‘Matrix’ Co-Creator & Hundreds Of Hollywood A-Listers Want To Stop AI Obliterating Copyright Laws; Lilly Wachowski, Paul McCartney, Ava DuVernay, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón + More Write White House

Paul McCartney, Ava DuVernay, Taika Waititi, Cate Blanchett, Natasha Lyonne, Alfonso Cuarón, Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski, Ben Stiller, Carrie Coon and Lily Gladstone are among more than 400 entertainment industry power players who want the Trump administration to hold the line when it comes to artificial intelligence and tech companies' desire to weaken copyright rules.

"We firmly believe that America's global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries," the group wrote the White House Office of Science and Technology in an open letter that began circulating over the weekend.

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"America's arts and entertainment industry supports over 2.3M American jobs with over $229Bn in wages annually, while providing the foundation for American democratic influence and soft power abroad," the 12-page letter adds. "But AI companies are asking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by weakening copyright protections for the films, television series, artworks, writing, music, and voices used to train AI models at the core of multi-billion dollar corporate valuations." 

As well as Beatle Paul, Poker Face' s Lyonne, Wachowski, the Origin director, Oscar winner Blanchett, and others, Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow and Guillermo del Toro signed the warning letter. Signatories also included John Leguizamo, Slave Play 's Jeremy O. Harris, Rosario Dawson, Ron Howard, Paul Giamatti, longtime anti-AI advocate Justine Bateman, Bette Midler, Ayo Edebiri, Dan Levy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paul Simon, Damon Lindelof and Aubrey Plaza.

See the full letter below and the list of signeees.

The Hollywood-heavy correspondence comes as tech lords OpenAI and Google jumped last week to Donald Trump's call for an AI Action Plan by filing briefs outlining a wish list they said would ensure American dominance in artificial intelligence.

Sounds good in principal, but both companies' lists included sections on copyright and IP workarounds they wanted given the copious amounts of data needed to train large-language models. As more than a few AI companies have learned, compensating rights holders, as well as meeting them in court, is expensive and complicated — and many in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are hoping Trump will let them dodge the efforts and costs.

Having come out of a pair of Hollywood labor strikes in 2023 that had AI protections at their core and facing massive looming shifts in the creation of culture and American soft power, the letter now made public respectfully disagrees with where OpenAI and Google are coming from.

"For nearly 250 years, U.S. copyright law has balanced [a] creator's rights with the needs of the public, creating the world's most vibrant creative economy," the missive says. "We recommend that the American AI Action Plan uphold existing copyright frameworks to maintain the strength of America's creative and knowledge industries, as well as American cultural influence abroad."

Amid a wave of legal action over the past several years from the fast-evolving technology, the New York Times sued OpenAI for copyright infringement. Other publications have worked out deals for compensation piecemeal, but no comprehensive methodology has emerged in what is becoming a digital Wild West. With no small degree of self interest involved, OpenAI's Altman last year said there needs to be "a new deal standard, protocol for how creators are going to get rewarded. Copyright law and fair use need to keep applying," he added. "But I think there are additional things we are exploring … We need to find new economic models where creators will have new revenue streams." 

Creators like the ones who signed the letter would argue that revenue streams are already present in copyright law. They contend OpenAI and Google "are arguing for a special government exemption so they can freely exploit America's creative and knowledge industries, despite their substantial revenues and available funds. "

Birthed in one of the many Executive Orders inked since the Trump returned to office, Trump's AI Action Plan aims "to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance." In that, it was open to comments on the Federal Register website through March 15, a deadline the Hollywood letter met with a minute to spare this weekend. The organizers plan to submit more signatures in the coming days.

Like the signatories of the letter this week, OpenAI and Google have presented the AI race in urgent geopolitical terms. However, unlike Hollywood, they are laying the emphasis on different metrics.

