Pasek & Paul

Academy & Tony Award-Winning Songwriting Duo and Composing Team; Best Known for "La La Land" & "Dear Evan Hansen"

Lilly Wachowski

Director, Writer & Producer Best Known for "The Matrix" Trilogy

Adam McKay

Screenwriter, Director & Comedian

Jim Jarmusch

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

Joss Whedon

American Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Film/TV Actor and Writer; Known for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." & "The Avengers"

Mike White

TV and Film Writer, Director, Actor & Producer

Annabel Jones

Television Producer, Best Known for Producing Black Mirror

Baz Luhrmann

Australian Film Director Best Known for "Moulin Rouge!" "The Great Gatsby" & "Elvis"

Bill Murray

Emmy Award-Winning Comedic Actor; "SNL" and "Ghostbusters"

Christopher Storer

Producer, Director & Screenwriter Best Known as the Creator of "The Bear"

Lee Sung Jin

Writer & Director; Best Known for Creating the Netflix Series, "Beef"

Kaz & Ryan Firpo

Award-winning Directors and Screenwriters

Nia DaCosta

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Erin Foster

Co-founder of Favorite Daughter, Co-Host of "The World's First" Podcast, Co-Founder of Oversubscribed Ventures, Creator of Netflix's "SHIKSA"

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Raoul Peck

Critically Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

Marsai Martin

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Kenya Barris

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Michael Schur

Emmy Award-Winning Producer & Writer, Creator of Hit TV Comedy "The Good Place"

Ernest Cline

Screenwriter & Author

Chuck Lorre

Writer, Producer

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker & World-Renowned Photographer; Directors of "Meru" & "Free Solo"

Sarah Sherman

Featured Player on SNL, Screenwriter & Comedian Known for Body Horror Comedy

George C. Wolfe

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Catherine Reitman

Creator of Workin' Moms on the CBC and Netflix

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

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Spike Feresten

Screenwriter, Host of "Car Matchmaker"

Abbi Jacobson

Comedian, Writer, Actress & Illustrator; Known for "Broad City"