{"id":19252,"date":"2016-05-14T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.british-weekly.com\/?p=19252"},"modified":"2016-05-14T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:50:53","slug":"meet-a-member-andrew-jonathan-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.british-weekly.com\/?p=19252","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Member: Andrew Jonathan Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet a Member is Andrew Jonathan Smith who lives in London<\/em><\/p>\n

Since you don\u2019t live in Los Angeles how did you end up joining Brits in\u00a0<\/strong>LA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A friend told me how amazing it was after I was in LA for a month last\u00a0summer – and she was totally right!<\/p>\n

\"bila-mam\"What is your impression of LA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love it so much – obviously Southern California is a place of extreme beauty, and coming from the UK it\u2019s always nice to be in a bit of sun! But what makes LA really special to me is the friends, family and community I have here; it\u2019s the city that some of the people closest to my heart call<\/p>\n

home.<\/p>\n

Do you think you could ever see yourself moving to LA, if not tell us what<\/strong>keeps you in London?<\/strong><\/p>\n

After visiting last summer and falling in love with the city, moving to LA became the dream. I feel really at home here, it\u2019s just a case of waiting for the right time and opportunity.<\/p>\n

Do you have a hidden gem in London you\u2019d like to want to share with us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever my American friends visit the UK, I seem to end up taking them to Kahaila cafe in Shoreditch. It\u2019s a cool place with great social engagement. All their amazing cakes and pastries are from Luminary Bakery: a social enterprise designed to equip women from vulnerable backgrounds with practical and transferrable skills for the working world.<\/p>\n

Why would you recommend other overseas readers joining Brits in LA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve ended up spending a lot of time in LA over the last year and Brits in LA is great for constantly keeping up to date with all the cool events.<\/p>\n

Why would you recommend other\u00a0overseas\u00a0readers joining Brits in LA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve ended up spending a lot of time in LA over the last year and Brits in LA is great for constantly keeping up to date with all the cool events and opportunities that are going on – it makes me feel connected. It\u2019s also great because you know you always have a place to go when you need a bit of advice!<\/p>\n

We hear you have been working on an exciting project. Care to tell us more about it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

My short film,\u00a0Jellyfish\u00a0was screened for the first time outside of the UK at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles event as part of BritWeek.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also recently started pre-production for my next short which looks at the relationship between two cousins: one who sees violence as a means to resolve conflict and another who will avoid conflict at any cost.<\/p>\n

Lots of our\u00a0members\u00a0join our group Brits in LA seeking out words of wisdom – what is the best piece of advice you’ve been given?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStop comparing yourself to other people.\u201d It\u2019s so weird this compulsion that we have to constantly compare ourselves to others. Everyone has their own story and it\u2019s not worth trying to bend your story into the shape of another one, because it just won\u2019t fit!<\/p>\n

Lastly, how can we find you on the Internet?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

twitter and instagram: @andrew_j_smith<\/p>\n

website:\u00a0andrewjonathansmith.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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