Speaking With Brtish Entrepreneur, Film Producer & Author Matthew C Martino

I’ve been speaking with Mathetes Chiwai, better known by his stage name Matthew c Martino, a film producer, author and retired actor;

Wikipedia  Profile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C_Martino

As a film producer, author, entrepreneur and a person with a very strong passion for aviation, you seem to be an individual of many talents, now the question is how do you manage all of that?

Yes I do have expressed interests in various trades and I guess there isn’t a real answer as to how I manage all of them, 2 things that I have found that help is prioritising, sometimes I have a few things that all seem to need to be done urgently and I have to choose which one is more important. The second being that I have a strong team behind me who support me and ensure everything runs smoothly.

From your various profiles, moreso on Wikipedia, I understand you’ve written some books such as Lets Fly, Go for it/Be your own boss, how did you get into writing?

I first started writing back in 2011 as I used to have trouble sleeping, so writing in a notebook became a hobby and with Lets Fly I started it off by writing down flying tips and stuff my flight instructor used to tell me, so when I began writing I then formatted this information into a book.

Now, when we talk about the film industry, an industry which has made you what you are, is there one or more thing you think would make the film industry better and what would it be?

Indeed I am grateful to the film industry, I think the biggest issue the industry faces is lack of funding to assist startups in the industry, once you’re established in the film industry you have investors and distributors lining up to assist your production however a film student will struggle to make their mark.

In your experience, what would be the most important advice you could give a filmmaker starting out?

My biggest piece of advise will be learn,learn and learn! You can never know enough in the film industry so its important for someone who is starting out to learn all they need to know about their desired path in the industry.

It’s amazing how our successes can get us noticed having perfected them from our failures. What failing experiences have you been able to learn from and did they make you want to do it right at another chance?

Yes there has been quite a few, I think one of my first business ventures F5 Air which was a private charter firm which I think I went into without enough research and preparation and hence the businesses failed and if I could go back there are so many things I could have done differently with regards to running that business.