AI Filmmaker · Director · Editor

Stephen
James
Thomas.

I make ads that look like films and films that move like ads — at internet speed. AI-first creative direction for brands ready to look finished.

NowAI Filmmaker · Jiffy Shirts
PastR&CPMK · MediaNug
TrainedUSC MFA · Cal Poly · Art Institute
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SMILE 2● SCREAM● TMNT● DORITOS● DRAFTKINGS● HYUNDAI● GENESIS● INSTAGRAM● TIKTOK● PARAMOUNT● UNIVERSAL● MARVEL● FRONTIER● SUPER BOWL LII● SUPER BOWL LIII● SMILE 2● SCREAM● TMNT● DORITOS● DRAFTKINGS● HYUNDAI● GENESIS● INSTAGRAM● TIKTOK● PARAMOUNT● UNIVERSAL● MARVEL● FRONTIER● SUPER BOWL LII● SUPER BOWL LIII●

01 Selected
Work

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RunawayMusic Video
Dirty Bird RickyThe Song AI
IICFlorida Man AI
DoordashFarmer AI
Gum BoogerPlane Joke
Sierra NevadaGolden Trail
Baloney BrainsMotorcycle AI
Michelob UltraWinter Olympics 2026
Dirty Bird RickySocial Ad AI
InstagramMeta Ad
ZolloroSamurai AI

02 What I
Do

From concept through finished spot. One person, full stack, no handoffs. AI is the accelerant — the taste is mine.

01

Concept &
Creative Direction

Originate the campaign idea, visual world, and editorial voice. Decide what the thing is before anyone touches a tool.

02

AI Film &
Image Production

Kling, Veo 3.1, Higgsfield, Nano Banana, custom pipelines. Generative video and stills, directed — not prompted by accident.

03

Editing &
Post Craft

Premiere, After Effects, CapCut. Trailers, promos, social, theatrical. Pacing, tone, finish — the cinematic quality control.

04

Paid Media &
Performance

Meta / Google / YouTube. Concept, ship, A/B, scale. Creative decisions made with a media-buyer's brain, not guesswork.

About

Cinematic taste
· generative speed.

USC MFA in Film & Television. Nine years directing concept, design, and edit for Hyundai, Genesis, Marvel, Doritos, DraftKings, Instagram, TikTok, Paramount, Universal — and the trailers for Smile 2, Scream, TMNT. Two Super Bowls. Now an AI Filmmaker shipping ~40 generative ads a month with full-stack performance attribution.

The combination matters: most AI creators don't know cinema, most cinema people don't ship 40 ads a month, and almost nobody does both with media-buying instincts. I'm built for the era where speed and taste have to be the same skill.

Let's make something unscrollable

Start a
project.

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