Lisa Gay Hamilton

Award-Winning Director, Film, TV & Theater Actress

Anthony Grant

American R&B Singer, Writer, Producer & Stage Play Actor

Taylor Mac

Theatre Artist, MacArthur Fellow & Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama

Taylor Mac Is Today's Yankee Doodle Dandy

Michael McDonald

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Monica Bill Barnes

Artistic Director of Monica Bill Barnes & Company

Rick Famuyiwa

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

Marianna Palka

Producer, Director, Writer & Actress; Known for Netflix's "G.L.O.W."

Thomas Kail

Tony Award-Winning Film and Theater Director Known for "Hamilton" and "In the Heights"

Patrick Marber

English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.

David Binder

David Binder is Tony Award winning producer.

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"

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

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

Boots Riley

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

Jharrel Jerome & Boots Riley On ‘I’m a Virgo’ | SXSW 2023

Brian Koppelman

Co-Creator & Executive Producer of Showtime's "Billions;" Known for "The Moment with Brian Koppelman" Podcast

Hannah Beachler

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

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Award-Winning Actor, Director, and Playwright; Best Known for ABC's "Castle" and as Director of the Tony Award-Nominated "Jitney"

Eugene Lee Yang

Filmmaker, Actor, LGBTQ Activist

Eugene Lee Yang Breaks Down His Career

George C. Wolfe

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

Paul Dano

Actor and Producer; Recieved Awards for Roles in Films Including "12 Years a Slave," "L.I.E" and "Little Miss Sunshine"

Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Joshua Michael Stern

An American film director and screenwriter. He has directed three feature films: Neverwas, Swing Vote and the 2013 biographical film Jobs, based on the life of Steve Jobs.

Eugene Byrd

Eugene Byrd is an American actor.He has been in movies such as Dead Man, Demon Island, Sleepers, and 8 Mile.

Elaine May

Award- Winning Screenwriter, Film Director, Actress & Comedienne

Mark Maine

Director / Writer / Producer at Angelic Pictures, Inc.

Bethany Joy Lenz

Actress, Singer-Songwriter & Filmmaker; Known For "One Tree Hill"

Issa Rae

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

Jude Law

Academy Award-nominated British Actor; Known for Critically Acclaimed Films "The Talented Mr. Ripley" & "Sherlock Holmes"

Frank Oz

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

Reginald Hudlin

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company