We were lucky to catch up with Noah Naidoo recently and have shared our conversation below.

Noah, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?

My parents always instilled a working attitude into me and my siblings. From the age of 14, I was always finding a way to help around my parents’ offices. They are both small business owners who were not handed anything in life. When I started my sophomore year of high school, I became a part-time worker at my dad’s pediatric office. I learned more things from working with my dad than I could have learned from business class in school. Owning a business is a larger extension of owning your own life. Sometimes you have to take risks when running a company and I sometimes found myself looking for things that had a pattern or rhythm to them. I didn’t like change for a long time during my high school days. I loved having a routine and never wanted it to change. But when I saw my parents taking risks here and there to grow their brand and company I knew that I had to trust in God and bet on myself. That is ultimately why I decided to take the non-traditional route and go to Film School at Savannah College of Art and Design and pursue the dream that God gave to me.

Noah, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Currently, I am an undergrad student at The Savannah College of Art and Design and also running my own small production company in Dallas, TX. My major is Film and TV and I also have a minor in Business and Entrepreneurship. With my company, I started it when I was 19 years old, at the very beginning of my freshman year of college. Within my company, we make short-form content for companies that they can use for promotion, advertising, social media, or events. We also make music videos, documentaries, and short films. We help different businesses who usually do not have an internet presence gain new life in a way they never have before. We also work very closely with clients to make sure their story and vision are executed as best as possible but also fit the brand identity they have already established.

A few companies that I have been able to work for or make mock content for include but aren’t limited to Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Beats By Dre, Shine Pediatrics, Metroplex Gym, Boars Head Meat and Cheese, Doritos, Arkansas Football, and more.

A spotlight moment for my company in 2024 would be the installation of Shine Pediatrics’ subscription-based content platform. We created over 30 short-form content videos that were uploaded to a private community circle where patients of Shine Pediatrics were allowed to join and watch educational videos about child health care. We were basically able to create an extension of the exam room for parents and kids.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

Right before I graduated high school my senior year I had a difficult time trying to figure out what I wanted to do after high school. For four years of high school, I played Texas high school football and always thought that that would be what I did in the future but after some very hard conversations with my dad and my mentors, I knew that this decision was going to take some time. One Sunday in church I completely broke down in tears after the Lord spoke to me and told me exactly what I should be doing as my career. It was not what I expected to hear but I knew that the Lord had already laid out my path for me before I even asked him that Sunday. My family and my religion are ultimately what is driving my creative journey. My ultimate goal for myself is to open a studio in Dallas, Texas, or somewhere in Texas where I can allow other young creatives to let their ideas flourish. That is something that I had always wanted for myself so if I can create a platform that I wish I had that would be not only my dream but the dream that the Lord set up for me.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding part about being an artist or a creative in my mind is the smile and the joy of the client or whoever is watching the video that I made. In football, the biggest things that got me excited were hanging out with the guys in the locker room and the adrenaline that would hit your body when you scored a touchdown or won a game. For me, I fell in love with those things in football but now I was getting the same feeling I was getting on the field by sitting in the editing room watching a product come to life.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.n2productionstx.com/
• Instagram: @noahnaidoo
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-naidoo-b70118251
• Twitter: @NaidooNoah

Image Credits

Sam Rewolinski, Zena Johnson, Derrick Burton, Paul Valois