Top Hollywood stars come out swinging against the Paramount-WBD deal in a new letter

• Hollywood has hesitations about Paramount Skydance's plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
• Stars like Ben Stiller and Noah Wyle said the deal could lead to "fewer opportunities for creators."
• Over 1,000 actors, directors, producers, and writers signed a letter opposing the deal.

Top Hollywood stars are speaking out against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

Over 1,000 Hollywood creatives published an open letter on Monday expressing "unequivocal opposition" to Paramount's plan to buy WBD, which could close as soon as this fall if it gets regulatory approval.

The Paramount-WBD tie-up "would further consolidate an already concentrated media landscape" and lead to "fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs, and less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world," the actors, directors, producers, and writers said in the letter.

Among the signatories were household names like Ben Stiller, JJ Abrams, and Lin-Manuel Miranda of "Hamilton" fame.

Some of the biggest names working with WBD's HBO Max also signed the letter, including "The Pitt" star and executive producer Noah Wyle, and "Task" lead actor Mark Ruffalo. David Chase, creator of HBO's "The Sopranos," also signed on, as did Adam McKay, who directed episodes of "Succession," and "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon.

Denis Villeneuve, who directed WBD's "Dune" movies, signed as well, as did high-profile actors like Don Cheadle from "House of Lies" on Paramount-owned Showtime, Ted Danson from HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Julianna Margulies from CBS's "The Good Wife," and Javier Bardem from "Dune" and WBD-distributed "F1."

While some of Hollywood's top talent are speaking out against the deal, many creatives may not be willing, or able, to refuse working for what would be a new entertainment giant.

A Paramount-WBD combination would have close to 200 million streaming subscribers, beloved franchises like Harry Potter and DC, and TV channels like CBS, CNN, TNT, TBS, and Nickelodeon.

Paramount said in a statement in response to the letter that its WBD deal "brings together complementary strengths to create a company that can greenlight more projects" and better support creative talent.

"We hear and understand the concerns that some in our creative community have raised and respect the commitment to protecting and expanding creativity," the Paramount statement said.

Paramount also reiterated its pledge to release at least 30 films a year in theaters while licensing content to rivals, which it said ensures that "creators have more avenues for their work, not fewer."

Paramount has argued that it could compete more effectively if it joined forces with WBD. Netflix had 325 million subscribers at the end of 2025, while Disney no longer reports subscriber figures but had 196 million across Disney+ and Hulu as of late September.

David Ellison's Paramount has promised investors at least $6 billion in cost savings from its WBD deal. Many in Hollywood fear that those cost cuts will lead to mass layoffs, though Paramount has downplayed the role of job losses in its plans. WBD's own leadership warned before it signed the deal of a potential exodus of employees who feared layoffs.

Antitrust experts generally expect US regulators to approve the deal, though the acquisition also needs the green light from overseas regulators. Paramount could face legal challenges from state attorneys general, including California's Rob Bonta, who has promised to give the proposed deal a close look.

Below is the list of full signatories to the "Block the Merger" letter:

