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

Andrew Stanton

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

Marlon Wayans

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

Spike Lee

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

Ken Burns

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Craig Mazin

Screenwriter & Film Director Best-Known for Writing & Producing Chernobyl

THE LAST OF US' Craig Mazin talks Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey & next season!

Boots Riley

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

Jharrel Jerome & Boots Riley On ‘I’m a Virgo’ | SXSW 2023

Brian Koppelman

Co-Creator & Executive Producer of Showtime's "Billions;" Known for "The Moment with Brian Koppelman" Podcast

Raoul Peck

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

Jim Jarmusch

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

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Joe Cornish

Screenwriter for Marvel's "Ant-Man"

Alejandro Iñárritu

Academy Award Winning Director, Writer, ‘Birdman,’ ‘The Revenant’

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Alfonso Cuarón

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Ryan Murphy

Writer, Producer

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Jon M. Chu

Film Director and Screenwriter; Best Known for "In The Heights," "Crazy Rich Asians" & "Step Up 2"

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

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"

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

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Donald Glover

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

Forest Whitaker

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

Wilmer Valderrama

Actor, Producer, Activist & Television Personality