Janeane Garofalo

Iconic comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo has been working nonstop for over 3 decades.

Janeane was a cast member of the Emmy Award-winning Ben Stiller Show and played the role of Paula, the acerbic talent booker, on "The Larry Sanders Show," for which she received an Emmy nomination. During the fall of '94 she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live." Some of Janeane's other television work includes two specials for HBO, FOX’s “24,” “Mad About You," and the final season of NBC's "The West Wing," where she played Democratic campaign strategist Louise Thornton.

Janeane has had many memorable and critically acclaimed roles in films such as "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," “Wet Hot American Summer,” “Ratatouille,” "Steal This Movie," "Reality Bites," "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion," "Mystery Men," “The Ten” and "The Cable Guy". Janeane also co-authored the best seller "Feel This Book," with Ben Stiller.

In addition to acting in film and television, Janeane is an outspoken activist, spoken word performer and stand-up comedy entertainer known and respected around the world. She was instrumental in the successful launching of the first liberal radio network, Air America Radio, where she hosted her own talk show, "The Majority Report." A lightning rod for controversy, Janeane's well informed opinions and unflinching honesty have inspired laughs, as well as striking a chord with the left, right and everyone in between.

Stacey Sher

Ben Stiller

BEN STILLER is an actor, director, writer and producer who most recently directed and produced the Showtime limited series,Escape at Dannemora, for which he won the DGA Award. His filmography includes global franchisesNight at the Museum, Meet the Parents, and Madagascar; classic comediesTropic Thunder, Zoolander, There’s Something About Mary, and The Royal Tenenbaums; independent featuresGreenberg, Brad’s Status, The Meyerowitz Stories, and While We’re Young; and his directorial debut, Reality Bites.

Stacey Wilson Hunt

Stacey Wilson Hunt is an award-winning journalist, event host and Reality Bites obsessive who most recently served as the Los Angeles-based Hollywood Editor for New York magazine and Vulture. Before that, she spent more than five years at The Hollywood Reporter as Special Projects Editor, and host and producer of the Emmy-nominated SundanceTV interview series, Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, People, TV Guide, among others. A native of Portland, Oregon, Wilson Hunt has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and currently serves as a contributor of Hollywood coverage to Fortune.

Helen Childress

Helen Childress grew up in Houston, where she set “Reality Bites,” which she began writing in a dorm room at USC. In the 25 years since its release, she has worked in both feature films and television as a writer and producer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder is a two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner, renowned for her dynamic and varied performances. She stars as “Joyce Byers” in the worldwide hit Netflix Original series STRANGER THINGS, which the third season will premiere on July 4. She most recently stared in DESTINATION WEDDING opposite Keanu Reeves. A selection of some of Winona’s other well-known credits include, GIRL INTERRUPTED, AGE OF INNOCENCE, LITTLE WOMEN, BEETLEJUICE, and HEATHERS. She currently is the one of the faces of L’Oréal.

Ethan Hawke

Michael Shamberg

Michael Shamberg produced The Big Chill about the Baby Boom generation. He met the young Helen Childress after reading a drama script she wrote. When Helen told Shamberg about the lives of her and her friends, he thought it would make a great follow up to The Big Chill about Generation X. He and his producing partners, Stacey Sher and Danny DeVito, made a deal for Helen to write an original screenplay. Ben Stiller had been directing his eponymous MTV show and came on board to collaborate closely with Helen. Michael and Stacey are proud to have produced Ben’s directorial debut. Early in his career Shamberg also produced A Fish Called Wanda. He and Sher also produced Contagion, Freeheld, Freeheld, Freedom Writers, World Trade Center, and Django Unchained. With DeVito, their credits include Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Gattaca, Garden State, Get Shorty, and a bunch of others. Michael and Stacey executive produce the AMC series Into the Badlands. His most recent release was Cold Pursuit starring Liam Neeson.