WHISPERS: An Interactive Murder Mystery Experience

Bernie is a Peabody and three-time Primetime Emmy award-winning creator, director, and interactive storyteller pushing the boundaries of AI-driven narrative. He created and showrunned Whispers, Pickford.ai's groundbreaking interactive mystery series where audiences actively solve crimes alongside AI-powered characters.

His Emmy-winning works include Jane Austen adaptations The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved—capturing YouTube's first two Primetime Emmys—and Artificial, the pioneering live interactive sci-fi series that became Twitch's most decorated original, winning a Webby, Peabody, and Emmy.

He recently directed the Olay Body Wash 2025 AAPI commercial campaign and is a sought-after speaker on generative AI's transformative impact, ethics, and risks across the creator economy and traditional entertainment industry.

Stephen Piron is a co-founder of Pickford, a technology company that believes AI will make the future of storytelling interactive and immersive, creating a new medium defined by real-time collaboration. Before co-founding Pickford, Stephen co-founded Dessa, an AI company that became widely known for creating a deepfake of Joe Rogan in 2019, one of the first high-profile demonstrations of AI's capabilities, which brought AI into public consciousness. In early 2020 Dessa was later acquired by Jack Dorsey at Block Inc. (formerly Square), the NASDAQ-listed, $50 billion payments & technology company.

Stephen holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Toronto. He’s spoken about the threats and promises of AI at 10 Downing Street, the CIA and to members of the United States Congress. 

Harrison Sanborn is the product lead behind Pickford’s interactive narrative experiences, including the development of First Date and producer of Whispers. As one of Pickford's earliest team members, he has played a central role in shaping the company’s vision, user experience and AI-driven storytelling systems.

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in Hollywood and team leadership, Harrison bridges creative direction with technical execution; working closely with engineering to turn AI's raw capabilities into coherent, living narrative experiences for Pickford. He's been instrumental in defining Pickford's approach to real-time, sentiment-driven storytelling and the tools that will enable creators to build imaginative and ever-evolving worlds.

Harrison’s work focuses on how AI can expand authorship, empower new users, and open the door to narrative worlds that were never before possible.

Stephen A. Chang is an accomplished actor who brings depth and humanity to groundbreaking entertainment across television and interactive media. He portrayed Jesse, the noble and heroic companion in Naughty Dog's critically acclaimed The Last of Us: Part II (2020), one of gaming's most celebrated narrative experiences.

As a series regular in Amazon's Bosch: Legacy, Chang brought complexity to his role, demonstrating his range in premium streaming drama. He previously starred as the antagonistic Sebastian Wu in Artificial (2019), the Emmy and Peabody-winning Twitch original that pioneered live interactive storytelling.

Raised in the Bay Area, Chang discovered his passion for performance after nearly pursuing law school. Beyond the screen, he's a dedicated father to his children and channels his storytelling devotion into writing whimsical children's books that inspire young imaginations.

Heavenly Reyna is a multi-lingual singer, songwriter, and actress. Having grown up traveling around the world before settling in LA, she has lived many lives. She has carved out a path streaming music full time on Twitch whilst pursuing acting, finding her two worlds colliding more often than not, recently having had a film release where she plays a singer/songwriter, called The Greatest Ever, and previously playing “Blake” in Film At A Deadly Cost, which features 5 of her original songs.

A California native born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer is a former Miss Asian America and current soccer mom of a tween. Notable roles she's played include the notorious Assistant D.A. Jennifer Arden on General Hospital (ABC), and the maniacal Dr. Ruby on Primetime Emmy and Peabody Award winning series Artificial (Twitch), also created by the prolific Bernie Su. Other recurring credits include The Old Man (FX), Roswell, New Mexico (CW), and the Emmy-winning stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken (Cartoon Network). She recently wrapped shooting an episode for a popular Netflix series, and won Best Actor in a Short Film at the 2025 Seattle Film Festival. Jennifer is a sci-fi nut, outdoors enthusiast, and loves to spend her free time with friends and family.