What is BAI-LEY?
BAI-LEY is an international AI entertainment studio. We develop and produce films and television with our own technology, creating valuable intellectual property.
We are building a connected entertainment ecosystem spanning production, distribution and audience engagement. Stories become films, worlds grow across productions, and audiences discover and engage with what we create.
Where does BAI-LEY operate?
BAI-LEY operates across Canada, Wales, the UK and Dubai, working with filmmakers, producers and creative partners internationally. Its physical production facilities are in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
How do the BAI-LEY businesses connect?
BAI-LEY connects production, distribution and audience engagement. Films and series create the stories and intellectual property. Our technology expands how we produce them. OTHELLO opens participation through licensed likenesses. TIMMY develops new ways for audiences to discover, programme and watch entertainment.
Who is BAI-LEY for?
BAI-LEY works with filmmakers, producers and creative teams exploring new ways to realise ambitious film and television projects, including projects constrained by conventional budgets or production methods.
How is creative control maintained?
Human creative direction stays at the centre of the work. The director’s intention and the contributions of writers, artists, performers and other creative professionals inform decisions from development through delivery.
How does BAI-LEY approach intellectual property?
Ownership, authorship, permissions and the future value of intellectual property are part of the production conversation from the beginning. The rights and permissions for each project need to be agreed for that production.
Can broadcasters rely on AI-generated material?
Only if someone can answer for it. At BAI-LEY, every asset carries a record of who made it, what it draws on and what it is cleared for. That record travels with the work through to delivery, so the people commissioning it know what they are receiving and who stands behind it.
How do I discuss a project with BAI-LEY?
Use our Contact Us page to send a production brief, discuss a project or explore a partnership. Enquiries go directly to studio@bai-ley.com.
Who is behind BAI-LEY?
BAI-LEY was founded by Asa Bailey, a British director of series and films for major studios and broadcasters, and a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
His short film Something Pointless, starring Owen Teale and Sophie Thompson, has won [40+] international awards and qualified for Academy Award consideration.
Before BAI-LEY he held positions at Netflix, Saatchi & Saatchi and Grey Worldwide, and helped pioneer LED volume and real-time virtual production. He has carried out R&D for ZEISS, ARRI and RED Digital Cinema, delivered workshops for the Directors Guild of America, and sits on the advisory board of the Studio UK Working Group.
The studio's team brings together artists, heads of department, executive producers and showrunners.
What does BAI-LEY produce?
We develop and produce films and series, create original intellectual property and deliver productions for studios, streamers, networks, broadcasters and brands.
What is multimodal IP?
At BAI-LEY, multimodal IP means developing a creative world through connected assets such as characters, performances, environments, design and sound. A film is one expression of that world. Further uses depend on the ownership, authorship and permissions agreed for each asset and production.