About Ryan Strandjord
Ryan Strandjord is a filmmaker and AI storyteller whose channel is home to Emma’s Revenge, a five-part western made with generative AI.
In his own words, from his channel: “Hello! I’m Ryan, an award-winning filmmaker and AI storyteller exploring the new frontiers of digital narrative. I blend traditional cinematic techniques with generative AI to build immersive worlds and tell stories that were previously impossible to visualize.”
Emma’s Revenge is the clearest proof of that method on his channel: a period western serial about Emma, the bait in a saloon honey trap who saves herself when the trap fails, and rides out to find her husband Sam, missing since the Innocents gang burned a mining camp. Two of the five planned parts are out — “Part 1: The Honey Trap” (January 2026) and “Grave Digger” (April 2026). The channel’s only other video is “Ashlander — Fire Starter (Ep #1)”, a short proof of concept for a second AI series, set in an apocalyptic desert wasteland.
Part 1’s description carries his own tool credits — visuals: Nano Banana Pro, Veo 3.1, Kling 2.6 and Hailuo (MiniMax) 2.3; voice: ElevenLabs; music: Suno; editing: Final Cut Pro — passed on here as his statement.
On Kineograph: Final Score 7.2/10 — AI Slop Meter: per-episode scores on the episode posts.
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Featured Work
Emma is set up as bait in her own gang’s honey trap — and when the mark turns on her and the gang doesn’t come, she fights her way out and rides alone into a bigger story: a dead man’s captain’s dial, a gang called the Innocents, and a husband who may not be dead after all.
Where To Find Him
His channel carries three videos so far: the two parts of Emma’s Revenge and the Ashlander proof of concept.