"As America's world-leading AI sector approaches artificial general intelligence (AGI), with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) determined to overtake us by 2030, the Trump Administration's new AI Action Plan can ensure that American-led AI built on democratic principles continues to prevail over CCP-built autocratic, authoritarian AI," OpenAI said in its submission. "DeepSeek shows that our lead is not wide and is narrowing," the company run by Altman and co-founded by Elon Musk said, referring to the popular and effective Chinese AI startup created on the cheap that took the market by storm in recent months. "The AI Action Plan should ensure that American-led AI prevails over CCP-led AI, securing both American leadership on AI and a brighter future for all Americans," OpenAI added, playing a powerplay tune it knows Trump loves.

"The federal government can both secure Americans' freedom to learn from AI, and avoid forfeiting our AI lead to the PRC by preserving American AI models' ability to learn from copyrighted material."

Altman's OpenAI didn't go into detail in its own offering on the AI Action Plan, but did say OpenAI's models "are trained to not replicate works for consumption by the public." It added: "Instead, they learn from the works and extract patterns, linguistic structures, and contextual insights. This means our AI model training aligns with the core objectives of copyright and the fair use doctrine, using existing works to create something wholly new and different without eroding the commercial value of those existing works."

The language used by the tech companies in this pivotal moment in America's AI future is in some ways is reminiscent of the 1990s. Back in the Clinton Era, legislators sought to protect a nascent Internet by shielding providers from legal liability for content on their platforms.

For Google, copyright is one of three key areas to address "to secure America's position as an AI powerhouse and support a golden era of opportunity." The Sundar Pichai-run tech giant added: "Balanced copyright rules, such as fair use and text-and-data mining exceptions, have been critical to enabling AI systems to learn from prior knowledge and publicly available data, unlocking scientific and social advances. These exceptions allow for the use of copyrighted, publicly available material for AI training without significantly impacting rightsholders and avoiding highly unpredictable, imbalanced, and lengthy negotiations with data holders during model development or scientific experimentation."

Here is the letter:

We, the members of America's entertainment industry — representing an intersection of cinematographers, directors, producers, actors, writers, studios, production companies, musicians, composers, costume, sound & production designers, editors, gaffers, union and Academy Members, and other industrious, creative content professionals – submit this unified statement in response to the Administration's request for input on the AI Action Plan.

We firmly believe that America's global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries. America's arts and entertainment industry supports over 2.3M American jobs with over $229Bn in wages annually, while providing the foundation for American democratic influence and soft power abroad. But AI companies are asking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by weakening copyright protections for the films, television series, artworks, writing, music, and voices used to train AI models at the core of multi-billion dollar corporate valuations.

Make no mistake: this issue goes well beyond the entertainment industry, as the right to train AI on all copyright-protected content impacts all of America's knowledge industries. When tech and AI companies demand unfettered access to all data and information, they're not just threatening movies, books, and music, but the work of all writers, publishers, photographers, scientists, architects, engineers, designers, doctors, software developers, and all other professionals who work with computers and generate intellectual property. These professions are the core of how we discover, learn, and share knowledge as a society and as a nation. This issue is not just about AI leadership or about economics and individual rights, but about America's continued leadership in creating and owning valuable intellectual property in every field.

It is clear that Google (valued at $2Tn) and OpenAI (valued at over $157Bn) are arguing for a special government exemption so they can freely exploit America's creative and knowledge industries, despite their substantial revenues and available funds. There is no reason to weaken or eliminate the copyright protections that have helped America flourish. Not when AI companies can use our copyrighted material by simply doing what the law requires: negotiating appropriate licenses with copyright holders — just as every other industry does. Access to America's creative catalog of films, writing, video content, and music is not a matter of national security. They do not require a government-mandated exemption from existing U.S. copyright law.

America didn't become a global cultural powerhouse by accident. Our success stems directly from our fundamental respect for IP and copyright that rewards creative risk-taking by talented and hardworking Americans from every state and territory. For nearly 250 years, U.S. copyright law has balanced creator's rights with the needs of the public, creating the world's most vibrant creative economy. We recommend that the American AI Action Plan uphold existing copyright frameworks to maintain the strength of America's creative and knowledge industries, as well as American cultural influence abroad. 
This statement is endorsed by the following individuals and groups—representing America's commitment to both creative excellence and responsible AI innovation.

1. Guillermo del Toro, DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
2. Paul & Nancy McCartney 
3. Ángel Manuel Soto, DGA/WGA, Asteria Studios, La Que te Hablé, LLC. 
4. Cord Jefferson, WGA, DGA
5. Bette Midler, SAG/AFTRA, Artist, Musician 
6. John Leguizamo, SAG/DGA/WGA 
7. Damon Lindelof, DGA/WGA/PGA 
8. Aubrey Plaza, SAG/WGA/PGA, Evil Hag 
9. c. Craig Patterson, DGA 
10. Janicza Bravo, DGA/WGA/SAG 
11. Alfonso Cuaron, DGA, WGA 
12. Christine Ng, ICG 600 
13. Marisa Tomei, SAG/AFTRA/PGA 
14. Reed Morano, DGA, ICG 600 
15. Maggie Gyllenhaal, DGA, SAG/AFTRA, WGA 
16. Ava DuVernay, DGA, WGA, PGA 
17. Cate Blanchett, SAG/AFTRA, PGA 
18. Phil Lord, DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
19. Chris Miller, DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
20. Carrie Coon, SAG/AFTRA 
21. Azazel Jacobs, DGA 
22. Paul Simon, Songwriter 
23. Rian Johnson, DGA/WGA 
24. Janelle Monáe, SAG/AFTRA, Songwriter/Actor 
25. Geraldine Viswanathan, SAG/AFTRA 
26. Ayo Edebiri, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
27. Taika Waititi, DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
28. Rita Ora, SAG, Musician 
29. Pamela Adlon, DGA/WGA/SAG/AFTRA 
30. Craig Mazin, DGA/WGA/SAG/PGA 
31. Cynthia Erivo, SAG/AFTRA,EQUITY, Musician 
32. Chlöe Sevigny, SAG/AFTRA 
33. Bryn Mooser, PGA, Asteria Studios, XTR & Doc+ 
34. Ben Stiller, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA, Red Hour 
35. Matthew Heineman, DGA/WGA 
36. Tim Heidecker DGA//SAG/AFTRA 
37. Nick Confalone, WGA/TAG/IATSE, Asteria Studios 
38. Sam Rockwell, SAG/AFTRA 
39. Naeem Talukdar, Moonvalley AI 
40. Mateusz Malinowski, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Moonvalley AI 
41. Sarah Charlton, Moonvalley AI 
42. Sam Mendes, DGA, WGA, PGA 
43. Michaela Coel, Filmmaker 
44. Natasha Lyonne, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA, Animal Pictures, Asteria Studios 
45. Phoebe Waller-Bridge SAG, WGA 
46. Martin McDonagh, Filmmaker & Playwright 
47. Mark Ruffalo, SAG 
48. Lena Waithe, DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
49. Brit Marling WGA/DGA/SAG 
50. Chris Rock, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA, PGA 
51. Sarah Schechter, Berlanti-Schechter Films 
52. Christine Vachon, PGA, Killer Films 
53. Judy Rhee, USA Local 829 
54. Joseph Gordon Levitt, WGA/DGA, SAG 
55. Benny Safdie, DGA, WGA, SAG 
56. Eric Day, PGA, Asteria Studios 
57. Chris Teague ICG 600, DGA 
58. Jaron Presant, ASC, ICG 600 
59. Paul Trillo, DGA, Asteria Studios 
60. D.J. Gugenheim, PGA, Partner Incognegro Productions 
