BP#7: Director Justin Clough (Halsey, Florida Georgia Line) on Managing Egos on Set, Why Execution Is King, and How to Give Feedback to a Creative
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For today's episode, I brought on my good friend Justin Clough, a filmmaker who has worked with Halsey, Florida Georgia Line, Morgan Wallen, and many others -- and he's only 28!
I first met Justin during the Summer of 2016 while shooting the music video for "Crossfire, Pt. II (Feat. Talib Kweli)," a follow-up to an immensely popular song by another friend of ours, electronic artist Stephen. It was my first time in Nashville, the shoot was three days away, and the first words out of Justin's mouth were "we need to build a giant glass box that can fit the lead actor...and then we have to do that two more times."
For the next three days, I watched in awe as our director hand-built these boxes in the Southern heat, his body turning bright red from the blistering sun. Needless to say, nobody should ever question Justin's work ethic. Justin also excels as a story-teller, editor, and on-set collaborator, with an ability to manage his own ego that's highly unique on a film set.
In this episode, we hear Justin's thoughts on perfectionism, the various complexities of working with big personalities on a shoot, the balance between creativity and execution, the best ways to give, receive, and seek creative feedback, and why "Titanic" is the perfect film.
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