NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ 2024 Gala to Honor Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Ang Lee, Golden Globe-Nominated Actor Corey Stoll and Multi-Platinum Singer and Songwriter Madison Love
NYU Tisch School of the Arts alumni represent the incredible impact of the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, the Institute of Performing Arts and the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
New York– February 26, 2024: New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts announced today that it will honor world-renowned film director Ang Lee (’84), critically acclaimed film, television and Broadway actor Corey Stoll (’03) and multi-platinum singer and songwriter Madison Love (’17) at its 2024 gala on April 8 at Cipriani South Street. The recognitions come during the 40th year anniversary of Lee's graduation from Tisch and the 20th anniversary of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded music from which Love graduated.
Ang Lee
Ang Lee was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan. He studied theater in America and received an M.F.A. in Film Production at NYU Tisch in 1984, marking 2024 the 40th anniversary of Ang Lee’s graduation.
Lee has been recognized by some of the most prestigious awards in the film industry. To date, he has won three Academy Awards, one for Best Foreign Film and two for Best Director, and has won numerous Golden Bear awards from the Berlin Film Festival and two Golden Lion awards from the Venice Film Festival, among other recognitions.
His award-winning filmography includes “The Wedding Banquet”; “Sense and Sensibility”; “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”; “Life of Pi”; “Brokeback Mountain”; and “Lust, Caution.”
Corey Stoll
Corey Stoll is a 2003 NYU Tisch Grad Acting alumnus and award-winning and internationally recognized actor. He is known for his iconic film and television roles that include Congressman Russo in the first season of David Fincher’s “House of Cards”, which earned him his Golden Globe nomination; Mike Prince in “Billions”; Darren Criss/M.O.D.O.K. in Marvel’s “Ant-Man” films; and Ernest Hemingway in “Midnight in Paris”, a role that earned him an Independent Spirit nomination. Other acclaimed projects include Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”; “The Many Saints of Newark”; Ryan Murphy’s “Ratched”; and four seasons of Guillermo del Toro’s “The Strain.”
Corey Stoll can currently be seen in Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Rebel Moon” and in the hit Broadway production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate” with Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning, which recently extended its limited engagement at the Hayes Theatre by 13 weeks with a new home at the Belasco Theater starting on March 25.
Madison Love
Madison Love is a 2017 graduate of NYU’s prestigious Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts. She is the first alumnus of the institute to be honored at the Tisch Gala, an important milestone during the institute’s 20th anniversary.
Love made the Forbes 30 under 30 National and LA lists for 2024 and was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 25 Future of Music Issue in 2021. Love has garnered over 12 billion streams worldwide to date, had multiple number-one pop radio hits including a number-one adult contemporary radio hit that stayed on the charts for 37 weeks. She has written for artists such as Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Pink, Gwen Stefani, Halsey, BLACKPINK, Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato and more. Love also wrote numerous songs for television and movies, including her most recent credit in the blockbuster film “Barbie” which received a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
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