Ari Aster

Writer & Director Known for "Hereditary," "Midsommar" & "Beau Is Afraid"

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Issa Rae

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

Jordan Peele

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

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Reginald Hudlin

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

Andrew Stanton

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

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Spike Lee

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

Rachel Fleit

Documentary Filmmaker & Alopecia Awareness Advocate Known for "Bama Rush" and "Introducing, Selma Blair"

Nia DaCosta

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Wendy Calhoun

Writer & Executive Producer

Luca Guadagnino

Award-Winning Italian Filmmaker Known for "Call Me By Your Name," "Suspiria," "Bones and All" & "Challengers"

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Geoff Rodkey

Emmy Award Winning Screenwriter & Children's Book Author Known for "The Tapper Twins" Books & "Daddy Day Care" Films

Winston Duke

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

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

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

Marielle Heller

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

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

George Pelecanos

Author, Independent Flim Producer & Television Writer

Sean Anders

Writer & Director Best Known for "Instant Family "

Joe Robert Cole

Screenwriter & Producer Best Known for "Black Panther"

Cheo Hodari Coker

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

Christina Hodson

Screenwriter, Known for "Bumblebee" & "Birds of Prey"

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"

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

Taylor Sheridan

Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter, Director & Actor

Rick Famuyiwa

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

Brian Koppelman

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