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, 2024 to December 31, 2024. 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

Apple
H&M
Hudson Pacific Properties/Sunset Studios
Sony
The Walt Disney Company

Government

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

Special Thanks

Bezos Family Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Hasbro Foundation
The Hearthland Foundation
Herb Alpert Foundation
NBA Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
SNAP Foundation

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

 

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

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

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

Foundations

Partner Circle

Bloomberg Philanthropies
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Johnny Carson Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Individuals

Contributions of $1,000 and above

Mackenzie Scott and Yield Giving