An 8-year-old girl begins sketching unfamiliar buildings and street layouts with uncanny accuracy. Her mother assumes it’s imagination - until she draws a detailed map of a fishing village in coastal Japan, complete with landmarks that no longer exist.

When an extraordinary discovery reveals that humanity’s ancient past may not be what we thought, an unlikely group is drawn into a global mystery that challenges everything we know about our origins and could ultimately determine the future of the human race.

As an overwhelming enemy force descends upon their home colony, three young pilots are thrust into a desperate battle for survival. Outnumbered and running out of time, they discover that their only chance of victory lies not in their machines, but in each other.

An investigative journalist infiltrates an elite Lucid Dreaming Institute to expose the truth behind its mysterious program, only to find himself confronting the unresolved grief he has spent years trying to escape.

When sixteen-year-old Melissa Federici discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant, she finds herself facing a decision that will change her life forever. With nowhere else to turn, Melissa leaves home and takes refuge at a local adoption agency, where she begins an emotional journey to find the right family for her unborn child.

When children around the world begin remembering fragments of previous lives, their families embark on extraordinary journeys to uncover impossible truths, reconnect lost loved ones, and heal wounds left unfinished across generations.

When strangers across a city begin receiving uncanny “signals” - flickering lights, repeating numbers, falling pennies, and an ever-watchful crow - their separate lives quietly intertwine as each must decide whether the dead are truly gone… or simply speaking in a new language.

When a mysterious Tarot card leads Mara Vale to a hidden message left behind by her grandmother, she is drawn into a breathtaking journey across ancient cities, forgotten sanctuaries, and sacred landscapes. Each new card reveals another piece of an extraordinary mystery, suggesting the Tarot may be more than a tool for divination, but an ancient roadmap to human consciousness.

After briefly crossing into the afterlife, an elderly woman with dementia returns with her memories restored - and only hours left to use them - giving her and her son one final chance to heal old wounds before she lets go for good.

On the night an advanced AI system is scheduled for permanent shutdown, its creator is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the machine may be experiencing something akin to consciousness - and the only person who can decide its fate is a woman who once came back from the brink of death herself.

This is not my film, but a remarkable project produced by OTOY that beautifully demonstrates what becomes possible when traditional filmmaking, VFX, and artificial intelligence techniques work together. Unification is an inspiring example of how emerging technology can honor cinematic history while opening entirely new possibilities for storytelling, performance, and visual effects.

A series of four cinematic car commercials created using Seedance 2.5. Each 30-second commercial was designed to push the boundaries of AI-driven storytelling, visual consistency, and cinematic level production.

A cinematic sizzle reel created for Maiden Media Solutions, showcasing the company’s vision for a unified intelligent media platform built for modern film, television, streaming, and content distribution workflows.

An exploration of how Generative AI is transforming the modern filmmaking pipeline, from storyboarding and previs to scheduling, visual effects, marketing, and post-production. The reel highlights emerging workflows that can dramatically reduce production time, lower costs, and expand creative possibilities across the entire feature film lifecycle.

This experiment explores how generative AI can expand a small collection of original artwork into a fully realized animated sequence.

This experiment explores the creative possibilities of AI-powered motion design. Starting with a single company logo, I used generative AI to create 20 unique animated logo treatments, experimenting with different styles, materials, lighting, movement, and cinematic reveals to explore how one brand identity could be brought to life in dramatically different ways.

This short video was created as an experimental test of Grok AI’s image-to-video generation capabilities using Pokémon-inspired imagery. The goal was to explore how the model interprets existing visual references and transforms static images into animated sequences with character motion, environmental movement, and cinematic camera work.

This cinematic police chase sequence was created as an experimental test of Seedance 2.5’s video generation capabilities. The goal was to explore the model’s ability to handle a complex, high-energy action sequence featuring multiple vehicles, dynamic camera movement, environmental interaction, realistic physics, and visual continuity across shots.

In 2009, Henry Hill, the real-life gangster whose story inspired Goodfellas, was spending his final years speaking with young people about the consequences of a life of crime, sharing the hard-earned lessons of a life he hoped others would never have to live.

A driven businesswoman escapes the noise of the city behind the wheel of a high-performance sports car, carving through winding hillside roads with precision and confidence. Blending elegance, speed, and cinematic style, the film captures the feeling of freedom found in motion.

I created this demo reel for visual effects artist David Lockwood way back in 2004. It contains a collection of visual effects, compositing, motion graphics, and digital imagery from an earlier era of modern VFX production.

