Lee Eisenberg

Emmy Award-Winning Writer & Producer; Known for "The Office" and "Bad Teacher"

Gene Stupnitsky

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Producer & Director; Known for "The Office" and "Bad Teacher"

Michael Chaves

Director, Writer, & Visual Effects Artist; Known for "The Maiden" and "The Curse of La Llorona"

Niki Caro

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

Marielle Heller

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

Ed Saxon

Academy Award Winning Producer

Sean Anders

Writer & Director Best Known for "Instant Family "

Larry Charles

Writer, Director, Comedian & Producer

Olivia Milch

Film Director, Writer, & Producer

Cheo Hodari Coker

Screenwriter & Producer Best Known For "Luke Cage" & "Notorious"; Former Hip-Hop Journalist

Elizabeth Berger

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Issac Aptaker

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Boots Riley

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

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Paola Mendoza

Filmmaker, Activist, Co-author of NYT Bestseller; Together We Rise

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"

Christine Swanson

Filmmaker, Writer & Director

Salim Akil

Director of Popular TV Shows Including "Black Lightning" & "Being Mary Jane"

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Ernest Dickerson

Director, Cinematographer & Screenwriter Known for "Do the Right Thing" and "Juice"

James Wong

Producer, Writer, and Film Director

Bradford Young

Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Known for "Arrival" & "When They See Us"

Michael Haneke

Award Winning Director and Screenwriter

Gillian Robespierre

DIrector & Writer; Best Known for "Obvious Child"

Tim Story

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

Neal Moritz

American Film Producer, Founder of Origin Film

George C. Wolfe

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

Adam McKay

Screenwriter, Director & Comedian

George Miller

Australian Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer

Timothy Russ

Known for Role as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on "Star Trek: Voyager"