Episode 56: Anabella Casanova, Producer, Director
Anabella is a Producer and Director and she owns a production company with her husband called Vacation Theory. Her eyes were opened young to socio-economic differences and social justice issues. She realized early that real change happens with the people and what shapes people is the stories we tell and the art we consume. She wanted to be a part of the storytelling.
Here is some great advice: develop an artisan skill to leverage against the thing you want to do. That means learn a craft to get into the room to gain the influence to get the job you want. In other words, your day job should be on set, not at a coffee shop.
Serious, smart and curious goes a long way. Soak up everything you can from that first job. You are getting way more out of it than what are you being paid.
And Anabella’s driving priority – be a good human first and create a life.
As for feminism, let’s bring femininity back to feminism – we’ll unpack that.
And my cat makes a cameo. Welcome to my home studio.