Director Blitz Bazawule discusses his new film, The Color Purple, with fellow Director Gina Prince-Bythewood in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses the importance of sketching in his artistic process, how his background in music prepared him for the film, and trying to identify the heart of the original text in orde ... Show More
Aug 22
The Fantastic Four: First Steps with Matt Shakman and Edward Zwick (Ep. 556)
Director Matt Shakman discusses his new film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, with fellow Director Edward Zwick in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses favoring practical and 60’s-style effects to align with the retro futuristic style of the ... Show More
27m 24s
Aug 15
Folktales with Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Ondi Timoner (Ep. 555)
Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady discusses their new film, Folktales, with fellow Director Ondi Timoner in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss the logistics of filming in the unpredictable daylight and wilderness of Norway, creating sc ... Show More
41m 29s
Aug 12
Life of Mike with Derick Halliman and Christine Swanson (Ep. 554)
Director Derick Halliman discusses his new film, Life of Mike, with fellow Director Christine Swanson in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses finding depth in a complex and disillusioned main character, favoring small casts and sets for tight ... Show More
28m 44s
Nov 2023
Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023)
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 1940s, and a key text in America's understanding of itself. This is a film that rem ... Show More
1h 5m
Jul 2023
Egyptian Director Haya Khairat on Her Special Encouragement Award From the Cannes Film Festival
Being a director, winning the Angénieux Encouragement Award at Cannes, navigating the film industry, and differences between working on ads, TV and cinema: award-winning Egyptian director Haya Khairat gives us an insider view on life behind the camera. In conversation with Mikey, ... Show More
1h 8m
Jul 2021
Darius Khondji - Cinematographer
EPISODE 135 - DARIUS KHONDJI - Cinematographer Team Deakins talks with cinematographer Darius Khondji (UNCUT GEMS, ALIEN RESURRECTION, SE7EN). We talk a lot about light, specifically learning how to light and how he started to learn with natural light. He shares the experience of ... Show More
1h 20m
Oct 2024
Spring Aspers (President of Sony Music Group, Grammy Nominated Executive) on Music Supervision and the Magic of Movie Soundtracks
Send Kevin a Text MessageIn this episode of "Don't Kill the Messenger," host Kevin Goetz sits down with Spring Aspers, the Grammy-nominated President of Sony Pictures Music Group. With a career spanning from intern to President, Spring has become a powerhouse in the film mus ... Show More
37m 1s
Aug 2024
078. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Tokyo Sonata
In this episode, we’re laughing and crying to the sweet melodies of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2008 film Tokyo Sonata, and its social commentary on the Japanese nuclear family in the midst of a financial crisis.
We explore the film’s construction of a patriarchal nuclear family, discuss ... Show More
59m 21s
Oct 2022
“Vesper” – the hustle behind making an epic sci-fi feature film with the writer-director duo Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper
Today, we welcome the writer-director duo Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper to the show! Together, they made the epic post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature film Vesper (2022), starring Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, and many, many more. The film is about to come out in t ... Show More
1h 1m
Aug 2024
LUKASZ ZAL - Cinematographer
SEASON 2 - EPISODE 102 - LUKASZ ZAL - CINEMATOGRAPHER On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we’re speaking with cinematographer Lukasz Zal (THE ZONE OF INTEREST, COLD WAR, IDA). Born and raised in Poland, Lukasz yearned to express himself creatively in his youth, but it wa ... Show More
1h 10m
Jan 2025
QUYEN TRAN - Cinematographer
SEASON 2 - EPISODE 124 - Quyen Tran - Cinematographer On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with cinematographer Quyen Tran (AHSOKA, MAID, PALM SPRINGS). We start the episode with Quyen’s harrowing recollection of her experience in New York City on 9/11, and she r ... Show More
1h 3m