01 / DURIAN COMMERCIAL
Brands with
a story to tell.
Ongoing social content, immersive hospitality storytelling, cinematic campaigns, and brand films—thoughtfully crafted with live-action and AI.
Let's collaborate ↗LOS ANGELES · EVERYWHERE
Independent. Imaginative. AI-Native.
STORIES
BEYOND
THE FRAME.
Where cinematic storytelling meets a new era of production. We create branded experiences and original stories—built for what's next.
Explore our studio ↗CREATIVE STRATEGY✳AI PRODUCTION✳BRANDED STORIES✳ORIGINAL IP
01 / Who we are
We're an independent creative studio built on a simple belief: the future of content is more imaginative, not less human.
Based in Los Angeles, Durian Picture brings together U.S.-led creative direction, cinematic production, and global AI workflows. We develop stories that connect—whether for a brand, a screen, or a world of our own making.
LA BasedCreative Leadership
GlobalProduction Network
HybridLive Action + AI
Story FirstAlways
02 / What we do
One studio.
Many ways to tell a story.
From an everyday moment worth sharing to an original world worth exploring, we find the right creative approach for every story.
Brands with
02 / DURIAN ORIGINALS
Originals
worth watching.
Bold characters. Compelling hooks. Stories designed to travel. We develop original short-form entertainment through pilots and audience-led discovery.
Discover originals ↗01 /
Brand Strategy
Content direction, campaign concepts, creative development, and visual identity.
02 /
Cinematic Production
Directing, storytelling, live-action, hybrid production, and post-production.
03 /
AI-Driven Content
Generative production, visual iteration, repeatable brand assets, and social content.
04 /
Original Development
Story incubation, proof-of-concept pilots, original series, and IP partnerships.
DURIAN ORIGINALS / A NEW CHAPTER
03 / Original entertainment
Big stories.
Bold beginnings.
We believe extraordinary stories don't need to begin with extraordinary budgets. Our pilot-first approach helps ideas find their audience, prove their potential, and grow on their own terms.
STORY PILOTSProof-of-concept episodes designed for audience testing, creative development, and production partnerships.
NATIVE MICRO-DRAMASOriginal characters and short-form series made for the way people discover and share stories today.
04 / How we create
Real spaces.
New possibilities.
We are exploring location-aware, reusable production workflows that transform real-world spaces, approved visual references, and digital assets into new creative possibilities.
Our approach combines on-site understanding with AI-assisted visual storytelling—designed to preserve what makes a place real while giving creative ideas room to grow.
In development · Internal production workflows
Durian / Production systemConcept 001 ↗
SPATIAL REFERENCES
REUSABLE ASSETS
VISUAL CONTINUITYCAPTURE → CREATE
REUSABLE ASSETS
VISUAL CONTINUITYCAPTURE → CREATE
05 / Our philosophy
Good stories.
Smarter production.
01 / DISCOVER
Find the story.
Understand the audience, the brand, the place, and the emotion behind the work.
02 / DESIGN
Shape the vision.
Build a visual world and a production approach that serves the creative idea.
03 / CREATE
Make it real.
Blend cinematic craft and AI-enabled techniques with the right people and tools.
04 / EVOLVE
Keep discovering.
Learn from results, reuse what works, and make the next story even stronger.
06 / Let's make something
HAVE A STORY
IN MIND? ↗
Whether you're building a brand, exploring a creative partnership, or developing your next original, we'd love to hear what you're imagining.
collaboration@durianpicture.com ↗