Josh Cooley

Animator, Screenwriter, Director Known for "Toy Story 4"

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Mark Andrews

Award-Winning Director and Screenwriter of Pixar's "Brave"

Jared Bush

Screenwriter, Producer & Director; Best Known for Zootopia, Moana, and Encanto

Andrew Stanton

Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Voice Actor Based at Pixar Animation Studios

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Mike Rianda

Cartoonist, Director, Writer & Voice Actor; Best Known for "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"

Clark Spencer

Academy Award-Winning Film Producer, Businessman & Studio Executive at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Best Known for Zootopia and Encanto

Autumn de Wilde

Photographer & Filmmaker

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"

Lindsey Collins

Producer and Production Manager for multiple Disney and Pixar films

Sharon Calahan

Director of Photography of "The Good Dinosaur," Pixar Animation Studios

Glen Keane

Disney Legend Animator Known for "The Little Mermaid," "Tarzan" & "Beauty and the Beast"

Brenda Chapman

First Woman to Win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature; Known for Pixar's "Brave" & DreamWorks Animation's "The Prince of Egypt"

Stanley Nelson Jr.

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

Paul Topolos

Illustrator & Concept Designer at Pixar Animation Studios

Pete Docter

Film Director, Animator, Screenwriter, Producer & Voice Actor; Director of Pixar's "Inside Out"; Chief Creative Officer at Pixar

Don Levy

Media, Entertainment, and Technology Executive & Advisor

Frank Oz

Film Director, Actor & Puppeteer, Best Known for Being the Creator and Performer of Yoda, Miss Piggy & Cookie Monster

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Martin Scorsese

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Known for "Goodfellas," "Taxi Driver," "Silence" & "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Mitch Teemley

Writer, Filmmaker & Humorist; Best Known for his Multi-Award-Winning Feature Films "Healing River" & "Notzilla"

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Joanna Quinn

Award-Winning English Film Director & Animator; Known for "Affairs of the Art"

Leslie Iwerks

CEO and Creative Director of Iwerks & Co.

Shinichirō Watanabe

Critically-Acclaimed Japanese Anime Filmmaker, Screenwriter & Producer; Best Known for "Cowboy Bebop"

Todd Phillips

Filmmaker, Actor, Known for "Road Trip" and "Joker"

Bong Joon-ho

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

Rodney Rothman

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

Peter Ramsey

Academy Award-Winning Director & Illustrator Known for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

Bob Persichetti

Award-Winning Animator & Director; Known for "Puss in Boots" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"