Favorite Parts Of Working In The Film Industry As A Filmmaker

I've talked about this before about what I love about film in my particular industry. I love being able to be creative, come up with creative ideas, and execute them, actualize them. Making something from nothing.

I love being able to tell stories. I never thought of myself as a storyteller before, but really, that's what filmmaking is: telling stories and trying to tell powerful ones.

I love being able to work with a team of really talented people. It's a collaborative sport where we gather great people who are excellent at what they do, whether they're cinematographers, music composers, sound mixers, sound designers, or graphic designers.

When people believe in you and work with you, the product often becomes bigger than the sum of its parts. This happens because you have a synergy of people excited to work on your project.

If it's a documentary or a narrative film that tries to assist with a social issue, you're gathering like-minded people who want to help and make the world a better place. It's an incredible feeling to marshal that and lead a team to do that. Those are some of the things I love about filmmaking.

Ultimately, it's about sharing your film with others. Filmmakers make films to share. If you can connect with someone, it's one of the greatest things you can receive.

People saying, "Thank you for your film," is incredibly meaningful, even if you're not winning an award or making a living from it. It's a humble note of thanks that means the world to me. It signifies that I connected with someone, inspired them, and they felt it was important enough to say thank you.

Filmmaking, for me, is really all about gratitude. It's about sharing someone else's story in a documentary or telling an important story in a narrative, working with a group of people, and finally being able to share it with somebody else.