61. Ellenor Argropoulos, Mermaid Toast 
62. Daniel Bonventre & Ian McLees, TalkBoys Studio 
63. Michael Govier, SAG/AFTRA/TAG/IATSE, Warner Bros, Asteria Studios 
64. Carolyn Strauss, PGA 
65. Anna Boden, DGA/WGA 
66. Tessa Thompson, SAG 
67. Alia Shawkat, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA, Artist 
68. Nick Kroll DGA, WGA, SAG, PGA 
69. Tim Robbins, DGA, SAG/AFTRA, WGA 
70. Judd Apatow DGA, PGA, WGA 
71. Marielle Heller DGA, WGA, SAG AFTRA, EQUITY 
72. Sean Ono Lennon, Musician/Chimera Music 
73. Patton Oswalt, WGA, SAG 
74. Kim Gordon, SAG/AFTRA 
75. Stephanie Hsu, SAG/AFTRA 
76. Carrie Brownstein, DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
77. Fred Armisen, SAG, WGA, Songwriter 
78. Ted Chiang, Writer 
79. Clea DuVall, WGA, DGA, SAG/AFTRA 
80. Sian Heder, DGA/WGA/SAG 
81. Adam Scott, SAG/AFTRA, DGA 
82. Franklin Leonard, The Black List 
83. Gia Coppola, DGA 
84. Patricia Richardson SAGAFTRA, AEA, DGA 
85. Hari Nef, SAG/WGA 
86. Melanie Lynskey, SAG/AFTRA 
87. Kenneth Lonergan, DGA, WGA 
88. Liz Goldwyn, WGA, Author 
89. Mara Casey, SAG/AFTRA 
90. Larry Karaszewski, WGA, DGA 
91. Uzo Aduba, SAG/AFTRA, EQUITY 
92. Francesca Scorsese, SAG/AFTRA 
93. Trayce Gigi Field, CDG Local 892 
94. Holland Roden, SAG/ AFTRA 
95. Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Musician/Robotics/Fini Musican 
96. David Alan Grier, SAG/AFTRA/EQUITY/WGA 
97. Juliette Lewis, SAG/AFTRA 
98. Chelsea Handler, SAG/AFTRA, PGA, WGA 
99. José Morey, Eisenhower Fellow, Ad Astra Media 
100. Simon Rex, SAG/AFTRA 
101. Mimi Cave, DGA 
102. Jodie Turner-Smith, SAG/AFTRA 
103. Kenya Barris, DGA/WGA/PGA/SAG, Khalabo Ink Society 
104. Amandla Stenberg, SAG/AFTRA, Musician 
105. Nina Fialkow, BAFTA 
106. Diaz Jacobs, Flmmaker 
107. Joan Wasser, SAG/AFTRA, BMI, Songwriter 
108. Murray Hill, SAG/AFTRA 
109. Benjamin Michel, Asteria Studios 
110. Cara Delevingne, SAG/AFTRA 
111. Carly Mensch, WGA/PGA 
112. Dascha Polanco, SAG/AFTRA 
113. Johan Renck, DGA 
114. Ana Lily Amirpour, DGA, WGA 
115. Callie Khouri 
116. Aphra Williams, SAG/AFTRA, ACTRA 
117. Ryan Koo, Writer-Director, Founder No Film School 
118. Amy Seimetz, SAG/WGA/DGA 
119. D.V. DeVincentes, WGA/PGA 
120. Anna Christopher, WGA/TAG 
121. Shaz Bennett, DGA/WGA 
122. Alex Buono, DGA/WGA/IATSE 
123. Sean Smith, Freelance Writer, Songwriter 
124. Taylor Schilling, SAG 
125. Alex Winter, SAG/DGA/WGA 
126. Samira Wiley, SAG/AFTRA, Equity 
127. Wyatt Caine, WGA 
128. Derek Peterson, DGA 
129. Pablo Schreiber, SAG/AFTRA 
130. Dylan Guerra, WGA 
131. Sherry Cola, SAG/AFTRA 
