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I help entertainment
companies invent
what comes next.

Executive creative leadership / original IP / production technology / applied AI

The through-line

I see the whole system behind the work.

I understand the creative work itself, the production and post systems that make it possible, the technology reshaping those systems, and the team and operating model required to turn a new capability into something people can actually use.

  • Creative

    Set the idea and the standard.

  • Production

    Build the workflow that can deliver it.

  • Technology

    Create leverage where the work actually needs it.

  • Organization

    Build the team, operating model and adoption around it.

Where I create the most value

  • Build a new capability

    A company sees an opportunity, but the team, workflow and operating model do not exist yet.

  • Change how the work gets made

    A new production model or technology has promise, but it needs to survive real creative and production conditions.

  • Create a new product, IP or business

    Original IP, a product, a content system or a business opportunity requires creative, technical and operating judgment at the same time.

The work has to land in the real world.

Sports Emmy

Best Art Direction, NBC Sunday Night Football

$50M+

Consumer spend around original IP

100M+

Views on one IndyCar race-weekend video within two days

50 / 100+

Project teams up to 50 / production crews over 100

Selected work

Different problems. Same pattern: understand the work, build what it needs, and carry it into the real world.

How I lead

Get clear on what matters. Build the system around it. Stay accountable until it works.

  • 01

    Define

    Find the real problem, the opportunity and the standard the work has to meet.

  • 02

    Build

    Design the idea, team, workflow, technology and operating model together.

  • 03

    Deliver

    Stay close through production, adoption and iteration until the capability works in the real world.

Anthony Furlong on a coastal ridge holding a camera, fog behind him

I've spent my career building things that didn't have a clear playbook yet.

That's taken me from software, design, VFX and directing into company building, original IP, production technology and applied AI. Those chapters now work together: knowing what should exist, and knowing enough about how it gets made to deliver it.

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Next step

Need someone to lead what comes next?

If you're building a new capability, changing how creative work gets made, or looking for someone who can connect creative, production and technology at an executive level, I'd like to hear what you're working on.

© 2026 Anthony Furlong

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