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Ryan Kyle Coogler

Director, Producer, Screenwriter at Proximity Media

Achievements

• Directed 'Black Panther,' the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards
• Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for 'Fruitvale Station'

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Ava DuVernay

Director, Producer, and Screenwriter at ARRAY

Achievements

• First Black woman to win the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival
• First Black woman to direct a $100+ million-budgeted film ('A Wrinkle in Time')

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