This page is the index. Below are the films currently in development, the shared portal and footage they're built from, and the working philosophy that ties them together. Some chapters here are five-minute reels. Some are feature-length. All are still becoming.
The biggest version of the question Andrew has been asking for a decade. The Seattle Prize fellowship is one of its threads, and its strongest right now. Andrew's own story is another. The dinner of April 2, 2026 named the framework on camera. Nine paper-edits already exist in the portal, each pointed at a different audience.
An Indiana farm kid invented online dating. Sold his empire while breaking down. Came back through painting. In 2026, rebuilt the platform in 31 days with 20 AI agents, then pledged never to take another dollar of profit. Five-act structure assembled from a 55-minute Origin Story, 19 dinner clips, the 365-painting recovery blog, and the Unadulterated memoir.
A short ongoing series about the Salon: who comes, what gets argued about, the mechanical music museum, the artwalk, the long table. Filmed across a year of Thursdays at the Occidental Fine Arts Center. Concept stage.
The Year One climax: the fellows' finished paintings on the wall, the public walks in, and we film what they do with their bodies and faces. Long-take observational. The Year One scheduled exhibition opens June 4, 2026.