Jonny Sun

Humorist, Author & Illustrator

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"

Mitch Teemley

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

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Coodie Simmons

Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer & Comedian

David Baddiel

Comedian, Author, Screenwriter & Television Presenter

Freida Lee Mock

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Director, Screenwriter & Producer; Co-Founder of the American Film Foundation

Patrick Marber

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

Pete Docter

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

Michael McDonald

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

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

Donald Glover

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Woody Allen

Legendary Director, Screenwriter & Actor

Ken Burns

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Joy Behar

Comedian, Actress & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Dan Povenmire

Emmy-Winning Co-Creator of Phineas and Ferb; Voice of Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Vinnie Dakota

Alexandra Cuerdo

Director, Writer, Photographer, Advocate for Inclusion & Representation in the Arts

Caleb Elliott

Comedian, Writer & Actor

Jennifer Sofio Hall

Producer; Managing Director, The Rock Paper Scissors Group

Sunita Mani

Actress, Dancer & Comedian

Sunita Mani Is a Fearless Comedy Star

Larry Charles

Writer, Director, Comedian & Producer

Lisk Feng

Illustrator

Rama Allen

Executive Creative Director at The Mill

Autumn de Wilde

Photographer & Filmmaker

Boots Riley

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

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

Hannah Gadsby

Comedian & Writer Known for her Netflix Special "Nanette"

Brian Koppelman

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

Scott Takeda

Producer & Actor Known for His Roles in "Lemonade Mouth" & "Dallas Buyers Club"

Kevin Kane

Actor/Producer of "Inside Amy Schumer" and Co-Artistic Director of The Collective