Our Partners
Some of our 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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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
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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 - Feature Films
Blumhouse Productions
