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British Actor Known for "12 Years a Slave"

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

Media, Entertainment, and Technology Executive & Advisor

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

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director Known for "Atlanta," "Community" & "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; Grammy Award-Winning Musician Formerly Known as Childish Gambino

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

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

Screenwriter, Film Director & Producer; Best Known for "The Rookie" and "The Blind Side"

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

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

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

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

American animator, screenwriter and producer

World Renowned, Multi Award-Winning Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor & Author

Author and Actor, Best Known for "The Wire" and HBO's "Treme"

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

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

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Creator of Breaking Bad, Executive Producer, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner

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