Podcast guest and FilmPro.ai creator Alex Lugo (@alexdlugo) joins Talent Freaks to share his journey from growing up on sets with his SAG-actor father to building an AI-powered pre-production platform used by 500+ filmmakers worldwide.

He walks through FilmPro.ai, a browser-based tool that reads your script and auto-generates posters, character sheets with AI portraits, location references, script breakdowns, and even shot lists and schedules—turning what used to take days into minutes for indie directors and producers.

Alex also opens up about founding Vitruvian Films in Miami, producing shorts like “They Prefer Richards” and “Project Penelope,” and how wearing multiple hats as an actor, producer, and software engineer shaped his philosophy: get a PhD in your vision, then become a professor of that vision to your team.

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From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance and Puerto Rican cultural pride to Christopher Nolan, Interstellar, and why “the most interesting things happen at the intersection of disciplines,” Alex makes the case that AI doesn’t replace creatives—it amplifies them when used thoughtfully.

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Ideal for filmmakers, DPs, ADs, and producers wrestling with pre-production chaos, script breakdown spreadsheets, or just trying to communicate vision more clearly, this episode delivers both a live FilmPro.ai demo and hard-earned wisdom on collaboration, organization, and staying human in an AI-driven workflow.

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Connect with Alex:

• FilmPro.ai: https://filmpro.ai
• ​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexdlugo
• FilmPro.ai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filmpro_ai
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-d-lugo
• Vitruvian Films: https://vitruvianfilms.com (if different, replace with your correct URL)

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Chapters

00:00 Teaser

00:09 Meet Alex Lugo

01:48 Bad Bunny Halftime Breakdown

05:43 Growing Up On Set

10:06 First Films And Lessons

12:59 Organization And Communication

17:29 Cinema Influences And Nolan

22:02 Choosing Tech And Flexibility

30:47 Why Build Film Pro

36:46 From Prototype To Launch

40:49 Film Pro Demo Begins

44:46 Poster References Explained

46:20 Script Based Poster Draft

47:43 Custom Poster Iterations

49:19 Edit Mode Consistency

51:37 Logline Feedback Loop

53:11 Character Breakdowns Looks

56:39 Location References Iteration

59:02 Script Breakdown Export

01:01:59 Scheduling Call Sheets

01:07:24 Who Film Pro Serves

01:13:03 Shot List Storyboards

01:16:07 AI Coproducer Memory

01:18:22 Script Coverage Notes

01:19:59 Startup Challenges Future

01:24:17 Where To Find Film Pro

01:27:28 Final Thanks Outro