CORNER TALKS

Imaan Haider, film actress and fellow collaborator, joins me on a special episode of Corner Talks to discuss my heartfelt passion since childhood to become an esteemed filmmaker, overcoming common adversities by developing a relentless tenacity to be creative, and perpetuating an artistic lifestyle that is consistently emulated from the resounding inspiration of Quentin Tarantino.  YouTube Channel...

James Lee, entrepreneur and podcaster, discusses collaborating with his long time friends to develop an entertainment platform called Kill Your Pride that explores satire in pop culture, implementing an array of social media tactics with consistent content creation to better cultivate their brand in reaching a broader audience, and establishing a vast support system through his professional networ...

David Cruz, entrepreneur and content creator, discusses cultivating a relentless passion to pursue photography and videography within the music industry after dropping out of high school, establishing a transparent business model when acquiring potential clients that can effectively monetize his unique artistic value, and embracing the often turbulent path of a creative by being grateful for his p...

Adrian Zachary, photographer and content creator, discusses his endeavour to explore the arts during his high school senior year after transitioning from a longtime passion for football, receiving a generous mentorship from widely renowned creative, Tyler Seller, who greatly inspired him to have a focused pursuit toward media publication, and reaping the resounding benefits from purposely being su...

Andres Gonzalez, photographer and content creator, discusses the resounding persuasion from his close friends to further explore a lifelong passion for the arts, establishing a prominent brand presence in the entertainment industry by collaborating on multiple renowned productions through the vast creative enterprise of Masshole Media, and developing healthy coping mechanisms to prevent himself fr...

Mo Karimirad, podcaster and content creator, discusses channeling the Mamba mentality inspired by Koby Bryant to develop his very own podcast called Enjoy Your 24, understanding the innate purpose of his platform to inform and educate individuals on the value of mental health, and cultivating a multitude of promotional content to effectively bring awareness to his creative endeavours. YouTube Chan...

Sierra Hajee, film director and artist, discusses attaining her artistic expression through the influence of Toronto’s culture, understanding the vanity behind social media in its lack of ability to portray an individual’s truthful self, and expanding her creative ambitions by striving toward becoming an auteur filmmaker for the independent arthouse company, A24 Entertainment. YouTube Channel: Dan...

Daniel Hill, entrepreneur and podcast producer, discusses substantially changing the trajectory of his career when he decided to make an opportune move from Thunder Bay to Ottawa, enacting the principles of journalism to convey entertaining yet authentic socially cultural stories at Down To The Wire Studios, and cultivating a grateful persona after appreciating the significant privileges he’s freq...

Josh Ceranic, film director and photographer, discusses implementing the mental resilience adopted from his former Marine parents by sacrificing the common luxuries of life for a desired career in the arts, accumulating a vast network of connections and resources from his unrelenting pursuit that resulted in the creative collaboration with his lifelong hero, The Weeknd, and discovering a sheer mot...

Bruno Venturin, movie goer and video game enthusiast, discusses a mutual lifetime passion for the entertainment industry that continually evolves in their ability to make captivating stories, commending the newly released live action game adaptions evidently from remaining truthful to their widely acclaimed source material, and reminiscing on the nostalgic memories of our gaming experiences while...

Nick Benitez, entrepreneur and hair studio owner, discusses the challenging yet rewarding process of co-founding a hair studio business, Hair Anatomy, with his highly ambitious girlfriend in Montreal, the assurance to be greatly successful deriving strictly from an ability to wholly invest in yourself, and the accumulation of personal experiences that served as a continuous reminder to be utterly...

Jacob Racco, podcaster and content creator, discusses promoting journalism through the enactment of podcasting rather than limiting its practice to an academic institution, developing an unconventional podcast called Down To The Wire with close friend, John Bals, to establish an engaged social community of pop culture enthusiasts, and converting the negative criticism from viewership into construc...

