite Men, a documentary reality television series from Science Channel, which ran for three seasons. He is the president of the National Space Society, and holds a seat on the National Space Society Board of Governors. He is a long-time member of...

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4. Baruch Nachshon

1939-2021 (aged 82)

painter

Baruch Nachshon was an Israeli artist and mystic.

5. Tom Feelings

1933-2003 (aged 70)

writer artist illustrator caricaturist

Tom Feelings was an American artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. Many of his books focus on African-American and African culture, such as To Be a Slave (1968), Jambo Means Hello (1974), and The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (1995).

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6. Steve Stiles

1943-2020 (aged 77)

writer cartoonist

Stephen Willis Stiles was an American cartoonist and writer, coming out of the science fiction fanzine tradition. He won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist.

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7. Lee Knox Ostertag

1991-. (aged 35)

writer cartoonist penciller illustrator

Lee Knox Ostertag is an American cartoonist and writer. His work includes the animated series The Owl House, webcomic Strong Female Protagonist, the middle grade graphic novel series The Witch Boy, The Hidden Witch, and The Midwinter Witch, and on the series Tales of the Night Watchman. He was named one of Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in 2021.

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8. Ran Morin

1958-. (aged 68)

sculptor

Ran Morin is an Israeli artist, known for his statues involving full-sized living trees. Much of his work is found in Israel, notably the Olive Tree and surrounding park on the Ramat Rachel kibbutz. He currently lives in New York.

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9. James Sturm

1965-. (aged 61)

comics artist

James Sturm is an American cartoonist and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Sturm is also the founder of the National Association of Comics Art Educators (NACAE), an organization committed to helping facilitate the teaching of comics in higher education.

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10. Ben Katchor

1951-. (aged 75)

librettist comics artist comics writer writer cartoonist

Ben Katchor is an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for the comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. He has contributed comics and drawings to The Forward, The New Yorker, Metropolis, and weekly newspapers in the United States. A Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Katchor was described by author Michael Chabon as "the creator of the last great...

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11. Alex Robinson

1969-. (aged 57)

draftsperson comics artist writer cartoonist novelist

Alex Robinson is an American comic book writer and artist.

12. Michal Na'aman

1951-. (aged 75)

painter

Michal Na'aman, is an Israeli painter. From the point of view of values, her work is characterized as conceptual art and deals with such subjects as the limitations of language and sight, the possibilities for expression, and gender issues. Using the techniques of collage, Na'aman has created works that examine the visual way of thinking as opposed to the verbal...

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13. Bill Gallo

1922-2011 (aged 89)

cartoonist

Bill Gallo was an American cartoonist and newspaper columnist, known for his cartoons about sports, for the New York Daily News.

14. Alex Saviuk

1952-. (aged 74)

draftsperson comics artist illustrator

Alex Saviuk is an American comics artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.

15. Aaron Augenblick

1975-. (aged 51)

cartoonist film director comics artist animator television producer

Aaron Augenblick is an American animator, director, writer, and producer. He is the founder of Augenblick Studios, creator of City Island, and known for his work on Ugly Americans, Superjail!, Wonder Showzen, and Golden Age.

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16. Willie Cole

1955-. (aged 71)

installation artist visual artist printmaker

Willie Cole is a contemporary American sculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist. His work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and African-American imagery. He also has used Dada’s readymades and Surrealism’s transformed objects, as well as icons of American pop culture or African and Asian masks.

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17. Gail Anderson

1962-. (aged 64)

graphic designer writer postage stamp designer

Gail Anderson is an American graphic designer, writer, and educator known for her typographic skill, hand-lettering and poster design.

18. Tomer Hanuka

1974-. (aged 52)

art director illustrator cartoonist

Tomer Hanuka is an Israeli illustrator and cartoonist.

19. Noah Kalina

1980-. (aged 46)

photographer artist

Noah Kalina is an American art photographer. Much of Kalina's work focuses on the passage of time including his well-known project Everyday which shows the aging of a human. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Monocle, Businessweek, Nylon, Esquire, Le Monde, and Interview, among others.

