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"

Kevin Willmott

Civil Rights Activist, Filmmaker, Commentator and Professor at The University of Kansas

Spike Lee

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

Winston Duke

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

Boots Riley

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

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Rick Famuyiwa

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

Hannah Beachler

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

Jim Jarmusch

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Olivia Colman

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"

Rami Malek

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Mr. Robot" & "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Alfonso Cuarón

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Sylvain White

TV & Film Director Known for "Stomp the Yard" and "The Losers"

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Reginald Hudlin

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

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

James Lee Hernandez

Writer, Producer & Director

Carlos López Estrada

Film Director

Lawrence Michael Levine

Director & Screenwriter

Diane Becker

Award-Winning Documentary Producer

Matt Yoka

Director & Producer

Josephine Decker

Actor, Performance Artist & Filmmaker

Sunita Mani

Actress, Dancer & Comedian

Sunita Mani Is a Fearless Comedy Star

Eleanor Wilson

Writer, Director & Producer

Benedict Wong

Actor

Edson Oda

Latin Grammy Nominated Writer & Director

Adele Romanski

Independent Film Producer & Editor, Known for "Moonlight"

Sidney Flanigan

Actress, Singer & Songwriter