Empowering cinematic storytellers to bring their most ambitious visions to life.
Empowering cinematic storytellers to bring their most ambitious visions to life.
About Us.
Magic Lantern is building a new foundation for storytelling.
For decades, creating film and video required large teams, long timelines, and significant resources. Today, that constraint is disappearing. As generative technologies unlock new creative possibilities, the opportunity is no longer just to make content faster, it’s to rethink how stories are created altogether.
We believe the future of storytelling belongs to those who can design worlds, not just produce scenes. Worlds with consistent characters, visual identity, and narrative continuity that can evolve over time.
Magic Lantern exists to give creators, studios, and teams the tools to build, shape, and expand those worlds, with precision, control, and creative freedom.
Generative AI Platform
Magic Lantern enables creators to build worlds, define characters, and generate consistent, production-ready content across scenes and formats. From concept to output, everything lives in one system designed for control, iteration, and scale.
Not just faster production. A fundamentally new way to create.
Creative Studio
Where new worlds come to life.
Magic Lantern Studio develops original IP and partners with filmmakers, studios, and brands to bring ambitious ideas to screen. Combining creative direction with our technology, we explore new formats and push storytelling forward.
Founding Team.
Magic Lantern is founded by operators and builders who have spent over a decade at the intersection of video and creative technology.
From pioneering AI-driven video creation to leading global product organizations, the team brings deep experience in building platforms used by millions of creators and enterprises worldwide.
We’ve seen how storytelling is made today.
We’re building what comes next.
Magic Lantern is founded by operators and builders who have spent over a decade at the intersection of video, product, and creative technology.
From pioneering AI-driven video creation to leading global product organizations, the team brings deep experience in building platforms used by millions of creators and enterprises worldwide.
We’ve seen how storytelling is made today.
We’re building what comes next.
Zohar Dayan CEO
Zohar is a serial entrepreneur and product leader with a long track record in video and AI. He is the founder of Wibbitz, one of the earliest companies to bring automated text-to-video creation to market, later acquired by Vimeo.
At Vimeo, Zohar served as SVP of Product & GM, leading a global organization across video creation, editing, live, OTT, Enterprise and AI. He oversaw core product strategy and helped scale the business into a $420 million dollar platform serving creators, businesses, and enterprises worldwide.
Kevin Dalvi CPO
Kevin is a design and product leader with deep experience building creative tools and platforms at scale. He has led design organizations at companies like Amazon and Vimeo, shaping products used by millions of creators and teams worldwide.
With a background in both design and filmmaking, Kevin brings a rare perspective that bridges creative craft and product execution. His work consistently focuses on building systems that are both powerful and intuitive, enabling creators to move faster without compromising quality or intent.
Zohar Dayan CEO
Zohar is a serial entrepreneur and product leader with a long track record in video and AI. He is the founder of Wibbitz, one of the earliest companies to bring automated text-to-video creation to market, later acquired by Vimeo.
At Vimeo, Zohar served as SVP of Product & GM, leading a global organization across video creation, editing, live, OTT, Enterprise and AI. He oversaw core product strategy and helped scale the business into a $420 million dollar platform serving creators, businesses, and enterprises worldwide.
Kevin Dalvi CPO
Kevin is a design and product leader with deep experience building creative tools and platforms at scale. He has led design organizations at companies like Amazon and Vimeo, shaping products used by millions of creators and teams worldwide.
With a background in both design and filmmaking, Kevin brings a rare perspective that bridges creative craft and product execution. His work consistently focuses on building systems that are both powerful and intuitive, enabling creators to move faster without compromising quality or intent.
Our Vision.
Entertainment is entering a new phase.
For the first time, stories don’t have to be fully written, produced, and finalized before they are experienced. They can be generated, adapted, and expanded in real time.
We call this autonomous entertainment.
A new model where worlds, characters, and narratives are not fixed, but continuously evolving systems. Stories are no longer limited to a single version or a single path. They can respond, iterate, and grow, shaped by both creators and audiences.
In this future storyworlds generate new stories on their own. Characters persist and evolve over time. Narratives adapt to context, preference, and interaction.
Creation becomes less about producing a final piece, and more about designing the systems that make storytelling possible.