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20. Felicia Bond

1954-. (aged 72)

children's writer children's book illustrator writer

Felicia Bond is an American writer and illustrator of numerous books for children. She is the illustrator of all the If You Give... series written by Laura Numeroff and published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

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21. Dave Roman

1977-. (aged 49)

editor comics artist writer illustrator penciller

Dave Roman is an American writer and artist of webcomics and comics.

22. Mark Bodé

1963-. (aged 63)

tattoo artist comics artist cartoonist

Mark Bodē is an American cartoonist. The son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bodē, Mark shares the Bodē family style and perpetuates many of his late father's creations as well as his own works. He is best known for his work on Cobalt-60, Miami Mice, and The Lizard of Oz. Bodē has also worked for Heavy Metal magazine and on...

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23. Dash Shaw

1983-. (aged 43)

visual artist cartoonist animator draftsperson

Dash Shaw is an American comic book writer/artist and animator. He is the author of the graphic novels Cosplayers, Doctors, New School, and Bottomless Belly Button, published by Fantagraphics. Additionally, Shaw has written Love Eats Brains published by Odd God Press, GardenHead published by Meathaus, The Mother's Mouth published by Alternative Comics, and BodyWorld published by Pantheon Books.

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24. Alexis Rockman

1962-. (aged 64)

painter

Alexis Rockman is an American contemporary artist known for his paintings that provide depictions of future landscapes as they might exist with impacts of climate change and evolution influenced by genetic engineering. He has exhibited his work in the United States since 1985, including a 2004 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and internationally since 1989. He lives with his wife,...

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25. Alan Robert

1962-. (aged 64)

bass guitarist comics artist

Alan Robert is an American musician and comic book creator. He is the bassist and main songwriter for the alternative metal band Life of Agony, whom he has played for since 1989. Robert is also known for his work on the graphic novels Wire Hangers, Crawl to Me, and Killogy, as well as the horror-themed adult coloring book series The...

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26. Hanoch Piven

1963-. (aged 63)

illustrator artist

Hanoch Piven is an Israeli mixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures.

27. Louise Fili

1951-. (aged 75)

typographer graphic designer designer

Louise Fili is an American graphic designer and artist known for her use of typography. Her work incorporates elements of modernism and European Art Deco, combining historical typography with contemporary design approaches. Fili designed nearly 2,000 book jackets while working at Random House. Since establishing her design studio, she has shifted her focus towards restaurant identity, food-related logos, and packaging....

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28. Angelina Nikonova

1976-. (aged 50)

film producer screenwriter film director

Angelina Yurevna Nikonova is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer.

29. Kate Shepherd

1961-. (aged 65)

painter

Kate Shepherd is an American artist based in New York City. She is represented by Galerie Lelong in the United States and France.

30. Drew Friedman

1958-. (aged 68)

comics artist cartoonist

Drew Friedman is an American cartoonist and illustrator who first gained renown for his humorous artwork and "stippling"-like style of caricature, employing thousands of pen-marks to simulate the look of a photograph. In the mid-1990s, he switched to painting.

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31. John Holmstrom

1954-. (aged 72)

comics artist writer cartoonist

John Holmstrom is an American underground cartoonist and writer. He is best known for illustrating the covers of the Ramones albums Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin, as well as his characters Bosko and Joe (published in Scholastic's Bananas magazine from 1975 to 1984).

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32. Stanley Greene

1949-2017 (aged 68)

photographer war photographer painter fashion photographer photojournalist

Stanley Greene Jr. was an American photojournalist.

33. Miguel Chevalier

1959-. (aged 67)

visual artist multimedia artist artist

Miguel Chevalier is a French digital and virtual artist. Since 1978, Miguel Chevalier has used computers as a means of expression in the field of the visual arts. He has established himself internationally as one of the pioneers of virtual and digital art.

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34. Patrick McDonnell

1956-. (aged 70)

comics artist illustrator writer

Patrick McDonnell is a cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts, which follows the adventures of a dog and a cat, that has been syndicated since 1994. Prior to creating Mutts, he was a prolific magazine illustrator, and would frequently include a dog in the backgrounds of his drawings.

