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Special Guests

TCM’s passion for classic movies has earned the respect of the world’s most admired directors, producers, writers and actors. Be sure to visit this site often for details about 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival special guests in the weeks ahead. Programming is subject to change.

Announced 2024 Special Guests:

Trini Alvarado – Actor
Jeremy Arnold – Author, Historian, Commentator
Diane Baker – Actor
Craig Barron – Visual Effects Artist
Jeanine Basinger – Film Scholar, Historian and Author
Bruce Belland – Entertainer, Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Jeffrey Bickel – Senior Newsreel Preservationist, UCLA FTVA
Steven Bingen – Author, Archivist
Donald Bogle – Film Historian, Author, Professor
Serge Bromberg – Producer, Writer
Mel Brooks – Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, EGOT
Ben Burtt – Sound Designer
Lois Burwell – Make-Up Artist/Designer
Mario Cantone – Actor, Comedian
Keith Carradine – Actor
Cora Sue Collins – Actor
Millie De Chirico – Film Programmer, Author
Jeff Daniels – Actor
Dana Delany – Actor
George Feltenstein – Warner Bros. Discovery Library Historian
David Fincher – Filmmaker
Kate Flannery – Actor, Writer, Singer
Shane Fleming – Film Historian, Filmmaker, Actor
Jake Flynn – Son of Cari Beauchamp
Alexa Foreman – Filmmaker, Author
Jodie Foster – Actor, Director
Carl Franklin – Filmmaker
Jeannie Twila Franz – Producer
Gary Freedman – Producer
Morgan Freeman – Actor, Producer
Bruce Goldstein – Founding Repertory Artistic Director of New York’s Film Forum
Randy Haberkamp – Executive Vice President, Library, Archive and Scitech for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Darcy Hettrich – Talent Producer
Foster Hirsch – Author, Professor
Ken Jennings – Jeopardy! Host, Author
John Landis – Director, Producer
Diane Lane – Actor
Steve Levy – Engineer, Warner Bros. Projection and Sound Engineering
Chris Lewis – Photographer, Philanthropist
Patrick Loughney – Director, Packard Humanities Institute
Seth MacFarlane – Filmmaker, Animator
Kate MacMurray – Daughter of Fred MacMurray and June Haver
Leonard Maltin – Film Critic and Historian
Andy Marx – Photographer, musician
Samantha Mathis – Actor
Tara McNamara – Film Critic and Journalist
Nancy Meyers – Writer, Director, Producer
Ben Model – Accompanist, Historian
Mike Newell – Director
Floyd Norman – Cartoonist, Animator
Alexander Payne – Writer, Director
Dean Pitchford – Songwriter, Screenwriter, Novelist
Edoardo Ponti – Director
Christina Putnam – Author
Tim Robbins – Actor, Playwright, and Director
Alan K. Rode – Author, Historian
Michael Schlesinger – Filmmaker, Historian
Steven Spielberg – Filmmaker
Eric Stoltz – Actor, Director
Howard Suber – Professor, Author
Julia Sweeney – Actor, Comedian, Author
Stephen Tobolowsky – Actor
Michael Tomasky – Author, Editor
John Travolta – Actor
Michael Uslan – Producer
Mario Van Peebles – Actor, Director
Nick Varley – Producer
Lesley Ann Warren – Actor
Herman Weisberg – Private investigator, former detective, technical advisor for film and television
Bob Weitz – Sound Engineer
Matthew Wells – Director
Todd Wiener – Motion Picture Curator, UCLA FTVA
Billy Dee Williams – Actor
David Wyler – Producer, Son of Willliam Wyler

The TCM Classic Film Festival has featured appearances by:

