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Charmaine DeGrate is an Emmy nominated Writer and Producer whose credits include Daisy Jones and The Six, Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon, and Star Wars: The Acolyte. Other credits include projects in film and television for Lucasfilm, HBO, AppleTv, Amazon, Netflix, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal and Skydance.
Charmaine attended Vassar College where she spent summers working as a Congressional intern in Washington, DC and producing plays at Powerhouse Theatre. She graduated from Vassar with a double major in Political Science and English Literature.
Ms. DeGraté is on the Advisory Board of International Women in Media Foundation and committed to creating opportunities for young storytellers through her work with National Endowment of the Arts, Austin Film Festival and The Roybal School of Film and Television.- Writer
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John Logan was a playwright in Chicago for ten years before writing, on spec, his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday." He won the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards for his play RED, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and the Golden Theatre on Broadway.- Director
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Trey Edward Shults was born on 6 October 1988 in Montgomery, Texas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Waves (2019), It Comes at Night (2017) and Krisha (2015).- Writer
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An actor and creative producer of Chilean and Jewish heritage, Julia Ahumada Grob was born and raised in New York City and graduated with honors from Brown University. Named one of 25 emerging theater artists by Kevin Spacey, Julia is a proud member of the New Voices Network, and a founding member of At Play Productions, the resident company of the 24 Hour Play Company. She is the creator and lead actress behind "East WillyB", an innovative, multicultural web series which targets the English-language Latino community.
An innovative creative producer, Julia's one-woman show "He(R)evolution" toured nationally and internationally from 2005-2008, including performances at 2007 JP Morgan Latino Cultural Festival (NY) and the 2007 Salvador Allende Festival For Peace (Toronto). Her 2005 interactive video "The Beat Back Bush Workout" won the coveted Crowd Pleaser Award at the New York Hip-Hop Odyssey Film Festival. In 2006, Julia was a featured as an emerging artist in Latina Magazine. Her writing has been published in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the U.S. (Oxford University Press, 2005) and We Got Issues! A Young Woman's Guide to a Bold, Courageous, and Empowered Life (Inner Ocean Press, 2006).- Writer
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Kemp Powers is known for One Night in Miami... (2020), Soul (2020) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).- Writer
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John Lee Hancock was born on 15 December 1956 in Longview, Texas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and The Highwaymen (2019).- Writer
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Originally from Houston, Kevin Iso began performing stand up all across Texas before moving to New York where he has been honing his skills. Through his unique point of view, Kevin seamlessly blends cultures while appealing to all ages. Kevin has performed at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland, the Funny or Die Oddball Festival and Bridgetown Comedy Festival. After being named one of Comedy Central's Comics To Watch in 2015, Kevin's stand up was featured on Axs TV's Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central's Adam Devine's House Party and YouTube Red's Alexander IRL. He can be seen at premier clubs like Stand Up NY, Caroline's on Broadway,The Stand in NYC, as well as clubs and colleges across the country. On top of performing stand up, Kevin is the Co-Creator of the hit web-series Flatbush Misdemeanors.- Writer
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Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer. Upon obtaining an MFA from NYU's Tisch Graduate Film program, her thesis film, Cracked, which won The Spike Lee Production Grant, won the 2nd Prize King Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYU's First Run Film Festival. There, it also won Craft Awards for Acting and Cinematography. Cracked had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and was selected to compete at the Chicago International Film Festival, LA Shorts, HollyShorts, and more. Cracked was also selected to be one of the five American Black Film Festival HBO Short Film Competition Finalists and is streaming on MAX.
Most recently, Lin Que was chosen to be a fellow of the Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellowship Program. She was selected to be one of the ten women directors chosen for Issa Rae's Project Greenlight Revival, which is streaming on MAX. Lastly, Lin Que was selected to be a 2023 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow as a co-writer for the feature film, Ricky.- Director
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Writer/Director Omar S. Kamara is a first-generation Sierra Leonean American, Virginia native, and graduate of the College of William and Mary and AFI. His debut feature film, AFRICAN GIANTS, which he independently wrote, directed, and produced, will have its World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival in 2024.