132. Nick Antosca, WGA/DGA 
133. Sarah Adina Smith, DGA/WGA 
134. Stephen Gyllenhaal, DGA/WGA 
135. Jonah Feingold 
136. Fairuza Balk, SAG/AFTRA, Musician 
137. Callie Khouri DGA/WGA 
138. Eric Kissack, DGA/ACE 
139. Harper Simon, Songwriter 
140. Joshua Homme, SAG/AFTRA, Songwriter 
141. Kelsey Lu, SAG/AFTRA, Songwriter 
142. Julie Bush, WGA 
143. Susie Balaban, DGA 
144. Chase Pletts, Novelist, Screenwriter, VERSES AI 
145. Evan Ross, SAG/AFTRA, Songwriter 
146. Rowan Blanchard, SAG/AFTRA 
147. Michael Sucsy, DGA/WGA 
148. Peter Mosiman, IATSE Cinematographer 
149. Griffin Dunne, WGA, DGA, SAG 
150. Miles Skinner, Hypothesis Films 
151. Tara Miele DGA/WGA 
152. Evan Twohy, WGA 
153. Zak Williams, Hypothesis Films 
154. Amber Sealey, DGA, SAG/AFTRA 
155. Sam Fragoso, Talk Easy 
156. Christopher Fryant 
157. Karen O, SAG/AFTRA, Songwriter 
158. Nick Zinner, Musician 
159. Melissa Auf der Maur, Musician 
160. Stephen Root, SAG/AFTRA 
161. Romy Rosemont 
162. Norma Nongauza, SAG/AFTRA 
163. Eva Vives, DGA/WGA 
164. Lana Kim, PGA 
165. Alex Israel, Artist 
166. Ione Skye, SAG, Author 
167. Ben Lee, Musician 
168. Incognegro Productions 
169. Mark Subias, Arey Cove Media 
170. Elgin James, DGA/WGA/ASCAP 
171. Patti Harrison, SAG/AFTRA, WGA 
172. Daphne Lambrinou, Producer 
173. Abbi Jacobson, WGA, DGA, SAG/AFTRA 
174. Alex Somers, Composer 
175. Liz Flahive, WGA/DGA 
176. Anthony Ramos SAG/AFTRA, ASCAP 
177. Dita Von Teese, SAG/AFTRA 
178. Dee Rees, WGA/DGA/PGA 
179. Henry Bean, WGA 
180. Brian Savelson, WGA 
181. Karen Maine, DGA, WGA 
182. Zelda Williams DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
183. Mo Stark, SAG/AFTRA 
184. Colleen McGuinness, WGA 
185. David Cross, WGA, SAG AFTRA 
186. Amber Tamblyn, SAG AFTRA 
187. Noah Segan, SAG/AFTRA 
188. Lydia Dean Pilcher DGA/WGA/PGA 
189. Tamara Jenkins, WGA, DGA 
190. Adam Green, Musician / Artist 
191. Kareem Rahma, Creator 
192. Amy Aniobi, DGA/WGA/PGA 
193. Marcel Dagenais, IATSE Local 798 
194. Peter Sollett DGA/WGA 
195. Benjamin Lock, PGA, VES, BAFTA, ATAS 
196. Joey King SAG/AFTRA 
197. Michael Rubin SAG/AFTRA, ASCAP 
198. Sarah Egan IATSE Local 798 
199. Gregory Nussen, Critic, Deadline 
200. Jonathan Groff SAG/AFTRA 
201. Rayan Al Rubaish, IP Lawyer 
202. Ian McDonald WGA 
203. Amy Wang, WGA 
204. E.L. Katz, WGA/DGA 
205. JC MOLINA Local800 
206. James Ponsoldt WGA/DGA 
207. Rhys Thomas, DGA/WGA 
208. Andrew Wyatt SAG AFTRA AMPAS 
209. Josh Ruben 
210. Crystal Reed SAG/AFTRA 
211. Dylan Sprayberry SAG/AFTRA 
212. Elvira Gonzalez IATSE Local 798 
