Nigerian music video director, Reward Onyeagwalam, popularly generally known as Director Pink, has revealed why she gave up on pursuing her performing profession.
The award-winning cinematographer defined that the humiliation and sexual exploitation of aspiring actors made her give up that profession path.
In a latest interview with Hip TV, Director Pink mentioned the humiliation of standing on lengthy queues at film auditions and shady calls from male filmmakers inviting her to compromising places, made her change profession to develop into her personal boss.
“I needed to be an actress however the humiliation was an excessive amount of. Lengthy queues, shady ‘come to this location’ calls. I mentioned ‘No.’ That’s after I selected to be my very own boss,” she mentioned.
Director Pink added that being a music video director can also be difficult, however she is prepared to make sacrifices for the profession.
She urged upcoming music video administrators to be affected person and embrace delayed gratification, stressing that it took these on the peak years to realize their present standing.