A studio
for what's next.

V01 is an AI / VFX creative studio building cinematic work for brands, artists, and storytellers. We're filmmakers who build systems, and engineers who care about frames.

Founded

2023 / Montreal

Team

42 across 4 disciplines

Studios

Montreal · Prishtina

Working

Worldwide

Manifesto

Craft over
shortcuts.

V01 was built on a simple idea: the systems should serve the work — not the other way around.

We make commercials, films, music videos, and VFX. The AI and pipelines we build inside the studio exist to help us tell better stories, faster, with more control. They are tools. The work is the point.

We hire filmmakers who care about frames and engineers who care about taste. We train on data we own or have license to. We finish to broadcast standards, every time.

Cinematic storytelling. Visual craft. Emotional impact. Built for what's next.

What We Believe
01

The Frame is the Product

We're not in the business of selling tools or showing off models. The output is a finished frame, on screen, in front of an audience.

02

Human Direction, Always

Directors and artists drive every decision. AI accelerates them. It does not replace taste, story, or judgment.

03

Owned Data, No Shortcuts

Our models train on licensed, owned, or fully synthetic data. Provenance is a feature, not a footnote.

04

Iterate in Public

We share what we learn from real productions — what shipped, what didn't, what we're still figuring out.

05

Hollywood Standards

Compositing, finishing, and delivery built to the same bar feature pipelines hold themselves to.

06

Long-Term Partners

We say no to fit-for-the-moment work. We build relationships with people we want to make a body of work with.

Leadership
[ PORTRAIT ]

Mara Voss

Founder · Director

Filmmaker. Previously directed commercials and shorts at independent studios across LA and London.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Idris Khoury

VFX Supervisor

Twenty years across feature films and broadcast. Leads compositing and finishing.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Sora Lin

Head of AI Systems

ML researcher turned production engineer. Owns the lab and the data posture.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Elliot Pace

Executive Producer

Production from sketch to delivery. Runs the studio's project flow and partnerships.

[ PORTRAIT ]

June Aoki

Creative Director

Worldbuilding, look development, and visual identity for every campaign.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Theo Marlow

Pipeline TD Lead

Designs the connective tissue between the creative and engineering sides of the studio.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Nadia Reyes

Head of Story

Treatments, scripts, and narrative development across short and long form.

[ PORTRAIT ]

Felix Quan

Head of Operations

Studio operations, hiring, finance, and the unglamorous things that keep work shipping.

Studio History
2023

Studio founded in Montreal. First three commercial campaigns ship.

2024

Lab spun up. Atlas Models v1 enters production. Prishtina studio opens.

2025

First feature-quality VFX pass delivered. Stack Compositor goes live.

2026

High-end commercial AI picture and VFX campaigns ship for Sola and Siebert.

Next

Original short-form slate, in development with select partner studios.

Press & Features
CINEFRAME
FAST CO.
SHOTLIST
THE DRUM
LITTLE BLACK
FILM SCHOOL
Studios
V01 Montreal studio

Montreal

HQ · Downtown

Production, client collaboration, and finishing. Open by appointment.

Montreal, Quebec
Canada

V01 Prishtina studio

Prishtina

Studio · Kosovo

Creative development, VFX, AI systems, and production collaboration.

Prishtina
Kosovo

Working
worldwide.

We collaborate with directors, brands, agencies, and studios across every timezone. If you're making something ambitious, we should talk.

V01 works worldwide from Montreal and Prishtina