KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

South Korean Director & Screenwriter Known for "Parasite" and "Okja"

Award-Winning French Filmmaker Known for "Girlhood" & "Tomboy"

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "House of Cards;" First Muslim Actor To Win An Oscar

Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker & World-Renowned Photographer; Directors of "Meru" & "Free Solo"

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

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"

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

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

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Director & Youngest Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director

Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "Freedom Summer" and "Attica"

Award-Winning Actor Known for "The Godfather"

Producer of "13 Reasons Why," Playwright, lyricist, and theatre director known best for writing the musical "Next to Normal"

Actress Known for her Role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City"; Former Candidate for Governor of New York