I've built and run several production and technology businesses, led an original-IP company's creative organization and built software around firsthand production needs.
Open to full-time studio leadership opportunities.
Best Art Direction
17 direct reports at peak.
Budgets up to $8M.
Project teams up to 50, staff and freelance.
Individual project budgets up to $4M.
Executive leadership
I’ve founded companies, hired teams and been responsible for the economics of production. My engineering background also informs how I develop new tools and decide whether they’re ready to use.
Basic Nature / Founder
Company-wide average profit margin, approximately
I changed staffing, cost structure, production and delivery while leading the creative work. Individual project budgets reached $4M, with project teams of up to 50 staff and freelancers.
Running the studioBoss Beauties / Co-founder
I led the creative organization, technology and innovation, with up to 17 direct reports and budgets up to $8M. The role covered original IP, products and partnerships through growth, market contraction and restructuring.
Building the companyEngineering / Product development
I worked in engineering and engineering leadership before moving into filmmaking. Today I design and build software for directors and editors, and test new production methods in projects such as Night Ride.
Software and production toolsLatest case study / Generative filmmaking
Can generative AI revise an entire film while preserving the edit? A year after creating Night Ride in Luma, I gave Codex the film and the brief—and tested what changed.
Direction, review and original film by Anthony Furlong. A self-initiated Codex-led revision study; not commissioned by Polaris.
Watch the film and compare the revisions
Films, original IP and production
Original IP / Company building
Co-Founder and former Chief Creative & Innovation Officer
PREMA Racing / Unscripted
Producer and Director, contract
NBC / Broadcast
Design and Art Direction
Square / Brand film
Director, Creative Director, Cinematographer and Editor
Apple / Campaign
Art Direction and Animation
BUCK / Brand film
Creative Director and Live Action Director
23 Pacific / Software development
I build software for problems I’ve encountered as a filmmaker. PaprCut grew out of editing interviews into a story. Pitch Dept draws on my experience developing commercial treatments.
I began in software and engineering leadership before moving into design, animation, VFX and directing. Running creative businesses added responsibility for people, budgets and delivery.
More about meI’m interested in full-time studio leadership roles across entertainment, innovation and production. If you’re building a studio, developing original IP or rethinking how your company makes work, I’d like to hear about it.
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