Supporters

Ghetto Film School gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who have provided vital general operating funds, as well as support for a range of film education, college and career prep, and job placement programs.

 

We deeply appreciate the generosity of the corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals that made contributions during the past fiscal year, January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. These gifts and grants help us solve the representation problem in the creative industry, with programs that deliver the education, access, and support that young, diverse creatives need to succeed.

 

Corporate

Netflix
NFL
NBCUniversal
Neutrogena
Passion Point Collective
PEREIRA O’DELL
PictureStart LLC
PRETTYBIRD
Radical Media 
RB Health LLC
REI
Sister
SK Global
Snap
Something Special Studios
Sony
Stink Films
Sundance Now
Sunset Studios
Synchrony Bank
The MBS Group
Triple Threat Productions
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
Vans
Walmart
WarnerMedia
Wee Beastie
Wieden + Kennedy

ADCOLOR
Amazon Studios
AMC
Apple
AT&T
AV Squad LP
Bad Robot
Bleecker Street Media
Creative Artists Agency
Circle of Confusion 
Code Green
Con Edison
Dell
Deutsche Bank
Disney
Dolby
Dolby Laboratories
EPIX
ESPN
Freeform
Frieze
Google Creative Lab
Hudson Pacific Properties
Lionsgate
Madison Wells
MGM
MJZ
Motion Picture Association
NCheng

Government

Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts 
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs 

Honorable Diana Ayala, Member, New York City Council

Honorable Corey Johnson, Speaker, New York City Council

Honorable Rafael Salamanca, Member, New York City Council

Foundation

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens 
John Calley Foundation
Johnny Carson Foundation
J W Heller Foundation
Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation/CIBC 
Medtronic Foundation
New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund
Pinkerton Foundation
Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Riverdale Neighborhood House
Robert Lehman Foundation
SAG-AFTRA Foundation
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation

A G Foundation
The Ahmanson Foundation
Angelo Family Charitable Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies 
Bloomberg Family Foundation 
The De Bont Family Foundation
Erika Film Foundation
Eugene M Lang Foundation
Gordon Parks Foundation
Grantmakers for Education
Hasbro Children’s Fund
Herb Alpert Foundation
Herbert and Nell Singer Foundation
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation 

Individuals

(Contributions of $1,000 and above)

James Alden
Darla Anderson
Shawn Beber
Dave Becky
Joanne Rosen and Amy Cappellazzo
Susan Carpenter-Kelly
Peter Morton and Sara Christensen
Peter Cramer
Quincy Evans
Andrea and Richard Goeglein
Andrew Golden
Michael Harris
William Helman

Nahnatchka Khan
Brian Knez
Alana Mayo
Eric Price
Evelyn and Seth Ray
Michael Shannon
Mehmet Sarioz
Nina Shaw
Frank Scherma
Stephen Tsoneff
Lena Waithe
Jason White
Josh Wyatt

 

Please email donate@ghettofilm.org with any questions. Ghetto Film School is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.

EIN:13-4127229

​Ghetto Film School will not trade, share, or sell a donor’s personal contact or other information with any other organizations, nor send donor mailings on behalf of other organizations.

 

Guest Instructors

JJ Abrams
Amy Adams
Henry Adebonojo
Laz Alonzo
Wes Anderson
Sheril Antonio
Andrea Arnold
Andre Arroyo
John August
Peter Becker
Annette Bening
Kevin Berlandi
Halle Berry
Jan de Bont
Oscar Boyson
Stephen Broussard
Martin Brest
Shari Springer Berman
Sara Bernstein
Jarin Blaschke
Marsha Stephanie Blake 
Scott Budnick
Edward Burns
Calmatic
Raul Castillo
Rosalind Chao
Pete Chatmon
Stan Chervin
David Chlystek
John Cho
Ben Choo
Derek Cianfrance
Ryan Coogler
Chris and Justin Copeland
Gia Coppola 
Lisa Cortes
Peter Cramer
Whitney Cummings
Damon Dash
Lee Daniels
Tamra Davis
Dexton Deboree
Pam Demetrius
Christopher Doyle
Anthony Drazan
Candice Dragonas
Ansel Elgort
Carlos Lopez Estrada
Cory Everett
Antonio Fargas
Cary Fukunaga

 

Antoine Fuqua
Tyrese Gibson
Donald Glover
David Gordon Green
Theo Green
James Gray
Max Greenfield
Chris Grun
Omari Hardwick
Catherine Hardwicke
Jaime Hector
Lucas Hedges
Simon Helberg
Thomas Higgins
Ted Hope
Aki Huang
Jamila Hunter
Susan Jacobs
Jim Jarmusch
Pamela Jarvis
Barry Jenkins
Sarah Jones
Spike Jonze
Jamal Joseph
Myron Kerstein
Jon Kilik
Ellen Kuras
James Laxton
Fran Lebowitz
Spike Lee
John Leguizamo
Franklin Leonard
Melissa Leo
Eva Longoria
Baz Luhrmann
Chris Mack
Victoria Mahoney
Maurice Marable
Malia Scotch Marmo
Joshua Marston
Cybel Martin
Marsai Martin
Melina Matsoukas
Katie McGrath 
Steve McQueen
Paola Mendoza
Anastas Michos
David Robert Mitchell
Rebecca Miller
Chris Milk
Elvis Mitchell
Janet Mock

 

Hiro Murai
Nate Moore
Mums
Konsonant Music
Dee Dee Myers
Terrance Nance
Chantal Nong
Sandra Oh
Orson Oblowitz
Gavin O'Connor
Richard Pena
Todd Phillips
Joe Pichirallo
Freida Pinto
Dascha Polanco
Felicia Pride
Richard Ramazinski
Jason Reitman
Pedro Resto
Tony Revolori
Shannon Riggs
David Rubin
Marla Tanigawa
Benjamin Safdie
Bashir Salahuddin
Xavier Salomon
Liz Sayre
Pietro Scalia
Mackenzie Scott
Adam Shankman
Shreya Shetty
Matt Signer
Amy Seimetz
Joseph Sikora
Justin Simien
Christian Slater
Nikkolas Smith
Peter Sollett
Sebastian Stan
Julia Stiles
Matt Stone
Chris Tucker
John Turturro
Christine Vachon
Matthew Vaughn
Bart Walker
Olivia Washington
Ken Weiss
Armond White
Olivia Wilde
James Wong
Alfre Woodard