Guanxi Shen

About Guanxi Shen

Film × AI leader with 5+ years of experience building generative AI and multimodal AI systems for cinematic storytelling, studio strategy, and end-to-end content creation.I am currently Senior Manager of AI at Paramount Pictures, where my work applies GenAI across the film lifecycle, from greenlight and development to production, distribution, and marketing. I have contributed to major theatrical projects and franchises including Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, Transformers, Star Trek, Sonic, Gladiator II, A Quiet Place, and many upcoming theatrical releases. I hold several U.S. invention patents in AI and have published academic papers in AI and creative technology. My AI initiatives at Paramount have been recognized at the executive level and incorporated into company-wide strategic playbooks. Additionally, I am an AI filmmaker and creative technologist. My independent film Sonata was selected at the Chinese American Film Festival, featured in the same program lineup as works by Christopher Nolan and Jackie Chan. I have also delivered fully AI-generated commercial videos for global brands including KFC, and provided advisory support for AI streaming series at Tencent Video and AI vertical drama productions at ReelShort.

Experience

1. Senior Ai Engineer

   Paramount Pictures

   Jan 2025 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Pioneered AI-driven creative innovation across the filmmaking lifecycle;• Led cross‐functional team developing Franchise Intelligence, a multi‐agent system indexing multimodal IP‐specific data to provide strategic insights for various teams;• Spearheaded AI movie understanding research, integrating cognitive science and film theory; developed LVLM for visual narrative comprehension, which supports audience preference forecasts, content discovery, and recommendations;

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Cinema and Media Studies / Computer Science

• UCLA

  Certificate, Business and Management of Entertainment

• Columbia University

  Master of Science - MS, Applied Analytics