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35. Kara Vallow

1967-. (aged 59)

film actor film producer television producer

Kara Vallow is an American television producer and computer animator. She has worked on four television series by Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door Productions: Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Furthermore, she served as a producer on the first season of Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo. She is the producer of all of Fox's primetime Sunday...

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36. Tom Sito

1956-. (aged 70)

screenwriter character animator television director animator

Tom Sito is an American animator, animation historian and teacher. He is currently a professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts in the Animation Division. In 1998, Sito was included by Animation Magazine in their list of the One Hundred Most Important People in Animation.

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37. John Paul Leon

1972-2021 (aged 49)

comics artist penciller

John Paul Leon was an American comic book artist, known for his work on the Milestone Comics series Static, and the Marvel Comics limited series Earth X.

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38. Joshua Citarella

1987-. (aged 39)

visual artist artist

Joshua Citarella is an artist and writer from New York City whose work is primarily focused on online communities and internet culture. He is host of the Doomscroll podcast and creator of the online platform Do Not Research.

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39. Michael Avedon

1991-. (aged 35)

photographer

Michael Patrick Avedon is an American photographer living in New York City. Avedon works commercially as a fashion photographer and makes portraits for his personal work – including an ongoing series of artists in their studios.

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40. A.J. LoCascio

1987-. (aged 39)

film actor actor voice actor

A. J. LoCascio is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles as Prince Lotor in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Marty McFly in Back to the Future: The Game and Gambit in X-Men '97.

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41. Jonathan Rado

1990-. (aged 36)

musician DJ producer

Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the indie rock duo Foxygen. Rado is a native of Westlake Village, California, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 2005.

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42. Christine Sun Kim

1980-. (aged 46)

sound artist

Christine Sun Kim is an American sound artist, performer and activist based in Berlin. Working predominantly in drawing, performance, and video, Kim's art practice considers how sound operates in society. Musical notation, written language, American Sign Language (ASL), and the use of the body are all recurring elements in her work. Her work has been exhibited in major cultural institutions...

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43. Alexa Karolinski

1984-. (aged 42)

film director screenwriter

Alexa Karolinski is a German writer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. She is the creator of the television drama Unorthodox (2020).

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44. Mark Texeira

visual artist painter illustrator inker

Mark Texeira is an American comic book artist. Classically trained as a painter, he broke into the comics field in the early 1980s.

45. Phil Jimenez

1970-. (aged 56)

penciller comics artist writer comics writer novelist

Phil Jimenez is an American comics artist and writer known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles, and his artistry for his 2021 critically acclaimed partnership with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick...

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46. Joe Sinnott

1926-2020 (aged 94)

draftsperson comics artist illustrator

Joseph Leonard Sinnott was an American comic book artist. Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, from 1965 to 1981 (and briefly in the late 1980s), initially over the pencils of Jack Kirby. During his 60 years as a Marvel freelance artist and then remote worker salaried artist, Sinnott...

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47. Peter Bagge

1957-. (aged 69)

comics artist writer

Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics Neat Stuff and Hate. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class American youth. He won two Harvey Awards in 1991, one for best cartoonist and one for his work on Hate. In recent decades Bagge has done more fact-based...

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48. Charles Fazzino

1955-. (aged 71)

painter illustrator artist

Charles Fazzino is an American pop artist, known for his silkscreen serigraphs in a 3D pop art style. His artwork is influenced from urban landscapes, sporting events, and celebrities.

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49. ZHC

1999-. (aged 27)

painter YouTuber

Zachary Hsieh, known online as ZHC, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his drawing and custom art challenge videos.

50. Jerry Beck

1955-. (aged 71)

historian blogger writer

Jerry Beck is an American animation historian, author, blogger, and video producer.

51. Gillian Robespierre

1978-. (aged 48)

film director screenwriter

Gillian Robespierre is an American director and writer, known for writing and directing the films Obvious Child and Landline.

52. Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis

1959-. (aged 67)

comics artist screenwriter

Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis, known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo. Since 1992, he has drawn Underworld, an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies. He...

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53. Andrea Fraser

1965-. (aged 61)

university teacher performance artist video artist artist visual artist

Andrea Rose Fraser is a performance artist, mainly known for her work in the area of institutional critique. Fraser is based in New York and Los Angeles and is a professor and area head of the Interdisciplinary Studio of the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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54. Lorne Lanning

1964-. (aged 62)

writer voice actor film director video game developer

Lorne Lanning is an American game designer, director, writer and voice actor. He is also co-founder and president of the video game developer Oddworld Inhabitants. He is best known for creating the Oddworld series including the games Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! and Oddworld: Soulstorm.

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55. Kembra Pfahler

1961-. (aged 65)

actor performance artist singer draftsperson

Kembra Pfahler is an American interdisciplinary artist and rock musician. She has been called the "godmother of modern day shock art".

56. Chris Prynoski

1971-. (aged 55)

executive producer animator film director

Chris Prynoski is an American film and television producer, animator, and director, known for his work on TV programs such as Downtown, Metalocalypse, Freaknik: The Musical, Motorcity and Megas XLR and films such as Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

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57. Manuel DeLanda

1952-. (aged 74)

programmer university teacher film director computer scientist philosopher

Manuel DeLanda is a Mexican-American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975. He is a lecturer in architecture at the Princeton University School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, where he teaches courses on the philosophy of urban history and the dynamics of cities as historical actors with an emphasis on...

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58. Lorna Simpson

1960-. (aged 66)

filmmaker draftsperson installation artist video artist photographer

Lorna Simpson is an American photographer and multimedia artist whose works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In 1990, she became one of the first African-American women to exhibit at the Venice Biennale. She came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s with photo-text installations such as Guarded Conditions and Square Deal that questioned the nature of identity, gender,...

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59. Rus Yusupov

1984-. (aged 42)

businessperson

Rus Yusupov is a designer and tech entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia.

60. Archie Goodwin

1994-. (aged 32)

basketball player

Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles Creepy and Eerie between 1964 and 1967. At Marvel, he served as the...

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61. Kazuhiro Soda

1970-. (aged 56)

cinematographer screenwriter film director

Kazuhiro Soda is a Japanese documentary filmmaker and author based in New York City. He is known for his observational method of documentary filmmaking.

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62. Elizabeth Peyton

1965-. (aged 61)

painter artist draftsperson graphic artist photographer

Elizabeth Joy Peyton is an American contemporary artist working primarily in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Best known for figures from her own life and those beyond it, including close friends, historical personae, and icons of contemporary culture, Peyton's portraits have regularly featured artists, writers, musicians, and actors.

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63. Tim Sale

1956-2022 (aged 66)

comics artist

Timothy Roger Sale was an American comics artist, "best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman and for influencing depictions of Batman in numerous films." He is primarily known for his collaborations with writer Jeph Loeb, which included both comics work and artwork for the TV series Heroes. Sale's renditions of Batman particularly in his...

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64. Samuel Bayer

1962-. (aged 64)

photographer camera operator film director film editor cinematographer

Samuel David Bayer is an American visual artist, cinematographer, photographer, and commercial, music video and film director. Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1991.

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65. Jimmy Diresta

1967-. (aged 59)

James "Jimmy" DiResta is a New York-based maker, artist, and video producer. He enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in 1986 and graduated in 1990 with a BFA degree. In 1993, he formed a now-defunct toy design company/store called "DiResta" in the East Village which created Gurglin’ Gutz, a rubber toy replicating a miniature human organ. He went on...

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66. Michael Cuesta

1963-. (aged 63)

screenwriter director film director film producer television producer

Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director, best known for his independent films, specially for having co-written and directed the 2001 film L.I.E. He has directed and produced television series including Six Feet Under, Dexter, Blue Bloods and Homeland.

