Clever

Made.
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01 About
Tāmaki Makaurau · Auckland
Making film since 1986

01.1 · Who we are

A production company in Tāmaki Makaurau, working globally. We make TVCs, brand films and AI-native work for agencies and brands. The directors are ours. The tools are new. The standard is the one we've held since 1986.

Forty years of craft. A new kind of camera.

01.2 · How we work

A director on every job and a human decision behind every frame. AI does what it's good at — the volume, the variations, the impossible shot — and people do the rest: the idea, the taste, the call.

Speed without losing the plot.

01.3 · What we stand behind

Every model we use is one we can name. Every asset is licensed or ours. Every frame carries provenance. When your legal team asks where it came from, we have the answer.

BK

Executive Producer

A leading figure in New Zealand's commercial production industry for four decades. Founder, Executive Producer and President of Flying Fish from 1986 to 2009, and continuing as a Company Director through to 2025.

Known for creative vision and a relentless production standard, he has overseen the making of countless award-winning commercials and worked alongside many of New Zealand's and the world's most acclaimed directors — earning a reputation for excellence around the globe.

Jack

Chief Technical Officer

Completing a PhD in Computer Science specialising in AI at the University of Auckland. Jack is one of those rare people who genuinely loves finding smart, practical ways to apply the technology to real-world problems — and at Clever, he leads the craft that turns briefs into great work.

His work sits at the intersection of cutting-edge research and production reality: overseeing the building of the pipelines, custom tooling and AI-augmented workflows that let directors focus on the craft, not the tech.