Making of a Movement: Meet the Creators Coalition on AI
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Sundance Institute's Story Forum: Exploring Art and Innovation is a space to learn, collaborate, and join the conversation; inviting thoughtful dialogue about the artist-first tools and technologies supporting visual storytelling today.
Founding members of the Creators Coalition on AI (CCAI) share their groundbreaking initiative to develop standards and best practices for artificial intelligence use in entertainment. Gain candid insights into the organization's mission to create ethical guidelines and artistic protections for creators. The session includes breakfast.
Moderator: Justin Trevor Winters
Featuring: Janet Yang (Co-Founder, CCAI), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Co-Founder, CCAI)
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Justin Trevor Winters
Justin Trevor Winters is the co-founder and CEO of Verified Labs, an AI-powered creative studio that partners with talent, brands, and major estates including Ernest Hemingway, Steve McQueen, and Triumph Motorcycles to expand their legacy through emerging technology.
At Loyola Marymount University, he is a full-time faculty member in the School of Film and Television, where he directs The Innovators Film Festival and serves on the university’s GenAI Task Force, contributing to campus-wide strategy around AI and creative technology. A 2025 Mellon Foundation Faculty Fellow, Winters explores the intersection of AI, creativity, and accessible storytelling.
He began his career in entertainment at Innovative Artists and Creative Artists Agency, representing writers and directors such as Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. His latest feature, American Stream, a dark comedy about a troubled young gamer’s dangerous pursuit of fame as the next big Twitch star, has earned multiple festival awards, including Best Feature and Best Screenplay.
Janet Yang
An Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer, Yang recently completed three one-year terms as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ending her tenure on June 30, 2025. She is the first Asian American to hold this position. In July 2025, she became a founding partner of First Light StoryHouse, a new venture with Miky Lee of CJ Entertainment and Dominic Ng of East West Bank.
Yang came to prominence through her collaboration with Steven Spielberg on “Empire of the Sun” (Warner Bros), followed by a long partnership with multiple Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone where she served as Executive Producer on the iconic "The Joy Luck Club" (Disney), and as a Producer on the Golden Globe-winning "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (Columbia Pictures).
Most recently, Yang was an Executive Producer on the 2025 Tribeca Audience-award winning documentary "The Rose Come Back To Me," the Sundance-premiering narrative feature “Take Me Home,” and the Oscar-nominated animated film “Over the Moon.” Her other works include "Dark Matter" (Sundance winner) with Meryl Streep, "The Weight of Water" (Lionsgate) directed by Kathryn Bigelow with Sean Penn, "High Crimes" (Fox) with Morgan Freeman, and cult favorites "Zero Effect" (Jake Kasdan) and "Shanghai Calling" (China Film Group).
Yang was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood" by The Hollywood Reporter, included in Variety's "Power of Women," and was featured on the Forbes 2024 "50 over 50" List. She is a co-founder of GoldHouse, serves on the board of IMAX China, Forbes APEX, Unified Youth, and Asia Society Southern California’s Advisory Council. Yang is a Presidential Fellow at Loyola Marymount University and holds an honorary degree from Bowdoin College.
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