Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in training and education but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Ludovico de Maistre, Founder of Travel Film School, located in Torino, Italy.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
Travel Film School is the first Italian online platform to offer online training for documentary work, travel filmmaking, video editing, and sound design. It was first created by Ludovico de Maistre, producer and founder of Travel Media House, a documentary production company that has produced over 200 travel videos and documentaries in the past five years for brands and broadcasts. Today the school is made up of 14 courses and more than 300 hours of content. Over 25,000 students have enrolled in the Italian version of our Mobile Videomaking course. Travel Film School has quickly become a benchmark in Italy for anyone wishing to learn everything about indie video production, video storytelling, and video marketing.
Tell us about yourself
Hey everyone! I was born in Turin in 1984; I am an indie producer and documentarist. I've been producing documentaries, travel videos, and TV series for top brands, broadcasts, and channels (RAI, Amazon, Canal+, Extreme Sports, Iveco, Piaggio, Dji, Lumix, and many others) since 2009. In 2011 I founded Travel Media House, a documentary and branded content production company with a focus on travel stories and reportage. I'm the producer, co-author, and co-director of the TV series "The World in Slow Motion," which airs every Sunday on Rai 3 (Italy) and is distributed worldwide by Off the Fence, one of the most important distribution companies in the world.
In 2018 I launched Travel Film School, an online teaching platform to share the procedure and secrets to becoming a documentarist and/or professional travel filmmaker. I'm the producer of this course, hosted by my friend and colleague Matt Gorelli. I came up with the idea for this course so to teach our students to promote their businesses independently and through the simple and intuitive use of their smartphones.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
Being able to bring my son to the mountains during the week.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Sometimes a 24 hours day is too short, and sometimes the risk of being a business owner is too high. But that's the price of freedom, at least during the weekends, I suppose.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Travel as much as you can.
- Try to do it with your money, don't ask anything to the bank (at the beginning).
- Make your passion become your job, but don't lose your passion because of your job.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://www.easyvideomaking.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ludovicodemaistre/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ludovicodemaistre/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovicodemaistre/
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