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1. Matthew Montgomery

Producer | Devil's Path

Matthew Montgomery is a writer, director, producer, and actor whose career began in 2002 when he starred in Gone, But Not Forgotten, an LGBT film which played in over thirty film festivals around the world and was the "Top Ten Best Seller" for TLA Video for 2003 and 2004. He later went on to star ...

2. Bevan Lee

Script_department | A Place to Call Home

Bevan Lee was born in Western Australia, Australia. He is known for A Place to Call Home (2013), Winners & Losers (2011) and Home and Away (1988).

3. Mike Doyle

Director | Sell By

Mike Doyle is an actor and director, known for Almost Love (2019), New Amsterdam (2018) and Jersey Boys (2014).

4. Jeff London

Director | Arizona Sky

Writer, producer, director Jeff London grew up in a small town outside Bakersfield, California, called Shafter. Later his family moved to Covina, California, where he attended school. The son of a Pentecostal preacher, Jeff moved a lot as a boy, never having the same friends to grow up with. He can...

5. David Lewis

Writer | Redwoods

David Lewis is known for Redwoods (2009), Longhorns (2011) and All Kinds of Love (2022).

6. Charlie David

Producer | Dating Unlocked

Charlie David is a producer/director with his company Border2Border Entertainment which produces and promotes a unique brand of award-winning, critically acclaimed film, television and digital projects for diverse, under-served audiences made by people with marginalized lived experience - 2SLGBTQIA...

7. Sven J. Matten

Producer | Steel

Sven J. Matten was born on June 14, 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Steel (2015), Off Shore (2011) and Lost Kruger Gold.

8. Ben Lewis

Actor | The Christmas Setup

Ben Lewis is a Canadian actor known for his role as the adult version of William Clayton in the last two seasons of Arrow.

One of his earliest roles was in a guest starring role as Teddy Jones Jr., a ranch hand who kills his father's murderers, on Murdoch Mysteries in 2009, but his biggest roles ...

9. Nick Corporon

Director | Retake

Nick Corporon is known for Retake (2016), Empire (2012) and Last Call (2009).

10. Michael J. Saul

Director | The Surface

Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Michael Saul began making films as a teenager in the 1970s.

A pioneer in the early 1980's LGBT and Indie film movements, he began working in the San Francisco Bay area as a video artist. Producing a series of experimental films with beautiful musical accompaniment ...

11. Kit Williamson

Actor | Mad Men

Kit Williamson is an actor, filmmaker and internet person, best known for playing Ed Gifford on the final two seasons of AMC's Mad Men. He is the creator and star of the Emmy-nominated web series EastSiders, which is now streaming worldwide on Netflix, translated into more than two dozen languages....

12. Marco Berger

Director | Ausente

Marco Berger was born on December 8, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for Absent (2011), The Blonde One (2019) and Taekwondo (2016).

13. Stephen Cone

Director | Princess Cyd

Stephen Cone is a South Carolina-raised, Chicago-based filmmaker whose film Princess Cyd was named one of the best movies of the decade by Vanity Fair, and who has received recent early career retrospectives on the Criterion Channel, MUBI and at the Museum of the Moving Image, Berlin's Unknown ...

14. Eric Steel

Producer | Minyan

Eric Steel is known for Minyan (2020), Bringing Out the Dead (1999) and Julie & Julia (2009).

15. Alexander Roman

Director | Reflections of the Past

Alexander Roman is known for Reflections of the Past (2010), I AM A SPY: Sofia (ASMR) (2022) and I Am A Spy: Istanbul (2018).

16. Brian Pelletier

Director | Fishnet

Brian Pelletier is known for Fishnet (2010), Monster in the Closet (2013) and Flying High with Charlie (2015).

17. Adam Fried

Actor | Scrub-A-Dub

Adam Fried is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was raised in Dayton, Ohio by his parents Bill and Claudia Fried, with his sister, Melissa. As an actor, Adam began performing with The Muse Machine in Dayton, Ohio (under the direction of Nat Horne) before...

18. Mark Strano

Actor | Tiger Orange

Mark Strano is known for Tiger Orange (2014), Paparazzi (2009) and House Guests (2011).

19. Tom O'Leary

Writer | Pride

Tom O'Leary is known for Pride (2011), Nourishment (2007) and To Comfort You.

20. Pedro Almodóvar

Writer | Hable con ella

The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...

21. Shawn Ryan

Actor | Famous in Love

Shawn Ryan is known for Famous in Love (2017), Bones (2005) and Charlie (2015). He has been married to John Ainsworth since May 13, 2006.

