No Film School. Unpaid for 18 Months. 70 Awards — Koura Linda

Koura Linda is the founder and CEO of Space Dream Productions, an independent film and media production company she started in 2013. A self-taught filmmaker with nearly 30 years of experience across film, marketing, and event production.She explains: - Why she fires clients the moment they get weird about contracts and why she's never been wrong - What knowing every job on set does to the way you manage people under pressure - Why almost 50% of consumers won't buy from brands using generative AI and what that means for creatives - The Snow White moment in 2020 when the savings ran out — and why she turned the page anyway