The Treatment Creators & Guests

Elvis Mitchell is an American film critic and hosts the public radio show The Treatment. He is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University.

Daniel Palladino is a television producer, writer, and director known for the show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Diallo Riddle is an American writer, producer, actor, show runner, and comedian.

David Alan Grier is an actor and comedian.

Ronald William Howard, born March 1, 1954, is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six decade career, Howard has received two Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He is well known for playing Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show, from 1960 - 1968 and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, from 1974 - 1984.

Jack Henry Quaid is an American actor, and artist.

Frances Lebowitz is an author, public speaker, and actor.

Alan Zweibel is a producer and writer. He has worked on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.

Lulu Wang is a Chinese-American film director, writer, and producer. She is best known for writing and directing Posthumous and The Farewell.

Jamie Foxx, born Eric Marlon Bishop, is an actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian.He is the son of Darrell Bishop who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther Marie (Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker.

Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

Noah Hawley is a television writer, producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, he is best known for creating and writing the FX television series Fargo and Legion.

Diandrea Rees is an American screenwriter and director.

Larry Karaszewski is a screenwriter, producer, and author who is best known for Man on the Moon and Ed Wood.

Oliver Stone is a writer, filmmaker, and conspiracy theorist.

Sam Wasson is the author of many books including the best-selling Fosse and Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.

Natalie Morales is an American actress.

Cynthia Erivo is a British actress, singer, and songwriter. She gained prominence for her Tony Award-winning role as Celie in the 2015 Broadway revival of The Color Purple, which also earned her a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy. Erivo transitioned to film with standout performances, most notably as Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019), for which she received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song. In addition to acting, she is a skilled singer and has performed at major events like the Oscars.

Ilene Chaiken is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. She is best known as being the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word and is currently an executive producer on the hit television series Empire.