1) My simple advice is go shoot something.
In this day and age there is nothing stopping someone with a story to tell from telling it. The advancements in technology and film equipment make filmmaking accessible to anyone. Even cellular phone cameras are so advanced and good enough to start and you can even edit right on them in most cases. Don’t wait around waiting for someone to pay you to tell stories…. tell your own.
2) Get on as many sets as possible and try to work in every department at least once. The more you know the better you can trouble shoot on your own projects in the future. Study young new directors and follow their trajectory.
3) Technology will always advance and there will always be new ways to tell stories. But nothing can replace a good story. Focus on story first and technology second. With all the excitement with new advancements like VR, directors can get lost in execution before story.
4) We were approached by Droga5 this year to be apart of their New York Times “Truth” campaign. It’s definitely a project that anyone could be proud of. Darren Aronofsky worked closely on the project that gives viewers a different prospective on journalists, and photo journalists struggles for truth, out in the field. I’m very proud of the work that the talent on our roster is creating. Dael Oates’ short film Death in Bloom has won so many short film festivals and Kasra Farahani just premiered his second feature film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
