HandsomeAI TVC Studio

About · Est. 2024 · Hong Kong & Markham

A studio
between cinema and code.

Handsome Smartech is an AI-native TVC production studio. Our team has been making commercials for thirty years; our pipeline is built for the next ten. We sit between traditional craft and AI tooling — directors, editors, sound designers and AI engineers in the same room, on the same project, every day.

01
What We Believe

Cinema isn't being replaced.
It's being accelerated.

The best commercials of the next decade won't be made by AI or by humans. They'll be made by directors and editors using AI the way previous generations used optical printers, motion control, or CGI — as a creative instrument that opens up shots, locations, and ideas that weren't possible before.

We believe in keeping a human on every shot, in real reference, in real briefs, in real reviews. We believe in shipping faster so brands can take more creative swings — and in shipping better so audiences notice when they do.

We're not here to make ads cheap. We're here to make them remarkable.

02
By the Numbers

Senior craft.
AI-native pipeline.

Our team carries ~30 years of combined TVC craft. In 2024 we set up the Hong Kong entity to take this craft global through an AI-native pipeline.

500+

Commercials delivered

30+

Years of TVC craft

50+

Brands the team has served

98%

Client satisfaction rate

03
The Team

Directors, editors,
engineers — same room.

Eight leads. Thirty-eight people. One creative ambition.

Léa Moreau

Founder · CEO

Léa Moreau

Hiro Tanaka

Creative Director

Hiro Tanaka

Wen Zhou

Head of AI Production

Wen Zhou

Marcus Bell

DP · Director

Marcus Bell

Sara Pilcher

Head of Edit

Sara Pilcher

Mateo Rios

Colour Lead

Mateo Rios

Ana Korten

Sound Director

Ana Korten

Daniel Eich

Head of Production

Daniel Eich

04
Expertise

Team craft and
AI-native pipeline

30 years of TVC craft, the brands we have worked with, and an AI-native production pipeline — that is what makes our expertise.

Team craft

Brands the team has worked with

L'Oréal · P&G · Samsung · Toyota · and more. Real brand experience the team built during their traditional TVC careers across beauty, FMCG, automotive and tech.

AI-native pipeline

Transparent AI workflow

We use Sora, Veo, Runway and Kling for generative capture; traditional DI, edit and sound design for post; with sample sign-offs at each stage.

Concept films

Demonstrating AI TVC capability

Concept films our team produced to demonstrate the cinematic ad capability of an AI-native production pipeline.

Capability

Honest delivery commitments

2–4 week delivery · 12+ language versions · 16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1 multi-format · 48-hour quote response.

05
Studios

Two cities.
One studio.

Time-zoned for global brands — Hong Kong for APAC, Markham (Toronto) for North America & EMEA.

Hong Kong

Office P, 18/F, Kings Wing Plaza 1, 3 On Kwan Street, Shek Mun, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Markham

14 Crofting Cres, Markham, ON L6E 0V9, Canada

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Open Roles · 5

Come build the
pipeline with us.

We hire for taste, craft and curiosity — across direction, edit, sound and engineering.

Want to work together?

Brief us, brief us about a job, or just say hi.