• A. Laura Brody, Costumer
• A.V. Rockwell, Writer/Director
• Aaron Ryder, Producer
• Abbi Jacobson, Writer/Actor/Producer/Director
• Abby Ginzberg, Director/Producer
• Abby Sun, Producer
• Abigail E. Disney, Producer/Director
• Adam McKay, Writer/Director
• Adam Rodman, Writer
• Adam Saunders, Director/Producer
• Aj Escoffery, Executive Producer
• Alan Barker, Sound Technician
• Alan Cumming, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Alan Snitow, Director
• Alena Smith, Writer/Producer/Director
• Alex Cave, Actor
• Alex Geo, Sound Producer
• Alex Gibney, Director/Producer
• Alex Rivera, Director
• Alex Valdivia von Ostermann, Producer
• Alex Vassilakos, Producer
• Alexandra Marske, Producer
• Alexandria R de Rossi, Talent Agent
• Alice Quinlan, Impact Producer
• Alicia Kozma, Theatrical Exhibitor
• Alicia Sams, Producer/Director
• Alison Klayman, Director
• Alison Roman, Writer/Producer/Host
• Allison Austin, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Allyson McCabe, Writer
• Aly Monroe, Writer
• Alyse Ardell Spiegel, Editor/Producer
• Alysha Westlake, Actor/Writer
• Alyssa Milano, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Amanda J. Reno, Consultant
• Amanda Melhuish, Comedian
• Amelia Green-Dove, Producer
• Amelia Hoang, Production Coordinator
• Amelia Nur, Comedian
• Amelia Swedeen, TV Writer
• Amin El Gamal, Actor
• Amir Talai, Actor
• Amy Aquino, Actor
• Amy Berg, Director
• Amy Chaffee, Actor/Dialect Coach/Writer
• Amy Grey, Publicist
• Amy Kaufman, Producer
• Amy Ressler, Director
• Amy Robinson, Producer
• Amy Romeo, Marketing Producer
• Amy Schwartz, Set Medic
• Amy Ziering, Director
• Andrea Ashton, Director
• Andrea Jones-Rooy, Comedian/Scientist
• Andrew Gettens, Writer
• Andrew Scott Bell, Composer
• Andrew Thomas Huang, Writer/Director
• Andrij Parekh, Cinematographer/Director
• Angela Dirksen, Actor/Writer/Director
• Angela Lynn Tucker, Director/Writer/Producer
• Angelina Burnett, Writer/Producer
• Ann Telnaes, Editorial Cartoonist
• Ann Tracy, Actor/Director/Writer
• Anna Muskey-Goldwyn, Writer
• Anna Ouyang Moench, Writer
• Anne Carey, Producer
• Anne Chaisson, Producer
• Anne Fox, Executive Producer/Director
• Annemarie Jacir, Director
• Annette Andersen Caton, Actor/Producer
• Annie Roney, Film Distributor
• Annie Weisman, Writer/Producer
• Annunziata Gianzero, Actor/Writer
• Antonio C. Cuyler, Consultant/Educator/Producer
• Anu Valia, Director
• Apoorva Bakshi, Producer
• Arian Moayed, Actor/Screenwriter/Director
• Ariel Dougherty, Director/Producer
• Arij Mikati, Producer
• Asako Gladsjo, Director/Producer/Series Producer
• Asha Dahya, Director/Producer
• Ashleigh Awusie, Actor
• Ashley Gable, Writer
• Ashley Ray-Harris, Writer/Comedian
• Asif Kapadia, Film Director
• Audrey Rosenberg, Producer/Director/Writer
• Ayreánna Ross, Writer
• Azin Samari, Editor
• Barbara Johns, Writer
• Barbara Kahn, Writer/Director
• Barbara Twist, Industry Executive
• Barry Cutler, Actor
• Bart Layton, Director/Producer/Writer
• Becca Stockton, Actor
• Bell Ramsey, Actor
• Ben Fletcher, Writer/Actor/Producer
• Ben Gleib, Comedian/TV Host/Actor
• Ben Kaplan, Editor
• Ben Stiller, Actor
• Benjamin Bratt, Actor
• Benjamin Kainz, Producer
• Benjamin Wellington, Editor
• Bertrand Bonello, Director
• Bess Kalb, Writer
• Beth Barrett, Artistic Director/SIFF
• Betsy West, Director
• Bia Borinn, Actor
• Bil White, Designer/Animator
• Bill Benz, Director
• Bill Camp, Actor/Director
• Billy Porter, Actor/Singer
• Bing Liu, Director
• Blake Leyh, Composer
• Bob Bookman, Producer
• Bob Gosse, Producer
• Bob Moore, Producer
• Bonni Cohen, Director/Producer
• Bonnie Bedelia, Actor/Producer
• Bonnie Fuller, Reporter/Writer
• Boots Riley, Director
• Brad A Hicks, Writer
• Brad Ingelsby, Writer
• Brad Lichtenstein, Director/Producer
• Brad Whitford, Actor
• Bradley Jones, Writer
• Brandy Barber, Actor
• Brandy Tannahill, Grip
• Brenda Avila, Director/Producer
• Brenda Pitmon, Actor
• Brendan O'Brien, Writer/Producer
• Brett Story, Director
• Brian Gee, Film Editor
• Brian Newman, Producer
• Brian Perry, Songwriter/Singer/Actor
• Britt Matt, Writer/Executive Producer
• Brooke Alison Berman, Writer/Director
• Bruce Cohen, Producer
• Bryan Cranston, Actor/Producer
• C.G. Charles, Actor
• Caitlin Dulany, Actor
• Callie Khouri, Writer/Director
• Carl Deal, Director/Producer
• Carla Gutiérrez, Director/Editor
• Carla Hacken, Producer
• Carlos Moreno Jr., Actor/Director/Producer
• Carly Dutcher, Actor
• Carly Halili, Assistant
• Caroline Bielskis, Actor
• Caroline Kim, Producer
• Caroline Libresco, Producer/Programmer/Executive
• Caroline Quinn, Set Designer
