15. Kathryn Georghiou - Making an award winning short film about addiction

Kathryn Georghiou tells us a story of her journey from a working class family from Blackpool to being an actress, writer and director in London. How to overcome obstacles that working class families have? How to start writing and directing? Kathryn wrote and directed a short film called 'Changing Tides' that touches on a very personal topic of alcoholism in the family. In this episode she will tell you everything about the process of creating this film and how it affected her and let her rethink her past.

Instagram: @kathryngeorghiou

House of Tales production company: www.thisishouseoftales.com

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Coming up

00:01:35 - Intro

00:02:23 - Childhood and acting education

00:12:58 - Rejection. Taking a break from acting

00:18:11 - Getting back into acting

00:25:57 - Writing

00:36:15 - Self education

00:41:24 - Acting process

00:47:24 - Inspirations

00:49:42 - Working class in the UK

00:55:02 - Writing, producing and directing 'Changing Tides'

01:13:25 - Film Festivals

01:21:18 - Addiction

01:33:13 - Future of 'Changing Tides' and more

01:36:18 - How to start acting/writing/directing

01:41:13 - What's next

01:41:45 - BLITZ

01:44:38 - One Cool Thing

01:46:06 - The End

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