Through film, fashion, and artificial intelligence, Leilanni Todd builds surreal worlds that use technology as both medium and creative collaborator.

Leilanni Todd is a New York–based digital artist and creative director working across film, fashion, and emerging technologies. With a background in advertising, 3D animation, and fashion design, she creates AI-driven worlds where cinematic storytelling and speculative design converge.

In 2022, she created Floam World—a surreal AI universe where film, fashion, humor, and absurdist world-building intersect. She recently served as AI Creative Director at Primordial Soup, the creative technology company founded by Darren Aronofsky.

Her short film Everyone is Chair screened at the Tribeca Festival 2024. In 2025, she received The One Show Gold Pencil as the inaugural AI Pioneer (Individual) and teaches Generative AI for Virtual Production at NYU Tisch’s Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center. She has spoken at the Museum of the Moving Image (New York), Motion Plus Design (New York and Paris), and was a featured artist and speaker at the NYWIFT Summit.

Her commercial work spans campaigns for Apple, Nike, Airbnb, Puma, Google, and The New York Times, serving as Creative Director with agencies including Droga5, Mother New York, R/GA, Squarespace, and TBWA\Media Arts Lab. Most recently, she developed and created characters for the Spring/Summer 2026 campaign for Prada, in collaboration with artist Jordan Wolfson.

She’s available for select campaigns, brand collaborations, and speaking engagements.

Teaching & Speaking
Todd is an adjunct professor at NYU Tisch, where she teaches Generative AI for Virtual Production in the Master of Professional Studies program at the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, a new facility dedicated to the future of filmmaking and storytelling.

She is also a frequent Panelist and Keynote speaker on AI in advertising, film, and creative practices, exploring how new tools are reshaping the art of storytelling.