KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor; Screenwriter of "Where the Wild Things Are" & "Her"

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

British Actor Known for "12 Years a Slave"

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton," "The Italian Job" & "The Fate of The Furious"

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" & "House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious," "Empire," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" & "The Deliverance"; Founder, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Yale Drama Graduate, Tony Nominee, Emmy Award Winner

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios; Philanthropist & Founder, Perry Foundation

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"