Hello, I'm T.D. Stills.
Filmmaker • Author • Speaker • Creator • Founder
T.D. Stills is a filmmaker, author, speaker, creator, and founder of Caiden's Courage and Montage.
Explore what I'm building across media, technology, and original IP
About
Bio
I've always cared about great stories — and how those stories evolve across platforms, formats, and audiences. For more than 15 years, I've worked at the intersection of storytelling, digital products, and audience experience across streaming, sports, entertainment, education, and emerging technology.
Today, I'm especially interested in how neurodivergent kids and young adults are navigating the changing landscape of media, technology, and education — how they discover and understand content, how creators are building for them, and how stories can move across platforms in ways that are more engaging, accessible, and meaningful.
Author + Illustration + Original IP
I'm an author, illustrator and world builder.
I created Caiden's Courage, an original children's universe spanning graphic novels, interactive learning, games, technology, and education.
It started with a story. I'm building the world around it.
Media Technology + AI
I'm the founder of Montage.
I started Montage because I believe creators need more than another place to upload content. They need infrastructure to manage, program, distribute, understand, and grow their media.
Today, Montage is evolving into an AI-native media operating system connecting content, streaming, distribution, analytics, and creator workflows.
$500K
First-year revenue commitments
MCP
AI-native intelligence layer
0 → 1
Built from concept to working platform
I've spent my career building what's next.
Before building my own companies, I helped shape products and experiences across streaming, sports, entertainment, education, and consumer technology.
HBCU GO
50K → 200K+ MAU
Streaming + audience growth
Genius Sports
+50% Fan Engagement
Interactive sports experiences
Amira Learning
AI + Education
Interactive learning technology
Entertainment
Cartoon Network + NBA
Interactive media + audience experiences
Ideas
I'm sharing what I'm learning.
I'm building in public across media, AI, original IP, the creator economy, and product leadership — sharing the ideas, experiments, and lessons I'm learning along the way.
- Media + AI
The Battle for Attention, IP, Data, and Distribution
Coming soon - Media + AI
What MCP Means for the Future of Creative Software
Coming soon - Streaming
Why the Next Streaming Platform Won't Look Like Netflix
Coming soon - Original IP
What Building a Children's IP Taught Me About Product
Coming soon - Creator Economy
AI Won't Replace Creators. It Will Change the Creative Operating System.
Coming soon
Speaking
I speak about what I'm building.
I share what I'm learning about entrepreneurship, media technology, AI, storytelling, product innovation, original IP, and the creator economy.
- Media + AI
- Creative Technology
- Creator Economy
- Original IP
- Zero-to-One Product Building
- Interactive Storytelling
- Entrepreneurship
Speaker — Compton College Film Festival
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Stories should create more storytellers.
I believe the things we build should create opportunities for other people to build, too. That means supporting young storytellers, creators, educators, and communities with the confidence and tools to bring their own ideas into the world.
Let's connect.
I'm always interested in conversations around media, technology, original IP, emerging platforms, and what's being built next.
- Speaking
- Strategic Partnerships
- Advisory
- Media + Technology
- Executive Opportunities