Omid Khalili: Television Producer at Manoto TV

As a Director, your job is to tell the story. Which sounds super basic, but I think a lot of people are confused about what “story” is sometimes. They’re always focused on the flashier things like car chases or fight punches, but sometimes it’s just about the themes of the story; what are you trying to say?

So much can happen on set, in pre-production, and in post-production. Your job as a Director is to make sure that throughout that process, the message comes through clearly. Every decision you make–down to color, hair, makeup, the way you shoot something–is a tool to help tell the story.