2022 INDUSTRY JURY
The Industry Jury is a collective of renowned and well-respected storytellers and executives devoted to championing diverse stories. They have the sole responsibility of choosing the top student screenplays that become a part of the Minority Report.
Nava Mau
Actor / Filmmaker / Cultural Worker
Moisés Zamora
Creator / Showrunner
Stacy Chu
Filmmaker / Producer / Actor
Yalda Uhls
Founding Director Center for Scholars & Storytellers, UCLA
Jermaine Johnson
Literary Manager
Sadé Grandberry
Actress / Poet / Writer
Akifa Khan
Hollywood Bureau Project Specialist for Muslim Public Affairs Council
Kemp Powers
Writer / Director
Jo Jo Lam
Cinematographer / Director of Photography
Lee Daniels
Academy Award® Nominated Filmmaker / Acclaimed TV Producer / Creator
Tze Chun
Writer / Director / Showrunner
Alexander Hodge
Actor / Writer
2021 INDUSTRY JURY
Yahlin Chang
Executive Producer/Writer
The Handmaid’s Tale
Meredith Lavitt
Former Executive Director
Sundance Ignite
Ben Lopez
Executive Director
NALIP
Persia White
Actress
Girlfriends
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Actor
Just Mercy
Teresa Hsiao
Co-creator
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens
Poorna Jagannathan
Actress
Never Have I Ever
Michelle Sugihara
Executive Director
CAPE
Minhal Baig
Director/Writer
Hala
Joey Soloway
Creator
Transparent
Megan Halpern
VP
The Black List
Dede Gardner
President
Plan B Entertainment
2020 INDUSTRY JURY
Christine Vachon
Co-President
Killer Films
Xiomara Comrie
National Diversity Officer
Local 600
Diana Williams
CEO / Co-Founder
Kinetic Energy Entertainment
Deniese Davis
Producer
Issa Rae Productions
Adele Lim
Writer
Crazy Rich Asians
Alison Emilio
Director
ReFrame (WIF)
Megan Halpern
VP
The Black List
Nicky Weinstock
Partner
Red Hour Films
Michelle Gillie
Co-chair, Black Writers
WGA
Loretha Jones
Former Program Director
BET
Elsie Choi
Executive Director
Rideback
Kailey Marsh
CEO
The Blood List