The Jury
Inaugural Edition · MMXXVI
An international panel
of craft and conscience.
Six filmmakers, technologists and curators from four continents will decide the inaugural OPUS winners. Each is selected for the rigour of their craft and the breadth of their perspective on the moving image.
Chair · 202601
Jury Chair
Brice Weber
Filmmaker · AI Cinema · Europe
“Filmmaker and AI cinema pioneer leading a new generation of generative storytellers.”
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Five disciplines. One panel.
No. 02
Creative AI Network
Martin Gent
Gen AI Creative Director
United Kingdom
No. 03
Direction
Roxanne Ducharme
AI Film Director
Panama
No. 04
Direction
Phill Turner
AI Filmmaker · Creator, The Turret
United Kingdom
No. 05
Direction
Michael Tippett
AI Filmmaker · Runway Creative Partner
Canada
No. 06
Animation
Petra Molnar
AI Animation Director · Founder, AI CineLab
United Kingdom
No. 07
Showrunning
P. Frank Williams
Showrunner
United States
No. 08
Direction
Eliott Hourlier
Creative Director & Producer
France
No. 09
Direction
Jan-Willem Blom
AI Filmmaker
Netherlands
No. 010
AI Art
Chad Lauffer
AI Artist & Creative Strategist
United States