I’ve loved films ever since I was a kid and have always known that I wanted to be a filmmaker. I’ve never taken a course in film studies; I don’t know whether it’s advantageous to go to a film school, although I think it would probably provide you with the important basics of filmmaking. On the other hand I’ve realised that having not attended film school, I have the freedom of not being restrained by the more theoretical side of things. In place of textbooks and papers on methodology, my training ground has essentially been the films that I’ve watched over the years.

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The two features that I’ve made both came from the producers. They’d give me a topic and then it was up to me to turn it into a story and give life to it. Having seen a lot of films and having many cinematic references in my mind, I could see in my head how the film should progress and how the story should be told. I then tailor the creative process to match the visuals I have been thinking about.