Filmmaker​/Emerging Director — NYC or LA

Employment:
Contract / project-based
· On-site in New York City or Los Angeles About Autopilot About Autopilot

Autopilot makes professional-style investing accessible through an app that lets people follow portfolios or create their own fund for others to follow. Help us tell the stories behind money, investing, and culture.

Autopilot is looking for an ambitious emerging filmmaker, film student, or early-career director to help tell original stories about money, investing, and the people behind them.

We want someone hungry to build a portfolio and capable of producing high-quality, story-driven short films and social videos. You do not need to have run a full production company or owned every part of the process before. We can provide briefs, creative direction, app footage, animation, talent support, and funding. You bring the storytelling instinct and execution.

• Portraits of longtime New Yorkers and their relationship with money.
• Unexpected stories behind wealth, work, investing, and culture.
• Documentary-style local stories with a financial angle.
• Original short-form concepts that make Autopilot feel culturally relevant.

• Pitch and produce story-led video concepts.
• Direct, shoot, and edit projects, or coordinate the production process.
• Work from creative briefs and collaborate with Autopilot on messaging.
• Create polished videos for social distribution and potential paid promotion.

• Film students, recent graduates, aspiring directors, or early-career filmmakers.
• A strong portfolio or a clear creative point of view.
• Ability to tell a story visually.
• Comfort working independently on project-based assignments.

Project-based. Typical budgets may range from approximately $100 to $1,000+ per project depending on scope. Exceptional concepts and larger productions may have separate budgets.

Autopilot is an equal opportunity employer.