Nem Perez

Nem Perez is a film director and creative technologist who was born and raised in Chicago and has spent the last decade in Los Angeles. His own bio on the Creativity Squared podcast page describes about 20 years of expertise in creative technology, working across advertising and entertainment, and he has also worked with Snapchat.

His commercial and branded work includes projects for Disney, Walmart and Converse, among them a Converse piece titled A Shirt To Sleep In and Walt Disney World pieces such as #HappyVerse, #HappyPlace and a 50th anniversary film. He also made a keynote video for C3 AI. The podcast page adds music videos for Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle and Chance The Rapper.

In 2023 he founded Storyblocker, an AI company that helps filmmakers visualise their stories, and he leads its Storyblocker Studios arm. Storyblocker's product is described as an AR, 3D and AI previsualisation app for filmmakers, listed in Hollywood, California.

Perez co-led Our T2 Remake with actor Sway Molina, an AI parody remake of Terminator 2 started during the 2023 writers' strike. They recruited 50 artists from around the world, each reimagining one segment with AI tools, and coordinated them over Discord and Zoom. Press described it as one of the first feature-length crowd-sourced films made entirely with AI, premiering in Los Angeles on 6 March 2024. The project carries a disclaimer that it is a non-profit fan film, not affiliated with the Terminator franchise owners.