Akmyrat Tuyliyev is a Turkmen producer and new media artist, working at the intersection of storytelling, technology, and culture.
Akmyrat is an XR Artist Member at Onassis ONX Studio, an accelerator program that recognizes proven experience in the XR space and transformative artistic vision. His VR documentary “1991” was part of the Venice Biennale College Cinema VR, IDFA DocLab Forum, and NewImages Festival XR Development Market. Recently, he produced Snapchat AR lenses for major brands like Nike, Air Jordan, Coca-Cola, and Disney. Prior to his work with Snap, Akmyrat served as an interactive producer at PBS’s POV Spark, where he produced international non-fiction projects, including the Instagram documentary series “Otherly” in partnership with the NFB (Webby Nominee 2022, Columbia DSL’s Digital Dozen: Breakthroughs in Storytelling Award 2022) and “Atomu VR” (Sundance 2020).
Additionally, Akmyrat has directed and produced new media experiences with the United Nations, The History Channel, the Museum of Other Realities, Made in NY Media Center by IFP, and Frank Gehry’s IAC Building Video Wall. He teaches immersive and interactive storytelling at the Interactive Media Arts program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Digital Storytelling Lab at Columbia University.
Akmyrat studied film at the Savannah College of Art and Design and earned his Master’s degree from NYU Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).