213. Chris Brewster DGA, SAG/AFTRA 
214. Andrew Crabtree, WGA 
215. Rosario Dawson SAG/AFTRA 
216. Annie Murphy SAG/AFTRA 
217. Kris Rey DGA 
218. Charles Ingram, DGA 
219. J. Smith-Cameron , SAG 
220. Greg Gallant WGA/TAG 
221. Oren Brimer DGA/WGA 
222. Alexandra Neil SAG/AFTRA 
223. Morgan Lynch SAG/AFTRA 
224. Laura Terruso, DGA/WGA 
225. Allison Briner Dardenne 2SAG/AFTRA, AEA 
226. Rob Yang, SAG/AFTRA 
227. Jennifer Phang, DGA3 
228. John Lee DGA/WGA/SAG/AFTRA 
229. Scott Nicholson SAG/AFTRA/AEA 
230. Doug Wright WGA/DGA/SAG/AFTRA 
231. Mel Mah SAG/AFTRA 
232. Inara George SAG/AFTRA 
233. Mara Palumbo IATSE Local 798 
234. Rita Baghdadi DGA 
235. Sonja O'Hara, SAG/AFTRA 
236. Chloe Fineman SAG/AFTRA 
237. Tommy Dorfman, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
238. Vanessa Joy Smith IATSE Local 600 
239. Albert Hammond Jr., Musician 
240. Whitney Cummings, WGA, SAG, PGA 
241. Dagmara Dominczyk, SAG/AFTRA, AEA 
242. Mark Townend, WGA 
243. Waris Ahluwalia, SAG/AFTRA 
244. Angela Wildflower, SAG/AFTRA 
245. Jeremy Radin, SAG/AFTRA 
246. Jess Wolfe, musician 
247. Natalie Gold SAG/AFTRA 
248. Laura Prepon SAG,DGA 
249. Elizabeth Benjamin WGA 
250. Frances Fisher SAG-AFTRA,AEA 
251. David Zellner, DGA/WGA/SAG 
252. Jodi Long, SAG/AFTRA/AEA, AMPAS 
253. Dan Stevens, SAG/AFTRA 
254. Will Grahame, WGA, DGA 
255. Broti Gupta, WGA 
256. Joel Marsh Garland, SAG/AFTRA 
257. David Slack, WGA 
258. Kate Bond, SAG/AFTRA 
259. David Krumholtz SAG/AFTRA 
260. Davionte' GaTa' Ganter, SAG/AFTRA 
261. Smiley Stevens, Asteria Studios 
262. Numa Perrier, SAG, DGA, WGA 
263. Cynthy Wu, SAG-AFTRA 
264. A.V. Rockwell, by WGA/DGA 
265. Sophie Zucker, SAG/AFTRA/WGA 
266. Todd Downing, ACE 
267. Madeline Brewer, SAG/AFTRA 
268. Glenn Garland, ACE 
269. Genevieve Simpson, Moonvalley AI 
270. Alison Brie, DGA/WGA/SAG-AFTRA 
271. Christopher C. Rogers, WGA 
272. Tawny Sorensen, SAG/AFTRA 
273. Max Encke, Moonvalley AI 
274. Tori Scott, IATSE 161/476 
275. Sarah Clowes-Walker, Moonvalley AI 
276. Ben Marshall, WGA/SAG-AFTRA 
277. Minta Ann Carlson, Asteria Studios 
278. Becca GT, SAG/AFTRA 
279. Spike Einbinder, SAG/AFTRA 
280. Matthew Cooke 
281. Erik Passoja, SAG-AFTRA 
282. Michael Mohan, DGA/WGA 
283. Laura Chinn DGA/WGA/SAG 
284. Khristina Louise LaMonte SAG-AFTRA/IATSE 
285. Luc Doucedame 
286. Nelson Truong, Moonvalley AI 
287. Zoe Chao, SAG/AFTRA 
288. Sarah Ann Masse, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, Hi Survivors Hollywood® 
289. Mel Rodriguez, SAG/AFTRA 
290. Noelle Stehman, DGA 
291. Charmaine DeGrate, WGA 
292. Ryan Fleck, DGA/WGA 
