How Tim Milgram Helped Pioneer Dance Cinematography and Built a Creative Empire on His Own Terms
Becoming Self MadeShow Notes
What do you do when there’s no blueprint for the career you want? For Tim Milgram, the answer was to create one.
After leaving a promising path in software engineering, Tim pursued a career in dance and filmmaking, eventually building TMilly Studio into a globally recognized creative brand. Today, Tim is the founder of TMilly TV, a filmmaker, choreographer, and creative entrepreneur whose groundbreaking dance videos have helped redefine how movement is captured and shared online.
In this episode of Becoming Self Made, Tim shares what it takes to build a sustainable business around art, why reinvention is a requirement for creative entrepreneurs, and how persistence, innovation, and passion helped turn an unconventional dream into a thriving career.
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