Practical answers before you get in touch: whether commissions are open, what to include in a first message, whether AI is used on client projects, and where the films can be watched.
The AI question gets asked more than any of the others, and it deserves a direct answer rather than a policy statement — particularly given that the same person builds an AI film production system. It is answered here on the terms a commissioner would actually want them: what is used, what is not, and what gets disclosed to whom before any work begins.
If you are commissioning documentary or investigative work, the fastest useful message describes three things — the subject, the access you already have, and the deadline. Access is almost always the constraint that decides whether a project is possible at all, so it is the most valuable thing to lead with, well ahead of budget. A project with real access and a modest budget is a far better prospect than the reverse, and it is usually obvious from the first paragraph which one you have.
Yes — I'm open to hearing stories and proposals that fit my profile: documentary and narrative work on surveillance, deception, power and the machinery of persuasion. Directing, producing and editing.
Email hello@biain.com. The most compelling work begins with a conversation — a film enquiry, a collaboration, or an idea that hasn't found its form yet. Bring the idea rather than a finished brief; if it demands to be told, I'm interested.
No. For now I work with AI exclusively through Y-O-X, the system I build. Commissioned film work is made the usual way.
They're spread across the internet after fifteen years and 70+ films for the Bertha Foundation, VICE, Al Jazeera and others. YouTube is the best place to start. Full credits are on IMDb.