Jim AbrahamsDebbie AllenAllison AndersPaul Thomas AndersonJulie AndrewsAnn-MargretAlan ArkinGillian ArmstrongFrankie AvalonKevin BaconJohn BadhamJohn BaileyDiane BakerRick BakerBob BalabanAlec BaldwinDrew BarrymoreNed BeattyWarren BeattyEd Begley Jr.Shari BelafonteJean-Paul BelmondoRobert BentonTom BerengerTheodore BikelJacqueline BissettAnn BlythPeter BogdanovichJohn BoormanErnest BorgnineBeau BridgesJeff BridgesJames L. BrooksMel BrooksKevin BrownlowGeneviève BujoldSteve BurumCharles BuschDyan CannonMario CantoneLeslie CaronJohn CarpenterKeith CarradineRuth E. CarterVeronica Cartwright“Baby Peggy” Diana Serra CaryDick CavettGeorge ChakirisMarge ChampionGeorge ClooneyAnne V. CoatesFrancis Ford CoppolaBilly CrystalAlan CummingTony CurtisJoe DanteFrank DarabontCarl DavisRebecca De MornayBruce DernCaleb DeschanelDana DelanyDanny DevitoLeonardo DiCaprioAngie DickinsonStanley DonenIlleana DouglasKirk DouglasMichael DouglasRichard DreyfussKeir DulleaFaye DunawayRobert EvansSally FieldMichael FeinsteinRhonda FlemingJane FondaPeter FondaWilliam FriedkinBetty GarrettMitzi GaynorDanny GloverJeff GoldblumGinnifer GoodwinElliot GouldTopher GraceJennifer GrantLee GrantColeen GrayJoel GreyPam GrierPeter GuberSteve GuttenbergTaylor HackfordBill HaderMolly HaskellTippi HedrenBuck HenryBrian HensonJohn Michael HigginsDustin HoffmanKatharine HoughtonMarsha HuntTab HunterAnjelica HustonDanny HustonOlivia HusseyChris IsaakJames IvoryNorman JewisonQuincy JonesShirley JonesAnna KarinaStacy KeachAnna KendrickCallie KhouriSusan KohnerBarbara KoppleNancy KwanDavid LaddRicki LakeMartin LandauJohn LandisAngela LansburySherry LansingPiper LaurieGeorge LazenbyRuta LeeSpike LeeTerry LeonardBarry LevinsonJerry LewisChristopher LloydNorman LloydGina LollabrigidaSophia LorenJon LovitzLuluA.C. LylesAli MacGrawShirley MacLaineLeonard MaltinRob MarshallJerry MathersTim MathesonMarlee MatlinAlbert MayslesTom McCarthyPatty McCormackMalcolm McDowellSteve McQueenDennis MillerHayley MillsJuliet MillsLiza MinnelliWalter MirischJuanita MooreRita MorenoRobert MorseMira NairMarni NixonKim NovakFrance NuyenMargaret O’BrienMaureen O’HaraEdward James OlmosNancy OlsonPatton OswaltPeter O’TooleAlexander PayneSimon PeggRon PerlmanTyler PerryLori PettyLou Diamond PhillipsJim PiddockChristopher PlummerSidney PoitierJane PowellPaula PrentissLuise RainerCarl ReinerRob ReinerPaul ReiserMaggie RenziBurt ReynoldsDebbie ReynoldsRobert RichardsonTim RobbinsMickey RooneyFred RoosRichard RoundtreeBarbara RushKurt RussellMeg RyanRZAEva Marie SaintJulian SandsJohn SaylesThelma SchoonmakerMartin ScorseseJane SeymourMark ShaimanMartin SheenRon SheltonRichard ShermanMartin ShortNancy SinatraTina SinatraJohn SingletonSteven SoderberghSteven SpielbergRuss TamblynQuentin TarantinoJoan TewkesburyJohn TollRobert TowneRobert TownsendCicely TysonMario Van PeeblesMelvin Van PeeblesJon VoightMax Von SydowRobert WagnerEli WallachCass WarnerDon WasAdam WestHaskell WexlerLeonard WhitingFred WillardEsther WilliamsJohn WilliamsDebra WingerJane WithersEdgar WrightMichael YorkDavid ZuckerJeff Zuckerand many others!