Emmylou Diaz is a writer, producer, and filmmaker with over a decade of experience in one-hour television. A seasoned Co-Executive Producer, she has written on and produced numerous series across network, cable, and streaming, including critical favorite Jane the Virgin and Station 19, part of the Grey’s Anatomy universe. Her work centers outsiders, messy families, and the space where comedy and emotional complexity intersect. A first-generation Latina with an MFA from A.R.T./Harvard and a BA from Williams College, Emmy is known for her thoughtful leadership, collaborative spirit, and commitment to craft.

Emmy teaches screenwriting for Sundance Collab, she is Advisor to the prestigious Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, and she serves as Co-Chair of the Latinx Writers Committee for the WGA. She is a 2025 recipient of the inaugural Resetting the Table Hollywood Impact Fellowship and an alum of the NHMC Series Scriptwriters Fellowship (sponsored by NBC and ABC). She recently directed and produced the seriocomic short A Peculiar Morning, currently on the festival circuit, and, as an actor, she appears in the indie feature California Scenario, an upcoming festival release.

Emmy is honored to serve on the inaugural Fairfax Film Festival jury

Tiffany Johnson is an NAACP Image Award–winning director whose bold, cinematic voice is redefining what prestige television can look like. She recently took home the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the Hulu breakout HOW TO DIE ALONE, and is fast becoming one of the most sought-after directors in film and TV.

Tiffany has carved out a lane directing award-winning short films, music videos, an acclaimed campaign for DOVE, and standout episodes of prestige television — including Netflix’s Dear White People, Showtime’s Black Monday, Amazon’s Hunters, Peacock’s Poker Face, Apple TV+’s The Big Cigar, and the HBO Max documentary The Beauty of Blackness. She recently added Marvel to her list of power-player collaborators, directing episodes of Marvel’s new Disney+ series Wonder Man.

Currently, she’s in development on a slate of original projects and is set to make her feature directorial debut this year.

Sharon Everitt is a 3-time Emmy nominee and has directed over 200 episodes of television, including  “After Midnight” the CBS late night series with Taylor Tomlinson, Netflix’s “That’s My Time with David Letterman”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, HBO Max’s “One Perfect Shot”, and the “Huluween Dragstravaganza” musical comedy,.  Sharon is also an accomplished writer/director whose projects frequent the film festival circuit. Her musical comedy “Brentwood” played dozens of festivals around the world and won Best Short Film at the Independent Filmmaker Showcase in Los Angeles.  Sharon’s original sci-fi “Polybius” premiered at Fantastic Fest, and her sci-fi fantasy “Below the Root” was optioned by Walt Disney Pictures. Sharon began her career as a television editor, and was the Executive Producer of ABC’s long running Disney Christmas Day Parade special.  She was part of NBC’s Alternative Directors Program, was named one of the “Future Women of Television” by Blackmagic Collective, and was part of the 2022 DGA Women’s Mentorship Group. Sharon teaches a summer film program in conjunction with Emerson College and her alma mater Butler University.