Dave Clark
Co-founder and CCO of Promise, the a16z-backed AI studio. "Borrowing Time" and "Battalion" set the bar for AI narrative craft: "NinjaPunk" reached Cannes 2025.
Walter Woodman · Shy Kids
"Air Head" remains the most-watched Sora film ever made and the moment AI video went mainstream. Sora Selects inaugural class with the shy kids collective.
Paul Trillo
Directed the first commissioned Sora music video (Washed Out, "The Hardest Part") and won the Gold Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2024. The art-world credential of the field.
PJ Accetturo
The Kalshi spot that aired during the NBA Finals cost $2,000 and pulled 18M impressions in 48 hours. Founder of Genre.ai: the reference name in viral AI advertising.
Kavan Cardoza
Phantom X co-founder. "Echo Hunter" became the first SAG-AFTRA-approved AI film: his Batman fan film drew millions of views before the takedown made headlines.
Jacob Adler
"Total Pixel Space" took the 2025 Runway Grand Prix from six thousand entries, then screened at Lincoln Center and in IMAX. A music professor rewriting what AI film can argue.
Josh Kerrigan · Neural Viz
The "Monoverse" is the strongest proof yet that AI can sustain an episodic universe: an alien broadcast network with recurring characters, lore and a devoted audience.
The Dor Brothers
"APEX" logged 20M views in 48 hours. The scene's house provocateurs now run their own $35K awards with a celebrity jury: discussed everywhere from X to Joe Rogan.
Henry Daubrez
"KITSUNE," cut from 1,700 curated Veo 2 shots, was the first fully generative short to land an emotional gut-punch. Now Google Labs' resident filmmaker.
Nicolas Neubert
"Genesis" was built in seven hours and seen by millions: the template every AI trailer since has copied. CNN and Forbes covered it as the format's arrival.
Chad Nelson
Caleb Ward
László Gaál
Jia Zhangke
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