Ilan Bouni

A dreaming kid. Playing at being a director and creative director using every possible tool.

Ilan Bouni — A dreaming kid. Playing at being a director and creative director using every possible tool.

Ilan Bouni

Biography

A graduate of the HIT Industrial Design Academy. He started his career designing living spaces and fashion stores as an industrial designer. He has always seen cinema and architecture as reflections of each other — the space we move in is the same space, whether through a camera lens or with human eyes, and the enjoyment of that space and its design elements is infinite. He naturally integrated into the world of cinema, using his design skills to express in the most creative and profound way the vision of the director, production or advertising agency, and to create an advanced visual language suited to films. His aspiration is to explore boundaries and create new visual ideas as part of the production. During more than 20 years of work in the advertising industry, and especially in the past 16 years during which he served as VP Creative at Gravity Creative Space, he was involved in every aspect of the field — from motion graphics to heavy 3D effects — for leading brands such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, QQ, Huawei, Verizon, Vivo, the automotive industry and more.

Key Topics

Artificial IntelligenceArtVideoBrandingAdvertisingDesign

Keynotes and Workshops

Kill an afterist and rest
Creative people and their place in the era of artificial intelligence
Creative Workshop with Video
Workshop for advertising agencies and studios on creating advertisements using artificial intelligence

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Do Robots Dream: Ilan Bouni Shares Casting and Direction Tests for an AI Driven Short Film

Do Robots Dream: Ilan Bouni Shares Casting and Direction Tests for an AI Driven Short Film

Ilan Bouni, a VFX supervisor and AI director, shared casting and direction tests for a short film intended to become a feature. Why the testing stage is the most important moment in an AI driven production.

A Car Chase Shot on a Kitchen Counter, and What It Says About Video Production

A Car Chase Shot on a Kitchen Counter, and What It Says About Video Production

Ilan Bouni created a cinematic chase sequence using two toy cars, a coffee cup and a teaspoon. The result is a precise demonstration of how AI is shifting the cost and time boundaries of commercial video production.

What Happens When the Product in an AI Commercial Takes Over the Stage

What Happens When the Product in an AI Commercial Takes Over the Stage

Ilan Bouni, an AI director and former VFX supervisor, presents a short fashion experiment called MANI SHIFT in which a pair of sneakers takes over the entire commercial, showing how precise art direction leads AI generated video.

Stop Asking AI to Guess the Shot: Ilan Bouni on Directing Instead of Prompting

Stop Asking AI to Guess the Shot: Ilan Bouni on Directing Instead of Prompting

Ilan Bouni published a short control test demonstrating a single principle: when you give AI staging, camera logic, rhythm and intention, it stops guessing and starts executing. That is the difference between random output and directed work.

Is AI Replacing Animators? Seedance 2 Meets The Little Prince

Is AI Replacing Animators? Seedance 2 Meets The Little Prince

Ilan Bouni took AI video tool Seedance 2 on a journey with The Little Prince, recreating a scene in papier mache and stop-frame style. The result is magical, but the question that remains is whether the human soul is still present.

The AI Ad Film That Proves the Most Powerful Weapon Is Something Everyone Wants

The AI Ad Film That Proves the Most Powerful Weapon Is Something Everyone Wants

Ilan Bouni submitted a film to the Runway Big Ad Contest where enemy soldiers stop shooting and fight over a can of soda. It's not just creative advertising - it's a statement about what AI enables an AI director to do today.