John Gauntt is the Creative Director of the Seattle AI Film Festival and a founder of Culture & Code, a B2B podcast and newsletter focused on Generative AI for Creative Professionals.
John’s analysis of technology’s impact on media and marketing have been featured in The Economist and eMarketer while his public speaking includes SXSW, Infinity Festival Hollywood, the Monaco Media Forum, and Podcast Movement Evolutions.
John's audio stories and AI short films have won numerous awards including two Signal Awards from the Webbys organization, Official Selection for On Air Fest, AIFilm3, and the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Festival.
He holds dual degrees in English Literature and Computer Information Systems plus a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu.
Seattle AI Film Festival Website
We’ve created a case study that details how we built the Seattle AI Film Festival website.
The website serves not just as a document of the festival itself, but as a record of the early stages of generative AI filmmaking at this historic moment in time.
The inaugural Seattle AI Film Festival held in March of 2025 was a groundbreaking event allowing creatives from around the world to showcase cutting-edge films made using artificial intelligence.
Films from eighty five filmmakers from 22 countries were screened during the two-day, in-person event.
The festival was produced by Culture & Code, a podcast and AI automation company dedicated to helping storytellers collaborate better with AI and each other.
Our companies have collaborated on multiple projects in the past, including the visual implementation of the podcast Burner Face, which we produced using the MediaStorm Platform.
In January 2025, Culture & Code’s John Gauntt and Keith Ancker reached out to commission MediaStorm to build the festival site.
We built the site using the MediaStorm Platform and incorporated many of its sophisticated features in order to showcase its catalog of groundbreaking films.
Read about how we used the MediaStorm Platform to build the site: Case Study: Seattle AI Film Festival.