AI is already shaping how films get made — it just doesn’t show up in the credits.

Fred Grinstein and Minh Do aren’t selling tools. They’re building workflows.

Juan Faisal talks with the co-founders of Machine Cinema about what changes when you move from AI experiments to actual production — and what’s at stake for the creatives behind the work.

🤖 Why it matters

The workflows are evolving faster than the rules.

As studios experiment with AI, core questions about attribution, authorship, and labor are being skipped. That puts creatives in a vulnerable spot: doing more with less credit, less clarity, and less control.

🤖 You’ll learn

- What AI can actually do in a real production pipeline

- How artists are getting cut out of the credits

- Why “creative access” doesn’t mean creative control

- What it takes to make work without selling out your role

🤖 Guests: Fred Grinstein and Minh Do

Co-Founders, Machine Cinema

- Website: https://machinecinema.ai

- Fred: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-grinstein

- Minh: https://minhdo.com

🤖 Host: Juan Faisal

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akajuanfaisal

- Newsletter: https://juanfaisal.substack.com

- Website: https://juanfaisal.com

🤖 Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:41 What is Machine Cinema really doing

01:28 How Hollywood uses AI and hides it

05:12 What to do when you don’t have studio backing

10:51 When AI makes your process worse

12:49 IP, ethics, and who gets left out

18:41 Building an AI film with no blueprint

22:42 What producing means when the tools keep changing

27:26 Where new voices might actually come from

32:46 How to connect with Machine Cinema