Alton Glass is a filmmaker and creative technologist exploring how AI, XR, real-time technologies, and emerging media are reshaping cinematic storytelling. He is the Founder and CEO of GRX Immersive Labs, where he develops creative, production, and talent pathways that help storytellers engage with emerging technologies and participate in the evolving creative economy. His work spans film, immersive storytelling, virtual production, and AI-enabled creative workflows. Glass is an Oculus Launch Pad alum and Unreal Engine Virtual Production Fellow whose projects include The March, created in collaboration with TIME and the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and POV: Points of View, an immersive project exploring AI surveillance that premiered at the Tribeca Festival. Through GRX, Glass works across entertainment, technology, education, and workforce development to expand access to the tools, skills, networks, and opportunities shaping the future of storytelling.

Conrad Curtis is a DGA Assistant Director and filmmaker, and the founder of Virtual Production Partners and the VPX Lab, where he leads hybrid R&D and scanning work on some of the biggest films in the industry. He is currently Production and Partnerships Lead at Beeble AI, focused on bringing hybrid workflows up to the standards professional filmmaking already expects.

I have been working in AI and Machine Learning since the good ol' days of 2013. An early employee at AlchemyAPI, which was acquired by IBM Watson. Then started a few companies of my own and did a lot of consulting in the AI space. Currently working on Oxen.ai which is enabling the best data collaboration workflows for AI. I also run a Friday research paper club called Arxiv Dives where we dive into Arxiv papers. Feel free to reach out and chat!

With over a decade of experience producing for top film and TV properties, Hannah brings a fresh perspective, a wealth of experience and a passion for impactful production to the agency’s growing team. Having garnered a wide range of experience directing and producing non-fiction, live events, and award-winning scripted short films, Hannah has led productions in more than 40 states and 12 countries, delivering over 100+ hours of premium content. She has produced a wide range of projects across major platforms including Max, Peacock, Discovery+, Netflix, Disney+, Travel Channel, and Discovery Networks International.

Production leader, AI artist, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Working across film, animation, and immersive media, he explores storytelling and world-building through both traditional and AI-driven approaches. Currently working as a VFX GenAI Specialist at Amazon MGM Studios. Previously at Utopai Studios, Digital Domain, and Refik Anadol Studio. VES Member. His work has been presented at SIGGRAPH and recognized by international film festivals including Telluride, Odense, and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia.

 Jon Flynn is EVP and Head of FoxNXT, the innovation group inside Fox Entertainment. He is responsible for integrating advanced production techniques powered by technology into development and production. Before Fox, he led Google’s AI go-to-market for media, entertainment, and gaming. He is an author, board director, and advisor to media and sports companies.

Minta Carlson is a creative AI architect and co-founder of Alvdansen Labs and Promptcrafted. She helps film, animation, and VFX studios adopt generative AI through custom model fine-tuning, LoRA development, and production-ready creative workflows, drawing on prior leadership roles at Moonvalley, Asteria Film Co., and Scenario.

With more than 20 years of experience across traditional live-action, branded, and experiential production, I've led teams and delivered work for some of the world’s most visible brands. I've helped shape modern production at scale, earning multiple Clio Awards and an MTV VMA nomination for work that pushed creative ambition while meeting the realities of execution.

I am a British born director and creative director, currently living and working in the US. I have been at the center of delivering award winning projects for some of the worlds biggest brands (including Adidas, Google, Meta, Samsung and Playstation). My work is characterised by a creative approach to live action, animation and visual effects, often informed by my background as a designer. In my most recent role as Executive Creative Director director for Alkemy X, I oversaw the creative content of the studio. I have been recognized for my ability to lead large cross-functional teams toward collective achievements while supporting individual contributors. Working at Alkemy and before that at MPC (now the Mill) allowed me the opportunity to be part of launching commercials that had a cultural impact and weekly water cooler conversations. I am an advocate of new technologies and in 2023 I began an AI art project called Prospex Park which has gathered a large, loyal following on social media and led to features in Ad Age and i-D magazine. My most popular post received over 125k likes on Instagram and reached over 4.3 million viewers.

