Jacob Adler

EXPERIMENTALESSAY

An Arizona music professor with no film-industry background, Adler wrote and directed "Total Pixel Space," the essay film that won the 2025 Runway AI Film Festival Grand Prix from roughly 6,000 entries and went on to screen at Lincoln Center and in IMAX. The proof that AI film can think, not just render.

PROFILE VERIFIED 15·JUL·2026 · 1 SOURCED EVENTS

Selected Works

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Total Pixel Space

2025 · ESSAY FILM

Grand Prix, Runway AI Film Festival 2025: subsequently screened at Lincoln Center and in IMAX.

Career Timeline

2025"Total Pixel Space" wins the AIFF Grand Prix from ~6,000 submissions; Lincoln Center gala screening SOURCE: DEADLINE · THR