Filmed Interviews
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Award-Winning Actor
Rita Moreno Oscar-Winning Trailblazer
Enrique Martinez Celaya Internationally Renowned Artist
Jane Lynch Award-Winning Actor
PiVot: The Art of Fashion Co-Founders
Bestselling Author; Psychotherapist
Actor; Film Producer
Filmmaker; Photojournalist
Rapper; Singer; Essayist
Actor; Director; Screenwriter
Award-Winning Film-Maker – ‘Purdah’
Andy Weir Award-Winning Author of ‘The Martian’
Joan Baez Folksinger and Activist
Jimmy Jackson Guitarist; Music Producer; Songwriter
Stewart Purvis CBE Awardwinning Broadcast Media Pro
Michael Clayton; Kevin Fortuna Director; Producer ‘The Dunning Man’
Tim Astor; Chris Abernathy Producers – ‘Actors Anonymous’
Ruken Tekes – ‘The Circle’ Human Rights Expert; Film-Maker
High School Student Film-Makers Metamorphosis Junior Year
Veronica Roth Internationally Best-Selling Author
Tess Morris Screenwriter; BAFTA Breakthrough Brit
Anne Sconberg Co-Founder Anne & Mark’s Art Party
Tina Brown Personal Stylist; Fashion Blogger
Jo Baker Best-Selling Author
Rita Moreno Oscar-Winning Actress
Pixie Le Knot Actress and Contortionist
Gavin Hood Oscar-Winning Director
Liz Miller Award-Winning Film-Maker; Academic
Niko von Glasow Award-Winning Filmmaker
Award-Winning Music Supervisor
Illustrator, Writer and Product Designer
Bestselling Author And Mortician
Actress and Entrepreneur
Best-Selling Author
Singer/Song-Writer of The Red Paintings
Film Director, Writer and Producer
Bestselling Writer and Film-Maker
Of Big Brother and The Holding Co.
Internationally Best-Selling Author
Artist, Illustrator, Writer and Proprietor
Stand-Up Comedian and Actor
Singer, Songwriter and Producer
Fashion Photographer and Academic
2014 Santa Cruz Artist of the Year
Stand-Up Comedian and Comedy Writer
Writer and Artist
Hollywood Costume Designer
Hollywood Producer
Of the Design Company, Scabetti
Comedian, Writer and Radio Host
New York Times Best-Selling Author
Of Big Brother and Holding Company
Rock Manager, Producer, Entrepreneur
Internationally Bestselling Author
Award-Winning Actor
xkcd Webcomic Creator; Author
Bestselling Speculative Fiction Writer
Actress; Director; Writer
Actor; Director; Writer
Emilia Kabakov of Art Duo ILya and Emilia Kabakov – Part One
World Renowned Conceptual Artist
Award-winning Film Editor – ‘Pie’
Cinequest Programming Director
Jane Lynch Award-Winning Actor
Edward Goldman Art critic; Host of ‘Art Talk’
Ann Leckie Record-Breaking Science Fiction Author
Jonathan Safran Foer Award-Winning Author
Dwayne Gittens aka Deascent Hip Hop Artist
Jake Robbins Lead Actor ‘Actors Anonymous’
Saila Kariat – ‘The Valley’ Director, Writer, Producer
Betsy Franco Award-Winning Writer; Actress
Hélène Cardona Award-Winning Poet; Actress
Chris Scheuerman Film Director, Producer, and Writer
Juliet Sargeant Award-Winning Garden Designer
Rose Sellery Award-Winning Artist; Wearable Art
Joe Burke Actor
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Author, Poet, Activist and Teacher
Stephen Brandon Actor
Jim Parrack Actor; Acting Teacher
Kristopher Jansma Award-Winning and Best-Selling Author
Ehab Shanti Founder and CEO of Alhoush.com
Award-Winning Journalist and Writer
Hip-Hop Artist, Poet, Peace Activist
BAFTA-nominated Composer
Internationally Acclaimed Artist
Woodcut And Letterpress Artist
Toaster and Member of The Beat
Founder of Baraka Bits
Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket
Best-Selling Author and Musician
Best-Selling Author and Artist
Dancer, Choreographer and Director
Big Band Composer, Jazz Educator
Author, Essayist and Academic
Award-Winning Graphic Novel Author
Professional Race Car Driver
Singer-Songwriter and Band-Leader
Award-Winning Poet and Author
Author, Actor and Knitting Designer
Sculptor and Owner Earth Art Studio
Emmy Award-Winning Film Maker
British Actress and Comedy Writer
Guitarist, President Hill Guitar Company
Actress, Screenwriter and Film-Maker
Spiritual Teacher and Healer