Artem Petrov is the Co-Founder & CEO of CopySight AI, the first IP risk scoring and copyright infrastructure platform for AI-generated content, helping studios and enterprises safely use generative AI. Previously, he held director-level creative and product roles at BBDO Saatchi, Snap Inc. and Meta Reality Labs, where he helped launch emerging technologies including AR and mixed reality experiences. Artem was a voting member of the Television Academy and a frequent speaker on AI, copyrightability, and the future of IP governance in generative media. CopySight works with leading studios, agencies, and AI platforms to make AI-generated content commercially safe and legally defensible. 

Barrett is a Los Angeles–based film editor whose work spans feature films, commercials and branded content. ​​ He co-founded the production company Liberty Films with director Duncan Jones and producer Stuart Fenegan. Their first feature, Moon — starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey — premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut, and went on to become a modern science-fiction cult classic. He has since edited features including Mute (dir. Duncan Jones) and Skylin3s (dir. Liam O’Donnell), both released on Netflix, alongside numerous commercial campaigns and collaborations with directors including Glen Luchford and Ruairi Robinson. He is currently editing Rogue Trooper, directed by Duncan Jones and scheduled for release in 2026. Barrett is represented by CAA.

Bruce brings long time experience as a Design Director, Artistic Technical Director, FVX Supervisor, and Director. He spent time at the famed Buddha Jones where he was Executive Creative Director & Head of Motion Graphics as well as at Trailer Park Groupo where he was echnical Director / Live Action Director / VFX Supervisor for the likes of Bridgerton S1 promos, Wednesday 2 announcement (Clio Grand Winner), Squid Game S2 announcement, and Mattel studio logo for Barbie.

Daniel's nearly twenty-year career in technology has involved architecting key technologies for two successful startups, making deep contributions to foundational open-source projects, and investing in and advising the next generation of innovators. Daniel's most recent startup role was as a Principal Engineer at data analytics company Looker, where he helped grow the company from its very early stages up through the $2.6B acquisition by Google in 2020. Before joining K5 in 2023, Daniel partnered with Keenan to run Tokyo Black. Daniel obtained his Master’s degree in Combinatorics & Optimization from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Computer Science from Bishop’s University.

Fillip Isgro is a creative technologist and AI engineer working at the intersection of machine learning, generative media, and interactive systems. With deep expertise in diffusion models, video generation, and custom AI tooling, he builds production-ready pipelines using technologies like ComfyUI, PyTorch, CUDA, and modern web stacks (React/Vite). He has extensive experience designing and training models for image, video, and audio synthesis, creating custom nodes, shaders, and GPU-optimized workflows deployed across local machines and cloud infrastructure. As the founder behind Machine Delusions, Fillip delivers end-to-end creative-tech solutions—spanning research, engineering, and visual storytelling—for both experimental art projects and client-facing commercial work, blending strong technical rigor with a sharp creative eye.

Gary is a former Marine Corps Sergeant who quickly learned 3d modeling, art, and generation tools and has been a leader in the gen A.I. artist space. His work experience include Dream Works, Swing-Set Production, Magnopus, Secret Level, and now collaborates with Oxen.ai. He's worked on numerous titles including The Avengers, American Horror Story, 9-1-1, Fast & Furious, The Morning Show, The Boys, Dave, Westworld and many more.

Josh joined Looker as Employee 15 and helped it grow through it's acquisition by Google in March 2019 and continued as Head of Cloud BI Customer Success at Google. Since then he's been a mentor at the prestigious venture firm First Round Capital, an angel investor in numerous startups, and is now co-founding a company we can't wait for him to share more with us.

JP Castel is an independent producer who studied filmmaking at UCLA and started his career at Paramount Studios working under legendary producer Robert Evans. He then went on to produce several independent projects including KRISHA, which premiered at SXSW and won both the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit award and the IFP Gotham award before it was acquired by A24. JP’s recent features include INIT!ATION, which premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Saban Media in 2021, STALKER, which won Shriekfest’s best thriller feature in 2021 and was distributed by Vertical Entertainment, and MY ANIMAL, which premiered at Sundance 2023 and was acquired by Paramount Studios. In 2020, JP joined Evercast as a technical producer and now drives product initiatives and strategic expansion as CSO.

As Co-Founder & President, I lead operations, platform strategy, and innovation across our three-platform architecture: Client Intelligence Platform (enterprise portal), Internal Production Platform (production orchestration), and Generative Platform (AI workflows and custom model training). I oversee a five-department organization and our Klaw AI agent network that drives operational automation at scale. Background in spatial computing and AI since 2017—built computer vision pipelines, media distribution systems, and enterprise-scale generative workflows before founding Kartel.

