Trust Your Intuition: Alex Nystrom on Spiral and the Road to Directing

Ojibwe filmmaker Alex Nystrom joins Joe to talk about his directorial debut, Spiral, a supernatural mystery about a young Ojibwe photographer whose father goes missing. He shares how his Ojibwe heritage and his late father’s storytelling shaped his work, and traces a career that has taken him from Minnesota to New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles and a production in Pakistan. They talk about balancing creative vision with producing, budgeting and building a team. His advice for young people: trust your intuition and follow the hard choices. Find his work at alexnystrom.com.