Joe Bigioni, writer and director, discusses cultivating a close professional relationship with highly regarded film producer, Eric Tomj, that led to the independent production of The Only Way Out Is Down, applying consistent levels of intensive discipline throughout his entire writing process in order to successfully execute on this creative endeavour, and hiring several friends and relatives as t...

Kevin Guo, podcaster and salesman, discusses rejecting a conventional career path enforced by his immigrant parents in an effort to seek fulfillment within his own visionary endeavours, ambitiously challenging himself to develop a prominent social cultural community by co-founding a podcast called Kill Your Pride that explores such subject matter, and constantly identifying your own meaningful pur...

Maria Frankis, actress and model, discusses her incessant calling to become a performative artist since she was a child growing up in a small town from the United Kingdom, seeking out other creative disciplines like modelling to expand her professional artistic opportunities, and cultivating a confident attitude that allows her to unapologetically express a proud individuality across social media....

Michael Gilbert, videographer and photographer, discusses embracing the highly volatile music industry even when it often conflicts with his conservative upbringing, consistently educating himself on YouTube in order to enhance his abilities that make him more incisive amongst his creative peers, and developing a close personal relationship with acclaimed rapper, Swae Lee, from establishing a behi...

Derek Delson, filmmaker and photographer, discusses his relentless yet sentimental pursuit toward an artistic career as a paying tribute to his late father’s endearing love for cinema, implementing the intrinsic values and talent from legendary filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, to effectively define his storytelling trajectory within the entertainment industry, and the intricately detailed craftsmanshi...

Alexandra Palma, actress and artist, discusses exploring her ambition toward the performative arts by utilizing her master’s degree to integrate qualitative research academics with applied theatre, discovering a substantial community of like minded creative individuals from working on set across big studio productions within Toronto, and understanding the fundamental success of the contemporary ar...

Andrea Vera, actress and writer, discusses enrolling in drama class to overcome an unfortunate battle with depression during high school, vastly expanding her opportunities in acting from her union membership into the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), and fully channeling her own vulnerability to ultimately achieve optimal creativity in her poetry writing and chara...

Obi Obikudu, actor and filmmaker, discusses applying the rigorous training from martial arts to discipline his skills in the performative arts, actively adopting a positive outlook to openly embrace the challenges often encountered from pursuing roles in the film industry, and the definite experience in his career after portraying the lead role in the short film I wrote and directed called Demon....

Gabriela Bonet, actress and performer, discusses breaking out of her introverted personality by choosing to pursue a life long passion in the performance arts, proudly endorsing her ethnicity as a Puerto Rican woman to contribute her cultural values to a progressive film industry, and ambitiously developing a new creative outlet to cultivate her persona and professional brand within social media....

Stefano Bove, visual artist and educator, discusses expanding his network within the artistic community by personally developing gallery and competition events across Toronto, ambitiously growing the 1stReviews platform - a movie and television review blog - with the support of mainstream online streaming service companies and local emerging independent filmmakers alike, and professional opinions...

Renjie Li, filmmaker and artist, discusses profoundly changing the trajectory of his life when he decided to pursue a fervent passion for filmmaking rather than a scholarship in medical school, establishing a production company called Renergy Media House that cultivates the professional careers of aspiring creatives within the entertainment industry in Toronto, and developing an optimistic mindset...

Miguel Sierra, videographer and editor, discusses establishing a career in media production by consistently networking with both unknown and famous creatives throughout social media, developing his portfolio from the profound experience of contributing his imaginative style to Lil Uzi Vert’s music video in NYC, and adopting an optimistic mindset to overcome the struggles beset by the highly turbul...

Theo Cliche, filmmaker and content creator, discusses the challenges and opportunities of cultivating a creative career within the city of Montreal, the profound lessons gained from winning his first film festival competition with the acclaimed short film he wrote and directed called Sans Toi, and arriving at a fundamental realization that collaboration always precedes competition when participati...