Meet Brian Metcalf

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Brian Metcalf. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Brian below.

Brian, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.

I keep my creativity alive by trying different things. I try not to repeat doing the same things over again and I tend to make decisions that some might find odd.

I also draw inspiration from art, music, film, fashion, writing – anything creative keeps my juices flowing.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I tend to do a combination of things from writing, directing, acting, art, design, music and fashion modeling. Professionally, I focus more on television and film than anything else. I like building worlds and complex characters. I like the feeling of making something where you can control the narrative. I am shooting a new film coming up, which I’m excited about.

But I do like to have many different outlets to express myself artistically. I also like to write music in my spare time.
I had signed with Sony AWAL and still have yet to find the time to release a new album. Another thing I ended up getting involved in is fashion modeling. During that time, the strikes were happening so no film production. I first got asked to model for a clothing designer unexpectedly and it kinda took off from there. But I started taking it more seriously when I signed with my agencies. And now I have been featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, L’Officiel, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, Billboard, New York Post, The Knot and more.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

The first skill for me is persistence. Always going after what you want with a certain goal in mind, regardless how many no’s you get.

The second skill, to which I am still trying to improve upon, is being able to network. That is extremely important with any industry you choose but particularly in the film industry.

The third is learning how to brush off those rejections and turn them into a positive. Rejection is normal in the arts. You have to learn to move past it and keep going forward.

My advice is to get out and experience the world. Try new things. Be willing to fail before you succeed.

If you knew you only had a decade of life left, how would you spend that decade?

You can accomplish a lot in a decade. I would try to experience everything I could knowing I only have that decade left as those years would go by fast. I would want to leave no stone unturned.
I would not let anyone tell me I couldn’t do something as that is what drives me to attempt it.

Contact Info:

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Image Credits

photo: Scott Parker
Publication: L’Officiel Japan
Designer: Justin Haynes
IG: https://www.instagram.com/scottparkerphoto/

photo: Snowtastics
Publication: Vogue Hong Kong
Designer: Justin Haynes
IG: https://www.instagram.com/snowtasticshots/

photo: Fernando Matamoros
Designer: Tombogo
IG: https://www.instagram.com/fernandomatamoros/

photo: Shane Bundrant
Publication: Harper’s Bazaar
Designer: Justin Haynes
IG: https://www.instagram.com/0ldie/