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- Lana and Lilly Wachowski. Lilly and Lana Wachowski, collectively known as the Wachowskis, are two of the most prominent directors working in Hollywood today.
- James Cameron. James Cameron is one of the world's most successful directors, but unlike many of his peers, he doesn't make a ton of movies. Instead, he spends years working on projects, often developing technology to bring his imagined worlds to life.
- Peter Jackson. Like every director on this list, Peter Jackson has contributed significantly to cinematic history. He brought J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth to life via his "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and continued blowing audiences away with "King Kong" and "The Hobbit" trilogy.
- Ava DuVernay. Ava DuVernay made her way to the film industry much later than her peers. She was 32 when she picked up a camera for the first time (per Refinery29), and doing so was the result of a career change.
- Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt is one of the biggest movie stars in the world, but before he broke onto the big screen he was actually planning on becoming a journalist.
- Reese Witherspoon. Reese Witherspoon's mother has no less than three degrees, so it made sense when the actress headed to Stanford University as an English literature major.
- Gary Busey. Gary Busey first attended a community college before enrolling at Pittsburg State College on a football scholarship. It was here he became interested in acting, and his love of acting took over when he switched to Oklahoma State University on a drama scholarship after an injury claimed his athletics scholarship.
- Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal followed his sister Maggie to Columbia University, and studied Eastern religions and philosophy. However, after his sophomore year, he dropped out to focus on acting (whereas Maggie finished her studies in literature and Eastern religions).
- Gregor Mendel. Advertisement. The Amateur: An uneducated monk. The Accomplishment: Discovered how genetics work. Ah, genetics. It can be used to detect rare diseases in people, it can give us an excuse for obesity and it can be used to create a breed of super-monsters with the body of a crocodile and the head of a chimpanzee (probably).
- Donald G. Harden. Advertisement. The Amateur: A high school teacher. The Accomplishment: Cracked the Zodiac Killer's code. God bless the school teachers, because that really does seem like shitty job.
- A Seashell Collector Discovered Multiple Dinosaurs. Advertisement. The Amateur: A rural English woman with no advanced education, who liked to collect seashells.
- Srinivasa Ramanujan. Advertisement. The Amateur: An impoverished Indian teenager. The Accomplishment: Lived Good Will Hunting in real life. If you paid really close attention in Good Will Hunting, you might recall that at one point, Robin Williams has a conversation in which Matt Damon's genius janitor is compared to someone named Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Sep 21, 2023 · There are many famous people who didn’t finish college—or who never attended—and went on to have great careers. Here’s a sampling of actors who made it big without higher education.
[1] Early life and education. Krevoy graduated from Beverly Hills High School. He went on to study at Stanford University, graduating in 1978 with a BA in Political Science. He then went on to study at UC Hastings, College of the Law.
Feb 21, 2020 · For some, not going to college is out of the question. But for these celebrities, from Prince Harry to Beyoncé, it was more important to pursue their careers.
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Sep 2, 2024 · Why He Didn’t Go: Michael J. Fox may have chosen to star in Family Ties over college, but he was always serious about the future. As Fox says, he went to the “University of the Universal” - or the university of life.
