Sitting in the backseat of a Peugeot SUV 20 minutes outside the village of Scandriglia, Italy, I knew this would be one of my favorite projects of all time. I flew to Rome with our clients and spent the week in the countryside directing and filming our talent in picturesque thousand-year-old olive orchards.

This project involved international travel, long hot days, language barriers, lots and lots of takes, and a swarm of cicadas that would just not shut up.

Bonus points: Ask me about my Rome Airport story.