Producers and Directors

Avan Tudor Jogia, born February 9, 1992, is a Canadian actor, singer, writer, director and activist.

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM is a New Zealand director, screenwriter, and producer.

Catherine Hardwicke is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter.

Daniel Wu is a Hong Kong American actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films.

Lee Edward Unkrich is an American director, film editor, screenwriter, and animator. He was a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar, where he started in 1994 as a…

Tony Goldwyn is an American actor, singer, producer, director and political activist.

An award-winning filmmaker, Stanley Nelson has over 20 years' experience as a producer, director, and writer of documentary

Emmy, Peabody, and Writers’ Guild of America Award winning writer/producer Mike Scullyhas worked in all genres of TV comedy.

Ejiofor was born in London's Forest Gate, to Nigerian parents who belonged to the Igbo ethnic group.

Currently, alongside David Benioff, D.B. created and serves as co-executive producer for the hit HBO series Game of Thrones.

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress.

Dr. Julia Hare is widely regarded as one of the most dynamic...

Ruth E. Carter is the 2019 Academy Award winner for Achievement in Costume Design for Marvel’s “BLACK PANTHER”.

Dream Hampton (stylized as dream hampton) is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Detroit.

Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist.

Sabaah Folayan is an filmmaker, activist, and award-winning storyteller who uses written.

Sam Q. Bailey is a filmmaker, film producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for directing the web series Brown Girls.

Brandon T. Neal is the Deputy Political Director for Civic Engagement at the National Democratic Governors Association in Washington, DC.

Ayana Barber is a producer and filmmaker who also has a background in production management.

An accomplished actress, writer and producer Karimah Westbrook stars as devoted single parent Grace James in the hit series.

Steven Rodney McQueen CBE is a British film director and screenwriter.

Hailing from a family of talented musicians, Big Lux discovered.

Brittany M. Stalworth is a New York City-based TV and film producer.

Trizonna McClendon is an Emmy Award-winning television producer who has lent her talents to networks such as NBC, Bravo.

John Joseph Theodore Rzeznikis an American songwriter, lead guitarist, vocalist and producer.

Peter Byck is the director, producer and writer of "Carbon Nation." Byck has also just joined the faculty at Arizona State University.

Andrew McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He was the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate.

The young Costner wrote poetry, sang in a Baptist choir, excelled at baseball and built his own canoe.

Natasha Rothwell is currently a series regular and co-producer on Issa Rae's Peabody Award- winning HBO series Insecure.

Wayans is most fondly remembered for his three seasons as writer and co-star

Jennette McCurdy is most widely known for her role as Sam Puckett

Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress. She began her Hollywood career in guest-roles on a few television series, before making her feature film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained…

After receiving his Master’s degree in screenwriting at New York University, Kevin returned to his native Kansas in 1992.  It was unlikely base for a career that would include directing…

Alfonso Cuarón is four-time Academy Award winner who has written and directed many noteworthy films.

The stylistic range of left-field pop artist Kali Uchis is reflected in the variety of her collaborators -- an extensive genre-crossing list that includes Tyler, the Creator, Gorillaz, Daniel Caesar,…

She is known for the 2010 play Oliver Parker!, the 2011 romantic comedy film No Strings Attached, and the sitcom New Girl for Fox, starring Zooey Deschanel. Elizabeth Meriwether was…

Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Murphy is best known for creating/co-creating/producing a number of successful television series, including Nip/Tuck (2003–10), Glee (2009–15), American Horror Story…

Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. Whitaker has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird, The Crying Game, Platoon, Ghost Dog: The Way of the…

Tazbah Rose Chavez is a performance poet turned director and television writer.

F. Gary Gray is recognized as one of the industry’s most prolific and versatile directors.

Ryan Coogler is a film director known for Black Panther and Fruitvale Station. He was born in Oakland, California.

Brian William Koppelman is an American filmmaker, essayist, podcaster, TV series creator, former music business executive and record producer.

Euzhan Palcy is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique, French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio.

Rick Famuyiwa is a director, producer and screenwriter. He created films such as The Wood, Brown Sugar, and Our Family Wedding.

Sydney Freeland is an award-winning LGBTQ Navajo filmmaker.

Jennifer Podemski is an award-winning Film and Television Producer and Actor born and raised in Toronto, Canada.