• Caroline Stack, Associate Producer
• Caroline Waterlow, Producer
• Carrie Courogen, Writer
• Caryn Capotosto, Producer
• Catherine Gund, Producer/Director
• Catherine Keener, Actor
• Catherine Opie, Artist
• Cathy Konrad, Producer
• Cathy Lesser Mansfield, Composer/Musician
• Cecilia Aldarondo, Director
• Celia Finkelstein, Writer/Actor
• Chad Treanor, Director
• Chandra Jackson, Publicist
• Channing Whisnant, Actor/Technical Crew
• Charlie Nadler, Writer/Comedian
• Charlotte Mangin, Producer/Director
• Chelsea Schwartz, Actor
• Cherien Dabis, Writer/Director/Actor
• Chiemi Karasawa, Director/Producer
• Chloe Wallace, Producer
• Chris Ann Maxwell, Entertainment Attorney
• Chris Collins, Producer
• Chris George, Producer/Writer
• Chris Gethard, Writer/Actor
• Chris Hazzard, Writer
• Chris Hegedus, Director
• Chris Leimberger, Art Director
• Chris Paine, Writer/Director/Producer
• Chris Strouth, Composer/Producer/Director
• Chris Wangro, Producer
• Christalyn Hampton, Director/Producer
• Christian Beetz, Producer
• Christina Jo'leigh, Producer
• Christina L. Beck, Writer/Director/Actor/Producer
• Christina Lamonte, Actor/Props Assistant/Set Dresser
• Christina Laughlin, Writer/Producer
• Christina Marie Leonard, Actor/Comedian
• Christina Piña, Writer/Producer
• Christine Lahti, Actor/Director
• Christine O'Malley, Producer
• Christine Tian Berg, Writer/Director/Producer
• Christine Turner, Director
• Christopher Monger, Writer/Director
• Christopher Román, Grip/Director
• Christy Walton, Producer
• Claire Amadea, Makeup/Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Claire Andrew, Writer
• Claire Hope Cummings, Producer/Reporter
• Clément Bauer, Producer
• Cody Zwieg, Producer
• Colby Day, Screenwriter
• Connie Field, Director
• Connor O'Connor, Artist
• Constance Marie, Actor
• Constance Zimmer, Director/Actor
• Cooper Raiff, Director
• Cord Jefferson, Writer/Director/Producer
• Cori Alamillo DeJong, Post Supervisor
• Corinna Sager, Producer
• Corinne Marrinan Tripp, Writer/Producer
• Craig Johnson, Writer
• Cree Cree, Actor/Artist
• Cristina Ibarra, Director/Producer
• Cristine Platt Dewey, Distributor
• Cyndy McCrossen, Location Scout
• Cynthia Jamin, Actor/Writer/Director
• Cynthia Nixon, Actor/Director
• Cynthia Wade, Director
• Dajiana Huang, Cinematographer
• Dallas Brennan Rexer, Documentary Producer/Writer
• Dallas Goldtooth, Actor/Writer
• Damon Lindelof, Writer/Producer
• Dan Cogan, Producer
• Dan Goor, Writer
• Dan Jinks, Producer
• Daniel Berger, Film Distributor
• Daniel Díaz, Director
• Daniel Junge, Director
• Daniel Kwan, Director/Writer/Producer
• Daniel Turco, Comedian
• Danielle Bernal, 399 Teamsters
• Danny Gabai, Producer
• Danny Tolli, Writer
• Darryl Wilson, Motion Picture Grip
• Darsan Solomon, Actor/Writer
• David Bender, Producer
• David Borenstein, Director
• David Chase, Writer/Director/Producer
• David Evert, Director/Writer/Actor
• David Fincher, Director
• David France, Director/Producer
• David Konyk, Dancer/Choreographer
• David Lancaster, Producer
• David McGhee, Director/Producer
• David Sacks, Writer/Actor
• David Zeiger, Director
• Davida Chanel Baker, Manager
• Davis Coombe, Documentary Editor
• Davis Guggenheim, Director/Screenwriter/Producer
• Dawn Mountain, Production Manager
• Dawn Porter, Director
• Debbie Millman, Designer/Writer/Educator/Podcaster
• Debbie Peiser, Writer/Director
• Deborah Dickson, Director/Producer/Editor
• Deborah Kaufman, Director
• Deborah Lynn Meier, Actor
• Deborah Shaffer, Director
• Debra Zimmerman, Industry Executive
• Declan Baldwin, Producer
• Deepak Sarma, Cultural Consultant
• Denis Villeneuve, Director/Writer/Producer
• Denise Blasor, Actor/Director
• Denise Shelton, Actor/Writer
• Denise Zubizarreta, Journalist
• Destin Daniel Cretton, Director
• Devlin Wilder, Actor
• Diana Dumelle, Producer
• Diane Farr, Actor/Director/Writer
• Diane Quon, Producer
• Dominic Asmall Willsdon, Industry Executive
• Don Cheadle, Actor/Director/Writer/Producer
• Donald Young, Industry Executive/Producer
• Donna Gigliotti, Producer
• Doug Block, Director
• Doug Blush, Producer/Director
• Doug Pray, Director
• Dr. Omekongo Dibinga, Rapper
• Drea Clark, Producer
• Duane Swierczynski, Writer
• Dyanna Morrison, Playwright
• Eben Alguire, Technical Director
• Ed Begley Jr., Actor
• Edward Landler, Producer/Writer/Director
• Effie T. Brown, Producer
• Eileen O'Farrell, Talent Manager
• Ekwa Msangi, Writer/Director
• Elhum Shakerifar, Producer
• Elias Holtz, Writer/Producer
• Elie Docter, Writer
• Elisa Hitchcock, Director/Actor/Writer
• Elisabeth Haviland James, Director/Producer/Editor
• Elizabeth Dahl, Writer
