Nick Blanchette – Emmy Award-Winning Videographer & Editor, Chaos & Kindness

About this episode

Nick Blanchette shares his journey from sudden job loss to building a creative career in reality television.

What happens when your entire career gets pulled out from under you overnight? In this episode of Next Act with Jeff Ornstein, Emmy Award-winning videographer and editor Nick Blanchette shares his unconventional journey from sudden job loss to building a creative career on one of the most unique television productions out there. Nick opens up about filming unpredictable, high-energy reality content, learning to trust instinct over planning, and why storytelling always matters more than techni...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Ornstein

Guest: Nick Blanchette

Topics covered

• career change
• storytelling
• videography
• reality television

Keywords

• Emmy Award-winning
• creative career
• unpredictable content

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Emmy Award, Next Act

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