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CYOP #124 - Thinking Strategically About Your Career Path + Making as Often as You Can with Documentary Director Sami Abdou

Photo courtesy of Sami Abdou.

Photo courtesy of Sami Abdou.


Today we’re starting our final three-part series of the season and I’m really excited to be sharing this next guest with you. If you’ve been listening to the show for a bit, you may know that it actually started with a Q&A interview series on my blog before it became a podcast. I really wanted to bring back some of the people I interviewed in 2013 and today we’re getting some updates from my friend Sami Abdou. 

Sami is a documentary director and he works on both small projects and some pretty notable ones. For example, right now he's a director for the TV show, Intervention. In today’s episode, we learn more about Sami’s background and the real story behind why he decided to get into filmmaking, what it’s like to direct documentary films and shows, how his career has evolved over the years and how he stays happy and healthy with his intense work schedule.

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"Just make stuff." — Documentary Director Sami Abdou // Art by Melanie Biehle 

"Just make stuff." — Documentary Director Sami Abdou // Art by Melanie Biehle