Creative AI: Filmmaking, Writing & Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Episodes
What does it take to put on an AI Film Festival? John Gauntt (Creative Director, Writer, Director, Podcaster)
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, I talk with John Gauntt, creative director of the Seattle AI Film Festival. John is a deep thinker and a true builder – someon...
Balancing AI and Authenticity: Justin Marshall (Marketing & Sales Visionary)
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, I talk with Justin Marshall – founder of The Department – about the evolving role of AI in marketing, communication, and hum...
The Future Of Storytelling: Brett & Shannon Leonard (Filmmakers, Storytellers, Digital Creators)
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m joined by Brett and Shannon Leonard – a father and son duo working at the bleeding edge of storytelling, technology, and huma...
We Still Want To Be Special: Ryan Lane (Coder, Designer, Photographer)
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Github Copilot, ComfyUI, Diffusion Models, Ollama, Raspberry Pi, APIs -- this week, my guest educates me on ALL of them. In an AI world utterly consum...
The Flood Is Already Here: Westin Lee (AAA Video Game Writer & Indie Author)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midjourney, SudoWrite, Sesame, Claude, ChatGPT, and the wonder of local LLMs: Westin Lee, a AAA game writer, marketing copywriter, and indie author I ...
What Are The Ethics Of NOT Embracing AI?: Duane "Dr. D" Loose (Artist, Art Director, Professor)
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CAD, CGI, LoRA, Midjourney -- Dr. D has seen and used them all over his expansive career. And who is Dr. D? Artist and Professor Duane Loose -- a seas...
It's A Symbolic Sandbox: John Brennan (Filmmaker, Professor)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual cameras, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, Houdini, Flux, ChatGPT -- Filmmaker and Professor John Brennan uses them all. John is a second member o...
It's All Adult LEGOs For Me: Scott Easley (Visual Designer and Professor)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, DALL·E, Meshi.ai, Maya, Unity, Photoshop, even Eliza from back in the day -- what DIDN'T we talk about this episode? This ...
AI Is A Massive Unlock: Douglass McGinness (Founder of Animated Company)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flux, Kling, Minimax, Veo 2: Douglass McGinness III, founder of Animated Company, is using them all to brilliant effect. Trust me when I say his opini...
AI is a Catalyst to Conceptualize in New Ways: Erin Reilly
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charisma.ai, Inworld AI, Ready Player Me, Eleven Labs, RunwayML, Kyber -- this week's guest Erin Reilly, the Founding Director of the Texas Immersive ...
The Relationship With Reality Gets Renegotiated: Inti Macdonald (Industrial Designer)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spatial computing. Industrial design. Craftsmanship and creativity. In this conversation, I speaks with Inti Macdonald, a recent graduate in industria...
I Have a Team of Interns: Todd Tibbetts (Artist, Designer)
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jasper, Scenario AI, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL·E -- this week's guest, artist and animator Todd Tibbetts, uses all these tools and more,...
The Landscape of Writing is Changing: Jesse Alexander (Screenwriter)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perplexity, Gemini, NotebookLM, 11 Labs, LoRA, ChatGPT, Claude -- this week's guest plays with them all, so if you want to know how AI can be integrat...
Embrace the Tools, They Are Here to Stay: Bernie Su (Writer, Director, Producer)
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DeepSeek, Midjourney, Runway, Sudowrite, Claude, ChatGPT, LifeScore -- this week's guest, Emmy-winning writer and producer Bernie Su, uses them all, s...
We're Not Creating, We're Curating: Rob Dalton (Writer)
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Bard, LLaMA, Grok: In this premiere episode of Creative AI, we talk about them all. We begin with the brilliant and funn...