Emmy-nominated cinematographer

I shoot films and build practical AI tools.

Mike Staniforth portrait
Film / AI / web systemsCinematography taste applied to production infrastructure.

The overlap

Broadcast Commercial Systems that

The proof is not one lane. It is the ability to move between premium sets, brand deadlines, production workflows, and web products with the same standard for taste and delivery.

Cinematography credits
Selected proof
Recognition2024

Emmy cinematography nomination

Series proofSports Emmy

All or Nothing: Manchester City nomination

Broadcast scaleNetflix / Disney+ / Paramount+ / Prime

High-end platform work

Current roleVertical Haus

Co-founder, AI systems, websites, and deployed workflows

NetflixDisney PlusParamount PlusAmazon PrimeAdidasNew BalanceDAZNByteDance
All or Nothing: Manchester City still or key artWatch trailer

Selected work

Public work. Broadcast weight.

Recognisable series, premium television, and working systems already in public.

KINGDOM OF CABLES / SYSTEM BLUEPRINT

From story world to audience proof.

A real production operating layer: script, character sheets, image generation, Seedance video, owned publishing, shoppable IP, and analytics in one repeatable cadence.

Scriptstory lockCanvasimage + video engineAudiencepublish + learn loop
01

Story proof

Script, world rules, episode logic, and approval beats.

02

Character engine

Nano Banana 2 and Seedream 5 character sheets for repeatable cast language.

03

Scene canvas

Seedance 2.0 video passes deployed through an owned image canvas.

04

Owned hub

Episode pages, shoppable paths, SEO journal, and audience signals.

What I build

AND... ACTION

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