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Peter Weiss (1916-1982)
playwright, painter, director, film director, illustrator, essayist, graphic artist, librettist, film producer, musician, production designer
- University of Westminster, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Chester Brown (born 1960)
cartoonist, politician, comics artist
- Dawson College
Eddy Mitchell (born 1942)
recording artist, television actor
La Toya Jackson (born 1956)
singer, television personality, actor, recording artist
Kim Gordon (born 1953)
guitarist, singer, actor, visual artist, fashion designer, film director
- Beaux-Arts de Paris, Otis College of Art and Design
Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist, journalist, film actor, fashion photographer, artist, film producer, composer, poet, director
- Ricker College, Storm King School
Trina Robbins (1938-2024)
comics artist, artist, editor, historian, illustrator
Riad Sattouf (born 1978)
actor, comics artist, cartoonist, film director, caricaturist, visual artist
- School of Fine Arts of Rennes, Gobelins