Why did you decide to work in this industry? I have always loved stories! I grew up making theatre and studied it into university. I soon realized that the audiences I wanted to reach were waiting beyond the scope of what I could achieve with theatre so transitioned into film and television a few years… Read More @akonkin86

 Why did you decide to work in this industry? I’m very lucky as I’ve wanted to work in cartoons since I was a kid. As soon as I found out you could make a career out of animation and not just watch it, I made it a point to do everything necessary to get there,… Read More @its.spelled.blakey

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? I believe stories have the power to transform the way we think about the world and to spark our imagination. There is too much negative news in the world so I started making short documentaries as a way to capture stories of those who were… Read More @Kathryn.McKenzie @TheSecretMarathon

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? At first it was the joy of the solitude of writing. I have always worked in people oriented environments and when I first started writing I found that I enjoyed doing something on my own, at my pace and with only myself to answer to.… Read More @paisleymedia1

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? I’m a Third Culture Kid, born in Paris to Turkish and Italian parents, but raised in NYC, and now living in London. Through feelings of displacement and lack of a consistent home growing up, I’ve found solace in other people’s narratives. Through creating films often… Read More @caritas_films

Why did you decide to work in this industry? Growing up I thought I wanted to be an author, a teacher or a journalist. In a way I feel like being a documentary filmmaker is a kind of combination of all three of those. I studied fiction filmmaking, but I love listening to people talk… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? I was compelled to write stories.  I actually got a graduate degree in biology and physiology.  But after working in science for a while, I decided I wanted to pursue creative endeavors instead. I moved to New York to become a star!  I had been… Read More Marilyn Anderson

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? As a child one of my favorite things to do was to go to my local video store (which then became a DVD store, and sadly finally closed this year) and spend at least an hour finding the perfect film. At the time that meant… Read More @chantelclark

1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? To make a difference. There is incredible power in storytelling. The media that we create will shape our culture. What are we saying? What do we want the next generation to know? How are we inspiring them? These are the things I think about.  … Read More @laurensowa

  1) Why did you decide to get into this industry? I wanted to create films that I wanted to see, to showcase women truthfully. When I was a teenager, I didn’t realized that film was basically overrun with males, but when I started to notice this, I realized this is why I rarely related… Read More @kaayla_whachell