Sporadic Research

Dissertation Defense on AI & Cinema

Join virtual event on May 20 at 3 pm PDT

May 6 • Brett A. Halperin

December 2025

National TV Interview on AI & Hollywood, Review of Interactive Cinema, and Design Workshops

Summer - Fall 2025 updates on filmmaking futures (NewsNation), interactive cinema (JCMS), and critical design (ACM DIS).

Dec 19, 2025 • Brett A. Halperin

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May 2025

3 Publications on AI & Cinema at ACM CHI '25 | Yokohama, Japan

Presented new research at the premiere Human-Computer Interaction conference.

May 16, 2025 • Brett A. Halperin

March 2025

Media Appearances: Radio and News Interviews on AI in Oscar-Nominated Films

Recent media interviews about how AI is shaping Oscar-nominated films and resistance.

Mar 2, 2025 • Brett A. Halperin

February 2025

"AI is Soulless": Hollywood Film Workers' Strike & Emerging Perceptions of Generative Cinema

New peer-reviewed article in ACM TOCHI!

Feb 19, 2025 • Brett A. Halperin

July 2024

2 Publications & Honorable Mention at ACM DIS '24 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Presented two new peer-reviewed publications at the 2024 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Jul 12, 2024 • Brett A. Halperin

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June 2024

3 Upcoming Talks: Generative Cinematography & Film Worker Resistance | Dublin, Portland, & Virtual

Presenting at the Screen Studies Conference, Labor Research & Action Network Conference, and Electronic Literature Organization Conference & Media…

Jun 3, 2024 • Brett A. Halperin

April 2024

Resistive Threads in Ivy Film Festival New Media Exhibition | Providence, RI

Exhibiting electronic streetwear as social movement material: an interactive denim jacket that plays audio stories, poetry, and music from embedded…

Apr 12, 2024 • Brett A. Halperin

March 2024

AI Film Screening: Critical & Creative Reckoning with Generative Cinematography | Seattle, WA

Public screening of student films made with generative artificial intelligence on 3.12.24

Mar 11, 2024 • Brett A. Halperin

November 2023

Documentary x Design Fundraiser | Brooklyn, NY

Mujeres Atrevidas fundraiser on Saturday November 11, 2023 from 6-9 pm at Millennium Film Workshop: Live Music + Film Screening + Panel Discussion

Nov 3, 2023 • Brett A. Halperin

September 2023

Can AI Collect Oral Histories? Public Talk at Columbia University | New York, NY

Presenting virtually on 9/21 as part of Columbia University Workshop Series: Experiments in Oral History Methodology

Sep 18, 2023 • Brett A. Halperin

Artificial Dreams: Surreal Visual Story Generation | Los Angeles, CA

Symposium Presentation on Computational Visual Storytelling as Inquiry into AI "Hallucination" at USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Sep 8, 2023 • Brett A. Halperin