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Welcome to episode 11 of The Curious Refuge Podcast.
We are very excited to have renowned AI Filmmaker, Creative Director, and product designer Nicolaus Neubert on the Podcast. Nicolaus is a deeply experienced creative director whose work has been featured on Forbes and CNN.
Nicolas has worked with some huge brands and collaborators including Red Bull, Volkswagen, and Jared Leto. He has done a spectacular job at paving the way for future AI filmmakers and storytellers through his X account where he regularly shares his Creative Direction Experiments. I would personally say that Nicolas has a spot in Cinematic history. He popularized the idea of a realistic AI trailer through his Genesis project He is now on the creative team at Runway, as well as, the founder of his own production company, iamneubert.
In the episode, we talk about everything from how to land your dream job to Nicolas' favorite runway tip that many people don't know about.
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Helpful Links: 30 Seconds to Mars Collab: https://x.com/iamneubert/status/1765130783935660053 KREAM SO-HI Collab: https://x.com/iamneubert/status/1771189155000676667 Nicolas' Demo Reel: https://x.com/iamneubert/status/1735328823955095829 Genesis: https://x.com/iamneubert/status/1740403196692955560 Nicolas' Twitter: https://x.com/iamneubert Nicolas' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamneubert Nicolas' Website: https://www.iamneubert.com/

Welcome to Episode 10 of The Curious Refuge Podcast! Our guest for this episode has been an incredibly valuable resource for us on our own AI journey and a source of inspiration.
Alie Jules is an AI educator, speaker, experimenter, and news resource. One of the things that makes Alie’s work so helpful is that she not only shares AI news on her X account but also contextualizes the updates and changes for the community.
Alie tunes into Midjourney’s weekly office hours and shares the updates with the world and full disclosure is our go-to resource for seeing the office hours recaps. Alie also runs Saana, an Intelligent Marketing agency where she uses AI to serve clients.
Check out the episode and gain some spectacular guidance for contextualizing AI tools and enhancing your marketing workflows.
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Alie's Webiste: https://aliejules.com/ Alie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliejules/ Alie's Youtube:  @aliejulesai  Alie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliejules Alie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliejulesai Alie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliejulesai Alie's Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/aliejulesai/
Helpful Acounts: Matt Wolfe: https://www.youtube.com/@UChpleBmo18P08aKCIgti38g The Rundown AI: https://www.therundown.ai/ AI Breakfast: https://aibreakfast.beehiiv.com/ AI Tools Report: https://aitoolreport.beehiiv.com/ Heather Cooper: https://x.com/HBCoop_ Rowan Cheung: https://x.com/rowancheung Rob Lennon: https://twitter.com/thatroblennon Salma Aboukar: https://x.com/Salmaaboukarr

Welcome to Episode 09 of The Curious Refuge Podcast. In this episode, we chat with Pika Labs' creative director, Matan Cohen-Grumi.
Matan is a wicked talented AI artist who is serving as a Founding Creative Director at Pika Labs. Matan’s work has been seen around the world and he is pioneering a new era in storytelling.
We first connected with Matan when we started the AI Film News, where his work was regularly selected as one of our AI Films of the Week. Check out the episode, where we talk about everything from Matan's experience as a rockstar to techniques when using AI Video generators.
Give it a listen, as we are positive you will not regret it.
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Welcome to Episode 8 of the Curious Refuge Podcast! Our guest today is one of the most accomplished people we’ve ever had the pleasure of chatting with on the podcast. Renard T. Jenkins is a senior executive in Hollywood and the current president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (also known as SMPTE ) and on the board of the Hollywood Professional Association.
Renard has two Emmy’s and a Peabody among other awards. The Television Academy awarded him the innovator of the Year award for 2017.
Renard has worked in various leadership capacities around the industry ranging from Senior Vice president of Integration & Creative technology series at Warner Brothers all the way to VP of operations, engineering, and distribution at PBS. He also holds degrees and certifications in various executive and technological fields from schools like MIT, UC Berkley, Cornell, & Florida State.
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In this podcast episode, we chat with Julie Wieland about her experience in the creative industry and how AI has impacted the world around her. We talk about everything from myspace template customization all the way to Julie's top tips for learning AI as a creative.
Julie is a very skilled graphic designer and has learned the best ways to utilize Artificial Intelligence to become more skilled and efficient at her craft. You will definitely want to check this episode out.
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Julie's Social Accounts: Twitter: https://x.com/juliewdesign_?s=20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliewdesign Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@juliewdesign? Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYdLxODZWFqpNR8WXMJtLzA Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.de/juliew_design/

In this podcast episode, we chat with Ian Sansavara at Runway to get some tips and tricks that you may not know inside Runway. 
Runway's Website: https://runwayml.com/Runway Academy: https://academy.runwayml.com/Ian's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/learnhowtoeditstuffIan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notiansans/?hl=enIan's Runway Gen:48: https://gen48.runwayml.com/Caleb's Rediculous Bluegrass Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/1I7JVzjG70FM9NrgSY5von?si=ebcb1b4fc6554839Drum and Bass Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11GLSWHNNCTFltXGO0dZWq?si=dc03698f4c1b437cExplore AI Filmmaking: https://curiousrefuge.com/ai-filmmakingExplore AI Advertising: https://curiousrefuge.com/ai-advertising