Director Scott Leberecht began his filmmaking career as a visual effects art director at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic. His latest documentary film, Jurassic Punk, is about his fellow ILM effects artist Steve “Spaz” Williams. A talented artist, Steve pioneered computer animation VFX in movies, creating the alien effects for The Abyss and the morphing ... Show More
Mar 20
Lawrence Sher, ASC reimagines Frankenstein for The Bride!
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 350: Lawrence Sher, ASC DP Lawrence Sher felt creatively challenged on The Bride! The "everything burger" movie combines many film techniques and influences, 1930's and contemporary lighting, contemporary actors dropped into archival movie foota ... Show More
1h 11m
Mar 13
2026 Academy Awards nominations with Jenelle Riley
The Cinematography Podcast 2026 Oscar Special Jenelle Riley, three-time Emmy-winning entertainment journalist and host, chats with Ben and Illya for our SEVENTH annual Oscar nominations special. With a focus on cinematography, they discuss what they liked, what will win, what sho ... Show More
1h 11m
Mar 6
James Whitaker: Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die’s visual chaos
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 349: James Whitaker, ASC Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die DP James Whitaker, ASC played with different genres, with over 70 setups a day in the Norm's diner set. He used LED walls and projectors to cast real, interactive light on the characters in ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2024
PABLO HELMAN - VFX Supervisor
<p>SEASON 2 - EPISODE 78 - PABLO HELMAN - VFX SUPERVISOR</p> <p>Visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, THE IRISHMAN, JARHEAD) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Born in Argentina, Pablo spent his youth playing music professionally a ... Show More
1h 9m
Jun 2023
Jurassic Park with David Koepp
Life found a way – Script Apart is back! Season four begins with an episode 65 million years in the making, about a movie lauded as one of the greatest blockbusters of all time. Yes, today on the show, we're venturing into Jurassic Park, with the film’s brilliant screenwriter, Da ... Show More
1h 30m
Apr 2021
Chris Menges - Cinematographer
<p>EPISODE 105 - CHRIS MENGES - Cinematographer</p> <p>Teams Deakins speaks with the talented cinematographer, Chris Menges (MICHAEL COLLINS, THE KILLING FIELDS, KES). We talk at length about his start in documentaries and what you learn from shooting documentaries - learning to ... Show More
1h 11m
Mar 2023
Tarantino's Last Movie, plus, Surviving Freelance, Anchoring Scripts, and Ronin 4D Flex
What does “work-life balance” mean to you? How do you come up with new ideas for projects? Can you believe Tarantino is working on his final film of all time?
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, Jason Hellerman, GG Hawkins, and Yaro Altunin discuss:
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59m 32s
Sep 2019
'The Goldfinch' - Roger Deakins
On this week's episode, Carolyn sits down with legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins to discuss his work on 'The Goldfinch'. He delves into his process for lighting scenes and shares his thoughts on the current state of Hollywood films. In this podcast series, Carolyn Giardina, ... Show More
32m 5s