Ali Pourmohamad, a successful Iranian director, producer and documentary maker who has won various awards in this profession, recently had an interview with our team that defines success at a young age, and we asked him about success.
We asked him how do you define success at a young age. In response, he said that when I was a child, I always saw myself as a famous director. It was this childish passion that later motivated me to do this job and work in the best quality. It is the youthful enthusiasm that motivates people so much.
He added that youth is the time when a person should increase his knowledge about everything, and he has time to deal with them. When I was 18, I used to read books related to acting and directing every day and increase my knowledge about it. Later, a lot of this information helped me in other projects and works. Now, I may not have time to read articles and books with that quality and volume, so my suggestion is to do a lot of research and study at young ages.
Also, when I was a teenager, I tried to be a director every day and worked as an intern in many projects. Money was not important to me; the experience and information that I had to get from that work was important.
Every day from 8 am to 10 pm, I was on projects that learned from the directors, so these experiences led me to use them in my own projects in the following years and succeed. You will not find any young person who has succeeded without trying, so my suggestion to young people is to work every day from the time they wake up until they go to bed and increase their experience and knowledge.
Also, always try to combine your work with fun so that you do not feel tired and feel refreshed when you are at work, because no one likes to work from 8 am to 10 pm unless work is like a fun pastime.
The notes were made by Ali Pourmohamad, an Iranian director and producer who has won various awards at international festivals. You can follow him on Instagram by using the following link.
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