ABOUT / GUY DOENYAS

AWARD-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER
/ AI BUILDER / TECHNOLOGIST

I’m Guy Doenyas. I work where film, software, AI and connected systems overlap. I started in software, moved deeply into cinematography, production and post, and eventually brought those worlds back together by building tools and systems for creative and real-world workflows.

Based in
Los Angeles, California
Film
8mm · 16mm · 35mm · anamorphic · color · post
Technology
AI systems · automation · software · agents
Connected systems
Home Assistant · Zigbee · Docker · n8n
01 / THE THREAD

One person.
Several worlds.

The common thread has always been curiosity: understand the system, understand the image, then make the process better.

Software came first.

I co-founded a software company in 2014. That taught me to think in systems: inputs, outputs, failure points, interfaces and the small details that determine whether a tool is actually useful.

Then the camera took over.

I moved deeper into production and co-founded a production company in 2016. My work expanded across cinematography, camera, producing, color correction, post-production, VFX and the technical infrastructure behind the work. I became as interested in the entire image pipeline as I was in the image itself.

The two sides eventually became the same thing.

Working in post and documentary workflows pushed me back toward software. I built tools to solve problems I was seeing firsthand — including a Docker-based speech-to-text system that made large interview archives searchable for editors. Today that same instinct shows up in AI agents, workflow automation, voice systems, document processing and connected-home technology.

02 / FILM

Film is still the foundation.

I care about image, texture, optics and process — especially motion-picture film and the discipline that comes with committing to an image before seeing it on a screen.

MON AMOUR / 2020

Award-winning cinematography

Mon Amour, which I created, received Best Cinematography at the Sweden Film Awards in 2020. It was also presented as an Official Winner at the Sweden Film Awards and selected by the Rome Independent Prisma Awards.

THE IMAGE

8mm · 16mm · 35mm

Kodak film, #ShotOnFilm, anamorphic lenses, imperfect optics, color and post. I like tools that leave fingerprints on the image instead of disappearing completely.

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03 / PATH

How I got here.

2014

Software company

Co-founded a software company and started thinking seriously about systems, products and automation.

2016

Production company

Co-founded a production company and worked across cinematography, producing, camera, post, color and technical production infrastructure.

FILM / POST

Creative work became technical work

Production and post created real workflow problems worth solving: media organization, data, search, collaboration, processing and repeatability.

NOW

AI + automation + connected systems

I build AI and automation systems that connect tools, reduce repetitive work and make messy real-world processes easier to operate.

04 / WHAT I BUILD

Software that touches the real world.

I’m most interested in software when it has to interact with people, operations, media, devices or imperfect data — not just live in a demo.

GENERATIVE AI

Creator / UGC systems

Researching creator voice, content and style, then generating scripts that preserve the creator’s identity instead of flattening it.

VOICE AGENTS

Real-world calling workflows

AI voice systems that call businesses, verify availability or rates, capture answers and turn conversations into structured data.

DOCUMENT INTELLIGENCE

Extraction + normalization

Turning medical and legal documents into structured, validated data for downstream case workflows.

MEDIA AUTOMATION

Human-in-the-loop pipelines

Topic selection, approval, AI imagery, captions, automated editing and publishing workflows for repeatable content production.

05 / CONNECTED

The house is another computer.

Home Assistant, Zigbee, IR/RF, networking, ESP32, Docker and self-hosted services are where the same curiosity becomes physical.

Smart home

  • Home Assistant — automations, dashboards, scenes and local control
  • Zigbee + Wi-Fi + IR/RF — making incompatible devices cooperate
  • Media + lighting — TVs, projectors, receivers, lighting groups and custom controls

Homelab

  • Ubuntu + Docker — self-hosted services and infrastructure
  • n8n + agents — automation and action-taking AI workflows
  • Networking + hardware — logs, troubleshooting, radios and experiments
06 / ELSEWHERE

Film. Software.
Everything between.

Selected credits and professional history are available on IMDb and LinkedIn. For projects, collaborations or a conversation, use the contact form.