Filmmakers
- Charles Burnett (born 1944), (Vicksburg)
- Jamaa Fanaka (born 1942), (Jackson)
- John Fortenberry, film and television director, (Jackson)
- Lawrence Gordon (born 1936), producer of Die Hard and other films, (Yazoo City)
- Jonathan Murray (born 1955), creator of the reality TV genre, (Gulfport)
- Patrik-Ian Polk (born 1973), (Hattiesburg)
- De'Wayne Sorrell(born 1976), film and television producer/writer,
- Larry A. Thompson (born 1944), television and film producer, (Clarksdale)
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