Invitation: Advanced Screening of ‘The AI Doc’
The film will be screened Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm, in the Bright Family Screening Room. The event is free to members of the Emerson community.
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New Course Lets Students Experiment with AI on Screen
Students in Stuart Acher’s AI in Filmmaking course at Emerson Los Angeles are learning to use generative AI as a creative collaborator, producing original short films using AI video, image, and voice tools. The course, now in its second semester, culminated in a public screening of student work.
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An Emersonian’s Guide to Sundance 2026
Among Emerson alumni work screening at Sundance 2026 was The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, produced by Daniel Kwan ’10 (of The Daniels / Everything Everywhere All at Once), which follows a father-to-be trying to figure out artificial intelligence.
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Emerson Named Top 10 Film School in the U.S. by TheWrap
Emerson was named the #10 film school in the U.S. by TheWrap, with rankings criteria that specifically cited classes addressing cutting-edge technology including artificial intelligence and digital arts.
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College Creates New School of Film, Television, and Media Arts
The announcement of Emerson’s third school cited “virtual production studios, ARRI certification, courses grounded in emerging technologies” and noted that “production facilities for XR, VR, AR, and game design, all grounded in storytelling, equip students to thrive in an evolving media landscape.”
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Alum Daniel Pillis Wins Best Presentation at the Generative AI for Design Workshop 2025
Pillis won Best Presentation at MIT’s DESAI25 workshop for his research on real-time Stable Diffusion in virtual production workflows, conducted in collaboration with Dell Technologies and MIT.
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(Un)Making AI Worlds: Exploring Artificial Intelligence Through Art
Emerson Contemporary’s exhibition and panel engaged with AI systems through critical inquiry and artistic exploration, including a participatory multimedia performance from the Data Fluencies Theatre Project exploring AI as both a technology and a character.
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Meet Emerson’s Newest Faculty: Part 1
Introduction of Daniel Pillis, who described learning to calibrate the virtual production facility: “I am so deeply impressed by it and the resource this medium will offer Emerson students.”
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Faculty Tackle Higher Ed, Creative Industries in the Age of AI
Faculty and staff at the School of the Arts Fall Assembly discussed the benefits and consequences of AI in higher education and creative industries. President Jay Bernhardt announced the creation of a Presidential Working Group on Generative AI, now co-led by Brooke Knight.
