A Tradition in Film
Josh Radnor '96
Popular actor, screenwriter, and director Josh Radnor is best known as the "I" in How I Met Your Mother, the long-running CBS ensemble sitcom in which he plays the lead character Ted Mosby. His directorial debut came in 2010 with happythankyoumoreplease, which won the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival. His most recent work, Liberal Arts, was filmed on Kenyon's campus as a tribute to his alma mater.
Samie Kim Falvey '96
Samie Kim Falvey is the excutive vice president for comedy development at ABC Entertainment. She recounts her early days in the industry with the Alumni Bulletin.
Jay Cocks '66
Jay Cocks is a film critic and award-winning screenwriter best known for Gangs of New York, The Age of Innocence, De-Lovely, and more. Cocks reflects on his time at Kenyon, his partnership with Martin Scorsese, and the challenges facing the film industry in this 2003 interview with the Alumni Bulletin.
Miguel Alvarez-Flatow ’14
Film and Spanish literature major Miguel Alvarez-Flatow ’14, who came to Kenyon from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, turned his senior honors thesis into a feature film.
With its strong tradition in the dramatic arts, it’s no surprise that Kenyon boasts a lengthy cast of graduates in entertainment. Marquee names include Academy Award-winning actor and director Paul Newman ’49, six-time Emmy Award-winning actress Allison Janney ’82, and How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor ’96. Many others have successful careers as film producers, financiers, and television executives.
Paul Newman '49
Actor, The Hustler, The Sting, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Young Philadelphians, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and more. Learn about Newman and his time at Kenyon in the Alumni Bulletin.
Jay Cocks '66
Film critic and award-winning screenwriter, Gangs of New York, The Age of Innocence, De-Lovely, and more. Learn more about Cocks in the Alumni Bulletin .
Allison Janney '82
Actress, The West Wing, The Hours, American Beauty, Juno, Finding Nemo, The Ice Storm, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Mom, and more. Learn more about Janney's role in Liberal Arts in the Alumni Bulletin.
Josh Radnor '96
Actor, central role in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, director of Happythankyoumoreplease, which won the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award in 2010, and Liberal Arts, filmed at Kenyon. Learn more about Radnor and Liberal Arts in the Alumni Bulletin.
Other Kenyon alumni in the film industry include:
Will Adashek '05, post-production specialist
Nick Bakay '81, actor, writer, producer. The King of Queens
Rosemary Brandenburg '79, set decorator
Adam Davidson '86, director/producer for shows including Shark, Grey's Anatomy, Deadwood, and Rome; Academy Award and Palme D'Or winner for The Lunch Date (1990).
Samie Kim Falvey '96, ABC Entertainment senior vice president for comedy development
Todd Leavitt '73, film distributor and financier
Jonathan Sehring '78, president of Sundance Selects and IFC Films
Dan Shefelman '84, animator-cartoonist, Ice Age and Robots
Karl Shefelman '80, storyboard artist and filmmaker
Adam J. Sonnenfeld '08, freelance motion picture editor