Founder / Creative Director / Filmmaker
Jéasy
Sehgal.
Where cinematic craft meets human-centred technology.
An award-winning filmmaker, creative-technology leader, researcher and educator working across screen production, virtual production, digital humans, immersive media and human-centred artificial intelligence.
New Zealand · Norway · America · international
2007
Graphic Monk founded
International creative production practice
GOLD
Unreal instructor partner
Gold Unreal Authorized Instructor Partner
IEEE
Peer-reviewed AER research
Presented in 2025; published in IEEE Xplore in 2026
2025–26
Panther Innovations Award
Vivience AI research initiative
The throughline
Story.
Systems.
People.
Jéasy’s career is built around one continuing question: how can technology deepen human expression rather than distract from it?
Beginning in filmmaking, post-production and performance, his practice evolved through virtual cinematography, motion capture and real-time production into research on emotionally resonant digital humans and relational AI.
Today, he leads Graphic Monk, Virtual Production Dojo and Vivience AI from Trondheim, connecting creative direction, responsible innovation, applied research and capability development across international partnerships.
Selected career milestones
A practice in constant motion.
2007
Graphic Monk Productions
Founded the international creative production and technology practice.
2017
Screen craft
Completed Film and Television post-production study and advanced Park Road training while working in Post-Production as an Online Editor.
2020–21
Master of Technological Futures
Completed a Level 9 master’s programme researching digital humans, empathy and engagement.
2021
Virtual Production Dojo
Established New Zealand’s first dedicated Unreal Engine Authorized Training Center for Virtual Production, VFX, Digital Filmmaking.
2022–26
Georgia State University
Professor of Practice in Virtual Production and VFX, contributing to the MFA concentration and interdisciplinary partnerships.
2023–present
Vivience AI
Founded the practice-led research initiative exploring relational digital humans and Affective-Emotive Resonance.
2025–26
Research recognition
AER was presented at COMCOMAP 2025, published in IEEE Xplore in 2026 and recognised through Georgia State’s Panther Innovations and Research Award.
2026–present
Trondheim, Norway
A new European base for production, applied research, education and international partnership development.
Prof. Jeasy Sehgal with Dean Dr. Todd Rosenstiel – Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University
Recognition
Recognition grounded in impact.
Panther Innovations and Research Award
Georgia State University recognised the Vivience AI initiative for interdisciplinary innovation and translational research impact in 2025–2026.
IEEE-published AER research
The peer-reviewed paper was presented at COMCOMAP in December 2025 and published in IEEE Xplore in 2026. It formalised Affective-Emotive Resonance as a framework for sustained emotional continuity in digital-human interaction. View the IEEE record ↗
2020–21
Master of Technological Futures
Level 9 postgraduate study at Tech Futures Lab, Auckland.
GOLD
Unreal Authorized Instructor
Gold-level real-time training credential.
CERTIFIED
Reallusion Trainer
Character Creator and iClone training capability since 2021.
2017
Park Road Post Production
Industry-intensive post-production training in Wellington.
Filmmaker and creative director
Filmmaker first.
Technology in service of story.
Across directing, producing, cinematography, editing, performance and post-production, Jéasy’s work treats emerging technology as part of the cinematic language rather than an end in itself.
Oyun’s Quest: Prologue brought together real-time animation, performance capture, digital humans and virtual cameras in an award-winning experimental short. Its public FilmFreeway record lists eight awards and selections, including Best Animation and an Audience Award. View awards and filmography ↗
Academic and industry leadership
Building people, programmes and partnerships.
From 2022 to 2026, Jéasy served as Professor of Practice in Virtual Production and VFX at Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute.
His work connected postgraduate curriculum, studio practice and industry-facing production. It included graduate mentoring, interdisciplinary research and applied collaborations. As supervising virtual production producer, he mentored the CMII team that delivered WTTG Fox DC’s 2024 National Election Broadcast Set in Unreal Engine.
Through Virtual Production Dojo, he continues to build professional and institutional capability in Unreal Engine, virtual production, digital humans and real-time media.
MFA
Graduate programme leadership
Curriculum and mentoring within Digital Filmmaking, Virtual Production and Visual Effects.
TOP FIVE
Virtual production education
Virtual Cinematography profiled by Animation Magazine in 2023.
LIVE
Applied studio delivery
Supervising virtual production producer for WTTG Fox DC’s 2024 election broadcast set.
Vivience AI / Research
What if digital humans could sustain meaningful connection?
Vivience AI examines how memory, embodiment, affective signalling, persona design and responsible governance can support more coherent human–AI relationships.
Jéasy’s Affective-Emotive Resonance research bridges filmmaking, performance, virtual production and human-centred AI. It positions digital humans as designed relational systems whose credibility depends on more than visual realism or conversational accuracy. Read the Georgia State research story ↗
RESEARCH-LED.
PRACTICE-TESTED.
HUMAN-CENTRED.
Speaker profile
Ideas built to move a room.
Jéasy speaks to executive, academic, creative and technical audiences about the convergence of storytelling, real-time systems and human-centred intelligence.
01
Relational AI and digital humans
Affective-Emotive Resonance, emotional continuity and responsible design.
02
Virtual production and the future of screen
Real-time workflows, intelligent characters and creative transformation.
03
Creative leadership in emerging technology
Building teams that remain solution-specific as tools and markets change.
04
Education, capability and workforce transition
Preparing institutions and practitioners for applied AI and real-time media.
Selected keynote
Beyond the Screen: Affective-Emotive Resonance and the Emergence of Relational AI
Distinguished Keynote Speaker, GARI International Conference 2026. View keynote profile ↗
Selected media and evidence
Read. Watch. Verify.
GEORGIA STATE
On Set, On Campus ↗
ANIMATION MAGAZINE
Five Popular Virtual Production Classes Across the U.S. ↗
IEEE XPLORE
Emergence of Affective-Emotive Resonance ↗
Collaboration / Speaking / Media
Bring the right story, system and people together.
For keynote engagements, advisory collaborations, creative productions, research partnerships and institutional programmes.