AMY GILE

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY HONOREE 2026

Some people break barriers. Amy Gile builds new worlds. As founder and CEO of Silverdraft Supercomputing, Gile’s vision has reshaped the landscape of filmmaking from previsualization and VFX to the virtual production environments transforming modern storytelling. Through her leadership, Silverdraft helped prove real-time rendering at cinematic scale was not only possible, but practical, enabling filmmakers to create, iterate, and visualize complex scenes with unprecedented speed and precision. Silverdraft’s advanced computing platforms, built in Idaho, power creative workflows for leading studios and artists around the globe. But Gile’s story isn’t just about machines, it’s about momentum.

photography by Dawson Gutierrez

A fierce advocate for women in technology and the arts, Giles has spoken at NAB, SIGGRAPH, and other major industry forums, championing innovation and helping position Idaho as a hub for high-performance thinking. Through Silverdraft, she has not only redefined what’s possible in film and technology, she’s helped establish Idaho as an unexpected center of global innovation.