Country Music Star; Songwriter
Author; Multimedia Artist
Award-Winning, Bestselling Author
Media Arts Educator; Thought-Leader
Doctor; Activist; Clown
Man Booker Prize-Winning Author
Director; Writer; Actor – ‘Pie’
Enrique Martínez Celaya – Part 3
Artist; Provost Professor; Author
Carol Leifer Emmy-Nominated Writer; Comedian
Victoria Sweet Professor of Medicine; Author
Mick Dawson World Record Holder; Film-maker
Laurie R King Internationally Bestselling Writer
Petr Cikhart; Ian Blume Award-winning Cinematographer; Editor
Mark Pellington Award-Winning Film-Maker
Harris Yulin, C Eaton, Teddy Sears Actors and Director: The Sounding
Ziek McCarter Creative Director+Vocalist of Con Brio
Geraldine Brooks Pulitzer Author; Foreign Correspondent
Andrew Jenkins Award-Winning Actor
Steven Friedman Scientist; Philosopher; Artist; Performer
Lina Qadri Artist and Academic
Michael David Lynch Award-Winning Film Maker
Jane Gull Award Winning Director; Screenwriter
Selvamani Selvaraj Award Winning Filmmaker; Writer
Rita Moreno Oscar-Winning Actress
Deborah Allen Four Artists From Fire In The Heart
Bobby Roth Award-Winning Film Director
Award-Winning Photographer
Internationally Best Selling Author
Ballet Dancer, Actress and Mentor
Composer, Audio Director, Song-Writer
Composer and Recording Artist
Entertainment Industry Veteran
Screenwriter, Writer and Film-Maker
Iconic Photographer, Photo-Journalist
Music Producer and Composer
Handbag Designer and Entrepreneur
Comedian, Musician and Radio Host
British Actor, Television Host and Writer
Award-Winning Writer and Historian
Professional Race Car Driver
Film-Maker, Adventurer and Speaker
Actor, Stuntman, Fight Choreographer
Graphic Designer and Artist
Veterinary Surgeon, Best-Selling Author
Emmy Award-Winning Film-Maker
Musician, Songwriter, Music Producer
Edmund McMillen Artist and Indie Game Designer
Internationally Best-Selling Author
Americana Music Artist
Actress, Linguist and Poet
Artist and Entrepreneur
Actors; Producers
Actress
Film-makers ‘Princess of the Row’
Renowned Ukulele Virtuoso; Composer
Emilia Kabakov of Art Duo Ilya and Emilia Kabakov – Part Two
World Renowned Conceptual Artist
Dawn Mikkelson; Miranda Wilson
Award-winning Film-maker; Producer
Enrique Martínez Celaya – Part 2 Award-winning Artist; Author
Enrique Martinez Celaya – Part 1 Internationally Renowned Artist
Maggie Stiefvater #1 NYT Best-Selling Author; Artist
Tad Williams Superstar Fantasy Writer
Tom Kemp Actor
Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi Award Winning Science Fiction Writers
Romi Trower – ‘What If It Works?’ Director, Writer, Actor
R Denison, Bill Scott, Doug Blush From ‘What Happened in Vegas?’
Jodi Frediani Marine Life Photographer
Maria Semple Best-Selling Author; Screenwriter
Mark Henderson Co-Founder Anne & Mark’s Art Party
Camilla d’Errico Surrealist Painter; Comic Book Artist
Jen Heck Filmmaker; TV Producer/Director
Steve Goldbloom Award-Winning Film Maker; Actor
James Rumsey Film Producer; Award-Winning Director
Molly Prentiss Author
Mary Kiio Director; Consultant
Kathleen Powell Cinequest President And Co-Founder
Michael Wertz Author, Illustrator and Printer
Bahamas Int. Film Festival Founder
Singer, Songwriter and Writer
Sadia Azmat Stand-Up Comedian; Comedy Writer
Award-Winning Journalist and Author
Best-selling and Award-Winning Author
Indie Rap Icon
Film Director, Producer and Writer
Best-Selling Author and Film-Maker
Award-Winning Conceptual Artist
Member of Rock Band Yes
Jane Smiley Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Writer
Author, Oscar-winning Film-Maker
Poet, Writer and Professor at UC Davis
Television Producer/Host; Raw Chef
Songwriter and Recording Artist
Singer; Hank Williams Sr’s Daughter
Actress and Founder of Save World Art
Country Singer-Songwriter
Internationally Best-Selling Author
Hollywood Director, Writer, Journalist
Renowned Sculptor and Painter
Author, Journalist, Film-Maker, Historian
Internationally Best-Selling Author
American Singer-Songwriter