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Past Panelists and Mentors

  • Chloe Zhao

    Writer/Director, Nomadland

  • Barry Jenkins

    Writer/Director, Moonlight

  • The Daniels

    Writer/Director Duo, Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • Lin Manuel-Miranda

    Filmmaker, Playwright, Musician
    Hamilton

  • Meg Lefauve

    Writer, Inside Out

  • Shaka King

    Writer/Director, Judas and the Black Messiah

  • Joe Robert Cole

    Writer, Black Panther

  • Angela Kang

    Showrunner, The Walking Dead

  • Kemp Powers

    Writer, Into the Spider-Verse

  • Sean Wang

    Writer/Director, Didi

  • Juel Taylor

    Writer/Director, They Cloned Tyrone

  • Ashley Nicole Black

    Writer, Ted Lasso

  • Boots Riley

    Writer/Director, Sorry To Bother You

  • Lee Daniels

    Writer/Director, Empire

  • Karen Horne

    Former SVP of D&I, WarnerMedia

  • Ed Solomon

    Writer, Men In Black

  • Charise Castro Smith

    Writer/Director, Encanto

  • Derek Kolstad

    Writer, John Wick

  • Steven Canals

    Writer/Producer, Pose

  • Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

    Co-Showrunners, Yellowjackets

  • Justin Hillian

    Showrunner, The Chi

  • Jermaine Johnson

    Manager, 3Arts Entertainment

  • Jairo Alvarado

    Co-Founder, Redefine Entertainment

  • Nahnatchka Khan

    Showrunner, Fresh Off the Boat

  • Jeymes Samuel

    Writer/Director, Musician
    The Harder They Fall

  • Amy Aniobi

    Writer, Insecure

  • Reinaldo Marcus Green

    Writer/Director, King Richard

  • Couper Samuelson

    President - Feature Films
    Blumhouse Productions