Tony Hale

Emmy Award-Winning Actor & Comedian

Moises Arias

Actor

dream hampton

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

Boots Riley

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

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Rick Famuyiwa

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Charles Stone III

TV, Music Video & Film Director Known for "Drumline" and "Paid in Full"

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Daniel Kaluuya

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

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Tim Story

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

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

George C. Wolfe

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Rami Malek

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

Amma Asante

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

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.

Ryan Coogler

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter; Known for "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" & "Black Panther"

Sylvain White

TV & Film Director Known for "Stomp the Yard" and "The Losers"

F. Gary Gray

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

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Lena Dunham

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

Jordan Peele

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

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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

Judd Apatow

Director, Producer

Marlon Wayans

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

Tyler Perry

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

Phil Lord

Film Producer, Director & Writer; Best Known for "The Lego Movie" and "21 Jump Street"

Adepero Oduye

Nigerian-American Actress, Director, Singer & Writer

Marielle Heller

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" and "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"

Nick Vallelonga

Academy Award-Winning Writer & Producer; Known for "Green Book"

Brian Hayes Currie

Award-Winning Writer, Producer & Actor; Known for "Green Book"