• Elizabeth L. Black, Archival Researcher
• Elizabeth Lo, Director
• Elizabeth Marvel, Actor
• Elizabeth Morton, Actor/Writer
• Elizabeth Passero, Actor
• Ellen Easton, Writer
• Elliot Page, Actor/Producer
• Ellyn Vander Wyden, Producer/Director
• Elyssa Phillips, Actor
• Emily Best, Producer/Industry Executive
• Emily Shesh, Writer/Director
• Emma D. Miller, Director/Producer
• Emma Thompson, Actor/Writer
• Emmy Potter, Writer
• Enrique Pedraza Botero, Director/Producer
• Eric Lin, Director/Cinematographer
• Eric Szmanda, Actor/Producer
• Eric van Aro, Singer
• Erica Kraus, Producer
• Erica Saleh, Writer
• Erik Gersovitz, Actor
• Erika Cohn, Director
• Erika Kaestle, Writer/Director
• Evan Bass, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Evan Shafran, Actor
• Fawzia Mirza, Director/Writer
• Felicity Abbott, Production Designer
• Felicity Mason, Actor/Producer
• Firas Louati, Creative Director
• Fisher Stevens, Actor/Director/Producer
• Flabby Hoffman, Director/Producer
• Franc Ross, Actor
• Frances Fisher, Actor
• Frances Reid, Director/Cinematographer
• Francesca Butler, Writer
• Frank Granda, Writer/Producer
• Freddy Brown, Musician
• Gabriel Rhodes, Editor
• Gaby Cohen, Agent
• Gail Katz, Producer
• Garrett M. Brown, Actor/Writer
• Gary Byungseok Kam, Producer
• Gary Foster, Producer
• Gautam Singhani, Producer
• Geeta Gandbhir, Director/Producer
• Geeta Malik, Writer/Director
• Geneva Willis, Post Production Supervisor
• George Mooradian, Cinematographer
• Gigi Teverbaugh, Writer
• Gina Frank, Actor/Writer
• Giulia Rozzi, Writer/Comedian
• Glenn Close, Actor/Producer
• Glenn Silber, Producer/Director
• Gordon Quinn, Producer/Director
• Grace Alie, Production Designer
• Grace Lee, Director
• Gray Rodriguez, Director of Member Engagement/Film Festival Alliance
• Greg Garrison, Musician
• Gregory J. Lanesey, Producer/Director
• Gretchen Hildebran, Producer/Director/Editor
• Guy Branum, Actor/Writer
• Gwen Mesco, Writer
• Haley Harris, Writer
• Hamilton Clancy, Actor/Director/Producer
• Hank Chen, Actor/Writer
• Hannah Langley, Writer
• Hao Wu, Director
• Hari Ziyad, Writer
• Hawk Koch, Producer
• Heather Fink, Director
• Heather Graham, Actor
• Heidi Lindelof, Producer
• Hemal Trivedi, Director/Producer
• Holly Mosher, Producer
• Hope Hanafin, Designer
• Howard A. Rodman, Writer
• Humza Syed, Producer
• Hunter Hill, Comedian
• Ian Cameron, Former Producer
• Ilana Glazer, Actor/Writer
• Ina Fichman, Producer
• Indya Moore, Actor
• Ira Deutchman, Producer
• Iram Parveen Bilal, Director/Writer/Producer
• Irina Voronina, Actor/Comedian
• Ivan Martin, Actor
• J. Brad Hardin, Writer
• J. Marvin Watts, Writer/Actor
• J. Smith-Cameron, Actor
• Jack Reher, Writer
• Jack Youngelson, Director
• Jackson van Horn, Director
• Jacob Burleson, Editor
• Jacob Tobia, Writer/Author
• Jacqueline L. Decembly, Writer
• Jacqui Barcos, Writer
• Jaime Paglia, Writer/Producer/Showrunner
• Jake Rasmussen, Writer/Director
• James Ewing, Musician
• James Grant Goldin, Writer/Director
• James McNamara, Writer/Producer
• James Myers, Director
• James Rutenbeck, Director
• James Schamus, Producer/Writer
• James Tripp, Comedian
• James Wilson, Producer
• Jamie Arrington, Actor/Comedian
• Jamie Brandel, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Jamie Marie Hannigan, Actor/Dancer/Choreographer
• Jamie Patricof, Producer
• Jan Oxenberg, Writer/Producer
• Jan Price, Executive Producer/Host
• Jana Schmieding, Actor
• Jane Austin, Stunt Coordinator
• Jane Fonda, Actor/Producer
• Jane Sullivan, Producer
• Janet Grillo, Producer/Director/Writer
• Janine Granda, Actor
• Janine Hogan, Writer/Producer/Actor
• Jason Bateman, Actor/Director/Producer
• Jason Gowin, Actor
• Javier Bardem, Actor
• Jawad Metni, Producer
• Jax Deluca, Industry Executive
• Jean Denegar, Cinematographer
• Jeanie Finlay, Director/Producer
• Jeanine Flynn, Actor
• Jeanne Tyson, Director of Photography
• Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin, Actor/Producer
• Jed Rothstein, Director
• Jeff Locker, Actor/Screenwriter/Host
• Jeff Malmberg, Director/Producer/Editor
• Jeff Reichert, Director
• Jeff Rowlings, Designer/Production Manager
• Jeffrey Friedman, Director/Producer
• Jen Levin, Actor
• Jenifer Lewis, Actor/Singer
• Jenni Ruiza, Actor/Writer
• Jennifer Arnold, Director/Producer
• Jennifer Chudy, Actor
• Jennifer Crystal Chien, Director
• Jennifer Denise Bennett, Makeup Artist
• Jennifer Hutz, Producer
• Jennifer L. Pozner, Author/Media Critic
• Jennifer Tiexiera, Director/Producer/Editor
• Jennifer Ward, Writer/BTS/Creative Operations Manager
• Jenny Fumarolo, Writer/Production Supervisor
• Jenny Gattone, Writer
