Spent the last few months building a full 23-minute AI cinematic documentary -- "The Sultana Disaster of 1865." Full live-action style recreation with acting and action sequences, not narration over stock footage. It's the deadliest maritime disaster in US history and almost nobody knows about it -- felt like the perfect story to push what AI filmmaking can actually do right now. Would love this community's eyes on it: https://youtu.be/TqUmNPXTg0I?si=sc7CFDqsGL-BEAvT Happy to talk through the pipeline/tools if anyone's curious how it was built.

Many people have asked how I achieve such realistic results in my AI videos, so I’ve put together a full workflow breakdown. I thought a narrated walkthrough—featuring core ideas and behind-the-scenes captures—would be helpful. This isn't a 'bulletproof' or the only way to do it, as there are dozens of other approaches, but I hope these insights help you elevate your own process. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb01k4-6Nfs

Some news I'm really proud of: a filmmaker team from Hungary reached out to me to help with Vader https://www.facebook.com/Vaderfilm, a fan-based Star Wars movie. My mission: AI-powered SFX and scene creation. I built a few test scenes for them, from a battlefield crater under crossfire to a lightsaber defense against an electro-charge, and they loved them. So it's official: I'm now part of the team. Fun fact: this push for better tools has always been part of the Star Wars world. Photoshop was co-created by an ILM effects artist, Pixar began life inside Lucasfilm, and George Lucas was one of the biggest forces behind digital cameras, digital sound and digital editing in cinema. He kept pushing new technology to tell better stories. Today, that new technology is AI. AI is not replacing filmmaking here. It's letting a passionate indie team dream at a scale that used to need a Hollywood budget.