Davide Bianca Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, GRAiL Davide Bianca has lived inside the traditional studio system. He’s pitched in the boardrooms. Supervised VFX. Helped package shows. Built worlds for brands. Watched brilliant ideas die because someone across the table couldn’t see what he saw. Then generative AI arrived. He didn’t see it as a gimmick. He saw it as […]
CEO of Telos Media and Creator of SolarBalls Oliver Gilpin represents a new kind of media founder. He didn’t wait for Hollywood to validate his ideas. He didn’t chase a network deal first. Instead, he built audience, IP, and revenue directly on YouTube, then expanded outward from strength. Together with his business partner Alvaro Calmet, Oliver has quietly built SolarBalls […]
When I connected with the creator of Claynosaurz, Nic Cabana, the vibe was immediate. He was already plugged into the same circle of creators pushing this new kids and animation wave forward. That whole LinkedIn ecosystem where people are openly comparing notes, building in public, and trying to figure out what the next version of the industry even looks […]
Ryan Phillips is the kind of filmmaker the current moment was built for. Properly trained. Deeply experienced. Forged inside the traditional system and then quietly freed by new tools. He didn’t arrive at AI chasing novelty. He arrived with decades of craft, frustration, near misses, and hard-earned perspective. I’ve been a big fan of his work for quite some time […]
I chatted with filmmaker Daren Smith, someone I’ve been following for a while and quietly rooting for. Daren is based in Utah, but his thinking is global. He’s not waiting for Hollywood to call. He’s building his own system, raising his own capital, and greenlighting his own films with intention. What struck me most in this conversation wasn’t just the […]