Brett Gaylor
VP Creative
Hololabs
October 28–30 · Vancouver
Brett brings remix culture, surveillance documentary, and interactive storytelling to the Futureproof stage — a filmmaker who's been culture-jamming the algorithm since before it had a name.
About Brett Gaylor
Brett Gaylor is an interactive media producer and researcher. His recent releases are Field Notes From An Apocalypse, a collaboration with SciFi writer Christopher Brown, Necessary Tomorrows, a speculative documentary podcast with Al Jazeera, Welcome To The Metaverse, an AR project for the 2023 International Symposium on Electronic Art in Paris, and Discriminator, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His 2020 documentary The Internet of Everything broadcast in more than 20 countries. For Do Not Track, OK Google and Rip! A Remix Manifesto, Brett has received the International Documentary Association award, a Peabody Award, the Prix Gémeaux and three Webbys. Brett has received a prestigious Canada Vanier scholarship for BrainRot Revolution, a creative research initiative to build critical data literacy which formed the basis of his 2026 PhD thesis at Simon Fraser University. Brett is the VP Creative at Hololabs, an award-winning immersive media studio in Victoria, BC, where he recently directed the free-roam virtual reality title Abyss Vault.