• Jeremiah Zagar, Writer/Director
• Jeremy S Carter, Musician/Composer
• Jeremy Walker, Press Agent
• Jeri Ryan, Actor
• Jes Vesconte, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Jess Canty, Talent Manager/Producer
• Jess Devaney, Producer
• Jess Phoenix, Host/Producer
• Jess Zeidman, Writer/Producer
• Jesse Martinez Carlos, Actor
• Jessica Anthony, Producer
• Jessica Brickman, Writer
• Jessica Brown, Writer/Director/Actor
• Jessica Craven, Content Creator
• Jessica Hargrave, Producer
• Jessica Kingdon, Director
• Jessica Schneider, Film Marketer
• Jihan Robinson, Producer
• Jill McGraw, Set Decorator
• Jillian Clare, Actor
• Jim Acosta, Journalist
• Jim Gilchrist, Retired Motion Picture Studio Mechanic
• Jim Lancaster, Television Business Affairs
• Jim LeBrecht, Director/Producer
• JJ Abrams, Writer/Producer/Director
• Jo Haskin, Producer
• Joan Churchill, Cinematographer
• Joanna Rush, Actor/Writer
• Joaquin Phoenix, Actor
• Jodie Sweetin, Actor
• Joe Berlinger, Director/Producer
• John Carroll Lynch, Actor/Director
• John Cusack, Actor
• John D. Hancock, Director
• John H Lang, Producer
• John Hans Tester, Actor
• John Leguizamo, Actor/Writer/Director
• John Mulholland, Writer/Director
• John Rogers, Writer
• John Suggs, Construction Coordinator/Scenic Artist
• Jon Amiel, Director/Producer/Writer
• Jon Else, Director
• Jon Halperin, Director/Producer/Writer
• Jon Reiss, Producer/Director
• Jonah Zeiger, Founder/CEO/CHIMEA
• Jonathan Daniel Brown, Producer/Director/Actor
• Jonathan Lynch, Producer/Production Company Owner
• Jonathan Strong, Music Publisher/Record Company
• Jonathan Taplin, Writer/Producer
• Jonathan Wang, Producer
• Jordan King, Actor
• Jordan Rennert, Cinematographer/Producer
• Josh Greenberg, Writer/Producer/Mime
• Josh Penn, Producer
• Joshua Astrachan, Producer
• Joslyn Barnes, Producer
• Joy Nash, Actor
• Joyce Guy, Actor/Director
• JT Takagi, Director/Sound Recordist
• Juan Rojas Aguilar, Artist
• Jude Ray, Producer/Director
• Judith Ehrlich, Director/Producer
• Judy Kuhn, Actor
• Julia Bacha, Director
• Julia Farino, Actor
• Julia Loktev, Director
• Julia Shackelford, Producer
• Julian Cautherley, Producer
• Julian Goldberger, Director
• Julianna Margulies, Actor/Producer
• Julie C Hale, Director/Writer
• Julie Cohen, Director
• Julie Garfield, Actor
• Julie Goldman, Producer
• Justine Nagan, Producer
• K. Elizabeth Tyson, Producer/Writer
• Kara Durrett, Producer
• Kara Manning, Writer
• Karen Helmerson, Cultural Consultant
• Karen Maine, Director
• Karen Malpede, Writer
• Karen Ranucci, Producer
• Karen S Shapiro, Producer
• Karen Tyrell, Writer/Musician/Sound Engineer
• Kat Farris, Tailor
• Kate Griendling, Producer
• Kate Zasowski, Writer
• Kathleen M. Dahill, Composer/Lyricist/Writer
• Kathleen Rodgers, Impact Producer
• Kathreen Khavari, Writer/Actor
• Kathy Griffin, Comedian
• Kathy Kelly, Actor/Director/Producer
• Katie Phang, Independent Journalist
• Katrina Morris, Actor/Producer
• Katrina Walker, Journalist
• Kayla Abuda Galang, Short Films
• Kayli Carter, Actor/Writer
• Keith Klevan, Lawyer
• Keith Wilson, Producer/Director
• Kela Parker, Actor/Writer
• Kellen Quinn, Producer
• Kelli Stanley, Writer
• Kelsey E., Writer
• Kent Rhodes, Actor
• Keri Putnam, Producer/Industry Executive
• Kerry Mendenhall, Hairstylist
• Kestrel Farin Leah, Actor
• Kevin Cunningham, Producer/Director
• Kieren van den Blink, Actor
• Kim Cameron, Assistant Director
• Kim Fay, Author
• Kim McCallister, News/Commentary
• Kimberly Ders, Actor
• Kiran Riar, Actor/Broadcaster
• Kirby Dick, Director
• Kirsten Johnson, Director/Producer
• Kirsten Vangsness, Actor/Writer/Producer
• KJ Alfrey, Actor/Writer/Comedian
• Kristen A. Fethke, Writer/Executive Producer
• Kristen Davis, Writer
• Kristen Schwab, Musician/Engineer/Producer
• Kristen Stewart, Actor/Writer/Director
• Kristi Jacobson, Director/Producer
• Kristi Ray, Actor/Producer
• Kristin Scott Thomas, Actor/Director
• Kristina Motwani, Documentary Editor
• Kristy Lee, Musician
• Kyle Bornheimer, Actor
• Kylie Eaton, Executive
• Kyrina Bluerose, Director
• Laila Nabulsi, Writer/Producer
• Lana Wilson, Director
• Langdon Page, Editor/Producer
• Laraine Newman, Comedian/Actor
• Larry J. Cohen, Writer
• Larry Zarcoff, Writer/Producer
• Laura Ann Tull, Actor/Writer/Editor/Director
• Laura D. Smith Ireland, Producer
• Laura Dawn Murphy, Director
• Laura Gabbert, Director
• Laura J. Shapiro, Writer/Producer
• Laura Lewis, Producer
• Laura McIntyre, Comedian/Actor
• Laura Nix, Director
• Laura Poitras, Director/Producer
• Laura Rister, Producer
• Lauren Greenfield, Director
• Lauren Shuler Donner, Producer
• Lawrence Peryer, Producer
• Leah Garland, Actor
• Lela Meadow-Conner, Producer
• Leo Gonzalez, Actor
• Leon Acord, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Leopoldo Gout, Writer/Producer
• Lesley Chilcott, Director/Producer
• Lewis Meyer, Composer
• Li Lu, Director/Producer
• Lila Byock, Writer/Producer
• Lily Gladstone, Actor
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, Actor/Composer/Producer
• Lina Srivastava, Producer
• Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Director/Producer
• Linda Harcharic, Actor
• Lindsay Utz, Director
• Linsay Rousseau, Actor/Writer
• Lisa A Vanwye, Set Medic
• Lisa Diamond, Producer
• Lisa Pelikan, Actor/Director
• Lisa Remington, Producer
• Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Producer
• Lisa Y. Garibay, Writer
• Lisandra Vazquez, Comedian/Actor
• Liz Destro, Producer
• Liz Garbus, Director/Producer
• Liz Hynes, Writer
• Liz Sankarsingh, Actor/Producer
• Lizz Winstead, Comedian/Writer
• Lizza Monet Morales, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Logan Kendell, Music Composer/Writer/Actor
• Lois Vossen, Producer
• Louise Rubacky, Editor/Producer
• Lucila Moctezuma, Producer
• Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Producer
• Lucy Walker, Director
• Luis A. Miranda Jr., Producer
• Luke Ferrari, Actor
• Luke Sargent, Editor/Director
• Lydia Cornell, Actor/Writer/Director/Producer
• Lydia Woodward, Writer/Producer
• Lynn Barker, Writer
• Lynn Hirshfield, Executive
• Lysa Heslov, Director
• Maagic Collins, Writer/Producer
• Madeleine Carstens, Actor/Director
• Maegan Houang, Writer/Director
• Maida Lynn, Executive Producer
• Malcolm Bird, Producer
• Malynda Hale, Actor/Director
• Mamta Trivedi, Director/Producer
• Mandy Tagger-Brockey, Producer
• Marco Calvani, Actor/Writer/Director
• Marcy Silver, Property Master
• Marg Helgenberger, Actor
• Marga Varea, Producer
• Margaret Cho, Comedian
• Margaret Irwin, Filmmaker
• Margaret Morneau, Actor/Director
• Marguerite MacIntyre, Writer
• Maria Cuomo Cole, Producer
• Maria Elena Rodriguez, Writer/Producer
• Marianne Farley, Director
• Marie Nguyen, Writer
• Marie Schlingmann, Writer/Director
• Marie Warner, Actor
• Marina Zenovich, Director
• Mario Rodríguez, Driver
• Marisa Erven, Director/Artistic
• Marisa Tomei, Actor
• Marjan Safinia, Director/Producer
• Mark Bailey, Writer
• Mark Duplass, Producer
• Mark Edwards, VFX Supervisor
• Mark Orintas, Stand Up Comedian
• Mark Pellington, Director
• Mark Roybal, Producer
• Mark Ruffalo, Actor/Producer
• Mark Scroggs, Talent Agent
• Mark Wilkinson, Director
• Mark Yellen, Producer
• Mars Verrone, Producer/Director
• Marta Evry, Film Editor
• Martha Plimpton, Actor
• Marti Noxon, Writer/Director
• Martina Radwan, Director/Cinematographer
• Marty Syjuco, Producer
• Mary Houlihan, Writer/Actor
• Mary Jane Skalski, Producer
• Mary Jo Dugaw, Actor
• Mary Pat Bentel, Writer/Director/Producer
• Mary Rasenberger, Industry Executive
• Mary S. Cherrywood, Talent Rep/Artist
• Mary Steenburgen, Actor
• Mason Flink, Writer
• Matt Croyle, Writer/Director
• Matt Dillon, Actor/Director/Writer
• Matt Radecki, Producer
• Matt Ross, Writer
• Matthew Bofenkamp, Actor/Comedian
• Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Writer
• Maureen Gosling, Director/Producer/Editor
• Max Barbakow, Director/Writer/Producer
• Max Cea, Writer/Producer
• Maxyne Franklin, Industry Executive
• McKarah Dreyfous, Producer
• Megha Kadakia, Producer
• Meghan Buckley, Singer
• Meghan O'Malley, Actor/Comedian/Writer
• Melinda Hsu, Writer/Producer
• Melissa Brides, Writer
• Meredith Salenger, Actor
• Meryl Metni, Executive Producer
• Mia Trachinger, Director
• Michael Barrie, Writer
• Michael Breault, Writer/Director
• Michael Collins, Director
• Michael Curran-Dorsano, Actor
• Michael Finney, Technical Director
• Michael Godere, Actor/Director
• Michael John Garcés, Director/Playwright
• Michael Kinomoto, Supervising Producer
• Michael Owen, Writer/Historian
• Michael Rauch, Writer
• Michael Schur, Writer/Producer/Director
• Michael Sean Ryan, Crew Member
• Michael Taylor, Film Editor
• Michele Mulroney, Writer
• Michele Palermo, Writer/Director/Producer
• Michelle Denise Norton, Director/Writer
• Michelle Esrick, Director/Producer
• Mick Cummings, Set Decorator Buyer
• Mickey Parent, Stage Manager
• Mike Maggiore, Film Programmer
• Mike Royce, Writer/Producer
• Milo Starr Johnson, Writer/Producer/Publisher
• Mimi Leder, Director/Producer
• Misha Collins, Actor
• Mishelle B., Writer
• Mo Collins, Actor
• Molly Farrell White, Cinematographer/Camera Assistant
• Molly Nussbaum, Writer
• Mollye Asher, Producer