293. Rachel Zegler, SAG/AFTRA, EQUITY 
294. Jovan Adepo, SAG/AFTRA 
295. Andrew Maher, Moonvalley AI 
296. Paul Scheer WGA/DGA/SAG 
297. Will Dinsmoor, SAG-AFTRA 
298. Michael Colton, WGA 
299. Chris Sheridan, WGA/SAG 
300. Jenna Lamia, WGA/SAG 
301. Rebecca Metz,SAG-AFTRA/AEA 
302. Anthony Marciona SAG-AFTRA/AEA 
303. Antonio Campos, WGA/DGA 
304. B Rigney Hubbard, ICG 600 
305. Daniel Pinchbeck, Author 
306. Jinkx Monsoon, SAG, AEA 
307. Thomas Ochoa, SAG-AFTRA 
308. Ron Ostrow, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, ATAS 
309. Jameela Jamil, SAG-AFTRA 
310. Jemima Kirke, SAG-AFTRA 
311. Gina Gershon, SAG/AFTRA 
312. Gino Vento SAG/AFTRA 
313. Ben Goldwasser, musician 
314. Jared Ian Goldman, DGA/ PGA, Mighty Engine 
315. Benjamin Kasulke, DGA/IATSE Local 600 
316. Lexie Kahanovitz, TAG 839 animation writer 
317. Ben Kutchins, ASC 
318. Lennon Parham, SAG/WGA/DGA 
319. Haley Bartels, WGA 
320. lLissy Trullie, Musician/Songwriter 
321. Byron Wu, WGA 
322. Justine Bateman, WGA/DGA/SAG 
323. Kate Thulin, WGA/TAG/SAG-AFTRA 
324. Mermaid Toast 
325. Mitra Jouhari, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
326. Greta Titelman, SAG/AFTRA 
327. JR Bourne, SAG/AFTRA 
328. Martin Pensa, Editor (ACE, LOCAL 700) 
329. Jesse Peretz, DGA 
330. Crystal Moselle, DGA/WGA 
331. Josephine Decker, DGA/WGA 
332. Diedrich Bader 
333. Dulcy Rogers 
334. Christina Won, PGA 
335. Odessa A'zion (SAG) 
336. Robin Eisenberg, Artist 
337. Paula Killen, SAG/AFTRA, WGA, AEA 
338. Rose Kuo, ICG 600 
339. Larry Gross, WGA 
340. Brian Chamberlayne, WGA 
341. Joshua Z Weinstein, WGA 
342. Dwayne Johnson-Cochran 
343. Mark Webber, SAG/AFTRA 
344. Nia Vardalos, SAG, WGA, DGA 
345. Matthew Modine SAG-AFTRA 
346. Jordan Firstman, SAG/AFTRA, WGA, DGA 
347. Jack Quaid, SAG-AFTRA 
348. Stephanie Meurer, DGA 
349. Craig Bolotin, WGA, DGA 
350. Max Ferguson, Animal Pictures 
351. Ariana DeBose SAG-AFTRA, AEA 
352. Mo Zelof, SAG-AFTRA 
353. Peggy Lane ORourke, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, ATAS 
354. Leslie Stevens, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, AGMA 
355. Lauren Campedelli, SAG-AFTRA, AEA 
356. Martin Starr ,SAG-AFTRA, WGA 
357. Chase Sui Wonders, SAG-AFTRA 
358. Nora Garrett, WGA, SAG-AFTRA 
359. Michelle Buteau, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
360. Becky Chin, DGA 
361. Peter Beck, ADG 800 IMA, Storyboard Artist 
362. David Lowery, DGA, WGA, IATSE 
363. Heather Alexander, SAG-AFTRA 
364. Max Barbakow, DGA/WGA 
365. Ka-Ling Cheung, SAG-AFTRA 
366. John Thomas, Moonvalley AI 