In addition to winning the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award at AFI, he was selected as an inaugural Resident for the Rideback Rise BIPOC Content Accelerator as well as a filmmaker for the Rising Voices Program, a collaboration between Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad and Indeed, to write and direct a short that will premiere at Tribeca in 2024.
His previous short film, MASS AVE, won the Grand Prize at the DGA Student Film Awards, was named a Finalist in HBO's Short Film Competition at ABFF, and was nominated for the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival. The film was licensed by HBO and is currently streaming on HBO Max.
Kamara's films touch on his first-generation experiences and strive to highlight and honor the African Diaspora.- Director
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Vincent J. Walker is known for When I Killed a Part of Me (2022), Breathe (2022) and Dear God: a story of black boy joy (2020).- Director
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Mohamed Echkouna is known for Trail of Hope (2016), African Folktales, Reimagined (2023) and One Piece (2023).- Director
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Walt Mzengi Corey is a Tanzanian writer, director, and cinematographer. He is known for 'Katope' (2023), 'Gulf' (2019), and 'Timêla' (2019). His pursuit for film began in South Africa as he attended AFDA Cape Town and then furthered his film education at New York University's Tisch Grad Film Program in the United States.- Writer
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Rebecca Corey is known for Wahenga (2018), African Folktales, Reimagined (2023) and Through Her Eyes (2018).- Actor
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Nathaniel Martello-White was born in 1983 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Cla'am (2017), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and The Strays (2023).- Director
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Rose Glass was destined to be a director from a young age. Upon leaving home she studied film and video at London College of Communication, UAL - where she directed her first 'proper' shorts - and also gained experience as a runner on professional sets. Eventually she made her way to the NFTS, where she made acclaimed short Room 55 and began working on the idea for Saint Maud.
In the years following she waitressed and worked as a cinema usher whilst working on the treatment and teamed up with fellow Breakthrough Brit Oliver Kassman. Initially Rose was intimidated by the idea of directing a feature, especially after finding the writing process quite isolating, but once she started, the collaborative nature of the experience made everything a complete joy.- Producer
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David Kajganich was born on 15 November 1969 in Lorain, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for A Bigger Splash (2015), The Terror (2018) and True Story (2015).- Writer
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Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first gained attention for her roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She went on to receive wider recognition for her starring roles in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife (2013-17) and for her portrayal of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2019-20).- Actress
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Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke was born May 28, in Spokane, Washington. Her father was Nigerian and her mother is of English and Scots-Irish descent. Her last name, "Echikunwoke", means "leader of men" and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically makes her African royalty. She is known for playing "Nicole Palmer" in the first season of 24 (2001), "Angie Barnett" (Kelso's girlfriend) in the seventh season of That '70s Show (1998) and "Isabelle Tyler" in The 4400 (2004). She was raised on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. In early 2008, she starred opposite Alessandro Nivola in an independent movie, directed by Jerry Zaks, titled Who Do You Love (2008) where she played a heroin-addicted lounge singer. She did all of her own singing in the movie.- Producer
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Julian Breece is an award-winning writer-director whose work crosses film and TV. Breece wrote the original screenplay for the upcoming Netflix original film "Bayard" about gay Civil Rights strategist Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington. He co-wrote the Emmy-nominated Netflix series "When They See Us" and penned the screenplay for a feature film on the life of acclaimed choreographer Alvin Ailey for Fox Searchlight with Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins attached to direct. Breece has also been a writer and producer on critically acclaimed series such as Amazon's "Harlem" and Hulu's "The First". Featured as one of IndieWIRE's young "Filmmakers to Watch," Breece first earned critical acclaim with his short, The Young & Evil, which became an Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival. In that same period, Breece was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a top-10 Nicholl finalist for his first screenplay, Ball. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program,- Producer
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Sonny Mallhi was born on 5 May 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Anguish (2015), The Roommate (2011) and The Strangers (2008).