Description
On James:
James D. Stern is a prolific and award-winning writer, director, producer and storyteller. Some of his best-known projects include, The Producers, Hairspray, Stomp, Academy Award-nominated films such as An Education and Hotel Rwanda and more recently, Netflix’s Murder Mystery and coming up, Amazon Studios’ Bliss.
From this conversation, you’ll learn:
- How James got his start as a producer and director
- Why sometimes your biggest break can come from your hometown
- The power of Genuine Curiosity & Leaning in
- How to talk with people who disagree with you, politically
- How to NEVER EVER Give Up
- How seeing objectively bad work can help you on your journey
- How to believe in Yourself when no one else does
- Why he never gave up on Netflix’s Murder Mystery (and how you can keep your faith in your long-stalled projects)
- No one knows anything, so it’s fine that you don’t either!
- How to recover from failure and how he has!
- How to finance independent films (and where the money actually comes from)
- Why Theatre people are special
- Tips for Young Filmmakers
- How to know if you have what it takes to become an actor
- Why the entertainment industry is in a way closer to the old studio model than it has been in years
- Why you should write a script you NEED to do
- How he has taken fear out of the driver’s seat of his life
- How to Stay present
- Why time is our most valuable asset
And a lot more!
On The Unleash Your Inner Creative:
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