In this episode of Technically Creative, Orlando Wood sits down with Bryn Mooser — Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, co-founder of Asteria, and partner at Moon Valley — to discuss the creation of the world’s first commercially safe, fully licensed AI model built specifically for filmmakers.
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In this episode of Technically Creative, Orlando Wood sits down with Bryn Mooser — Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, co-founder of Asteria, and partner at Moon Valley — to discuss the creation of the world’s first commercially safe, fully licensed AI model built specifically for filmmakers.
From his early days making documentaries on Canon 5Ds with maxed-out credit cards to developing Moon Valley’s groundbreaking “clean” AI visual intelligence model, Bryn has always been driven by a single goal: breaking down the walls that keep new voices out of Hollywood.
We talk about how AI is transforming the film industry — from animation and VFX workflows to pre-visualization and custom models for individual projects — while still keeping artists at the center. Bryn explains why copyright compliance is the real battleground for AI in Hollywood, and how his team engineered a model that could pass studio legal tests without sacrificing creative power.
Bryn also shares:
- How a single piece of camera tech democratized documentary filmmaking
- Why Moon Valley’s “clean” AI model is a legal and creative breakthrough
- How real-time rendering is rewriting film production timelines
- Why small, agile teams could lead the next cinematic revolution
- The risks of AI-generated “slop” — and how to fight it
- Lessons from Hollywood’s past tech disruptions, from sound to streaming