The Cinematography Podcast

The Cinematography Podcast


Latest Episodes

Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS on The Mandalorian, Lion, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and more
August 02, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 85: Greig Fraser - World-renowned director of photography Greig Fraser grew up in Australia, working as a still photographer before he moved into cinematography, shooting shorts,

War Stories Vol. 3: Tales from the Set featuring Laura Merians Gonçalves, Seamus McGarvey, Charles Papert, Charlotte Bruus Christensen, Mike Dallatorre, James Laxton, Jaron Presant, Don Morgan, Roman Vas’yanov, Benoît Delhomme, and Thorsten Thielow
July 27, 2020

Special: The Cinematography Podcast- War Stories Vol. 3 - In this super-sized War Stories Special, we feature eleven of our guest's harrowing, hilarious or heartwarming stories of an experience they had while on set or when starting out in the film in...

Alex Winter on his HBO documentary Showbiz Kids, experience as a child actor, moving from acting to directing, The Lost Boys, The Idiot Box, Freaked, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Zappa, and more
July 19, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 84: Alex Winter - Many people know Alex Winter as the iconic character Bill S. Preston, Esq. from the hit Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its sequels, but over the past few decades,

Jody Lee Lipes on shooting the HBO series I Know This Much Is True, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, Girls, Tiny Furniture, Martha Marcy May Marlene and more
July 12, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 83: Jody Lee Lipes - Cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes has always enjoyed working on diverse projects with intimate stories. Shortly after film school, Jody collaborated with actor/director Lena Dunham on her first film...

John Brawley, DP of the Hulu series The Great, talks creating his visual manifesto for the satiric show and more
July 07, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 82: John Brawley - John Brawley began his career shooting television series in his native Australia, coming to the U.S. to shoot the USA series, Queen of the South. John approaches each project with a “visual manifes...

Serengeti director/producer John Downer and DP Richard Jones on the Discovery Channel series, the challenges and new technologies for shooting wildlife documentaries
July 02, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 81: John Downer and Richard Jones - Director John Downer and cinematographer Richard Jones have always had a love of animals. John went to work for the BBC after film school and quickly moved into the BBC Natural His...

Xavier Grobet, ASC on HBO’s Watchmen, going to film school with Mexican filmmakers Rodrigo Prieto and Alfonso Cuarón, early experience on films Total Recall, Revenge, Before Night Falls
June 24, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 80: Xavier Grobet - Mexican-born DP Xavier Grobet grew up surrounded by visual images. His mother was a professional photographer, and from an early age, Xavier made his own Super 8 movies every summer with his cousi...

BONUS Episode: Alexandra Cunningham, showrunner of Dirty John on adapting the popular podcast into a television series
June 21, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Bonus Episode: Alexandra Cunningham - Showrunner Alexandra Cunningham talks about season one of her hit series Dirty John with producer Alana Kode at the 2019 Produced By conference.

Director Yance Ford, DP Alan Jacobsen on Oscar-nominated documentary, Strong Island and the importance of breaking your own rules
June 18, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 79: Yance Ford and Alan Jacobsen - Yance Ford's powerful documentary, Strong Island, is about the murder of his brother, William Ford Jr. in 1992. The man who killed William, who is white,

Bradford Young, ASC- PART 2: Arrival, directors Denis Villeneuve, