Digital Hollywood: The AI & Entertainment Summit

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

9 – 9:50 PM Eastern Time Zone

Session II: A Virtual Event

Training the “Stanley Kubrick - Charlie Kaufman” AI: Creativity, Ethics & the Limits of Intelligence

What would happen if an AI were trained on the entire life's work of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder and John Ford? That would be like handing an intelligence the Keys to the Hollywood Kingdom — the finest in cinematography, screenwriting, humor, drama and editing ever committed to film. And even with that extraordinary assemblage of greatness as its foundation, would an AI with a near-Einstein level mind be able to create — even with professional human assistance — a truly great work of cinema? This is not an idle question. In a world racing toward Artificial General Intelligence, it is a question we may very soon have to answer. The ethics, the creativity and the limits of machine intelligence are on trial in this roundtable.

Speakers:

Brett Leonard, Legendary Director, "Lawnmower Man" “Virtuosity,” Co-Founder/CCO,BIQUITY VX

Paul Chitlik, story editor, MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone,” writer, Showtime's “Brothers,” author, “The Screenwriting Sensei"

Jody Wheeler, writer, director, producer, Netflix, Amazon Prime &  Adjunct Professor, USC

Emi Wayner, Co-Chair, LAVA Celebrity, Former Google Partnerships, Moderator

Diana Colella is executive vice president of Autodesk’s Entertainment & Media vertical solutions group. In this role, she manages product, strategy and execution for the company’s portfolio servicing the film, TV and games industries. Colella has been with Autodesk for more than 20 years occupying a range of leadership roles, including head of product management and worldwide support. She has extensive experience in strategically transforming business models, creating new product offerings and optimizing processes on a global scale. Most recently, she served as vice president in Autodesk’s Business Strategy and Marketing group, leading the M&E and AutoCAD businesses, which represent more than $1B in annual recurring revenue. In this role, she drove the company’s strategy for digital conversion of non-compliant users and launched One AutoCAD. She is the executive sponsor of the Autodesk Women’s Network.