Entertainment & Media
Joe Carnahan
Writer/Director
CSU Sacramento
B.A. Film Studies (1994)
B.A. Film Studies (1994)
- Films include Smoking Aces, Pride and Glory, and Narc.
- His brother, Matthew Michael Carnahan, is also a screenwriter whose films include The Kingdom and State of Play.
- Directed his first film, Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, while working as a producer at UPN 31 in Sacramento.
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Notable CSU Graduates in Entertainment & Media
 Tony Baxter |
 Annette Bening |
 James Berk |
 Joe Carnahan |
 Peter Casey |
 Scott Chambliss |
 Marc Cherry |
 Peggy Conlon |
 Dan Curry |
 Sam Enriquez |
 Bill Griffeth |
 Ted Griggs |
 Eddy Hartenstein |
 Stephen Hillenburg |
 Kathleen Kennedy |
 Laurie MacDonald |
 Anthony Marquez |
 Nicole Cerwin Nichols |
 A. Robert Pisano |
 Steven Spielberg |
 Robert J. Ulrich |
 Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
 Steve Zaillian |
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