Dexton Deboree

Writer, Director, Producer & Founder of FALKON

Philip Barantini

Actor, Director & Producer

Pippa Bianco

Director & Screenwriter; Known for "Share"

Luca Guadagnino

Award-Winning Italian Filmmaker Known for "Call Me By Your Name," "Suspiria," "Bones and All" & "Challengers"

Ken Loach

Award-Winning British Director Known for "I, Daniel Blake"

Bong Joon-ho

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

Celine Sciamma

Award-Winning French Filmmaker Known for "Girlhood" & "Tomboy"

Jessica Hausner

Director & Screenwriter; Known for "Lourdes" and "Amour Fou"

Dexter Fletcher

Actor & Director; Known for "Eddie the Eagle" and "Rocketman"

Nicolas Winding Refn

Director, Screenwriter & Producer; Known for "Drive" and "The Neon Demon"

Mati Diop

French Actress & Director Known for "Atlantics"

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Alison Chernick

Grammy Nominated Film Director

Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer

Filmmaking Duo; Known for "Starry Eyes" and "Pet Sematary"

Niki Caro

Film Director & Screenwriter, Known for the Live-Action "Mulan"

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

Film Directing, Editing & Screenwriting Team, Known for "Captain Marvel"

Marielle Heller

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

Jubilee Media

Media Production Platform

Rodney Rothman

Award-Winning Writer, Producer & Director; Known for "22 Jump Street" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

Bing Liu

Chicago Based Documentarian Best Known for "Minding the Gap"

dream hampton

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

Ari Aster

Writer & Director Known for "Hereditary," "Midsommar" & "Beau Is Afraid"

George Pelecanos

Author, Independent Flim Producer & Television Writer

Olivia Milch

Film Director, Writer, & Producer

Aneesh Chaganty

Film Director, Screenwriter, and Actor

Victoria Mahoney

Filmmaker & Actress best known for Yelling to the Sky

Cathy Yan

Filmmaker & Director of "Birds Of Prey;" First Asian Woman to Direct a U.S. Superhero Film

Rama Allen

Executive Creative Director at The Mill

Boots Riley

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

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Hiro Murai

Music Video Director, Known For Childish Gambino's "This is America"