Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Denis Villeneuve

Film Director Best Known for "Arrival," "Blade Runner 2049" & "Dune"

Jim Jarmusch

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

Alex Garland

English Novelist, Screenwriter, Film Producer & Director

Alex Garland | SXSW 2024

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Darren Aronofsky

Filmmaker & Director Known for "Black Swan" & "The Wrestler"

Rami Malek

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Mr. Robot" & "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Andrew Stanton

Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Voice Actor Based at Pixar Animation Studios

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Kaz & Ryan Firpo

Award-winning Directors and Screenwriters

Nia DaCosta

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

Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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

Cathy Yan

Filmmaker & Director of "Birds Of Prey;" First Asian Woman to Direct a U.S. Superhero Film

Lennie James

Actor, Screenwriter, & Playwright Best Known as Morgan Jones on "The Walking Dead" and "Fear the Walking Dead"

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-winning Production Designer, Art Directors Guild Award Winner, Afrofuturist Cultural Curator

Kristin Hannah

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Elaine May

Award- Winning Screenwriter, Film Director, Actress & Comedienne

Chloë Sevigny

Actress and Model; Known for "Boys Don't Cry" and "American Psycho"

Kemp Powers

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

Pauline Chalamet

Actress, Writer-Director, Bilingual