Michael Stuhlbarg

Award-Winning Actor

Abbi Jacobson

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

George R.R. Martin

Author of the "Game of Thrones" Series

Bill Skarsgård

Actor & Producer

Debra Martin Chase

Award-Winning Television & Film Producer Known for "The Princess Diaries" and "Cheetah Girls"

Carl Franklin

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Karimah Westbrook

Actress, Writer & Producer; Best Known for "All American"

Ryan O'Connell

Star and Creator of "Special"; Author, LGBTQ Activist & Disability Advocate

Aija Mayrock

Activist, Poet, Performer & Bestselling Author of "The Survival Guide to Bullying"

Judd Apatow

Director, Producer

Paola Mendoza

Filmmaker, Activist, Co-author of NYT Bestseller; Together We Rise

Rachel Grady

Director & Co-Owner of New York’s Loki Films

Rick Famuyiwa

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writer & Director Known for "Love & Basketball" & Netflix's "The Old Guard"; First Black Woman to Direct a Major Comic-Book Movie

Gina Prince-Bythewood: ‘I have fought for my vision’

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Lorraine Toussaint

Actress, Known for "Orange Is The New Black"

Michaela Coel

Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Producer & Singer

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Ilana Glazer

Comedian, Writer & Actress Known for Comedy Central's "Broad City"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor