From a visual development artist who’s worked on major Hollywood animations to a horror filmmaker terrifying audiences without the jump scares, season 11 of Crazy Smart Asia presents powerful lessons on work and life from Asia’s film industry leaders. Listen for five of the most powerful mindbombs from the season’s guests, designed to help you think bigger, braver and more creatively.

If you enjoyed these short clips, why not go back and listen to the full episodes:

• Your music is only as good as your instincts, says composer Elliot Leung
• Taking Southeast Asian narratives to the world, with film producer Tan Si En
• The Projector effect: How Karen Tan built Singapore’s coolest cinema
• Auditions, exorcisms and the art of reinvention, with writer and actor of “Good Cop/Bad Cop” fame Grace Chow
• Beyond jump scares: film director and writer Kenneth Dagatan on the art of terrifying audiences

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