Garson Ormiston
 
 
ROLE: DIRECTOR, EDITOR

Changeling (2023)

A former AI ethicist from Google claimed that LaMDA was sentient. Through a transcript of their conversation, we explore how we form connections and the implications of big tech using this technology.

Oak Cliff Film Festival 2023, Picture Farm Film Festival 2023, Vimeo Staff Pick, BBC, Aeon

 
ROLE: DIRECTOR

Naïve by Monte (2017)

“This song is about how we learn to get in the way of ourselves, about how ego can slow a creative process.”

Premiered online on VICE

ROLE: CINEMATOGRAPHER

Emme (2019)

A poem about trust and trauma.

Indie Short Fest 2019, Gold Movie Awards 2019, Pitch to Screen Film Awards 2019, Arpa International Film Festival 2020.

 

Pak Anggir (2018)

ROLE: CINEMATOGRAPHER

Pak Anggir is a rice farmer in Bali living a modest, spiritually-connected existence, intent on passing along ancient Hindu traditions to his grandchildren.

Indie Grits Film Festival 2018, Thin Line Film Festival 2018, Premiered online on No Budge

ROLE: CINEMATOGRAPHER

Jettison (2021)

A restless soldier ships off to fight an interstellar war, only to struggle with the effects of being cut off from her home by both time and space.

Austin Film Fest, HollyShorts, FilmQuest, Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Fest (hosted by SIFF), Tacoma Film Fest, Scifi London