1,400+
Filmmakers trained
38
Festival selections by alumni
4.9/5
Average cohort rating
92%
Finish their film in 3 days
About the workshop
A directing intensive that happens to use AI
A 2-minute glimpse of the course
No fluff. Each session is designed to move you from concept to a finished portfolio piece.
Inside the room
What you will actually learn
Student outputs
Frames made in the room
Every still below came out of a three-day cohort written, generated, graded, and cut by participants who had never shipped an AI film before.
Three days, one finished film
The curriculum is built like a production sprint. Every lesson maps to a real step in the filmmaking process.
Your instructor
Alex Chen
Director of Synthetic Images
Alex has directed short films, music videos, and brand campaigns that blend live-action with generative video. His work has been featured at SXSW, on Vimeo Staff Picks, and by brands like Patagonia and A24.
He teaches a practical, director-first approach: use AI to accelerate the boring parts, so you have more time for the decisions that matter.
In their words
4.9 out of 5, across nine cohorts
The alumni Discord alone is worth it. Someone answers within an hour, always.
Camille Duarte
Creative technologist
The best money I've spent on craft in a decade. It's not a tools tour it's a directing class that happens to use AI.
Hannah Okafor
Commercial director
I finished a film. Actually finished one. After two years of half-started experiments.
Sam Ito
Editor, freelance
Day 2 broke my brain in the best way. Camera-aware prompting made my generations finally look shot rather than dreamt.
Leo Fontaine
DP & colourist
The post templates saved my team roughly 30 hours on our first campaign. We onboarded three more people to the method.
Nadia Kessler
Head of content, studio
Maya is generous with the ugly parts the failed generations, the reroll costs, the client conversations.
Owen Pratt
Producer
One seat, everything in it
No tiers, no upsells. The same room, the same access, for everyone in the cohort.
The Workshop Seat
3 live workshop days (12 hours, small group)
Session recordings for 12 months
A finished 90-second film, made with you
1:1 portfolio review with Maya
All six bonuses listed above
Certificate of completion
Lifetime alumni community access
Exclusive bonuses
$1,538 of extras, included
Everything below ships with your seat. Nothing is upsold later.
$240 value
The Shot Engine prompt library
600+ tested, camera-aware prompt blocks organised by lens, lighting, era, and emotion.
$120 value
Continuity Bible (PDF + Notion)
The exact system Maya uses to lock character, wardrobe, and light across hundreds of generations.
$95 value
Generative sound starter kit
Score stems, foley prompts, and a dialogue cleanup chain that survives AI lip-sync artefacts.
Priceless
Lifetime alumni room
Private Discord with weekly critique threads, job leads, and model-update briefings.
$998 value
Two live re-runs, free
Attend the next two cohorts again at no cost — the tools move fast, so your seat does too.
$85 value
Festival submission playbook
Which festivals accept AI-assisted work, how to disclose it, and deadline calendars for the year.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything else you might want to know before joining the workshop.
Do I need prior filmmaking experience?
What software or tools will we use?
Will sessions be recorded?
Can I get a refund if I cannot attend?
Do I keep the rights to my finished film?
Ready to make your first AI film?
The next cohort starts September 14. Seats are limited to keep the sessions interactive and hands-on.