Producer · Co-Head of AI

Bridging creative production and artificial intelligence.

15 years producing across film, commercial, interactive, and immersive media. Now building at the intersection of storytelling and AI, where the next decade of content gets made.

Microsoft · Google · Coca-Cola · Warner Bros · Sony · NBCU · Amazon · Lancôme
Selected Work
Sawhorse Productions · Telly Awards Production Co. of the Year 2025

Producer & Co-Head of AI

I lead Sawhorse's company-wide AI strategy, media creation, tooling, and process automation, and produce brand and film-marketing work for Coca-Cola, Warner Bros, NBCU, Sony, and Fortnite. Campaigns for One Battle After Another and Sinners earned a 2026 Drum Awards EMEA Grand Prix Finalist and six category wins, on a perfect on-time, on-budget record.

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2024–
AI Strategy Production Brand
Microsoft

AI Persona Project

Developed an end-to-end AI media production process for Microsoft, creating photorealistic "AI Personas," AI-generated spokespeople used to reimagine internal product storytelling at scale. Led a multi-award-winning team through simultaneous R&D and live production.

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2025
AI Production R&D
Logline AI · USC Spark Award

AI Media-Tech Startup

Co-founded an AI startup building professional-grade creative pitch decks using generative AI. Received the USC Spark Award from the Center for Generative AI & Society. Collaborated with stakeholders from Microsoft and Mozilla to drive strategic growth.

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2023–25
Startup GenAI
Runway Gen:48 · Selected Finalist

Wilderness Within: AI Short Film

A 90s found-footage horror short made entirely with generative AI inside a 48-hour window, and a Selected Finalist in Runway's Gen:48 competition. Built on one creative idea: turn AI's 2024 weaknesses, its warping and inconsistency, into the film's genre and style.

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2024
AI Film Runway
L&A Design · Shenzhen, China

The Silos: Immersive Art Museum

Delivered a $4 million immersive art museum and nightclub hybrid, the largest of its kind in China at the time, from concept to launch in 7 months. Managed a global team across China, the USA, and Europe spanning XR technology, holographic tech, construction, IT, and gallery curation.

2022
Immersive XR
Lancôme · Amazon · AMC · Head & Shoulders · Fiverr · Know Labs · P&G

Commercials

Produced national and international commercial campaigns across beauty, tech, and consumer brands.

Lancôme Producer $1.3M
Know Labs Producer $170K
Know Labs Producer $150K
Amazon / AMC Producer $120K
Head & Shoulders / Fiverr Producer $110K
Vick's Vapor Rub On Set Producer
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2010–2023
Commercials
Sundance · Netflix · Scott Free Productions · Sony Pictures

Feature Films

Produced 8 feature films with Academy Award-winning filmmakers and nominated talent, with budgets ranging from $150K to $2.5M.

Pursued Line Producer / UPM $2.5M
Newness Production Supervisor $1.5M
Sundance premiere · Netflix worldwide · Dir. Drake Doremus · Scott Free Productions
Death of a Telemarketer Associate Producer $1.2M
Sony Pictures global rights · Jackie Earle Haley · Haley Joel Osment
One By One Line Producer / UPM $750K
Never Forgotten Producer $500K
The Accursed Executive Producer $300K
September Morning Producer $250K
Bread and Butter Producer $150K
Full filmography on IMDb →
2010–2023
Feature Film Sundance
Talks & Publications

Equalizing Hollywood: Using AI to Make Professional Grade Art

USC Center for AI in Society · Papers & Seminar

AI, Media, and Technology

ShowCAIS · Talk

AI and the Future of Media

AI International Film Festival · Talk

Gamechanger AI | AI Tools & Technical Advances

Million Dollar Baby

The Professor and the Producer

Machine Cinema Podcast · Featured Episode
About

I've spent fifteen years making things: feature films, commercials, immersive installations, interactive experiences, and AI-generated media. The thread through all of it is the same: take a complex creative vision, build the team and systems to execute it, and deliver something people actually care about.

I've produced 8 features with Academy Award-winning filmmakers, served as Chief Producer of the largest immersive art museum in China, co-founded an award-winning AI startup, and now lead company-wide AI strategy and operations at Sawhorse, the Telly Awards Production Company of the Year 2025, producing for Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola, and Warner Bros. That work spans AI enablement and adoption across teams and program management of cross-functional, multi-vendor productions. I also build hands-on, not just direct: I have shipped a retrieval-augmented (RAG) news application with LlamaIndex, OpenAI, and Pinecone.

I teach production at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where my courses integrate AI, emerging technologies, and innovative workflows into the craft of filmmaking.

I'm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I'm interested in the people and companies defining how AI reshapes creative production. If that's what you're building, I'd like to talk.

  • Producer & Co-Head of AI
    Sawhorse Productions
    2024 – Present
  • Producer
    Microsoft AI Persona Project
    2025
  • Co-Founder & Producer
    Logline AI
    2023 – 2025
  • Chief Producer
    L&A Design, Immersive Art Museum
    2022
  • Adjunct Professor
    USC School of Cinematic Arts
    2018 – 2025
  • Producer & Project Manager
    Origin Cinematics
    2010 – 2023

Education

  • MFA, Film & TV Production, USC
  • BA, Film & Journalism, Keene State
  • Producer of the Year, USC 2011

Certifications

  • AI: Microsoft
  • AI: Google
  • AI: IBM

Recognition

  • The Drum Awards EMEA 2026: Grand Prix Finalist + 6 Wins
  • Telly Awards: Co. of the Year 2025
  • USC Spark Award: AI & Society 2024
  • Inaugural USC AI Media Leader 2024
  • Runway Gen:48 Selected Finalist 2024
FAQ

What does Stephen Gibler do?

He is a producer and AI leader working at the intersection of creative production and artificial intelligence, currently Producer and Co-Head of AI at Sawhorse Productions, the Telly Awards Production Company of the Year 2025.

What kind of roles is Stephen Gibler looking for?

Producer and executive producer roles, AI strategy and operations, AI enablement and adoption, and program management, at AI, technology, and media companies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and open to remote work in the US.

What is Stephen Gibler's experience with AI?

He leads company-wide AI strategy at Sawhorse, built Microsoft's AI Persona production system, co-founded the AI startup Logline (a USC Spark Award recipient), was a Runway Gen:48 Selected Finalist, and is a daily practitioner who builds on the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs.

What is Stephen Gibler known for?

Eight feature films including a Sundance premiere and a Sony acquisition, a $4 million immersive museum in China, Telly Production Company of the Year 2025, a Drum Awards EMEA 2026 Grand Prix Finalist, and pioneering AI-native media production.

Where is Stephen Gibler based?

The San Francisco Bay Area, and open to remote work across the US.

How can you contact or hire Stephen Gibler?

Through the contact links on this site, on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/stephen-gibler, or via his portfolio at stephenjgibler.com.

Let's talk.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Open to roles at the intersection of creative production and AI.