Zhelun “Jerry” Lin is an award-winning writer-director and AI-native filmmaker based in the Bay Area whose work bridges live-action cinema and generative storytelling. His films have screened internationally, including at the Roxbury International Film Festival. His recent AI-integrated shorts include The Perfect Proposal and REPLACED. Jerry approaches Generative AI not as a shortcut, but as a new cinematic workflow grounded in the writer-director’s creative judgment.