Leilanni Todd is a keynote speaker, panelist and the inaugural adjunct Professor of Generative AI for Virtual Production at NYU Tisch's Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, where she designed the curriculum.
She has given keynotes at Motion Plus Design Paris and New York, the Museum of the Moving Image, held a fireside conversation with Runway co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela, and joined panels at the Tribeca Festival, NYU, NYWIFT, and Cornell Tech among others.
She speaks about AI as a creative medium rather than a shortcut, worldbuilding as a practice, how to find your creative voice and how two decades of agency work prepared her for none of it. And all of it.
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Museum of Moving Images, New York
Artist Talk and Screenings
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Motion Plus Design, Speaker New York
“My Big Creative Unlock” presented at Motion Plus Design, New York Edition. June 2025
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The One Show. Gold Pencil Winner AI Pioneer
Leilanni Todd wins the Gold Pencil as the 2025 Inaugural AI Pioneer (Individual) at The One Show in New York.
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Tribeca Festival 2024
Tribeca introduces some of the most creative examples of AI generated short films and music videos followed by an extended Q&A with filmmakers.
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PUMA’s AI-designed INVERSE sneaker
PUMA’s AI-designed INVERSE sneaker comes to life in a bold visual campaign by Leilanni Todd, blending product imagery with cutting-edge generative AI and 3D tools.
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Teaching Special Topics in Virtual Production at NYU Tisch
Award-winning creative Leilanni Todd to teach Special Topics in Virtual Production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Spring 2025 Semester at the new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center.
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NYWIFT Summit: Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI
Featured Artist and Speaker, September 2025
