Walter Woodman · Shy Kids

NARRATIVEMUSIC VIDEO

Woodman and the Toronto collective shy kids made "Air Head," the balloon-headed everyman short that became the defining early Sora film and the first AI video most of the world ever saw. OpenAI has kept them close ever since: the collective was named to the inaugural Sora Selects class.

PROFILE VERIFIED 15·JUL·2026 · 2 SOURCED EVENTS

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Air Head

2024 · SHORT · SORA

The canonical Sora film: a man with a balloon for a head, made during OpenAI's first-artist access program in March 2024.

Career Timeline

2025shy kids named in OpenAI's inaugural Sora Selects class, screened at Metrograph NYC SOURCE: ARTNET · THR
2024"Air Head" released during Sora's first-artist program and goes globally viral SOURCE: TRADE + MAINSTREAM PRESS