HBO: Czech President Deepfake

HBO: Czech President Deepfake

Client
HBO
Agency
Symbio
Production
NICE!
My role
Remote co-direction, post-production

This hero video for the HBO series Bezvědomí set out to capture public attention, both to promote the show and to highlight the fragile status of truth in today's media. It was one of the first deepfakes ever used in advertising, and it earned 8 European Art Directors Club awards, including the Grand Prix.

I couldn't attend the shoot, so I supported director Jan Vlasák remotely, with Alex Jindrák assisting me. The project was mainly a technical and post-production challenge, since none of us had worked with deepfake technology before.

Director
Jan Vlasák
Compositing and deepfake
Marek Štolůn
Co-direction
Alex Jindrák
Voice imitation
Petr Jablonský
HBO: Czech President Deepfake, video 2