22. John Ainsworth

Producer | Blake's 7: The Classic Adventures

John Ainsworth was born in the USA. He is a producer and director, known for Blake's 7: The Classic Adventures (2013), Randy (2016) and The Risen (2018). He has been married to Shawn Ryan since May 13, 2006.

23. Jason Shepard

Inferno

Jason Shepard was born on May 20, 1980 in Livonia, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Inferno (2016), Don't Breathe (2016) and Bob (2017).

24. Jesse Archer

Actor | A Four Letter Word

Jesse Archer was born on June 30, 1977 in Taiwan, Republic of China. He is an actor and producer, known for A Four Letter Word (2007), Violet Tendencies (2010) and Half-Share (2011).

25. Matthew Puccini

Director | Lavender

Matthew is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. His short film Dirty premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will screen at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. His short film Lavender was acquired for distribution by Fox Searchlight and screened at the 2019 Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. His short film...

26. Shaz Bennett

Writer | Alaska Is a Drag

Shaz Bennett's debut feature film "Alaska is a Drag", that she wrote & directed was highlighted as one to watch in Vogue, Filmmaker and OUT magazine. Winning best feature film and Jury awards for Best Director at New Filmmakers LA, Leeds, Chattanooga, Urbanworld and the Smithsonian African American...

27. William Branden Blinn

Director | Thirteen or So Minutes

Branden Blinn is a content creator who has written, directed, and produced over 30 short films and episodic web form content, most of it for YouTube. His YouTube channel has garnered over 100,000 subscribers and over 40,000,000 worldwide views, mostly by word of mouth and without advertising. When ...

28. Noel Alejandro

Director | Doing Elliot

29. Jonathan Bennett

Actor | Mean Girls

Jonathan David Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio, to RuthAnne (Mason) and Dr. David Paul Bennett. He headed straight to New York to pursue acting after graduating from the theater program at Otterbein. He was actually discovered by an agent while sitting on a train. Six months later he signed on ...

30. Gregg Araki

Writer | Mysterious Skin

Gregg Araki was born on December 17, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mysterious Skin (2004), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) and Kaboom (2010).

31. Ryan Murphy

Producer | Glee

Born November 9, 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana, US as Ryan Patrick Murphy, he is an American writer, director, and producer, responsible for creating such hits as Nip/Tuck (2003), Glee (2009) and American Horror Story (2011). His mother, J. Andy Murphy, was a writer and communications worker and ...

32. Mazen Khaled

Director | Martyr

Mazen Khaled is a Lebanese screenwriter and filmmaker based in the USA. He is best known for his feature Martyr, which was nominated for the Queer Lion at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and his short A Very Dangerous Man, which was nominated for the Muhr Awards at the 2012 Dubai ...

33. Mazen Khaled

Director | Martyr

Mazen Khaled is a Lebanese screenwriter and filmmaker based in the USA. He is best known for his feature Martyr, which was nominated for the Queer Lion at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and his short A Very Dangerous Man, which was nominated for the Muhr Awards at the 2012 Dubai ...

34. David Kittredge

Editor | Pornography

David Kittredge was born on April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and editor, known for Pornography: A Thriller (2009), 54 (1998) and Target Audience (2002).

35. Adam Huss

Actor | Power

After graduating with a BA in Drama from Binghamton University in NY, studying under Julliard professor Gene Lesser, Adam Huss moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career doing what he loves most, acting in film and television, where he landed the series regular role of Joshua Kantos on the hit STARZ ...

36. Connor Jessup

Actor | American Crime

Connor Jessup was born in Toronto, Canada. Acting since the age of eleven, he is best known for his roles in Netflix's fantasy series Locke & Key (2020) and in the Emmy-winning ABC drama American Crime (2015). Other notable roles include acclaimed performances in the independent films Blackbird...

37. Preston Hammond

Writer | Do-Over

Preston Hammond is known for Do-Over (2019), Love, Chris (2018) and Joe & Nora (2021).

38. Reid Waterer

Director | You Can't Curry Love

Reid Waterer is a veteran of 270+ film festivals on 6 continents with his award-winning films. His work has been released commercially on DVD or TV in 15 different countries. A graduate of U.S.C. Film School, he began his career with a brief stint working for Peter Bogdanovich before moving into ...

39. Jack Parr

Actor | Masters of the Air

Jack Parr is known for Masters of the Air (2024), Peaky Blinders (2013) and Emmerdale Farm (1972).

40. Gage Oxley

Director | Wretched Things

Gage Oxley is predominantly a writer/director, as well as a freelance film programmer, and the managing director of Oxygen Films: a multi-award winning, non-profit, community-interest production company based in Leeds. Gage's role involves working with international charities, young creatives and ...

