S1 E6: Meena Ayittey – How a love for stepping outside of her comfort zone led to an award-winning career as a film director and screenwriter.

Jo welcomes award-winning director and screenwriter, Meena Ayittey, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Meena graduated with a fine art degree from Central Saint Martins and has been working in the film, television and advertising industries ever since. Having worked her way up from a runner she established herself as a 3D VFX artist and Motion Graphic Designer, working for some of the best agencies; including Grey London, Droga5, Saatchi & Saatchi, Adam & Eve DDB, and R/GA. Meena then moved into film directing, and has written and directed films and documentaries that have been screened throughout the UK, USA and Europe.Topics covered:- Stepping outside your comfort zone- Loving extremes- How childhood imagination creates storytelling skills- St Martins; a whole new world- Being drawn to telling stories to help make the invisible, visible- Learnings taken from advertising into film-making- ‘Black Creative: Race & The Advertising Industry’: a documentary with a message- ‘All The Little Things’ a film about micro aggressions - Why the current project is the one to be most proud of- Motherhood- Surrealist art- The fear of ‘stale’- Taking risks- Not settling for less- Meena’s Doggy Bag of AdviceMeena Ayittey's website: https://www.meenamachina.comSend us Fan MailFind out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlseatdinner/Get in touch: [email protected], Jo Wallace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wallacejo/Thank you for listening!Please like, follow, and / or share with your friends, family and dinner dates.