The following is a list of some notable current and former faculty of New York Institute of Technology.
Reino Aarnio, architect
Rebecca Allen, artist
Ernie Anastos, won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations, and was nominated for the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in writing Jim Blinn, computer scientist known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Harvey Jerome Brudner, theoretical physicist/engineer Carter Burwell, composer of film scores Edwin Catmull, computer scientist and current president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios James H. Clark, entrepreneur and computer scientist, founded companies, including Netscape Communications Corporation Evan Conti (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player and coach Franklin C. Crow, computer scientist David DiFrancesco, photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer. Tom Duff, computer programmer Ed Emshwiller, visual artist Bernard Fryshman, physicist Andrew Glassner, expert in computer graphics William E. Glenn, inventor known for his contributions to imaging technology. He was awarded 136 U.S. patents. Ralph Guggenheim, video graphics designer Lance Williams, graphics researcher Alvy Ray Smith, pioneer in computer graphics Greg Panos, writer, futurist, educator Mehrdad Izady, contemporary writer on ethnic and cultural topics, particularly the Greater Middle East, and Kurds Lynn Rogoff, film and television producer, and stage playwright, theatre director and professor Sheldon D. Fields, scientist Frank Genese, architect Pat Hanrahan, computer graphics researcher Frederic Parke, creator of the first CG physically modeled human face Barbara, Lady Judge, Chairman Emeritus of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Jacques Stroweis, visual effects artist and computer scientist Bruce Perens, computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement Harry Hurwitz, film director, screenwriter, actor and producer Morrie Yohai, food company executive best known for his creation of Cheez Doodles Joel B. Snyder, served as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers President W. Kenneth Riland, osteopathic physician (D.O.) whose patients included 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller Manfred Kirchheimer, documentary film maker John Lewis, computer scientist