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67. Mariam Ghani

1978-. (aged 48)

filmmaker video artist artist university teacher

Mariam Ghani is an American visual artist, photographer, filmmaker and social activist. A member of the Visual Arts faculty at Bennington College, Ghani is the collaborator and partner of Chitra Ganesh and is represented by Ryan Lee Gallery. Her work has been featured in venues like the Tate Modern and the National Gallery of Art, and she has produced several...

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68. Julie Klausner

1962-. (aged 64)

comedian television actor screenwriter writer podcaster

Julie Klausner is an American writer, comedian, actress, and podcaster. She is best known for creating, writing, and starring in the Hulu sitcom Difficult People (2015–2017), which also starred comedian Billy Eichner.

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69. John R. Dilworth

1963-. (aged 63)

screenwriter television director animator voice actor businessperson

John Russell Dilworth is an American animator, actor, writer, director, storyboard artist, producer and the creator of the animated television series Courage the Cowardly Dog. Dilworth's works have appeared on PBS, CBS, Showtime, HBO, Fox, ABC, NBC, Arte, CBC Television, YTV, Teletoon, BBC Two, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, among others.

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70. Raina Telgemeier

1977-. (aged 49)

cartoonist novelist comics artist writer illustrator

Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller lists. She has also written and illustrated the graphic novels Ghosts and...

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71. David Caspe

1978-. (aged 48)

screenwriter television director showrunner television producer television writer

David Herbert Caspe is an American film and television writer. As a writer-producer, he is best known for his work in television as creator of sitcoms such as ABC's Happy Endings, the Showtime comedy Black Monday, and the NBC sitcoms Kenan and Marry Me. Other work includes writing the 2012 film That's My Boy and co-creating the YouTube Premium series...

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72. Vivienne Medrano

1992-. (aged 34)

filmmaker voice actor film director animator

Vivienne Medrano, also known by her pseudonym VivziePop, is an American YouTuber, animator, writer, director, and producer. She is best known as the creator of the musical television series Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. She also created the webcomic ZooPhobia.

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73. Craig Gillespie

1967-. (aged 59)

film director director commercial director

Craig Gillespie is an Australian-American film, television, music video, and commercial director. He is best known for directing the films Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Fright Night (2011), I, Tonya (2017), and Cruella (2021).

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74. Joe Quesada

1962-. (aged 64)

television producer television director visual artist cartoonist voice actor

Joseph Quesada is an American comic book artist, writer, editor, and television producer. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom. He also worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own...

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75. Carlos Saldanha

1968-. (aged 58)

painter screenwriter voice actor animator film director

Carlos Saldanha is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who collaborated with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Rio (2011), Rio 2 (2014), Ferdinand (2017), and Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024), and the co-director of...

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76. Randall Emmett

1971-. (aged 55)

film producer film director poker player

Randall Ives Emmett is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla Oasis Films.

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77. Jane Wagner

1935-. (aged 91)

screenwriter stage actor film director actor record producer

Jane Wagner is an American writer, director and producer. She is Lily Tomlin's comedy writer, collaborator, and wife.

78. Federico Castelluccio

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter film director painter film producer actor

Federico Castelluccio is an Italian-born American actor. He is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos.

79. Brennan Lee Mulligan

1988-. (aged 38)

actor screenwriter

Brennan Lee Mulligan is an American comedian, actor, writer, and gamemaster. He often works with Dropout (formerly CollegeHumor) as a writer, performer, and producer. He is the creator and regular gamemaster for Dropout's actual play series Dimension 20 as well as the dungeon master for the first four seasons of the creator-owned actual play podcast Worlds Beyond Number and the...

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80. Rebecca Sugar

1987-. (aged 39)

voice actor composer songwriter television producer screenwriter

Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer, director, and musician. A pioneer of LGBTQ representation in children's television, she is best known for being the creator of the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, making her the first non-binary person to independently create a series for the network; prior to coming out as non-binary, Sugar was described as...

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81. Ti West

1980-. (aged 46)

screenwriter film director film editor film producer actor

Timon C. West is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films The Roost (2005), Trigger Man (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), the Western In a Valley of Violence (2016) as well as the X trilogy. He has also acted in a number of films,...

