Coerte Voorhees
Writer and filmmaker
With the family's consent, he used AI to finish the late Val Kilmer's role, which now fills over an hour of his film.
- Born
- Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Now
- Founder, First Line Films
- Studied
- University of Southern California, Georgetown University
Interesting facts
- Numbers
The AI-generated Val Kilmer character in his film As Deep as the Grave appears for over an hour of screen time.
variety.com - Turning point
Cast Kilmer about five years before the actor's 2025 death; COVID shutdowns stretched the production to six years, which led to the AI approach.
variety.com - First
His debut feature, The First Line, a thriller about the Parthenon marbles, was shot on location inside the Parthenon in Athens.
firstlinefilmsnm.com - Early start
The First Line came out on Netflix in September 2016, the same year he finished his film MFA at USC.
imdb.com - In their words
Avoids calling the result a Kilmer performance, saying instead that Val Kilmer influenced this performance.
cbc.ca - Connection
Told TIME that Netflix, Amazon and Apple had been talking to him about his AI process.
time.com
Career
- First Line FilmsFounder2016 to now
- A Visionary FilmCo-founder
Education
- MFA, Film and television production, University of Southern California, 2016
- BA, History and classics, Georgetown University, 2012