Evan Handler

Actor, Author, Screenwriter & Journalist; Best Known for “Sex and the City,” and "Californication"

Charlie Kaufman

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Lyricist & Author

Joe Eszterhas

Screenwriter; Cancer Survivor; Anti-Semitism & Anti-Smoking Activist

John David Washington

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

John Ridley

Oscar Winning Writer, ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Crime’

Michael Elliot

African-American Screenwriter of Award-winning Urban Culture Film; CEO of Michael Elliott Media; Founder of Krush Magazine

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Mara Brock Akil

TV Producer and Writer

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

David Simon

Emmy Award Winning Writer; Creator and Executive Producer ‘The Wire,’ ‘Homicide: Life on the Streets,’ & ‘Treme’

Chazz Palminteri

New York born-and-raised character actor Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film.

Antoine Fuqua

Film Director & Producer Best Known for "Olympus Has Fallen" and "The Equalizer"

Antoine Fuqua dishes on 'The Equalizer 3'

Jay Duplass

Star of Amazon's Series "Transparent" & Writer of HBO's "Togetherness"

Adam Scott

Actor Known for Playing Ben Wyatt on NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Ari Arad

Israeli-American Business Man & Film Producer

Scott Steindorff

An American film and television producer who specializes in adapting literary bestsellers into movies, one being The Lincoln Lawyer (2011).

Pendleton Ward

American animator, screenwriter and producer

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Owen Wilson

Actor & Comedian, Known for "Wedding Crashers" and "The Internship"

Scott Rosenberg

Executive Producer of CBS' "Zoo"

Rob Weiss

Film Producer, Screenwriter and Director; Co-Writer for HBO's "Entourage" and Executive Producer of "Ballers"

Marlene King

Executive Producer and Showrunner of the ABC Family Teen Drama "Pretty Little Liars"

Liz Meriwether

Creator of FOX's "New Girl"

Josh Applebaum

Television Writer & Producer

Jill E. Blotevogel

Writer & Executive Producer of MTV's "Scream"

Alicia Vikander

Award-Winning Actress

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Desiree Akhavan

Film Director, Screenwriter & Sundance Film Festival Breakout Star; Recently Cast in "Girls"

Emily Heller

Stand-up Comedian & Emmy-nominated Writer