"Once I started directing music videos, I didn't want to do it again," Swift said at an All Too Well: The Short Film screening at the Tribeca 2022 Festival.

During a screening of All Too Well: The Short Film, held at the Beacon Theater in New York as part of the Tribeca 2022 Festival, Swift spoke about overcoming "con artist syndrome" as a music video director and revealed that she wants to write and direct feature films in the future. Front.

Speaking to director Mike Mills, the 32-year-old singer-songwriter opened up about trying to direct music videos like "The Man," "Cardigan," and "Willow" and how it led to the making of "All Too Good": The short film that he wrote and directed.

"I was always inquisitive. "I was always looking for, studying, and trying to learn as much as possible," she said. "Some of the music videos [in my career] I just started editing and making changes," Swift recalls, noting that she often made his music video before handing his work over to an experienced director - in "The Man" from 2019.

After writing the video, he tried to hire a director but knew none was available: "All my favorite directors are booked and busy, that's great. we love that

Around this time, Swift was filming the Miss America 2020 documentary, following advice from director Lana Wilson and eventually directing The Man herself, sparking a new creative desire for the singer-songwriter. "Once I started directing music videos, I didn't want to do it again." First, however, he had to overcome his self-doubt before officially considering himself a director. "I thought I had this cheater syndrome in my head, and I was like, 'No, you don't do that.' That's what other people who go to school do," Swift explained.

Mills, 63, admitted that he didn't attend directing school, which acquitted Swift. "Oh! It's amazing to know that. It makes me feel better," he said.

"Don't you think this is a wonderful exercise in instinctual trust?" There are so many decisions to make," Swift continued. "Saying 'I don't know or 'I'm not sure' isn't a choice that's often made."

"Could be if pronounced correctly," he replied.

"Maybe it's just the director," Swift joked.