41. Evan Roberts

Producer | Yeah, Kowalski!

Evan Roberts is known for Yeah, Kowalski! (2012), 33 Teeth (2011) and Arvind (2016).

42. Daniel Nolasco

Director | Vento Seco

Daniel Nolasco is known for Dry Wind (2020), Mr. Leather (2019) and Uranus (2013).

43. James Duff

Producer | The Closer

James Duff was born on September 3, 1955 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Closer (2005), Major Crimes (2012) and Star Trek: Picard (2020). He has been married to Phillip P. Keene since 2013.

44. Mike Mosallam

Director | Breaking Fast

Mike Mosallam is a producer, director, writer for theatre, film and television. Through his production company, Mike Mosallam Productions, he and his team produced short films: Breaking Fast (Cannes Film Festival) and Brothers (12-time Jury & Audience Award Winner), both written and directed by ...

45. Marc Saltarelli

Editor | Studio One Forever

Marc Saltarelli is known for Studio One Forever (2023), Remember to Breathe (2013) and Pride (2011).

46. Pau Masó

Actor | Aleksandr's Price

Pau Masó was born in Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain as Pau Masó Coromina. He is an actor, writer, director and producer. Known as a "self-made man", he is hard working, dedicated and persevering. To date, Pau has appeared in different productions, including Aleksandr's Price (2013) and The Art of...

47. Michael Billy

Producer | Phoenix: The Resurrection

Michael Billy is an American Film & Television Producer, Film Actor, Comedian and national TV Personality. Billy is the Executive Producer and Star of the new Reality Competition Television Series "The NEXT American Gay" (Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Canada, South Africa 2013). Billy ...

48. Heath Daniels

Costume_department | Ad Astra

Heath Daniels is known for Ad Astra (2019), Adults Only (2013) and The Woman in the Window (2021).

49. Jamison Karon

Actor | Sorry You're Sad

Jamison Karon is known for Sorry You're Sad (2016), Cain and Abel (2018) and Louise (2019).

50. Jason Bradbury

Director | Static

Jason Bradbury is known for Static (2006), Dag & nacht (2023) and The Sun Seekers (2009).

51. Gus Van Sant

Director | Elephant

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...

52. Dawid Ullgren

Director | Miss Inga Issues

Dawid Ullgren is known for Crash and Burn, Honey (2019), Land of the Free (2020) and Mr. Sugar Daddy (2016).

53. Mark Bessenger

Director | The Last Straight Man

Mark Bessenger is known for The Last Straight Man (2014), Confessions (2016) and Fiendish Things (2016).

54. Julián Hernández

Writer | Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor

Julián Hernández was born on January 9, 1973 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and director, known for A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003), Long Sleepless Nights (2000) and Dos entre muchos (2022).

55. Thom Fitzgerald

Director | Cloudburst

Thom Fitzgerald: Since his 1997 feature debut, Thom has won over two dozen international awards including the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award (Genie), The FIPRESCI European International Critics' Prize, The Emerging Master Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and the ...

56. Roberto Pérez Toledo

Writer | Seis puntos sobre Emma

Roberto Pérez Toledo was born on April 3, 1978 in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for 6 Points About Emma (2011), Los amigos raros (2014) and Before the Eruption (2021). He died on January 31, 2022 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

57. Ori Aharon

Director | Dolfin Megumi

Ori Aharon is known for Rubber Dolphin (2018), The Israeli Boys (2020) and The Fall of Zipporah (2013).

58. Denis O'Hare

Actor | Dallas Buyers Club

Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare is an American actor, singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in such films ...

59. Daniel Talbott

Writer | The Conners

Daniel Talbott is a writer, director, actor, and a Lucille Lortel Award winning theater producer. He's a writer on the second season of 'The Conners' on ABC; was a writer for Weinstein Company and Spike TV on 'The Mist', based on the Stephen King novella; and his hour-long drama pilot 'Summer' was ...

60. Patrik-Ian Polk

Writer | Punks

Patrik-Ian Polk (Director, Writer, Producer), attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts and received his undergraduate degree in film and theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi in his hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He then attended graduate film school at the prestigious ...

61. Matt Carter

Visual_effects | In from the Side

Matt Carter is known for In from the Side (2022), Jayson Bend: Queen and Country (2015) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).

62. James Fanizza

Actor | Sebastian

James Fanizza is an actor, writer and filmmaker from Toronto, Canada. He is a York University graduate and made his television debut in a commercial for NBC/Universal. His first feature film, an adaptation of his first short film Sebastian, is slated for release in 2017, and his previous films have...

