1: Directing the Narrative with Johan Liedgren

<img src='https://folkstories.org/images/johan_liedgren.jpeg' class='profile'/><p>Johan Liedgren is an award winning film director, consultant and investor/advisor/CEO of over 15 ventures. His clients include major brands like Amazon, Nike and Warner Brothers.</p> <p>Born in Sweden, Johan studied philosophy in college but put the degree on hold to be one of the first employees in Microsoft at its European Headquarters in Paris. After 8 years at Microsoft conducting corporate strategies and negotiations, Johan left the corporate gig to pursue consulting, startups and film making.</p> <p>Today, Johan is active as both a consultant and a film director. He starts shooting his newest film in eastern Washington starting this month of September.</p> <p>If you want to leave feedback or nominate folks to the show, please send emails to feedback(at)folkstories.org</p> <h3 id="notes">Notes</h3> <ul> <li>early years - copywriting, consulting and corporations</li> <li>just do it - Johan's start to film making</li> <li>early films - courtship, romance and the gray zones of courtship</li> <li>the Johan method of tackling creative bottlenecks</li> <li>the start and process of dream journaling (over 2000 recorded dreams and counting)</li> <li>relying on your gut to find the right people</li> <li>the pit bull incident - being calm under pressure</li> <li>morning rituals</li> <li>living a "balanced" life</li> <li>deciding what to do next</li> <li>the art of story telling</li> </ul> <h3 id="links">Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2259749/">Johan's IMDB profile</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304831/">Mother Nature</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4531984/">The Very Private Work of Sister K</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1297930/">How to Enter a Bedroom</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_sale:_baby_shoes,_never_worn">Baby Shoes (Ernest Hemingway)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/">I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/2obWWTZ">The Braindead Microphone (George Saunders)</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="contact">Contact</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-liedgren-5461443a/">Johan's LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.liedgren.com/">Johan's Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/johan.liedgren">Johan's Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@johan_38106">Johan's Medium</a></li> </ul> <hr /><p>These shownotes are also available at&nbsp;<a href="https://folkstories.org/1">http://folkstories.org/1</a></p><ul><li><a href="http://folkstories.org">folkstories.org</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kevins8">@kevins8</a></li></ul>