F. Gary Gray

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

Robert Townsend

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

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

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"

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

Shawn Wayans

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Justin Simien

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

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Danny Glover

Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Karimah Westbrook

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

Richard Ayoade

English Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, and Director

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’

Dee Rees

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

MK Asante

Best-selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Beautiful. And Ugly Too

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Stanley Nelson Jr.

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

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Aaron McGruder

Writer and Cartoonist; Known for "The Boondocks"

Kenny Leon

Tony Award-Winning Broadway Film Director & Producer; Co-Founder of True Colors Theater Company

Giancarlo Esposito

African-Italian American Actor, Director, Producer; Best Known for his Role as Gustavo "Gus" Fring on AMC's Breaking Bad

Todd Bridges

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate