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You don't have to pose for close-ups to lead a life in film. Whether it's art directing, screen writing, or animating a T. Rex's bite in a film like Jurassic Park, these individuals live and breathe storytelling through moving pictures.

40 LEADERS WITHIN FILM

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  Gillian Caldwell

  Director
  Human Rights Program Witness
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations
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  Dennis Muren

  Special Effects Guru
  8-Time Academy Award Winner
  Other interests: Technology
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  Beth McCarthy Miller

  Director
  "Saturday Night Live" and the "MTV Video Music Awards"
  Other interests: Television
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  Ben Younger

  Writer/Director
  The Boiler Room
  Other interests: Writing
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  Gary Rydstrom

  Sound Director
  Skywalker Sound
  Other interests: Music
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  Wanda Sykes

  Comedian
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  David Banks

  Filmmaker / Photojournalist
  Other interests: Art
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  Gabriel Garcia

  Independent Filmmaker
  The Promised Land
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  Craig Brewer

  Film Director/Screenwriter
  Other interests: Writing
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  Bennie Klain

  Independent Filmmaker/Founder
  Trickster Films
  Other interests: Radio
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  Rex Grignon

  Head of Character Animation
  PDI/Dreamworks
  Other interests: Numbers
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  Walter Murch

  Film Editor / Sound Designer
  "Apocalypse Now," "Ghost," "Julia," "House of Cards"
  Other interests: Music
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  Peter Travers

  Film Critic
  Rolling Stone Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism
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  Reed Hastings

  CEO
  Netflix
  Other interests: Technology
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  Edmund Stone

  Radio Host
  KBPS 89.9FM
  Other interests: Radio
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  Celine Cousteau

  Documentary Filmmaker
  Ocean Futures Society
  Other interests: Environment & Nature
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  Rachael Taylor

  Actress
  "Jessica Jones"
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  Malcolm McDowell

  Actor
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  Lance Bangs

  Filmmaker/Music Video Director
  Other interests: Music
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  Paolo Davanzo

  Founder/Executive Director
  Echo Park Film Center
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations
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  Paul Dateh

  Musician
  Other interests: Music
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  Valerie Weiss

  Harvard Biochemist & Science Filmmaker
  PhD Productions
  Other interests: Science
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  Wayne Unten

  Animator
  Walt Disney Studios
  Other interests: Technology
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  Ben Burtt

  Sound Designer
  Skywalker Sound
  Other interests: Technology
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  Ralph Eggleston

  Art Director
  Pixar
  Other interests: Art
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  Gary Hustwit

  Documentary Filmmaker
  "Helvetica"
  Other interests: Design
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  Lydia Joyner

  Filmmaker & Author
  "My Sky Is Falling, Little Wild Thang"
  Other interests: Writing
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  Pete Johnson

  VP of On-Air Promotions
  Cartoon Network
  Other interests: Television
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  Sonja DeVries

  Filmmaker/Activist
  Gay Cuba
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations
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  Tracy McKnight

  President & Music Supervisor
  Commotion Records
  Other interests: Music
• 
  Richard Linklater

  Filmmaker/Writer
  Detour Film
  Other interests: Writing
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  Caroline Thompson

  Writer
  "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
  Other interests: Writing
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  Christof Putzel

  Documentarian
  Other interests: Travel
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  Chris Kraus

  Writer/Filmmaker
  Other interests: Writing
• 
  Lisa Marr

  Operations Director/Youth Film Coordinator
  Echo Park Film Center
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations
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  Neil Okamoto

  Director of Research and Development
  Dreamworks
  Other interests: Science
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  Peggy Stern

  Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
  "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation"
  Other interests: Art
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  Cheryl Dunye

  Filmmaker
  The Watermelon Woman
  Other interests: Politics
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  Chad Darnell

  Casting Director
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  Gina Prince-Bythewood

  Director & Screenwriter
  Skydance
  Other interests: Writing