Notable Faculty & Alumni
The University of Iowa claims among its faculty and graduates winners of virtually every major literary award, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize, many recent U.S. Poets Laureate and others.
Writers
Cinematic Arts | Screenwriting
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Dean Bakopoulos
Title/Position
Faculty | Cinema Arts | Screenwriting
Made for Love (2021), co-creator; Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017), author, screenplay
Scott Beck
Title/Position
Alumni | Screenwriting | Communication Studies
A Quiet Place (2018), screenplay
Mitchell Burgess
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Sopranos (1999-2006), Blue Bloods (2010-2024), screenplay
Lila Byock
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Manhattan (2014–2015), screenplay
Rick Cleveland
Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
The West Wing (1999-2006), Six Feet Under (2001-2005), Mad Men (2007-2015), House of Cards (2013-2018), screenplay
Robin Green
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
The Sopranos (1999-2006), Northern Exposure (1991-1995), Party of Five (1997), Blue Bloods (2010-2024), screenplay
Don Hall
Title/Position
Alumni | Screenwriting | School of Art, Art History and Design
Moana (2016), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), story; Meet the Robinsons (2007), screenplay
Sarah Heyward
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Girls (2012), Modern Love (2021), screenplay
Nicholas Meyer
Title/Position
Playwriting | Screenwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), screenplay, director; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), screenplay
David Milch
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Deadwood (2004-2006), Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), NYPD Blue (1993-2005), True Detective (2014-2024)
Joe Russo
Title/Position
Fiction | English Department | Alumni
Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); director
Merritt Tierce
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019), screenplay
Bryan Woods
Title/Position
Alumni | Screenwriting | Communication Studies
A Quiet Place (2018), screenplay
Rachel Yoder
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program | Faculty | Cinematic Arts | Screenwriting
Nightbitch (2024), author, screenplay