Our Team

Digital glitch art poster for the documentary 'Uncharted Territory: Humans and the Rise of A.I.,' featuring black background with multicolored pixelated patterns and white and red text.

Meet the human minds behind the film.

Charles de Lauzirika is a filmmaker and documentarian whose work spans feature films, music videos, and acclaimed home media productions. A USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate, he is known for his definitive special editions of films and TV shows including Blade Runner, the Alien films, and Twin Peaks, earning four Saturn Awards. His dramatic films, including Crave, Love Bite and Honk, have also won several awards at festivals around the world.

A man with glasses and a beard standing in front of colorful artwork and a mounted bear head. This is Charles de Lauzirika (Director).

Charles de Lauzirika (Director)

Jeremy Emerman is a cinematographer, known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and Interstellar (2014).

A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and a denim shirt holding a camera rig in front of a yellow metal door. This is Jeremy Emerman (Director of Photography).

Jeremy Emerman (Director of Photography)

A middle-aged man with light skin, blonde hair, and a beard, wearing a dark suit jacket and a light-colored checkered shirt, standing with arms crossed against a plain light background, smiling slightly. This is Todd Essig.

Dr. Todd Essig is a psychoanalyst, faculty member at the William Alanson White Institute and NYU Postdoctoral Program, and a pioneering voice on mental health technology. He is founder and chair of APsA's Commission on Artificial Intelligence and serves on the IPA's subcommittee on AI. He maintains a private practice in New York.

Todd Essig, PhD

A woman with curly dark hair wearing a burgundy top looks at the camera against a gray background. This is Amy Levy.

Dr. Amy Levy is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who chairs APsA's Commission on Artificial Intelligence and serves on the IPA's subcommittee on AI. She is the author of The New Other: Alien Intelligence and the Innovation Drive and lectures internationally on psychoanalysis and AI. She practices in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Amy Levy, Psy.D