P R O T A G O N
PROTAGON develops and produces cinematic content, visual effects, and AI-enabled creative workflows for brands, film, television, games, and emerging media.
We bring together production experience, VFX supervision, virtual production, 3D/4D capture, and generative AI tools to help studios, agencies, artists, and technology companies move from concept to execution faster, smarter, and with greater creative control.
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From original IP and branded content to film, television, games, emerging media, and AI-enabled production workflows, PROTAGON helps creative teams move from idea to execution with speed, taste, and technical confidence.
We partner with studios, agencies, brands, artists, and technology companies to develop concepts, build production strategies, prototype visual approaches, and deliver content across live action, animation, visual effects, virtual production, and next-generation media.
Original IP development
Creative development and pitch materials
AI-assisted concepting, visual development & generative content
Budgeting, scheduling, and production strategy
Live-action and virtual production
Production management
Post-production and VFX
Emerging media and experiential content
FABRICATE: Digital-to-Physical
PROTAGON bridges digital design and physical production for film, television, advertising, fine art, fashion, museums, exhibits, and immersive experiences.
Using a combination of traditional craft, digital sculpting, 3D printing, CNC milling, scanning, and production management, we help artists, designers, studios, and brands turn concepts, characters, props, body forms, maquettes, and environments into physical objects with precision and creative control.
Capabilities include:
Digital and physical sculpting
CNC milling
3D printing and prototyping
Props, maquettes, and exhibit elements
Body forms and wardrobe bucks
Casting and molding
Paint, finish, and specialty fabrication
Concept art and design
Project management for artist, museum, and production builds
Museum Exhibit
CNC Foam Wardrobe Buck
CAPTURE · AI · SPATIAL
PROTAGON combines AI-assisted production tools, lidar, drones, and 3D/4D scanning to create high-resolution digital assets for VFX, virtual production, real-time visualization, immersive media, and machine-learning-enabled creative pipelines.
From practical capture through final delivery, we help teams turn real-world people, places, props, environments, and performances into flexible digital assets that can support previs, post-production, marketing, interactive experiences, and next-generation content workflows.
Mobile 3D Scanning Studio
Digi-Double & Meta-Human
BTS: Mobile Character Scanning
BTS: Capture & Post Processing
EFFECT
Visual effects, post-production, AI-assisted workflows, and creative technology strategy from script to screen.
PROTAGON helps productions, studios, agencies, and technology teams design and execute smarter visual workflows — combining VFX supervision, post-production experience, real-time tools, generative AI, capture, and production strategy.
Whether the need is a single technical review, a full VFX plan, an AI-enabled production pipeline, or end-to-end creative execution, we help teams make better decisions earlier, reduce friction, and protect the creative vision through delivery.
VFX consultation, supervision, and execution
Script and shot breakdowns
Creative and technical strategy
Generative AI content development & production
AI-assisted VFX and post workflows
Previs, postvis, and rapid prototyping
Virtual production and real-time workflow planning
Budgeting and vendor strategy
Crew, pipeline, and workflow optimization
Editorial, beauty, color, finishing, and delivery
CONCEPT TO FINISH
BRIAN ADLER
Executive Producer · Creative Technologist · VFX Supervisor
Brian Adler has been a creative leader at the intersection of entertainment, advertising, emerging media, and production technology for more than 25 years.
He has led business development, creative strategy, production, and post-production for visual effects vendors, managing teams across hundreds of commercials, music videos, streaming series, feature films, and branded content campaigns. His work spans live action, animation, VFX, digital humans, immersive media, real-time visualization, photogrammetry, performance capture, and AI/ML-enabled creative workflows.
Adler’s credits include several of the highest-grossing films ever made and many of today’s most-watched streaming series. He produced the indie comedy Adult Interference, starring Ted Welch and Kate Upton, and served as Executive Producer and VFX Supervisor on the international epic The Legend of Maula Jatt, the highest-grossing South Asian film in history.
His clients and collaborators include major studios, networks, streamers, video game publishers, ad agencies, and global brands including Nokia, Cadillac, Bridgestone, HP, Burger King, Electronic Arts, Square Enix, Activision Blizzard, Yahoo!, and leading pharmaceutical companies. He has also collaborated with iconic recording artists including Will Smith, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, and Duran Duran, earning a Visual Effects Society nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video.
In addition to his entertainment and advertising work, Adler has partnered with renowned artists, museums, and cultural institutions to direct creative services, manage fine-art fabrication, and develop advanced capture and production workflows. A graduate of the University of Michigan’s Cinema & Television program, Adler began his career at New Line Cinema and Industrial Light & Magic, where he learned from some of the industry’s leading filmmakers, producers, and visual effects pioneers during the production of films such as The Mask and Forrest Gump.
Based in Los Angeles, Adler continues to bridge storytelling, production, visual effects, AI, real-time technology, and creative innovation across global entertainment and media.
CONTACT
(323) 304-1713
info@protagonpix.com
For creative development and production, AI-enabled workflows, VFX, spatial capture, emerging media, or strategic production consulting, contact PROTAGON.
