Andrei Shulgach

Andrei Shulgach is the Global Director of Business Development for DFAD, a Hollywood-based audio branding, production, and post one-stop-shop. He is also an award-winning music producer and composer for film, games, web series, and scripted podcasts, as well as an AI product designer for film, most notably as Lead Product Designer on Cineshots.AI, an AI-powered shot-listing tool for filmmakers. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and lead designer of Starcaster Games, an internationally-based studio crafting interactive experiences across Japan and the USA.

In June 2023, Andrei released the Esports album OVERDRIVE as Co-Producer alongside legendary gaming hip-hop artist Omega Sparx, a continuation of an ongoing collaboration that also produced tracks for Marvel's Midnight Suns and Assembled with NerdOut!. His production work spans several releases for the video game music group GameBreax, music for Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue: ZERO and Black Heritage Month's Block Party, the acclaimed fan film Fallout: Deadweight, the WWE Network, Netmarble's The King of Fighters Allstar, and CEO Gaming.

As a composer, Andrei has scored nationally recognized feature films including First Lady, Cream of the Crop, and Little Heroes, alongside award-winning video games such as Legends of Learning: Awakening, winner of Best Education Game at the 2022 CODiE Awards, and the viral online titles Warmerise and Dead Lab. His work has been featured at MAGFest and at film festivals including Cannes and Magic City Comic-Con. In 2024, he also co-founded Game Audio Maryland, the region's first organization of its kind across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia.

As of 2026, Andrei continues to lead global partnerships at DFAD, drawing on more than 15 years across games, music, and technology to connect studios, artists, and creative teams worldwide.