TORONTO / EVERYWHERE
CREATIVE DIRECTION · ANIMATION · WORLDS01 / RODYNA

A CREATIVE STUDIO

STORIES
COME ALIVE.

We turn images, original stories and ambitious ideas into experiences people can step into.

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THE STUDIO02 / PURPOSE

One studio.
Many worlds.

Rodyna brings together work in film, visual effects, animation, art, games and new forms of interactive storytelling.

We create original worlds and collaborate with artists, publishers, cultural spaces and brands to make stories felt, explored and remembered.

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SELECTED WORK & DEVELOPING IDEAS04 / EXPLORE

THE WORK

Four ways to enter the story. Each project below is labeled by its current stage.

Canada Alive concept screen with painted Canadian landscape
01 / ART + EXPERIENCE

THE ALIVE
SERIES

What happens just beyond the frame? Animation, sound and interaction let an artwork reveal more of its story. Canvas Alive brings gallery pieces to life through projects such as HEROES and Canada Alive. Book Alive brings the pages you read to life. World Alive explores the stories behind icons with a community partner.

CANVAS ALIVE ↗BOOK ALIVE ↗WORLD ALIVE ↗

Canvas Alive: HEROES exhibit in development · Canada Alive painting study. Book Alive: reading experiments in development. World Alive: proposed pilot.

Explore the venture map ↗
iHalo character illuminated by a golden halo over a nighttime city
02 / ORIGINAL STORIES

iHALO
ORIGINS

A graphic novel created by a father and his son. Jack O’Brian returns from the realm of the dead with a fractured halo and a power he cannot escape. A graphic novel about redemption and the weight of what we carry, iHalo is the foundation for an interactive reading experience where panels come alive, sound follows the story, and characters break beyond their frames.

Graphic novel in development · interactive edition proposed.

Explore iHalo ↗View the concept preview ↗Read the working graphic novel ↗
Foreverstar concept art of an immersive room filled with claimable planets
03 / IMMERSIVE GAMES

FOREVER
STAR

An interactive immersive universe that surrounds visitors with planets they can discover and claim as their own. Battles unfold across the immersive room, turning individual decisions into an experience everyone can watch and shape together. Built in Unreal Engine, Foreverstar is in development, with the studio connection established and multiplayer gameplay taking shape.

Game and installation in development · image is concept art.

Explore Foreverstar ↗View the technical slides ↗
Concept poster for The Queen's Portrait, showing Alice painting the Queen
04 / CREATIVE DIRECTION + CAMPAIGNS

IDEAS MADE
VISIBLE

From cinematic campaigns and visual worlds to finished screen work, Rodyna leads the idea, the look and the team that brings it to life. Rodyna’s advertising arm will develop distinctive films, branded experiences and visual campaigns.

A first spec campaign for GREAT NORTH explores a continuous journey across Canada for a premium protein ice cream bar.

Shown: The Queen’s Portrait, a short created during the 2026 Nura Showcraft GenJam in Toronto. GREAT NORTH is a developing spec campaign, not a client commission.

Watch The Queen’s Portrait ↗Stephan’s experience ↗
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP05 / STEPHAN

ARTIST.
DIRECTOR.
BUILDER.

Stephan Kozak is a Canadian-based principal artist, creative director, and principal investigator with more than two decades across screen storytelling, visual effects, and emerging media.

His practice moves from defining a visual idea to building the people and tools that realize it. Rodyna is the place where those disciplines meet.

Read Stephan’s résumé ↗Read Stephan’s academic CV ↗Publications and research ↗
SELECTED SCREEN WORKThe Westies · Dream Eater · Piano Killer · The Pond · Ice Cream Man
EARLIER WORKSuperman Returns IMAX · Broadcast campaigns
INNOVATIONDynamic Digital Humans · Immersive media

SELECTED PRODUCTIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
Disney · Amazon MGM Studios · Netflix · Pixar · Universal · Paramount · Coca-Cola · RBC

AN IDEA WORTH BRINGING TO LIFE?

LET'S MAKE
IT MOVE.

stephanjkozak@gmail.com ↗
TORONTO, CANADAART · STORY · EXPERIENCE · CAMPAIGNS