• Monique Sorgen, Director/Writer
• Morgan Dameron, Director/Writer
• Morgan Fairchild, Actor
• Myles Kramer, Editor
• Myles Warden, Writer
• Mynette Louie, Producer
• Nadine Dalton, Actor
• Nancie Kang, Set Lighting Technician
• Nancy C Jacques, Visual Artist
• Nancy Jensen, Writer
• Nancy Lee Grahn, Actor
• Nancy Ostertag, Photographer
• Nancy Schwartzman, Director/Producer
• Natalie Bullock Brown, Producer
• Natalie Marcrum, Distributor
• Natasha Rothwell, Actor
• Nate Moore, Career Producer
• Nathaniel Lezra, Director/Producer
• Nazrin Choudhury, Writer/Director/Producer
• Neil Alan Bell, Actor
• Nela de Paz, Actor
• Nels Bangerter, Film Editor
• Nicholas Franghias, Writer/Producer/Director
• Nicholas Stoller, Writer/Director
• Nick Afka Thomas, Actor/Writer
• Nick Broomfield, Director
• Nick Cuse, Writer
• Nick Gordon, Producer
• Nick Smoke, Actor
• Nicki Paluga, Writer
• Nicole Cyrille, Actor
• Nicole Holofcener, Writer/Director
• Nicole Johnston, Producer
• Nicole Silverberg, Writer
• Nicole Tsien, Producer
• Nicole Yorkin, Television Writer/Producer
• Nicolás Celis, Producer
• Nigel Noble, Retired
• Nina Menkes, Producer/Director
• Nisha Pahuja, Director/Producer
• Noah Wyle, Actor/Writer/Director
• Norelle Bond, Comedian
• Olga Lexell, Writer
• Olivia Troye, Independent Media/Writer
• Ondi Timoner, Director
• Orwa Nyrabia, Producer
• Pam Davis, Writer
• Pamela Ribon, Writer/Producer/Actor
• Parker Laramie, Editor
• Pat Markevitch, Retired Stage Manager
• Patric M. Verrone, Writer
• Patricia Aufderheide, Educator
• Patrick Creadon, Director/Producer
• Patti Lupone, Actor
• Patton Oswalt, Actor
• Paul Mailman, Cinematographer
• Paul T. Kulpinski, Writer
• Peggy Lane Orourke, Actor/Writer
• Peggy Rajski, Producer
• Peter F Kurland, Production Sound Mixer
• Peter Jones, Director/Writer/Producer
• Peter Kinoy, Editor/Producer
• Peter Nicks, Director
• Peter Saraf, Producer
• Petra Costa, Director
• Phil Brock, Talent Rep/Actor
• Phil Johnson, Comedian/Songwriter
• Phil Morrison, Director
• Philip Collins, Local 80 Grip
• Philippe Falardeau, Writer/Director
• Phillip Huscher, Writer
• Piper Perabo, Actor
• Piya Sinha-Roy, Writer
• PJ Raval, Director/Producer
• Pooky Amsterdam, Producer/Writer
• Poorna Jagannathan, Actor
• Prerna Chawla, Production Designer
• Quyen Tran, Director/Cinematographer
• R. Deron Twohatchet, Writer
• Rabbi Dr. Cantor Sam Josephson, Actor
• Rachael Fung, Producer
• Rachel Antell, Archival Producer
• Rachel Boynton, Director
• Rachel Denny, Producer/Non-Profit Exec
• Rachel Morrison, Director/Cinematographer
• Rachel Winter, Producer
• Rachel Wolf, Writer/Director/Producer
• Rafael Yglesias, Writer
• Ralph Puma, Director/Writer
• Ramon de Souza, Editor
• Ramy Youssef, Actor/Director
• Randolph Bird, Writer
• Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Writer
• Raphael Orleck-Jetter, Agent
• Rati Gupta, Actor/Writer
• Raul Castillo, Actor
• Ray Abruzzo, Actor
• Rebecca Davis, Director
• Rebecca Richman Cohen, Director/Producer
• Rebecca Slonaker, Artist
• Regina Banali, Director/Producer/Writer
• Reid Davenport, Director
• Renee Missel, Film Producer
• Renee Tajima-Peña, Director/Producer
• Richa Rudola, Writer/Director
• Richard Akel, Writer
• Richard Kuranda, Director
• Richard Pearce, Director
• Richard Rowley, Director
• Richard Rushfield, Reporter
• Rik Deskin, Actor
• Riley Richards, Producer/Videographer/Photographer
• Rita Baghdadi, Director/Producer
• Ritesh Batra, Director
• Rivkah Beth Medow, Director
• Rob Delaney, Actor/Writer
• Rob Epstein, Director
• Rob Nilsson, Director
• Robert Benedetti, Producer
• Robert Forman, Writer
• Robert Greene, Director
• Robert Greenwald, Director
• Robert J. Woodruff, Retired Journalist
• Robert M. Alverson, Music Producer
• Robin Hessman, Director/Producer
• Robyn Aronson, Attorney
• Roger C. Memos, Producer
• Roger Ross Williams, Director/Producer/Writer
• Roland Tec, Producer/Director
• Ron Funches, Actor
• Ron Ostrow, Actor
• Rona Tamir, Screenwriter
• Ronald Fitzherbert, Producer/Artist
• Rory Kennedy, Director
• Rory Nugent, Writer
• Rosanna Arquette, Actor/Director
• Rosanne Korenberg, Producer
• Rosario Dawson, Actor/Producer
• Rose Byrne, Actor
• Rose Gutierrez, Actor/Writer/Director
• Rosie O'Donnell, Actor/Comedian
• Ruth Livier, Actor/Writer
• Ryan Basham, Actor/Comedian/Content Creator
• Ryan Nemeth, Actor
• Ryan White, Director
• Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Producer/Director
• Sahar Driver, Impact Producer
• Sally Field, Actor
• Sally Martell, Documentarian
• Sam Gooley, Producer/General Manager
• Sam Green, Director/Producer
• Sam Udero, Actor
