Winston Baker & K5 International present:
Ex Machina Studios - Slate Presentation

Four filmmakers.
Each project presented by its Director.

Heaven presented by Director Alex Proyas

Paradise Lost presented by Director Roger Avary

Space Nation presented by Director Martin Weisz

EXCLUSIVE BUYER PRESENTATION

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schedule

3:00pm | Doors Open

3:15pm - 4:15pm | Slate Presentation

4:15pm | Meet the Directors & Team

5:00pm | Event Concludes

Directors

Alex Proyas - film director, writer, producer

Alex Proyas is an Egyptian-born (of Greek-Egyptian ancestry) Australian film director/writer/producer. With a passion for film from an early age, Proyas’ early shorts were acclaimed, including numerous outstanding short film awards and nominations at London, Melbourne, Cannes international film festivals.

He has forged an influential career with feature films equal in measure as cult and commercial successes, from his first feature SPIRITS (1989), THE CROW (1994), DARK CITY (1998), GARAGE DAYS (2002), followed by I, ROBOT (2004), KNOWING (2009) and GODS OF EGYPT (2016).

Proyas production company - www.mysteryclock.com has developed and produced projects across the large and small screens for over twenty-five years. 

Roger Avary - Award-winning Filmmaker

Award-winning filmmaker Roger Avary first began experimenting in Beta I video and 8mm film formats during the late 1970s. Throughout the 1980s he worked alongside his friend and fellow aspiring filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino, at Video Archives, a video store in Manhattan Beach, California. In 1983, Avary’s Super-8mm supernatural thriller The Worm Turns won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association. He went on to attend the film program at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design, after which he worked as an advertising copywriter at DMB&B and J. Walter Thompson.

In 1994, Avary was awarded an Academy Award™ for his work with Quentin Tarantino on their screenplay for Pulp Fiction. Also in 1994, Avary wrote and directed the French neonoir crime thriller Killing Zoe, which Roger Ebert called 'Generation X's first Bank Caper Movie.' The film was honored with le Prix tres special a Cannes, the same year that Pulp Fiction took home the Palm d'Or.  In 2002, Avary wrote and directed the filmed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction, and became an Apple Computer spokesperson for Final Cut Pro 3.  In 2006, he penned the movie adaptation of the hit Konami video game Silent Hill, which debuted as #1 at the U.S. box office and has been embraced by video game fans as one of the first game-to-film adaptations that is true to the imagery and spirit of its source material.
In 2007, novelist Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary wrote and produced an adaptation of Beowulf for director Robert Zemeckis and Paramount Pictures.
In 2017 Avary directed a French language filmed feature-length adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play, La voix humaine, starring actress Elsa Zylberstein.  Also in 2017 Avary wrote and directed the comedic thriller, Lucky Day.  In 2020, Roger re-teamed with his old friend, video store clerk, and writing-partner, Quentin Tarantino.  The two returned to their VHS roots with The Video Archives Podcast, produced by his daughter Gala Avary and currently in its second season.
In 2025, Roger founded the Texas-based cinema technology and AI media company General Cinema Dynamics Corporation, placing himself at the forefront of the next wave of cinema.
He is currently in production on his adaptation of John Milton's Paradise Lost for the innovative AI production company Ex Machina Studios and producer Marco Weber. Avary is represented by manager David Unger.

Martin Weisz - video & commercial director

Martin Weisz is a renowned video and commercial director who has shot over 300 music videos for artists including Brandy, Korn, Live, Daughtry, Sisqo, and Nickelback. His commercial work spans global brands such as VW, Audi, Porsche, Aston Martin, Budweiser, Blockbuster, and Wrigley’s.

He made his feature debut with “Grimm Love” in 2005, which went on to win the Sitges Film Festival awards for Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Cinematographer. He followed this success with the Twentieth Century Fox release “The Hills Have Eyes II,” which opened worldwide in March 2007 and has grossed over 70 million dollars across theatrical and home entertainment. He then produced and directed the independent film “Squatters”, which got acquired by Sony Films and released in 2014.

A veteran of both narrative and commercial environments, Martin is deeply experienced in VFX and digital production, using cutting-edge tools to elevate every project he leads.

Marco Weber - Producer, Founder and CEO, Ex Machina Studios

Marco Weber is a film producer and media entrepreneur known for backing bold, internationally driven projects across film and television. He has produced a slate of features including “Unthinkable,” “Igby Goes Down,” and “The Thirteenth Floor.”

Over the course of his career, Marco has collaborated with major studios and independent financiers, building a track record of developing filmmaker-led projects for global audiences.

In addition to his work as a producer, he has founded and led several content and media ventures, focusing on the intersection of storytelling, technology, and emerging distribution platforms. Most recently, Marco acted as a board member and co-CEO for AI Startup Utopai Studios.

Daniel Baur - CEO, K5 International

Daniel Baur is CEO of K5 International, a Paris-Cologne based independent entertainment company focused on producing, financing, and distributing premium content.

K5 International´s slate includes Kevin Costner´s four feature series HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA that was wide released by Warner Bros., mafia thriller NOVEMBER 1963 directed by Palm D´Or Winner Roland Joffé starring John Travolta and Robert Carlyle, action movie THE BUTLER starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander and romantic comedy PRINCESS starring Lucy Hale.

K5 International recently teamed up with Ex Machina Studios to distribute movies and series that are build with the most innovative tools currently available. Projects include HEAVEN to be directed by Alex Proyas, and scifi series SPACE NATION.

Over the last 25 years, film producer and sales veteran Daniel Baur has produced and executive produced more than 50 international feature films, including Cannes Competition title "Paterson" directed by Jim Jarmusch starring Adam Driver in cooperation with Amazon Studios, Netflix Original "Anon" starring Amanda Seyfried and Clive Owen directed by Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca"," Truman Show") and Foreign Academy Award Nominated "Land Of Mine" directed by Martin Zandvliet.

Daniel Baur is a member of the ACE Producers Network.