Exceptional Person

While riding the train to Penn Station I meet a filmmaker, named Keith Battista.  I was lost and he helped me with directions.  We got to talking and I found out that he is a filmmaker in Long Island.  He writes and directs a web series called "The Professionals."  "The Professionals" is a comedy about tech support and contract killers.  He has close to 100,000 subscribers.  One episode

at it's peak had about 50,000 views.  His highest viewed episode has 673,240 views which is pretty impressive.  "The Professionals" has its own youtube channel and it has 2,318,454 views.

He got into doing what he does because of his love for film making.  He was just always into it.  He has a undergraduate degree in film and worked on independent films projects in school.  With that background he decided to create his own web series.  Which is coming along very nicely if I might add. 

As I was getting off the train he left me with a few tips on becoming successful.  For film makers you have to have a love for films because you will be working and thinking about them all the time.  Also you have to be able to multi task and tell stories well.  The last and best tip he has for all creators is "Just Do It!"  There is only so much you can learn from books.   You can learn so much more if you just get out and just do it!