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Hybrid AI Production: How the Work Actually Gets Made

Hosted by David Lerech

Wed, Sep 23, 2026

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AI for Media Professionals: Production-Grade Skills to Get You Hired & Greenlit
David Lerech
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What you'll learn

How a hybrid AI pipeline works, shot by shot

Live actors, AI environments, real crews: the workflow behind the productions now cutting costs by up to 50%.

Which jobs change, and what they change into

The roles hybrid productions hire for now, from AI compositor to creative technologist, and how people grow into them.

How to rerun your budget, and your career, for it

A quick test for whether a project, a department or a role is ready for hybrid AI, and the first three moves if not.

Why this topic matters

Ron Howard's studio says hybrid AI production is cutting costs by up to 50 percent. A Google and Disney-backed studio shoots features against white sheets and finishes them in AI worlds. David works with artists who used the same techniques on Doug Liman's Killing Satoshi. He shows how the work is made, which roles it creates, and how to tell if your production, or your career, is ready for it.

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David Lerech

David Lerech advises major studios, broadcasters, and production companies on AI

David Lerech is a leading entertainment-industry AI consultant and senior media executive, advising leadership at some of the world's largest studios, streamers, and production companies on AI strategy, and adoption. He has advised executives and teams from Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery, Apple, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television, Paramount, Lionsgate, the BBC, and many of North America's top production companies. David's authority comes from doing the work: he spent two decades as an Executive Producer at major production companies, where he pioneered AI-driven content for leading studios and broadcasters. Today he leads media companies through the AI transition from in-office to in-production deployment of generative AI tools inside real production environments.

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