Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Tim Story

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

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Reginald Hudlin

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

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Mitch Teemley

Writer, Filmmaker & Humorist; Best Known for his Multi-Award-Winning Feature Films "Healing River" & "Notzilla"

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Karimah Westbrook

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

Justin Simien

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer; Best Known for Directing the Award-Winning Film "Dear White People"

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Actor known for "Big Mouth"

Da'Vinchi

Hatian-American Actor Known For "Grownish"

Richard Ayoade

English Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, and Director

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "Freedom Summer" and "Attica"

Andy Buckley

Actor, Screenwriter & Stockbroker; Known for his Role as David Wallace on "The Office"

Kevin Willmott

Civil Rights Activist, Filmmaker, Commentator and Professor at The University of Kansas

Zana Briski

Academy Award-Winning Director & Visionary Creator of Reverence

Ryan O'Connell

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

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’