New York University

NYU in film and literature

NYU has been portrayed or been the scene in several films and novels:

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• Kramer hires Darren, an intern from NYU, to help him run "Kramerica Industries" on season 9 of Seinfeld (episode 158 - "The Voice").
• Jerry is interviewed by a reporter from the NYU student newspaper (and mistakenly believed to be gay) on season 4 of Seinfeld (episode 57 - "The Outing").
• Finch in the American Pie films is an NYU student
• NYU Professor interviewed in "Supersize Me" documentary.
• Denis Fleming in the film Can't Hardly Wait is an NYU student
• Alvy Singer in Annie Hall is an NYU student
• A Friend of Dorothy is set at NYU
• The Freshman, 1990, is set at NYU with Matthew Broderick portaying an NYU Film student
• The Apprentice 3 season finale was shot at the NYU Kimmel Center
• Scenes from The Exorcist were filmed at NYU Medical Center
• The film Greenwich Village Writers: The Bohemian Legacy was filmed at NYU, starring several NYU Professors
• In the film In Good Company, Alex Foreman (Scarlett Johansson) is an NYU student , just moving into Hayden Residence Hall off Washington Square Park
• Dr. Guy Luthan played by Hugh Grant in Extreme Measures is an NYU Med Student
• Henry James´ novel Washington Square is set around the NYU area. The novel has been subject to several movie and TV adaptions (1997, 1975, 1956)
• Rose of Washington Square, 1939 and 13 Washington Square, 1928, directed by Melville W. Brown, are centered around the NYU Campus.
• Tibby in the novel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants attends NYU.
• Nicolas Cage attended NYU in college in the movie The Family Man and ends up as a prominent investment banker.