Entertainment & Media
Steve Zaillian
Screenwriter, Director
San Francisco State University
B.A. Cinema (1975)
B.A. Cinema (1975)
- An acclaimed screenwriter who won the 1994 Best Screenplay Oscar for Schindler's List.
- Wrote and directed Searching for Bobby Fischer, A Civil Action, and All the King's Men.
- Began his collegiate studies at Sonoma State, then transferred to SFSU because he wanted to "live in San Francisco."
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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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