Directing Speakers

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

Actor, Director & Producer; Known for "Lost" & "Hawaii Five-0"

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

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

Film Director & Screenwriter Known for Directing "Wonder Woman"

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Mr. Robot" & "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Academy Award Winning Director, Writer, ‘Birdman,’ ‘The Revenant’

Playwright, Writer & Director; Best Known for Amazon's "Transparent"

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

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

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation," "Agatha All Along" & "My Old Ass"

First Woman to Win an Academy Award for Best Director; Known for "Zero Dark Thirty," "Detroit" & "The Hurt Locker"

Emmy Award-Winning Showrunner, Writer, Actor, Director & Producer Best Known for "Schitt's Creek"; LGBTQ Activist & Advocate for Inclusion in Storytelling

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Award-Winning Actress & Director; Best Known for "Barbie," "Lady Bird" and "Little Women"

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Director, Producer & Actress; Known for Directing "The Virgin Suicides," "The Bling Ring" & "Priscilla"

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author