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82. Rahul Khanna

1972-. (aged 54)

actor television presenter

Rahul Khanna is an Indian actor, VJ, model and writer who works in Bollywood. He is the eldest son of actor Vinod Khanna and the elder brother of Akshaye Khanna.

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83. Keith Haring

1958-1990 (aged 32)

muralist photographer social activist visual artist cartoonist

Keith Allen Haring was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turned into social activism by using the images to advocate for safe sex and AIDS awareness. In addition to solo gallery...

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84. Bryan Singer

1965-. (aged 61)

film director director actor television producer executive producer

Bryan Jay Singer is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed, as well as multiple television series.

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85. Trevor Moore

1995-. (aged 31)

ice hockey player

Trevor Paul Moore was an American comedian, actor, filmmaker, and musician. He was a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know (WKUK), alongside Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter. The troupe had a sketch comedy series which aired for five seasons on IFC from March 2007 until June 2011.

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86. Steve Ditko

1927-2018 (aged 91)

screenwriter comics artist illustrator draftsperson

Stephen John Ditko was an American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, introducing the character's signature red and yellow design.

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87. Fred Armisen

1966-. (aged 60)

actor television actor screenwriter film actor voice actor

Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series Documentary Now! and the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8.

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88. Gerard Way

1977-. (aged 49)

comics artist writer composer singer-songwriter singer

Gerard Arthur Way is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, in 2014.

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89. Enrico Casarosa

1971-. (aged 55)

screenwriter storyboard artist film director director

Enrico Casarosa is an Italian director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. Best known for his work at Pixar, he has directed the short film La Luna (2011) and the feature film Luca (2021), both of which were nominated for Academy Awards.

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90. Herb Trimpe

1939-2015 (aged 76)

visual artist comics artist writer

Herbert William Trimpe was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men.

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91. Michael Giacchino

1967-. (aged 59)

composer television director television actor music executive film producer

Michael Giacchino is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards.

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92. Bill Plympton

1946-. (aged 80)

screenwriter animator film director

Bill Plympton is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award–nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's Guard Dog.

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93. Genevieve Gorder

1974-. (aged 52)

interior designer

Genevieve Gorder is an American television host and interior designer. She was one of the Designers on Trading Spaces, She hosted Bravo's Best Room Wins. Previously, she hosted Stay Here on Netflix, Genevieve's Renovation, "White House Christmas," and Dear Genevieve on HGTV and judged HGTV's Design Star.

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94. Jared Leto

1971-. (aged 55)

manufacturer businessperson record producer composer singer

Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognized for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

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95. John Rocco

1967-. (aged 59)

illustrator writer

Christopher John Rocco, simply known as John Rocco is an American illustrator of book covers and children's books. He is best known for illustrating the covers of books in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He is the sole creator of some children's picture books.

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96. Rama Duwaji

1997-. (aged 29)

ceramicist illustrator animator

Rama Sawaf Duwaji is an American animator, illustrator, and ceramist. Throughout her career, her illustrations have been featured in The New Yorker and The Washington Post, as well as at Vice, the BBC, Apple, and Tate Modern.

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97. Josh Adams

1987-. (aged 39)

comics artist artist

Joshua Taylor Adams is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys before playing professionally in Russia, Turkey, China, the NBA G League, Spain, Italy, Australia, Slovenia and Greece.

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98. Penelope Umbrico

1957-. (aged 69)

photographer

Penelope Umbrico is an American artist best known for her work that appropriates images found using search engines and picture sharing websites.

99. Morten Tyldum

1967-. (aged 59)

executive producer film director

Morten Tyldum is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film Headhunters (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical drama The Imitation Game (2014), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the science fiction drama Passengers (2016).

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100. Emmanuel Iduma

1989-. (aged 37)

academic university teacher novelist writer author

Emmanuel Iduma is a Nigerian writer and art critic. He is the author of A Stranger's Pose (2018) and Farad (2012). In 2016, Farad was republished in North America as The Sound of Things to Come. He was awarded the inaugural Irving Sandler Award for New Voices in Art Criticism by the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, USA. He teaches...

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