Anna Akana

Actress, YouTube Star, Filmmaker & Mental Health Advocate

Reginald Hudlin

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Jenny Han

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Christina Hodson

Screenwriter, Known for "Bumblebee" & "Birds of Prey"

Tembi Locke

Actress, Producer & Screenwriter; NYT Bestselling Author of "From Scratch"

Elizabeth Berger

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Wong Fu Productions

Asian-American Filmmaking Group

Francine Rivers

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Howard Michael Gould

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Sabrina Jalees

Comedian, Actress, & Writer

Chazz Palminteri

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

Sarah-Jane Murray

TED Speaker, Emmy-Nominated and Award-Winning Screenwriter and Filmmaker, Associate Professor of Great Texts and Creative Writing, Baylor University

Pauline Chalamet

Actress, Writer & Director Known for "The King of Staten Island" & "Comme des Grands"

D. Eric Maikranz

Author of "The Reincarnationist Papers"

Issac Aptaker

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Elyse Steinberg & Josh Kriegman

Co-Founders of Edgeline Films; Directors & Executive Producers, ‘Weiner’

Meet the Artists: Elyse Steinberg, Eli Despres, and Josh Kriegman

Kemp Powers

Writer, Director & Producer Known for "One Night in Miami," "Soul" & "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"