Machine Cinema GenTalks w/ Sultan Sharrief & Michaela Ternasky-Holland

​Hey everyone,

​This Wednesday 10-1115am PT / 1-215pm ET is our weekly digital get together to connect on how we are all making our way through this new era for creative industries and AI among other emergent technologies, sharing ideas, tips, knowledge amongst ourselves. 

​Our group is an amazing mix of creators/ producers/ builders/ some new to this stuff/ some OG/ all of us constantly learning.

​This week we'll be joined by:

​Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland is a Peabody-nominated and Emmy award-winning director who specializes in creating impactful stories using immersive and interactive technology. She is one of the first directors to create and premiere a short film utilizing Open AI’s SORA platform, which screened at Tribeca Festival. Her first original animated series garnered over 2.2 million views on Youtube within a month of release. Her prolific work in virtual reality animation has been recognized as Best Directing in XR by The Collision Awards, VR Film of Year Finalist by the International VR Awards, and Grand Prize Winner at The Philippine Animation Festival.  As a nominee for the Producers Guild of America’s Innovation Award, she is also a consultant, speaker, and thought leader, who has been recognized as one of the 100 Original Voices of XR and listed as one of Blooloop’s 50 Immersive Influencers. 

​As a nominee for the Producers Guild of America’s Innovation Award, she is also a consultant, speaker, and thought leader, who has been recognized as one of the 100 Original Voices of XR and listed as one of Blooloop’s 50 Immersive Influencers. 

​Sultan Sharrief is a trans-media scientist, activist, filmmaker and XR experience designer. His work explores the intersection of human centered design, digital technologies, social impact and personal growth and enrichment. He has a BA in Film from University of Michigan, an MS in Comparative Media from MIT and is a PhD candidate in Media Arts & Practice at USC. His work explores his new theory of "Spatial Thinking" and the design of "7th Dimensional Experiential Prototypes" through a combination of online-to-offline propinquital loops of interaction design. He wrestles with institutional edges as his work pushes at the boundary of storytelling and adventure.