Sam Williams - Publicity Officer
Sam Williams is a Marketing Assistant at the Broadway Theatre. At age 17 Sam badly injured his knee, and that put his life on hold for 6 months, but leaving school and going into work turned out to be...
Sharon Durant - Vocal Leader & Teacher
Sharon Durant is a Songwriter and Vocal Leader at the Sage in Gateshead. She describes her job as helping people to sing. Her passion is singing. But parental pressure led her to do a degree in science...
Kevin Spacey - Actor & Artistic Director
Kevin Spacey is an Oscar-winning Actor and the Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre in London. He had a love for the theatre from a young age, and a guidance counsellor suggested to him that he use...
Tim Lovejoy - Television Presenter, Producer and Writer
Tim Lovejoy is a TV Presenter, Producer and Writer, who also owns his own internet channel. When he left school he went to work at a company selling mortgages, but knew this wasn't his dream job. So...
Marcus Sedgwick - Author
Marcus Sedgwick is a successful children's author. When he was young he was told he wouldn't be able to make a living as an author, and that left an impression on him, so much so that he did maths and...
John-Paul Russell - Arts and Cultural Development Officer
John Paul Russell works for the Colin Neighbourhood Partnership as the arts and cultural development officer, he says "It involves basically... providing arts and cultural activities to people living...
Lord David Puttnam - Film Producer and Politician
Lord David Puttnam decided to "have a crack at the movie industry" after 10 years in advertising. His films 'Midnight Express' and 'Chariots of Fire' were huge hits, the latter winning David an Oscar...
Dishad Husain - Writer, Director and Cameraman
Dishad Husein is a freelance director, cameraman and writer of comedy. When he was at school he had no idea about jobs in the media. He did a degree in science, but spent a lot of his time in the student...
Jeremy Strong - Children\'s Author
Jeremy Strong is a children's author. He's a successful author now, but he spent five years without getting anything published, so his advice to young people is not to give up. "If I'd given up, I...
Diane Parker - Creative Career Coach
Diane Parker is a creative career coach. Whilst working on a careers website she did a big research project on coaching and mentoring for the creative and cultural industries. She liked the ideas so much...
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