Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Spike Lee

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

Issa Rae

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

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Jordan Peele

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

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Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

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

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Bill Duke

Filmmaker & Actor Known for "Commando" and "X-Men: The Last Stand"

Debra Martin Chase

Award-Winning Television & Film Producer Known for "The Princess Diaries" and "Cheetah Girls"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Shawn Wayans

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"

Marlon Wayans

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Damon Wayans, Sr.

Actor & Comedian

dream hampton

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

Rick Famuyiwa

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

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Barry Jenkins

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

Amma Asante

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

Justin Simien

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer; Best Known for Directing the Award-Winning Film "Dear White People"