AI for Media
and Entertainment

Dr. Sam Khoze is a generative AI director and AI systems architect whose work connects filmmaking with the technology behind generative production. His technical focus includes efficient LLM inference, multimodal AI training, and large-scale compute systems.

He has built AI ventures across infrastructure and applied generative systems, and led advanced robotics and multimodal AI programs with international research partners, including NASA JPL leadership Dr. Firouz Naderi and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute.

He developed AI content detection and invisible watermarking technology acquired by Skreens in early 2026, conducted Compositional World Model research that helped underpin Microsoft’s multi-million-dollar investment in Global Objects, and partnered with Higgsfield in a collaboration announced at the Cannes Film Festival.

Elena Kaya is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Technologist at Double Bee, bringing more than a decade of film production experience to the design of AI filmmaking systems. Her career spans independent cinema, studio development, global brand campaigns, and generative production, combining creative leadership with the ability to take projects from concept through final delivery.

At Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs, the studio behind Wanted, Searching, and Unfriended, she served as a Development Executive and Creative Technologist. She oversaw development across more than ten active titles and helped introduce generative AI into the studio’s production process. She built workflows for AI trailers and creative development, trained creative teams, and coordinated international projects across production, technology, and post-production.

Her commercial work includes creative technology for Starburst’s Different Every Time campaign and AI-generated music and performance for Gucci. Earlier, she managed commercial productions at Stept Studios, including campaigns for Chase Bank, and produced thesis films for the American Film Institute.

She serves as Generative AI Supervisor on Hyperia and b, the science-fiction projects directed by Chuck Russell and announced with Neumorphic AI and Higgsfield. These productions bring AI into worldbuilding, visual effects, and post-production alongside live performers, connecting emerging technology with the demands of feature filmmaking.

Elena holds an MFA from UCLA’s Producers Program and received the Producer Award for Outstanding Achievement from Movie Magic Entertainment Partners. Her foundation in crews, budgets, schedules, and delivery informs the repeatable AI production systems she builds today.

Peter Scott is a two-time Emmy Award-winning digital strategist and media executive whose career spans television production, digital platforms, and emerging technology. He previously served as Vice President of Emerging Media and Innovation at Warner Bros. Discovery.

At Warner, he helped lead strategy and implementation for live virtual production, sports betting, ecommerce, name, image and likeness initiatives, and next-generation viewing experiences across the Turner Sports portfolio, including the NHL, NBA, MLB, U.S. Soccer, and March Madness. His work also encompassed partnerships in computer vision, AI, and interactive media.

As Vice President of Emerging Media at Turner Studios, he worked with TNT, TBS, and Adult Swim to introduce technology across production, post-production, visual effects, and content generation, helping the studio expand its capabilities for digital and social platforms.

Earlier in his career, he managed digital and mobile partnerships for NASCAR.com, PGA.com, NBA.com, PGATour.com, and March Madness Live. He helped launch NCAA March Madness Live in 2010. At FoxSports.com, he produced and directed the first live college football game streamed online.

His production experience began in news and sport, including work as a CNN sound technician and editor covering international events, and coordinating remote production for NBA, NFL, and MLB telecasts. He has also served as Chief Strategy Advisor to Play Anywhere, working on interactive experiences and monetization for sports leagues and intellectual property holders.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in film and television, with a minor in business, from Boston University.

Reema Bhagchandani is an AI Creative Director with two decades of experience creating entertainment formats, branded content, and immersive experiences for Netflix, Paramount, Disney, Discovery, and Endemol Shine.

Her work focuses on designing AI-driven creative architectures that bring together storytelling, worldbuilding, and fan engagement.