• Samantha Becker, Writer
• Samantha Mathis, Actor
• Sandra Hueller, Actor
• Sandy Herz, Philanthropy Executive/Narrative Strategist
• Sanjay Sharma, Producer/Startup Founder
• Sara Archambault, Producer
• Sara Dosa, Director/Producer
• Sara Fenton, Producer
• Sarabeth Schedeen, Agent
• Sarah A. Schoellkopf, Producer
• Sarah Ann Masse, Actor/Writer
• Sarah Gidick, Writer
• Sarah Gilman, Actor
• Sarah Montana, WGA East Council Member
• Sarah O'Connell, Creative Producer
• Sarah Roggio, Writer
• Sasha Stewart, Writer
• Saul Austerlitz, Writer
• Sav Rodgers, Director/Producer
• Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Writer/Producer/Director
• Scott Sanders, Producer
• Scott Wexler, Manager
• SE Cupp, Journalist
• Seraphina Brennan, Product Manager
• Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Producer
• Shana Naomi Krochmal, Producer
• Shani Sarah, Executive
• Shannon Gaulding, Producer
• Sharon Chatten, Acting Coach
• Sharyn Rothstein, Writer
• Shaz Bennett, Director/Writer
• Shelli Bergh, Actor/Teamster
• Shoshanah Tarkow, Director
• Shrihari Sathe, Producer
• Shruti Ganguly, Writer/Director/Producer
• Shuchi Talati, Writer/Director
• Sidney Chun, Manager/Producer
• Sigrid Dyekjaer, Producer
• Simon Kilmurry, Producer
• Simran Baidwan, Writer/Producer
• Skye Fitzgerald, Director
• Smriti Mundhra, Director/Producer
• Sofia Garcia, Actor
• Sonali Gulati, Producer/Director
• Sonia Kennebeck, Director/Producer
• Sonya Childress, Film Worker
• Sophie Pelosi, Producer
• Stacey Travis, Actor
• Staci Roberts-Steele, Producer
• Stacy Gueraseva, Writer/Director
• Stacy Robinson, Writer/Producer
• Stephanie Jenkins, Producer/Archival Producer
• Stephanie Palumbo, Producer
• Stephen Gaghan, Director
• Sterling Fennell Eason, Producer
• Steve Jones, Producer
• Steve Maing, Director
• Steve Skrovan, Writer
• Steven Bognar, Director/Producer
• Steven Rosenthal, Editor
• Steven Shainberg, Director
• Stevie Wang, Director
• Summer Shelton, Producer
• Susan Cartsonis, Producer
• Susan Margolin, Producer
• Susan Silton, Visual Artist
• Susan Suntree, Writer/Actor
• Susan Youssef, Director
• Sushma Khadepaun, Writer/Director
• Sushmit Ghosh, Director
• Suzanne Farwell, Producer
• Suzanne Weber, Writer
• Sydney Freeland, Director
• Tabitha Jackson, Industry Executive
• Tami Swartz, Actor/Singing Actor/Director
• Tamsin Rawady, Writer
• Tara Karsian, Actor
• Tchaiko Omawale, Director
• Ted Danson, Actor
• Ted Hope, Producer
• Tehya Kopp, Executive
• Teresa Haft, Artist
• Terrie Samundra, Director/Screenwriter
• Theodore Schaefer, Director/Writer/Producer
• Thomas Ochoa, Actor
• Tia Creighton, Writer/Producer
• Tia Lessin, Director/Producer
• Tiffany Fisher-Love, Producer
• Tiffany Haddish, Actor/Comedian
• Tig Notaro, Comedian
• Tim Hunter, Director
• Tim Perell, Producer
• Timothy Towne, Photographer/Cinematographer
• TJ Norris, Actor
• Todd Blakesley, Writer/Actor/Producer
• Todd Field, Director/Producer
• Tom Dolby, Director
• Tom Fontana, Writer/Producer
• Tom Hurwitz, Director of Photography
• Tom Shafer, Actor
• Tony Gerber, Writer/Director
• Tony Kahn, Actor/Writer/Producer
• Tracy Bellomo, Writer
• Trey Ellis, Writer
• Tricia Durrant, Talent Producer
• Troy Hicks, Industry Executive
• Troy Styles III, Producer
• Tyler Ruggeri, Writer
• V (Formerly Eve Ensler), Writer
• Valentina Garrett, Director Assistant
• Valerie Chu, Writer
• Valerie Constantino, Writer/Visual Artist
• Valerie Torres, Distributor
• Vanessa Hope, Director/Producer
• Varda Bar-Kar, Director
• Varun Viswanath, Editor
• Vera Lauren, Actor/Comic/Producer/Writer
• Veronica Pinkham, Editor
• Veronica Wren, Writer
• Vickie Hsieh, Producer
• Victoria Anne Burg, Art Director
• Victoria Negri, Writer/Director
• Viola Odette Harlow, Actor/Musician
• Violet du Feng, Director/Producer
• Wanuri Kahiu, Director
• Wendy Button, Writer
• Wendy Ettinger, Producer
• Wendy Goldman, Writer/Producer
• Wendy Liebman, Comedian
• Wesley Melton, Actor
• Will Dinsmoor, Actor/Director/Producer
• William Greener, Assistant Director
• William Horberg, Producer
• William Missouri Downs, Writer
• William Morgan, Writer/Director/Producer
• William Rexer, Director of Photography
• Winnie Holzman, Screenwriter
• Woody Schultz, Actor/Producer
• Yael Bridge, Producer/Director
• Yael Melamede, Producer/Director
• Yance Ford, Director
• Yen Tan, Writer/Director
• Yetide Badaki, Actor
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Director/Writer/Producer
• Yung Chang, Director/Producer
• Yvette Nicole Brown, Actor
• Zachary Berger, Film Concept Designer
• Zachary James, Actor
• Zack Rice, Producer
• Ziyad Saadi, Writer/Director/Actor