ROWDY STEPHENS

Film Director / Emerging Tech

Crafting cinematic experiences at the intersection of traditional filmmaking, AI, and real-time technology.

In Production · 2025

Umbra

A short film exploring light, shadow, and the boundaries of perception.

Short Film In Production Seed&Spark

🏆 Chroma Awards Winner · 2025

Station-0

Proof-of-concept trailer fusing Krea, Google VEO 3.1, MidJourney, Unreal Engine & DaVinci Resolve.

Sci-Fi AI Cinema Unreal Engine

Selected Work · 2024

Genesis & The Seeds

Directed 100+ crew on a sci-fi short. LED volume, CGI, generative AI. #1 crowdfunding on Seed&Spark.

Director 100+ Crew CGI

AI Short Film · 2025

Charter

AI-generated short film exploring autonomous systems and machine perception.

AI Cinema Short Film Generative AI

Experience & Education

Producer

Bilawal Sidhu / Metaversity

Nov 2025 – Present

Creative Innovation Intern

Bilawal Sidhu / Metaversity

Jun 2025 – Nov 2025

Director — Genesis & The Seeds

Independent Production

Apr 2024 – May 2025

100+ Crew, #1 Crowdfunding on Seed&Spark, LED Volume, CGI

Chroma Awards Winner

Station-0 — University Division

2025

BFA Film Production (Directing)

Chapman University — Dodge College

2022 – 2026

Speaker

OpenAI Events on AI Filmmaking

Skills

DaVinci Resolve Unreal Engine 5 After Effects Midjourney Gaussian Splatting LED Volume Virtual Production

Let's Work Together

Open to directing, producing, and creative tech collaborations.