XANDER SIMMS — CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST & AI FILMMAKER
Xander Simms is a creative technologist and AI filmmaker and the founder of Digital Storytellers Ink. He originates, directs and ships cinematic AI work — films, live experiences and brand worlds — and builds the systems behind them.
St. Louis, MO · Remote · Open to relocation · xandersimmsdesign@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/xandersimms777 · xandersimms.com
Selects
Ten guided AI creative challenges for 360 high school students on ConnectSTL’s College + Tech Innovation Tour across Saint Louis University, SIUE and Webster University.
An 11-minute spoken-word film in five acts, holding 14 visual styles in one continuous story; featured in Luma’s Creative Partner newsletter. Created with Luma.
The day ComfyUI opened its MCP connector, I had an agent running a working video pipeline by that night. ComfyUI’s co-founder wrote about it by name.
Creative Director on the original project team with designer Natalie Trevonne and Ernest Spicer through Digital Storytellers Ink; later Threedium/Unlimited3D product-and-content scope included 3D assets, AR filters, renders and the film.
A tribute film for MOKAN’s 49th Anniversary honoring St. Louis recovery leaders after the May 16, 2025 tornado.
An immersive MMA fan-experience brand with UFC welterweight Max “Pain” Griffin: his 3D avatar, the brand world and the reveal teaser; launched in Spatial.
First contact, retold as a homecoming: one diver held from the seafloor to the portal. Created with Luma.
Experience
Founder & Creative Director, Digital Storytellers Ink · St. Louis
Technical Artist @ Meta via Tundra · Tundra Technical Solutions (contracted to Meta)
Luma AI Creative Partner · Creative Partner Program
Product Designer & Creative Lead, Threedium · 3D commerce for LVMH brands; The Nessa Dress at the inaugural Metaverse Fashion Week
Product Designer & 3D Creative, Cavrnus
Product Designer & Creative Strategist, Exclusible · Luxury digital collectibles and brand experiences
Education
Lindenwood University: B.A. in Music · M.A. in Arts and Entertainment Management
Talks & partnerships
Speaker, “Reality by Design,” Local Creator Showcase — Adobe Create Now, St. Louis Design Week, Oct 6, 2026; Adobe commissioned his event sticker
Emcee, with Sarah Honeycutt — NFT San Francisco, Oct 31, 2022
Panelist — NFT.NYC 2022 · Lone Design Club, “Meet Me In The Metaverse” (2022)
Helped create the world premiere of Mike Pell’s TEDxMiami 2024 talk, “The Moment of Clarity”
Luma AI Creative Partner