- Affan Imran
CEO & Co-Founder, Fantastic Day; Head of Partnerships, Machine Cinema
- Anthony Garcia
Creative AI Advisor at The AI Collective
- Daniel Pillis
Assistant Professor of Virtual Production, Emerson College
- Daniel Strange
Filmmaker, Co-founder of LOUD GIANT
- David Shing
Futurist, Speaker & Creative Director
- Ermin Monzon
Head of Content Media & Studio Manager, OpenArt
- Fred Grinstein
Filmmaker, Co-founder of Machine Cinema; Adjunct Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Gabe Michael
AI Production Executive, AI Filmmaker & UCLA Lecturer
- JackVsAI
VFX Artist, AI Educator
- Jagger Waters
Writer, Producer, AI Creator
- Jeffry Gamble
Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu, Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong
- Justin
Wonder Studios
- Kevin Van Witt
Filmmaker, Co-founder of The Monster Library
- Mark Monroe
Filmmaker, Co-founder of The Monster Library
- Minh Do
Co-founder, Machine Cinema & Fantastic Day
- Monica Monique
Producer & Creative Innovation Leader, Founder of Chain Reaction
- OpenArt Studios
- Renard T. Jenkins
President & CEO, I2A2 Technologies, Studios & Labs
- Rourke Heath
Founder & CEO, GenHQ
- Ryan Sheffer
Filmmaker, Founder of Mile 80
- Samson Vowles
YouTuber, Creative Technologist & Educator
- Sebastien Jefferies
AI Educator, Founder of AI Creator Lab
- Stuart Acher
Emmy-nominated Filmmaker & Director
- Taoprompts
YouTuber
- Todd Terrazas
Co-founder & CEO of FBRC.ai, Co-founder of AI on the Lot
- Verena Puhm
Founder & CEO, Matriarch
- William Lau
Award-winning Animation Director
- Willonius “King Willonius” Hatcher
Comedian, Futurist & Creative Technologist
The people whose judgement sets the score.
Every score comes from working professionals voting blind on real cases.
- 28
- Expert judges
- Selected experts with deep credits in filmmaking, advertising, academia and the creator economy.
- 1,003
- Tastemakers
- Industry practitioners and active AI creators who vote across the case set.
Unique participants whose votes contributed to published rankings. Each person is counted once in their tier across all included boards and criteria. Updated .
Creative Expert Council
Selected experts with deep credits in filmmaking, advertising, academia and the creator economy.
Tastemakers
Beyond the expert panel, a broad pool of working creatives, content creators, students and studio crews votes on the cases every score is built from.
Where they come from
- Industry practitioners
- Ad agency professionals
- Traditional studios
- Art, design & film schools
- Creative competition winners
- AI studios & communities
- OpenArt creator community
- OpenArt Studio
Join the tastemakers
Your judgment sets the standard
Tastemakers vote on the head-to-head matchups behind every score on Arena. Open to working creatives, content creators, and students. Apply with your portfolio and the disciplines you work in.