Our Partners
Past Panelists and Mentors
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Chloe Zhao
Writer/Director
Nomadland -
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Barry Jenkins
Writer/Director
Moonlight -
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The Daniels
Writer/Director Duo
Everything Everywhere All At Once -
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Lin Manuel-Miranda
Filmmaker, Playwright, Musician
Hamilton -
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Meg Lefauve
Writer
Inside Out -
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Shaka King
Writer/Director
Judas and the Black Messiah -
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Joe Robert Cole
Writer
Black Panther -
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Angela Kang
Showrunner
The Walking Dead -
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Kemp Powers
Writer
Into the Spider-Verse -
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Sean Wang
Writer/Director
Dìdi -
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Juel Taylor
Writer/Director
They Cloned Tyrone -
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Ashley Nicole Black
Writer
Ted Lasso -
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Boots Riley
Writer/Director
Sorry To Bother You -
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Lee Daniels
Writer/Director
Empire -
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Karen Horne
Former SVP of D&I
WarnerMedia -
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Ed Solomon
Writer
Men In Black -
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Charise Castro Smith
Writer/Director
Encanto -
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Derek Kolstad
Writer
John Wick -
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Steven Canals
Writer/Producer
Pose -
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Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
Co-Showrunners
Yellowjackets -
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Justin Hillian
Showrunner
The Chi -
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Jermaine Johnson
Manager
3Arts Entertainment -
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Jairo Alvarado
Co-Founder
Redefine Entertainment -
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Nahnatchka Khan
Showrunner
Fresh Off the Boat -
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Jeymes Samuel
Writer/Director, Musician
The Harder They Fall -
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Amy Aniobi
Writer
Insecure -
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Reinaldo Marcus Green
Writer/Director
King Richard -
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Couper Samuelson
President of Features
Blumhouse Productions -
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Andrew Ahn
Writer/Director
Fire Island
