Max Simonson is Executive Creative Director at OpenArt AI and a writer and director at the forefront of applying AI to filmmaking and advertising. At OpenArt, he brings together traditional filmmaking, creative direction, and generative AI to explore new ways to develop, produce, and tell stories.

His work spans feature films, vertical series, commercials, fashion films, and social content, with a strong focus on narrative and bold visual storytelling. With a background in Screen and Media from RMIT University, Max’s recent fashion short, The Unicorn Symposium, has been recognized by leading fashion film festivals, including the London Fashion Film Festival and PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, where it screened alongside work from Vogue, Ray-Ban, and Dior.