Eric Shamlin

Executive, Producer

Birthday

March 19

Birthplace

El Paso, Texas

Eric W. Shamlin is CEO of Secret Level, the most accomplished and prolific AI-native entertainment studio. With a career spanning three decades across Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue, Eric has delivered iconic work at Apple, Omnicom, Entertainment One, and Monks. He is a multiple Emmy, Peabody and Cannes Lion winner.

Additionally, Eric is an active member of the creative community and currently sits on the Board of Governors for the Emmys, where he Chairs their AI Task Force, in addition to being the Innovation Chair for the Producers Guild of America and holds multiple advisory positions for the SXSW film festival.

Awards & Nominations News & Features

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March 13, 2026

Third Annual AI Summit Puts Creators Front and Center

November 5, 2025

Governor Spotlight: Emerging Media Programming

Emerging Media Programming Governors Christina Lee Storm and Eric Shamlin

AI Toolkit Series: GenJam – A Hands-On AI Creative Jam Session

Part of the AI Toolkit Series, participants of this session worked in teams to create their own short films using only generative AI. This session demonstrates the use of AI from ideation to completion and the use of these tool collaboratively.

AI Toolkit Series for TV Professionals: Adobe

The AI Toolkit Series is a free virtual series focused on a specific AI tool. The tool is Adobe Firefly as well as other tools in the Adobe Creative Suite.

AI Toolkit Series for TV Professionals: MiniMax Hailuo

The AI Toolkit Series is a free virtual series focused on a specific AI tool. The tool for this video is Hailuo AI, an AI-powered video creation platform developed by MiniMax that transforms text, images, and voice inputs into videos.

AI Toolkit Series for TV Professionals: ElevenLabs

The AI Toolkit Series is a free virtual series focused on a specific AI tool. The tool for this series is ElevenLabs, a software company that specializes in developing natural-sounding speech synthesis software using deep learning.

2025 AI Summit: Welcome and Keynote

The keynote presentation, delivered by Eric Shamlin, Chair of the Television Academy's AI task force at the 2025 AI Summit.

Emerging Media Programming AI Toolkit Series: Leonardo.ai

The AI Toolkit Series is a free virtual series focused on a specific AI tool for members of the Emerging Media Programming peer group to learn and gain insight into artificial intelligence tools for digital production.

AI Toolkit Series for TV Professionals: Runway

The 'AI Toolkit Series' is a free virtual series designed to explore artificial intelligence tools in content creation. The first session in the series is on Runway, a video generation tool.

December 20, 2022

Emerging Media Programming Peer Group Governors Elected

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