Best Creative Composition
Garbage Person
Credited as “Puhm, Pecan, Wankum, Freeman”
Garbage Person is an AI film by Puhm, Pecan, Wankum, Freeman that won Best Creative Composition at the 2024 AI Film & Art Festival.
The artists
Verena Puhm
Generative AI director · TV writer · Producer
Verena Puhm is a generative AI director, television writer and producer. Puhm directed Garbage Person, the team's entry in Runway's 48-hour GEN48 challenge; the AI short Milk screened at OpenAI's Sora Selects in Los Angeles, and a horror short placed second in a Curious Refuge competition.
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Pecan
Filmmaker
Louie Pecan, a stage name, was one of the four makers of Garbage Person, the team's entry in Runway's 48-hour GEN48 challenge. A Louie Pecan also sat on the festival's 2026 judging panel.
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Wankum
Writer · Editor · VFX
Brian Wankum wrote, edited and made the visual effects for Garbage Person, the four-person team's entry in Runway's 48-hour GEN48 challenge.
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Freeman
Filmmaker
Becky Freeman was one of the four makers of Garbage Person, the team's entry in Runway's 48-hour GEN48 challenge.
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2024 AI Film & Art Festival