63. François Ozon

Director | Dans la maison

François Ozon was born on November 15, 1967 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for In the House (2012), 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003).

64. Kyle Reaume

Editor | Vertical Lines

Kyle Reaume is a director, picture editor, and actor from Toronto, Canada, where he graduated from Toronto Film School with honors. His short film "Ecstasy" has screened at festivals in Toronto, Boston, Texas, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Germany, and Mumbai. "What About Shelley" was funded by a grant ...

65. Matthew Risch

Actor | Sex and the City 2

Matthew Risch was born on August 20, 1981 in Salem, Massachussets, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sex and the City 2 (2010), Modern Family (2009) and Test (2013).

66. Adrian Anchondo

Actor | How to Get Away with Murder

Adrian Anchondo is known for How to Get Away with Murder (2014), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021).

67. Peeter Rebane

Producer | Firebird

Born in Estonia, Peeter has studied, worked and lived around the world, including USA and the UK. His directing portfolio includes feature films Firebird (2021), Sailing to Freedom (in development), documentaries Tashi Delek! (2015) and Robbie Williams: Fans Journey to Tallinn (BBC Worldwide, 2014)...

68. Tom Gustafson

Producer | Were the World Mine

Tom Gustafson is a director/producer whose work has won more than 60 awards & played over 250 international film festivals. The NY Times chose his first feature, Were The World Mine, as "Critics' Pick" calling it "Movie Musical Magic." About his second feature, the NY Times proclaimed, "¡Hurra! ...

69. Cory Krueckeberg

Producer | Getting Go, the Go Doc Project

Cory Krueckeberg is a creative chameleon having written, produced, edited, designed and/ or directed for all of SPEAKproductions acclaimed films, which have won over 60 awards and screened at more than 300 film festivals around the world. As a writer his first feature, the cult-hit musical fantasy ...

70. Patrick Reilly

Actor | The Other Two

Patrick Reilly is known for The Other Two (2019), Dating My Mother (2017) and Danny the Manny (2016).

71. Jason Stuart

Actor | Goliath

Jason Stuart is a prolific character actor & stand-up comic. Born in the Bronx and raised in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles, and now residing in Palm Springs and lives next door to his 85 year old Jewish mother Gloria, but does not live with her! Stuart is a self-described insecure Jewish kid ...

72. Michael Varrati

Writer | Christmas with You

Michael Varrati was born on August 29, 1982 in Gallup, New Mexico, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Christmas with You (2022), The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (2016) and The Wrong Stepmother (2019).

73. Del Shores

Writer | Sordid Lives

Writer/Director/Producer/Actor/Stand-Up Comedian "Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy." Los Angeles Times

Del Shores has written, directed and produced successfully across studio and independent film, network and cable television and regional and national touring theatre.

Shores' career took ...

74. J.M. Longoria

Actor | Sin Vergüenza

J.M. (Jose Maria) Longoria III is a writer, producer, and Imagen Award-nominated actor. He was born and raised in the small town of La Grulla, Texas. J.M. attended Rio Grande City High School where he graduated Valedictorian of his senior class. After graduating from the University of Texas at ...

75. Leon Lopez

Actor | Brookside

Leon Lopez was born on August 30, 1979 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Brookside (1982), EastEnders (1985) and Soft Lad (2015).

76. David Millbern

Actor | Gods and Monsters

EMMY Award winning actor-producer David Millbern first emerged as a child actor in such iconic commercials as McDonald's "Glasses to Go" and was the smile behind their "Sundae Smile" campaign, among many others.

By 17, David had already studied and worked with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in ...

77. Amos Guttman

Director | Hessed Mufla

Amos Guttman was born on May 10, 1954 in Transilvania, Romania. He was a director and writer, known for Amazing Grace (1992), Drifting (1982) and Bar 51 (1986). He died on February 16, 1993 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

78. Jesse LaVercombe

Actor | Violation

Jesse LaVercombe is an award-winning writer and actor who works across film, TV, and theatre, splitting his time between the U.S. and Canada.

As a writer, he worked on two feature films coming out in 2023, Float (Lionsgate/Collective Pictures) and Code 8: Part ll (Netflix/Collective Pictures), ...

79. Leon Wadham

Writer | School Night

Leon Wadham was born in 1989 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is an actor and writer, known for School Night (2014), Moving (2016) and Blankets (2013).

80. Colman Domingo

Actor | Lincoln

In 2023, Mr. Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play as a producer for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham. Colman won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film ...

81. Daniel Robison

Actor | Closet Space

Daniel Robison is known for Closet Space (2013), Stealing Pulp Fiction and Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019).