367. Whitmer Thomas, SAG 
368. Flora Birnbaum, WGA 
369. Aminatou Sow, WGA 
370. Naomi Foner, WGA 
371. Brett Goldstein, WGA, SAG-AFTRA 
372. Lizzy Goodman, WGA 
373. David Shayne, TAG (IATSE) 
374. Lewis Pullman, SAG-AFTRA 
375. Santi White, SAG-AFTRA 
376. Robert Sweeting, Creative Destruction Films 
377. Bruce Feirstein WGA 
378. Karen A. Brown SAG-AFTRA LA GAPP Committee 
379. Lily Gladstone, SAG-AFTRA 
380. Mimi Kennedy, SAG-AFTRA 
381. Jeremy O. Harris WGA, SAG-AFTRA 
382. Paul Giamatti SAG-AFTRA 
383. Karen Murphy ADG 
384. Erica Chidi 
385. Justin Carter 
386. Mirirai Paída Moyo (née S'thole): SAG-AFTRA, AEA 
387. Hussein Dembei Sow, AI Artist 
388. Jen Euston, NY Local 817, Casting Director 
389. Olivia Wilde, WGA, DGA, SAG, PGA 
390. Akilah Hughes, SAG-AFTRA, WGA 
391. Suzy Nakamura, SAG-AFTRA, AEA 
392. Freddy Rodriguez, SAG-AFTRA 
393. Fernando Rodríguez Morales, DYAD 
394. Brian Epps, DYAD 
395. Tom Scharpling, WGA, SAG-AFTRA, DGA 
396. Nathan Dean, SAG-AFTRA 
397. Aaron Moorhead, DGA 
398. Thomas Benski, PGA, Lumina 
399. Anaïs Mitchell, songwriter 
400. Robert Harlow IATSE LOCAL 52 
401. Patrick Wilson, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, DGA 
402. Katie Robbins, WGA 
403. Ryan McGinley, Photographer, Artist 
404. Seith Mann, DGA, WGA 
405. Sarah Pillsbury, Producer 
406. Cory Burris, Moonvalley AI 
407. Yizhe Zhu, PhD, Moonvalley AI 
408. Cecilia Samartin, Author. 
409. Gillian Robespierre, WGA, DGA 
410. Denise Cormier, SAG-AFTRA, AEA 
411. Lilly Wachowski, WGA, DGA 
412. Sam Stefanak, WGA 
413. Ron Howard SAG, WGA, SAG 
414. Ilana Glazer, DGA, WGA, SAG AFTRA, EQUITY 
415. Suzi Yoonessi, DGA 
416. Ry Russo Young, WGA, DGA 
417. Lisa Rubisch DGA 
418. Leslye Headland, DGA, WGA 
419. Mark Verheiden WGA 
420. Eric Heisserer, WGA 
421. Jeff Davis, WGA, DGA 
422. Sarah Sutherland, WGA 
423. Maude Apatow 
424. Carolina Saavedra 
425. Mary McCormack 
426. James Lees, DGA 4 
427. Willow Smith 
428. Lauren Wolkstein, DGA 
429. Jada Pinkett Smith, SAG-AFTRA, DGA, WGA, PGA 
430. Georgia Lee, WGA 
431. Eric Heisserer, WGA 
432. Dan Levy, WGA, DGA, SAG/AFTRA 
433. Genna Moroni 
434. Matt Spicer 
435. Colin Trevorrow WGA/DGA 
436. David Anderson AI 
437. Fisher Stevens SAG/AFTRA,DGA,AEA 
438. Daniel Scheinert DGA, WGA, SAG/AFTRA 
439. Heather-Ashley Boyer SAG-AFTRA 
440. Les Claypool, Bass Player 
441. Will McCormack WGA, SAG/AFTRA, TAG/IATSE, Warner Bros, Asteria Studios 
442. Brendan Bradley SAG-AFTRA/AEA 
443. LeQuan Antonio Bennett SAG-AFTRA 

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