Magic Lantern is building toward this shift.
A foundation where creators can define worlds with enough depth and structure to support infinite storytelling, while maintaining consistency, quality, and creative intent.
Not just content that’s watched once.
But worlds that keep unfolding.
Magic Lantern is founded by operators and builders who have spent over a decade at the intersection of video, product, and creative technology.
From pioneering AI-driven video creation to leading global product organizations, the team brings deep experience in building platforms used by millions of creators and enterprises worldwide.
We’ve seen how storytelling is made today.
We’re building what comes next.
FAQs
What is Magic Lantern?
Magic Lantern is a cinematic AI platform designed for world-building and storytelling. It gives filmmakers, studios, and creative teams the tools to design characters, locations, and visual styles, then generate scenes and productions within those worlds. Instead of generating disconnected clips, Magic Lantern focuses on consistent story worlds where characters, environments, and visual language stay coherent across shots, scenes, and episodes.
Who is Magic Lantern for?
Magic Lantern is built for creators who think in stories, not prompts. This includes filmmakers, studios, agencies, and creative teams developing narrative content, branded entertainment, or visual worlds. It is designed for professionals who want cinematic control, visual consistency, and scalable production.
How is Magic Lantern different from other AI video tools?
Most AI tools generate individual images or clips. Magic Lantern is built around worlds. You define the characters, locations, visual style, and narrative structure first. The platform then generates scenes that remain consistent across an entire production. This allows creators to build films, series, and narrative universes instead of isolated outputs.
What does “world-building” mean in Magic Lantern?
World-building is the process of designing the rules, characters, environments, and visual language of a story. In Magic Lantern, creators can define: • Characters and their visual identity • Locations and environments • Visual style and cinematography • Story structure and scenes Once defined, the platform can generate consistent assets across an entire production.
Can Magic Lantern generate entire scenes or productions?
Yes. Magic Lantern can generate the assets needed to create complete scenes, including characters, locations, shot compositions, and cinematic sequences. These assets can then be assembled into short films, series episodes, trailers, or visual prototypes.
What kinds of projects can be created with Magic Lantern?
Creators use Magic Lantern to develop: • Short films • Animated series • Concept trailers • Narrative prototypes • Visual story worlds • Branded entertainment • Pitch materials for studios and networks Many teams also use the platform for rapid visual development before entering traditional production.
What is Magic Lantern?
Magic Lantern is a cinematic AI platform designed for world-building and storytelling. It gives filmmakers, studios, and creative teams the tools to design characters, locations, and visual styles, then generate scenes and productions within those worlds. Instead of generating disconnected clips, Magic Lantern focuses on consistent story worlds where characters, environments, and visual language stay coherent across shots, scenes, and episodes.
Who is Magic Lantern for?
Magic Lantern is built for creators who think in stories, not prompts. This includes filmmakers, studios, agencies, and creative teams developing narrative content, branded entertainment, or visual worlds. It is designed for professionals who want cinematic control, visual consistency, and scalable production.
How is Magic Lantern different from other AI video tools?
Most AI tools generate individual images or clips. Magic Lantern is built around worlds. You define the characters, locations, visual style, and narrative structure first. The platform then generates scenes that remain consistent across an entire production. This allows creators to build films, series, and narrative universes instead of isolated outputs.
What does “world-building” mean in Magic Lantern?
World-building is the process of designing the rules, characters, environments, and visual language of a story. In Magic Lantern, creators can define: • Characters and their visual identity • Locations and environments • Visual style and cinematography • Story structure and scenes Once defined, the platform can generate consistent assets across an entire production.
Can Magic Lantern generate entire scenes or productions?
Yes. Magic Lantern can generate the assets needed to create complete scenes, including characters, locations, shot compositions, and cinematic sequences. These assets can then be assembled into short films, series episodes, trailers, or visual prototypes.
What kinds of projects can be created with Magic Lantern?
Creators use Magic Lantern to develop: • Short films • Animated series • Concept trailers • Narrative prototypes • Visual story worlds • Branded entertainment • Pitch materials for studios and networks Many teams also use the platform for rapid visual development before entering traditional production.
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