Meet Tailiah Breon

We recently connected with Tailiah Breon and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Tailiah, we’re so appreciative of you taking the time to share your nuggets of wisdom with our community. One of the topics we think is most important for folks looking to level up their lives is building up their self-confidence and self-esteem. Can you share how you developed your confidence?

My confidence and esteem was developed from consistent failures. When you work at a thing and commit to it, you fail forward. Being brave enough to try and try again, has earned me the confidence and esteem to know what I am doing in my craft. The cost of confidence is failing ALOT.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I am a Carolina raised and Atlanta based NAACP nominated Film Director and Editorial Photographer. In 2016 I launched my company Fashion Prodigy LLC and began cultivating a craft as an editor and camera operator for music videos which eventually evolved into directing, writing, and producing films. I have a focus for storytelling that brings a progressive perspective to humanity and black culture. My southern roots, social awareness and artistic eye has been my contribution to stories that help shape the black experience and turn them into an emotional and visual art.
 
My path to filmmaking emerged from taking the visual styles from my music video experience as a director, camera operator and editor for artists like Missy Elliott, Fantasia, Faith Evans, Vivian Greene, etc. and merging it into the filmmaking and episodic arena. My story telling ranges from Drama’s, Psychological Thrillers all the way to Romantic Comedies and Holiday Movies. She began her directorial career producing for Lifetime Movie “LUST”. Directed Lifetime’s Thriller, “Line Sisters”, “Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas”, “A Season of Love”, “Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story”, “The Monique Smith Story”, BET’s “Whatever it Takes”, ABFF selected short film “She Had to Ask”, PVIFF’s Award Winning “Grief” the short film and directed and written for several other scripted and non-scripted projects including the viral Thriller Re-make of BEBE’S KIDS titled BEBE and an upcoming new ALLBLK show titled G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South)

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

The three core qualities that were most impactful to my journey I would say have been; The skill set of Flexibility and learning how to Re-Imagine, Developing more than one trade and thorough Communication skills.

My advice for people who are early in their journey of development is to not focus on being seen, focus on having something to offer.

Before we go, any advice you can share with people who are feeling overwhelmed?

When feeling overwhelmed, I retreat for my well being. I preserve as much of myself as circumstances allow me to and disconnect from things that overstimulate. Sometimes you have to re-center, re-focus and get still and quiet so you are recharged. Music, prayer, reading, nature, writing, working out and self care regimens are all frequent activities for stress relief and/or maintenance of sanity.

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