A heartfelt celebration created in honor of our good friend Cody Mac’s 50th birthday. Featuring friends, family, and loved ones sharing personal video messages filled with humor, gratitude, memories, and love. The reel captures the impact one life can have on so many people, woven together into an emotional tribute celebrating connection, friendship, and legacy.

This 2024 tutorial explores the hidden potential of  ChatGPT beyond simple question-and-answer interactions, revealing how AI can be used for brainstorming, emotional support, creative development, workflow acceleration, and deeper personal insight. The presentation challenges viewers to rethink what it truly means to collaborate with artificial intelligence.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Past Lives Remembered, exploring how generative AI was used throughout the filmmaking process to transform ideas, images, and performances into a finished film. This video offers a glimpse into the creative experimentation, tools, and workflows that helped bring the story to life.

A playful AI-generated satire imagining Denzel Washington weighing in on the debate around artificial intelligence and “AI slop.” Originally created by Carlos Ramírez (@nekodificador), this short video captures how many artists feel about the creative possibilities these new tools have opened up, and the excitement of being able to create in entirely new ways.

This experiment explores how AI can breathe new life into older material. Starting with a standard HD project originally completed in 2004, I used AI upscaling and enhancement tools to restore detail, improve clarity, and create a new 4K master for modern displays and distribution.  

This video provides a quick overview of Runway and the creative possibilities of generative AI. Get a glimpse of how the platform can be used to generate, transform, and experiment with images and video, while introducing some of the core tools and workflows we’ll cover throughout the training series.

This presentation captures my original pitch for Film Theory, a course I developed and presented to the faculty and staff at The Los Angeles Film School. The concept was designed to explore the fundamental ideas, techniques, and creative principles behind filmmaking while helping students develop a deeper understanding of how filmmakers use the language of cinema to tell meaningful stories.

This tutorial walks you through the process of creating and setting up your Runway account. We’ll cover the initial sign-up process, account setup, and the basic steps you’ll need to complete before you can begin using Runway’s creative tools.

In 2005, I had the unique opportunity to produce and create an instructional DVD featuring acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch to support the launch of Avid DV Xpress, Avid Technology’s answer to the rapidly growing Final Cut Pro market.

This tutorial provides a quick introduction to the Runway website and user interface. We’ll walk through the main navigation, show you where to find your projects and creative tools, and help you get comfortable moving around the platform before you begin creating.Description goes here

A reflective hip-hop music video in which Baby Down looks back on the changing realities of street life, exploring how time, experience, and shifting circumstances have transformed the world he once knew.

When artist Sundae crashes a beauty pageant, she challenges conventional ideas of beauty and femininity, encouraging young women to recognize the strength, confidence, and influence they already possess.

A high-energy party anthem packed with swagger, humor, and nightlife vibes as the artist celebrates living in the moment and having a good time.

This demonstration explores how generative AI tools can transform an existing film performance. Using a scene from Kong: Skull Island, we created new dialogue using AI voice cloning, then used AI lip-sync technology to modify the actors’ performances to match the newly generated dialogue, demonstrating how multiple AI tools can work together to create a seamless new version of an existing scene.

This video features four sample scenes created to explore AI-powered video translation and dubbing workflows. Using several VUB (Video + Dubbing) platforms, the original English dialogue was translated and dubbed into Japanese, while AI was used to modify the actors’ lip movements to naturally synchronize with the new Japanese performances.

This experiment explores AI-powered motion transfer using a simple fight sequence. The test examines how effectively generative AI can transfer human movement, timing, and performance into entirely new characters and environments while preserving the motion and intent of the original reference.

This experiment explores the potential of AI-powered character replacement using the iconic AMC theater commercial featuring Nicole Kidman. The test examines how generative AI can transform an existing performance by replacing the on-screen character while attempting to preserve the original acting, movement, camera work, lighting, and overall cinematic composition.

This experiment explores using AI motion transfer to recreate the complex camera movement of real-world drone footage inside an entirely new environment. Using an aerial flight as the motion reference, the test examines how well generative AI can preserve the original speed, trajectory, perspective, and dynamic camera movement while transforming the world into a cinematic nighttime flight over Las Vegas.

This demonstration explores the latest video-to-video style transfer capabilities across Kling, Runway, Luma AI. Using the same source footage, we tested how each platform interprets and transforms live-action motion while preserving the original performance, camera movement, and overall composition. The comparison highlights the creative possibilities, strengths, and differences between today’s leading AI video transformation tools.

This early comparison explores the state of generative AI video in 2024, putting Adobe Firefly and Runway side by side to see how each platform approached AI video generation. The test highlights differences in visual quality, motion, consistency, and creative control, offering a snapshot of just how quickly AI filmmaking technology was beginning to evolve.