We make animations with filmmakers and artists
We build New tech for ancient magic
Jonathan Arons
The Trinary Matrix
Doron Lev
Watching Shadows
Savas
Kubler-Ross Model
Jacob Mccoy
Meatsuitz
Jonathan Arons
The Trinary Matrix
Doron Lev
Pigeon Problems
Doron Lev
Truck Stop Love
Our canvas for fieldwork is Burlap
Your visual concepting workspace. Burlap takes your creative process out of little GenAI cubicles and lets you roam free.
You have a story. We have the studio.
Third Wall works with writers, animators, directors, and visual artists who want to push into new territory, where live action, animation, and generative AI collapse into something that didn’t exist before. You bring the vision. Projects are co-produced, credit is shared, and the work stays yours.
If you’re sitting on something that needs a home, let’s talk. What we offer:
- Access to generative AI tools and production pipelines
- Creative direction and mentorship
- Co-production with shared credit and shared risk
- A studio environment to develop work that doesn’t fit anywhere else yet
In residence
Doron Lev
Miami-born drummer, MC, and illustrator with an SVA BFA in Illustration. Doron is music director for Rennie Harris’ Funkedified and the MJ tribute Invincible, and he’s toured internationally with American Music Abroad.
His visual work includes commissioned portraiture, the LINZ Heritage Angus logo, the TOYZ Hip Hop game, and community murals—alongside stage credits from Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular to Radio City’s Spring Spectacular.
In residence
Tetiana Khodakivska
Tetiana Khodakivska is a European Film Academy member and Sundance alumna developing an animated documentary on propaganda and indoctrination.
Her film “The Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole” spans four countries and three studios, tracing the experiences of deported Ukrainian children.
In residence
Jonathan Arons
Jonathan Arons is a Grammy® award winning musician and entertainer who has played with Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, and Pharrell Williams as a member of Chops Horns and the “Dancing with the Stars” orchestra directed by Ray Chew. An “America’s Got Talent” semifinalist, he has also appeared on Steve Harvey’s Big Time, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as the “dancing trombonist.”
Jonathan currently tours with the queen of disco, Gloria Gaynor, after opening for Jeff Dunham. He holds a double degree in Jazz Trombone and Biochemistry from Oberlin, and his self-published books include the memoir “Novelty Act: Memoir of a Dancing Trombonist” and “The Trinary Matrix.”
The Studio
The people behind Third Wall — founders, creative leads, and engineers building the tools and telling the stories.
Founder
Sarth Calhoun
Composer and technical director for Lou Reed — co-wrote and performed on Lulu with Metallica, toured four continents with the Metal Machine Trio. Collaborated with John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, and Robert Wilson.
Founder
Mark McGauley
Former COO of Nomura Securities and veteran bond trader with extensive experience developing trading and risk-management software. Previously collaborated with co-founder Sarth on animation and animatics projects.
Head of Creation
Savas
Full-stack creative and artist. Twenty-year practice across commercial design and fine art. Product experiences and brand work for clients in fashion, sport, automotive, and electronic music. Exhibited in over twenty cities, including Centre Pompidou. Work licensed by the French Ministry of Education.
Director, Production
Jacob McCoy
A Brooklyn-based filmmaker and visual artist working across documentary, music video, and site-specific installation, often in close collaboration with performers, musicians, and the institutions that support them. Wonder is a serious discipline, and a little mischief is a fine way to get there.
Founding Engineer
Alexey Novikov
20+ years in data engineering, scalable architectures, and immersive art technologies. Cannes Lion and European Design Award winner. 100M+ open source downloads.
Founding Engineer
Helena McGahagan
Helena is an engineer with 15+ years of iOS and frontend development experience. An amateur musician and former mathematician with a PhD from NYU Courant.
Sound
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman (AKA GOODTIME) is an artist, songwriter, producer, and film composer from New York. He's recently done a lot of work in the hip hop world working with pioneers in the space such as F1lthy and Gab3. On the film scoring end he is the composer for short films such as Laundromat Off Malibu and Je T'aime Julie, which have each garnered quite a bit of attention on Youtube and Tik Tok.