Michelle (Yimin) Gu builds mobile entertainment platforms at the intersection of AI, storytelling, and the attention economy. She previously launched SaltyTV for Snail Games, and currently leads US operations for AltaTV, where her recent microdrama slate has driven 300M+ collective views. Earlier credits include executive producing Nike's social campaigns, co-producing with Oscar-winning documentarian Mitchell Block, a Student Academy Awards shortlist for her own directorial work, and leading AI R&D in integrating live-action performance into Unreal 5 for cross-media IP. Bridging Hollywood craft and China's mobile-first content flywheel, she argues that the defining creative job of this decade isn't authoring the next hit, but architecting the space where creative communities make it together.

Ruairi Robinson is an Irish filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He divides his time between commercials and narrative filmmaking. Ruairi began his film career in post production and visual effects before moving into directing commercials and films. His first short film, Fifty Percent Grey, about a deceased soldier humorously trapped in a karmic loop, showed at over 70 festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. His follow-up, The Silent City, starring Cillian Murphy, marked Ruairi’s transition into directing live action, and gained him representation in the US, and a development deal with Warner Brothers on the live-action adaptation of the anime film “AKIRA”. In 2012 he won Best Narrative film at the Vimeo Awards for his science fiction short film “BLINKY™” (starring Max Records from Where the Wild Things Are). His debut feature film “THE LAST DAYS ON MARS” (starring Liev Schreiber and Olivia Williams) was featured at directors Fortnight in the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His proof of concept for “THE LEVIATHAN” - A science fiction retelling of Moby Dick, sold to 20th Century Fox, with Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium Chappie) producing alongside Simon Kinberg (X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Martian, Cinderella, Star Wars) He recently created 2 short films in the epic viral science fiction anthology "A Thousand Suns" that racked up millions of views on youtube. Robinson’s signature wit often colors his commercial work, which has included spots for Cadillac,Thorntons Chocolatiers, Hells Kitchen, Boru Vodka, Nescafe, Zanussi and Special K. His Milk spots for BC Dairy Canada feature cavemen whose preference for grape soda lead to a messy fate at the hands of assorted Pleistocene predators. The series appeared in competition at Cannes and won seven Shark Awards, including Best Director and Best New Director. Animated monsters also appear in his spot Snow Monster, for Kia Motors, and Cheese Monster, promoting Cheese in Paris. Robinson has received more than seventy international awards and nominations for his short films and commercials, including the Sharks, the Icads, Design Awards, LEAF, British Animation Awards, O2 Digital Awards, The Bessies, the Empire State Film Festival and Dresden Filmfest. Ruairi loves robots, monsters, and cinematic storytelling, and is very disappointed we are living in a future where our cars tell us where to go, but stubbornly refuse to fly us there. He is represented by Innovative Artists for feature films and Joyrider for commercials

Sarah Ivy is an award-winning producer and director specializing in AI-driven R&D and commercial production with expertise in scalable hybrid workflows that blend generative AI with live action and traditional post. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, she has built an extensive career working with major studios and production companies including Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films & Television, and CBS's Criminal Minds, among others. As Vice President and Producer at Master Key Productions, she led international shoots for hit shows including Scandal, Covert Affairs, and Royal Pains. Sarah has also produced and directed two critically acclaimed feature documentaries, earning awards for impact-driven storytelling. Passionate about the intersection of film and technology, she actively explores machine learning's role in the creative process and educates fellow filmmakers on the transformative potential of generative AI.

Savannah Niles is the CEO and co-founder of Wide Worlds, an AI platform that turns fandom into a brand's best marketing channel. Previously, she led product and design at Meta Reality Labs, Magic Leap, and Magnopus. She's an MIT Media Lab graduate. She serves on the board of Filmgate Interactive, the largest festival in the US dedicated to immersive and interactive storytelling. She teaches design and entrepreneurship at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts. Wide Worlds helps entertainment brands turn their fandom into a performance marketing channel. The AI-powered platform activates fans as a brand's highest-performing creators, combining AI-assisted content creation, brand-safe controls, performance tracking, and loyalty features in one place. The result: content that's more fun than clipping, more scalable than creator marketing, and higher quality than traditional UGC. Backed by angels from Google DeepMind and OpenAI Sora, and named a 2026 Game-Changing Startup by Lightspeed and GamesBeat.