Ava DuVernay

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

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Marielle Heller

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

Greta Gerwig

Award-Winning Actress & Director; Best Known for "Barbie," "Lady Bird" and "Little Women"

Issa Rae

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

Sofia Coppola

Academy Award-Nominated Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Jordan Peele

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

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Judd Apatow

Director, Producer

Jane Campion

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer & Director

Plastic Martyr

Transgender Activist, Actress & Recording Artist

Mitch Teemley

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

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Jason Weber

Creative Supervisor, The Jim Henson Co NY Workshop

Sarah Yourgrau

2X Emmy-Winning Storyteller, Social Anthropologist (M.A.) & Founder of Common Ground Studios

Traveling Home | Sarah Yourgrau

Michael Fishman

Actor, Writer & Producer; known for playing D.J. Conner on "Roseanne"

Carlos López Estrada

Film Director

Sunita Mani

Actress, Dancer & Comedian

Sunita Mani Is a Fearless Comedy Star

Sidney Flanigan

Actress, Singer & Songwriter

Lisa Cholodenko

Award-Winning Screenwriter & Director

Zana Briski

Academy Award-Winning Director & Visionary Creator of Reverence

Mati Diop

French Actress & Director Known for "Atlantics"

Finneas O'Connell

Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter, Actor & Record Producer; Brother & Producer of Pop Sensation Billie Eilish

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"

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

Karamo

Television Host & Culture Expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye"

Nzingha Stewart

Television Writer & Director

Christine Swanson

Filmmaker, Writer & Director

Salim Akil

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

Karen Dufilho

Executive Producer for Google Spotlight Stories

Reed Morano

Emmy Award-Winning Director, Known for "The Handmaid's Tale"