/ About this event
From AI-generated music to film, shorts, and digital storytelling, the creative stack is being rebuilt in real time. In this panel we will break down tools, explore workflows, and lessons learned while building in a new AI creative economy. The night continues with a networking mixer following the panel.
6:00p: Arrive & network before panel starts (beverages & pizza) 6:30p: Panel begins (please arrive before 6:30p. Guests will not be admitted once panel starts) 7:30p: Networking/ Mixer
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Moderator: Tamara Krinsky: Emmy-winning writer, producer and broadcast host. She is the anchor for Marvel LIVE! red carpet broadcasts (most recently Fantastic Four: First Steps on Disney+), and co-hosts the Roddenberry Entertainment podcast DOES IT FLY?, which delves into the real science behind your favorite sci fi, horror and fantasy films/TV shows. She was a writer and field reporter for the long-running Emmy-nominated Discovery/Science Channel sci-tech series TOMORROW’S WORLD TODAY and has scripted hundreds of live events, including BILLBOARD WOMEN IN MUSIC, the Disney+ Launch at D23, A DAY OF UNREASONABLE CONVERSATION, the Costume Designers Guild Awards, and Lambda Legal’s 50th Anniversary Gala. Tamara won a Primetime Emmy Award for writing & interactive strategy on EMMA APPROVED, a multi-platform adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, and spent a decade delving into the world of non-fiction as the Associate Editor of Documentary, the publication of the IDA.
Panelists: Vienna Thurlbeck & Maria Haras: Filmmakers and founders of AI studio Squawkwork. Together, they were named among the Top 50 Female AI Filmmakers by Leonardo.AI in 2026. They are five-time Chroma Award Finalists, and winners of the Byteplus Seedance 2.0 Golden Seed Award. They were invited to AI on the Lot's 2026 Cinema Synthetica Residency, where their film "Elder Boy" won first place. Their AI work has been featured internationally at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, Altera Festival (Honorable Mention), AI Film Festival Japan x Loop (Finalist), and Fairground Best of AI (Finalist). Their work has been displayed in Time Square, and also streams on Roku. Both have backgrounds in traditional film and TV.
Vienna is a production designer, art director, and decorator. She has worked on shows such as “NCIS: Origins” (CBS, Paramount+), “Rookie: Feds (CBS), and worked with clients including Discovery/Shark Week, Amazon, Comcast, Samsung, and Meta. Vienna was also a speaker at this year's MIFA at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Maria is a television development executive and producer who has sold shows to Netflix, Syfy, TNT, OWN and MGM+, and overseen “All Rise” and “East New York” for CBS.
Taryn O’Neill: Filmmaker-futurist working at the intersection of storytelling, emerging technology and science, exploring how the stories we tell can help us imagine and shape better futures. Her work spans film, television and emerging forms of AI-enabled filmmaking. She has directed two features for Passionflix and written and directed speculative projects including the award-winning sci-fi short LIVE (Gunpowder & Sky) and the climate-fiction short The Assignment. Her recent work includes MythOS, an experimental hybrid-AI film commissioned by Adobe and presented at Sundance, and Gemina Futura, an AI animated sci-fi series exploring divergent futures with Studio Jadu. She also has a sci-fi animated project with The Henson Company.
As a futurist and writer, Taryn explores how Hollywood imagines the future and how those images shape what audiences believe is possible. Her essays include The 4th Act, Screenwriting Protopias for Script Magazine, and A Futurist’s Handbook for Hollywood, alongside her weekly Future Film Fridays newsletter covering the rapidly changing intersection of entertainment and emerging tech.
She is also co-founder of Scirens, advocating for stronger STEM and climate storytelling in entertainment, and has spoken at organizations and events including The Television Academy, Sundance Institute, Geena Davis Institute, San Diego Comic-Con, StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye Saves the World.
Ghen Laraya Long: Is an international tech and entertainment attorney navigating the dynamic intersection of law, Hollywood, and cutting-edge innovation. Having structured deals for Disney, CBS, Red Bull, Yahoo, and scrappy indie creators alike, she helps storytellers build, scale, and safeguard their original IP. A member of the TV Academy’s Standing Innovation Advisory Committee and frequent speaker at events like Televerse, AI on the Lot, and the TV Academy Summit, Ghen empowers creators to cut through the media noise, master Generative AI as a launchpad, and build resilient businesses on their own terms.
