Tulane University has been portrayed in several books, television shows, films and video games. Also, the campus and affiliated buildings have been used for several productions.
Produced on campus
Documentary
*Architecture School: This Sundance Channel documentary series follows a group of Tulane architecture students competing to design an affordable home in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
Feature film
*Welcome to Academia: The university was one of the main filming locations.
*The Pelican Brief (1993): It was filmed on Tulane's uptown campus and the president's house at Two Audubon Place.
*Runaway Jury (2003): The library of the Tulane president's house served as the judge's chambers.
* The Brooke Ellison Story (2004): Tulane's academic quad substituted for Harvard University's campus in Christopher Reeve's last film.
*, the university was one of the filming locations.
* Living Proof (2008): Television film from starring Harry Connick Jr., which used the university as one of the filming locations.
* (2010): The university's Fogelman Arena was one of the filming locations.
*Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011): The university's Woldenberg Art Center's Freeman Auditorium was one of the filming locations.
*22 Jump Street (2014): Tulane's uptown campus was one of the main filming locations for the movie, which also hired Tulane students as extras.
*Our Brand Is Crisis (2016): The university's McAlister Auditorium was one of the filming locations.
* Faith of My Fathers: The outside scenes of the United States Naval Academy were filmed at Tulane.
Radio
*American Routes: in fall 2008, Nick Spitzer began a new partnership with Tulane University to co-produce his weekly radio show.
Television
* Best Damn Sports Show Period: Celebrating the return of college football to the Louisiana Superdome after Hurricane Katrina; the show taped from the uptown campus on September 27, 28, and 29, 2006. 4
* Gilmore Girls: Rory's friends from Chilton, Madeline and Louise, end up attending Tulane.
*, United States Secretary of State, Catherine Durant, is a Tulane University graduate.
*Sex and the City: In season 2, Mr. Big marries Natasha, who is a Tulane alumna .
* Treme: Filmed scenes of fictional professor Creighton Bernette (John Goodman) at Tulane University.
* Scream Queens: Tulane's uptown campus served as the location of the fictional Wallace University.
* The Magicians: Tulane's uptown campus served as a filming location for the fictional Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy.
* Preston Burke Cardiothoracic surgeon in Grey's Anatomy is a Tulane alumnus.
Premiered on campus
*' (2006): Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the U.S. premiere of the movie on September 16, 2006.
*Execution (2007): Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the world premiere of the movie on April 10, 2007.
Media references
Film
*Taxi Driver (1976): Robert De Niro's character shoots a robber to save a person who is wearing a Tulane T-shirt.
*No Mercy (1986): William Atherton's character wears a Tulane sweatshirt.
*JFK (1991): Kevin Costner plays Tulane Law School graduate Jim Garrison in this Oliver Stone film.
*The Pelican Brief (1993): 1993 screen adaptation of the 1992 John Grisham suspense/thriller The Pelican Brief, which involves a fictional second-year Tulane law student and her professor as characters.
*Shark Night (2011): Seven Tulane undergraduate students go for a weekend trips in Louisiana Gulf where they are attacked by shark.
*The Best of Me (2014): Michelle Monaghan plays Amanda Collier, who attends Tulane University. Other references to the school are made throughout the movie.
*' (2016): Dr. Fletcher has a diploma for a Master's of Psychology Degree from Tulane University hanging on her wall.
Literature
(Alphabetical by author's surname)
Books by Tulane alumni and faculty
*Codex Maya by Steve Benzell, a Tulane graduate, is set in part on Tulane's uptown campus.
*Testing Kate by Whitney Gaskell, a Tulane graduate, is a novel about the lives of first-year Tulane Law School students.
*The Stagnant Pool by Nancy Maveety (a Tulane professor) is a novel based on life as a Tulane graduate student.
*A Confederacy of Dunces by Tulane graduate John Kennedy Toole is set in New Orleans and features Ignatius J. Reilly, a Tulane graduate.
Books that cite or feature Tulane
*' by David Brin features characters from Tulane.
*A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, main character Emma mentions being a Tulane graduate.
*Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole, main character Holly is a math teacher at Gibson Hall on the Tulane uptown campus.
*"Reb Kringle," a story from Nathan Englander's book For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, features an appearance by "the elf on winter break from Tulane."
*The Pelican Brief by John Grisham is set on Tulane's campus and features a Tulane law student having an affair with a lecturer.
*Black Sunday by Thomas Harris is set during a Super Bowl played at Tulane Stadium.
*Fantasy Lover and Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon take place in New Orleans featuring heroines that attended Tulane University.
*The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft briefly mentions a correspondence between the main character and authorities at Tulane University.
*Love in the Ruins and The Moviegoer by Walker Percy are partially set on Tulane's uptown campus.
*Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts features a character Roxanne Nouvelle who attends Tulane.
*New Orleans Classic Gumbos and Soups by Kit Wohl features Tulane Chicken Andouille Gumbo.
Television
Documentary
*Architecture School: Sundance Channel documentary series that followed a group of Tulane architecture students competing to design an affordable home in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
*The Amazing Race: Nancy Gunn, Tulane graduate school alumna and current Tulane Adjunct Professor and Production Director was Senior Producer for the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award.
*Big Brother 14: Winner Ian Terry attended Tulane.
*The Real World: Denver: Colie Edison attended Tulane.
*The Real World: New Orleans: The cast often socialized with Tulane students, especially at The Boot Bar.
Video Games
*Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers by Sierra Entertainment: Tulane is one of the game locations.
*In the Laura Bow Series by Sierra Entertainment (including games The Colonel's Bequest and The Dagger of Amon Ra): Laura Bow, the main character is a Tulane student.
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