Digital Hollywood: The AI & Entertainment Summit

Monday, July 21st, 2025

5 – 5:50 PM Eastern Time Zone

The Pre-Event Creativity Roundtable:

Session I: A Virtual Event

The "Luma AI" Roundtable: AI and the Art of Next-Level Storytelling

Digital Hollywood is excited to welcome The Luma AI Team to host a “Roundtable of Creatives” that will spark inspiration! Luma AI, a pioneer in the Cinematic AI community, has built a thriving “Creator Community,” empowering artists with cutting-edge tools like Dream Machine and Ray2 to redefine cinematic, artistic, and commercial production. From stunning video generation to lifelike 3D models, Luma AI is shaping the future of storytelling. The Luma Team is bringing together four of the most creative artists in the country, each pushing the boundaries of imagination with AI. Join us and witness the magic of next-level storytelling, and get inspired to create.
Speakers:
Amit Jain,
 CEO & founder, Luma
Kezia Barnett, Film Director

Heather Cooper, AI Creative Artist, Film - Advertising - TV

Tim Schauer, AI Artist, Ayzenberg Group
Kyle Richard Baxter, Founder and Creative Director, CreateMode

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Amit Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Luma AI, a video AI company giving studios and creatives a powerful new way to tell stories. Its flagship platform, Dream Machine, enables anyone to quickly generate video and images with exceptional control and realism—from high-motion fidelity to detailed facial animation—and now powers creation for over 30 million users across film, television, gaming, marketing, and advertising. Before founding Luma AI in 2021, Amit worked at Apple, where he helped bring 3D sensing technology to the iPhone.

Tim Schauer is an artist, filmmaker, and writer based in Los Angeles. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he co-created and wrote on the Netflix original comedy series Boo, Bitch, starring Lana Condor and Zoe Colletti. As part of his current role as an AI Artist at Ayzenberg Group, Tim uses AI tools to craft original short films — including Fetch, which won Best Comedy at the Los Angeles Film Awards.

Heather Cooper, AI Creative Artist, Film - Advertising - TV: Heather Cooper specializes in AI-driven visual development for advertising, film, and television. She is a Creative Director at Amazon Prime Video & Studios CoreTech, a Generative Technologist on House of David with Watch On Wonder and an AI Educator & Consultant. My portfolio includes collaborations with Inter Milan and international cosmetic campaigns, alongside my role as an AI specialist in production teams.


Kezia Barnett, Film Director: Creating unique & cinematic worlds for over twenty years KEZIA has shot all over the world. A curious eye, keen imagination and cinematic storytelling adds a certain magic to her films. KEZIA has an eye for detail and loves conceptual riffing, solving a technical challenge, creating delicious visuals, adding a dash of choreography and developing ideas and narratives. She has won numerous awards including: Golds at the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, D&AD, The One Show and AWARD, and been a Cannes Lions Finalist. KEZIA’s most recent short, ‘Nurse Me’, screened at many international festivals, including BAFTA qualifying Aesthetica in the UK and OSCAR accredited HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood. The film has been acquired by Rialto Channel, Air New Zealand and Shorts International. Originally from seaside Devonport, New Zealand, KEZIA holds a degree from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University. 


Kyle Richard Baxter, Founder and Creative Director, CreateMode: CreateMode was founded by Kyle (Richard) Baxter, Australian creative director based in San Francisco. Kyle has +20 years experience in creative media, editing, directing and producing engaging stories. CreateMode's mission is to tell your story and enrich your brands voice through stunning, high quality content. We leverage the latest AI tools to ideate, iterate and amplify your business. We are blockchain and AI experts specializing in translating highly technical concepts into strong story driven engaging content.