List of Famous people born in California, United States of America

Jeffrey Friedman is an American filmmaker. In 2019, he and Rob Epstein were nominated for an Academy Award for their work in the documentary film End Game.

Frank Van Tuyl Phillips was an American cinematographer best known for Walt Disney Productions films including Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, and Escape to Witch Mountain.

Nigel Newton is an American-born British publisher. He is the founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

William Gerald Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Fred Dekker is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad. He contributed the story ideas for House (1986) and Ricochet (1991), and also directed and co-wrote RoboCop 3 with Frank Miller.

Mike Gabriel is an American animator and film director, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and as co-director of the Disney animated films The Rescuers Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995). He was born in Long Beach, California, although he grew up in various small towns like Salina, Kansas while moving around due to his father's Air Force job.

Jonathan Frederick Lawton is an American screenwriter, producer and director. His screen credits include the box office hit Pretty Woman, Mistress, Blankman, Under Siege, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, The Hunted, Chain Reaction, DOA: Dead or Alive, Jackson, and the TV series V.I.P. Under the assumed name J.D. Athens, he wrote and directed Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death and Pizza Man.

Suzanne Dolores Luckey was an American actress, best known for her roles in the musical films Carousel, released in 1956, and The Music Man, which opened in 1962. She was born in Hollywood, California, where her father was a sound editor in the film industry.

Zane Alexander James Huett is an American actor.