Janet Mock is a writer, director and executive producer for the FX series "Pose" and the Netflix limited series "Hollywood." She's also the New York Times bestselling and trailblazing author of two memoirs, Redefining Realness (2014) and Surpassing Certainty (2017) about her journey as a trans woman. Janet has received Harvard University's Artist of the Year Award in 2019 and was named on of The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment Power 100" and included on Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" list -- adding to her Peabody Award, Television Academy Honors, two AFI Awards and Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for "Pose." Onscreen, she appeared in Jay-Z's music video for "Family Feud," directed by Ava DuVernay, and guest-starred in Alex Garland's FX on Hulu limited series, DEVS. She will make her feature directorial debut with the Sammy Davis-Kim Novak film, "Scandalous." She lives and writes in New York City.