Carl Franklin

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Bill Skarsgård

Actor & Producer

Daniel Kaluuya

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

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Ryan Murphy

Writer, Producer

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Dan Bucatinsky

Actor, "Scandal"; Author, "Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?"; TV Writer and Emmy-Nominated Producer

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Winston Duke

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

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"

Salim Akil

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

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Bradford Young

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

Tim Story

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

Phil Lord and Chris Miller

American Film and Television Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, and Animators, Best Known for Films "Cloud With a Chance of Meatballs," "The Lego Movie," "21 Jump Street," and "22 Jump Street"

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

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

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Dan Harmon

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

Caitlin FitzGerald

Acting and writing and movie making and slightly addicted to scratch tickets.

F. Gary Gray

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

Aubrey Plaza

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Jordan Peele

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

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Elisabeth Moss

Emmy-Nominated Actress Best Known for "Mad Men" & "Handmaid's Tale"

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Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Marlon Wayans

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