Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Bette Midler

Entertainer & Award-Winning Actress & Singer

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Annabel Jones

Television Producer, Best Known for Producing Black Mirror

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Rian Johnson

Filmmaker, TV Director

Ryan Murphy

Writer, Producer

Ben Schwartz

Actor & Comedian Known for "Parks and Recreation," "Jake & Amir" & "Star Wars"

Logan Lerman

Actor

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Aubrey Plaza

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Lena Dunham

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

Julianne Moore

Academy Award & Emmy Award-Winning Actress

Jordan Peele

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Judd Apatow

Director, Producer

Marlon Wayans

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Bong Joon-ho

South Korean Director & Screenwriter Known for "Parasite" and "Okja"

Winston Duke

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Jonathan Van Ness

Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"

Taylor Sheridan

Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter, Director & Actor

Duffer Brothers

Writing & Directing Duo; Best Known for "Stranger Things"

Daniel Kaluuya

British-Ugandan Actor Known for "Get Out," "Black Panther" & "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Jim Jarmusch

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

Kali Uchis

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts