Ben Shearn
Creative Director — Experiential, Brand & AI-Native Production
Large-scale live experiences and an AI pipeline that compresses pitch to final cut.
Take an ambitious idea, describe it precisely enough that it becomes real, and deliver something that performs.
The Vision
I'm a Creative Lead at LMI, where I lead a small team building data-driven cinematics, motion graphics, real-time VFX in Unreal Engine, and interactive experiences. Most of my recent work has been in end-to-end AI video production — building pipelines with Runway, Kling, ElevenLabs, Nano Banana, and Claude that compress cinematic and pitch work from weeks to hours. Four spec ads went to AI Film Festival 2026; results in June.
Before LMI, I spent years building large-scale live experiences and brand activations — five consecutive years on Stereo Bloom preceded by two years with Upside Down House for Insomniac Records at EDC, Coachella installations with Poetic Kinetics including the 50-foot Astronaut, lighting and environment pre-vis on Justin Timberlake's "Filthy," and a Corona-branded stage at EDC that I redesigned for a second event in Denver. Earlier work includes interactive modular displays for the National Institutes of Health, and a long earlier run as a contributor to FPG / Getty Images.
LMI Luminary Award 2023. Active TS/SCI clearance. Based in Colorado Springs.
Four spec ads. Three to six hours each, end-to-end in AI: concept, copy, casting, voice, music, motion, final cut. Submitted to Runway's AI Film Festival 2026.
Patina · :30
A pen that writes in ink that fades in a year. "Write like no one will read it."
Groundwork · :49
A service that plants a tree when your child is born. "Growing up together."
Annum · :32
A chair that sheds a layer of upholstery every month. "Furniture that has a year."
Pause · 1:04
A device that protects family time.
"We'll hold the world for you."
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