Mister Moyer
Multidisciplinary Artist
Interdisciplinary Artist
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Mister Moyer came up at the intersection of film, advertising, and curiosity. After studying film at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he graduated in 2000 and earned Gold and Bronze Clios as a student, he signed early as a commercial director with Believe Media and stepped into a fast moving global career.By his early thirties, he had worked out of Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo, earned a Cannes Shots FCP E Director Award, and directed over one hundred commercials across the US, Asia, and Europe. His client list includes Nike, Ford, Sony, Pepsi, ESPN, IKEA, Nintendo, and McDonalds, but the work was always about more than logos. It was about rhythm, visual storytelling, and learning how to say something clearly in thirty seconds or less.In 2008, while living in Vietnam, his life took a quieter turn when he was initiated into the Theravada Buddhist tradition. That shift widened the lens. Storytelling became less about persuasion and more about presence.Over the next decade, his work expanded across formats and disciplines. He produced the Spike TV series Permanent Mark, built and ran Lodge Coffee Roasters whose beans landed in the Oscars gift bag, and continued exploring live and immersive work.In recent years, that exploration has included Sonic Offerings, an audio visual concert experience, and curating IRL, a live art show focused on reconnecting creative work with physical space and community.Now based in Asia, Moyer’s practice explores how emerging AI tools can extend the foundational skills of filmmaking and storytelling rather than replace them. Drawing on decades of directing and producing experience, he uses AI to generate ideas, build coherent worlds, and shape narratives that remain intentional, human, and emotionally grounded.
This video uses AI to deliberately mimic the visual language of home shopping networks; flat lighting, over-polished skin, forced enthusiasm, and an eerily calm tone. By pushing realism just far enough, the piece leans into absurdity, turning familiarity into friction. The process isn’t about parody through exaggeration, but precision: recreating a believable world so the humor lands quietly, then lingers.
These two images come from the same core idea, executed at different levels of precision. The first was generated from a simple prompt: 'Japanese man leaving a Lawson with a bag of instant noodles' which produces a serviceable but generic result. The second image uses a more deliberate, layered prompt that defines mood, time of day, environment, framing, and emotional tone. The shift isn’t about adding fluff; it’s about directing intent. Specificity shapes the image the way a director shapes a scene deciding what matters, what disappears, and how the viewer feels when they arrive.
This video builds on the same subject, but focuses on human cues; skin texture, natural blinking, and subtle light reflections across the face. These details slow the image down and ground it in physical reality, avoiding the polished smoothness that often gives AI away.
Drawing on decades as a film director, I approach AI image and video creation with the same discipline as live action production; intentional framing, believable light, human texture, and narrative control. I now consult with clients on how to move beyond generic outputs, helping them develop refined prompts, visual systems, and workflows tailored to the specific needs of each project. Recent work includes a climate focused piece for a keynote at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, where I reconstructed a fictional 2003 natural disaster with documentary realism, and I’ll be expanding this practice through an upcoming AI keynote and workshop at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in March.
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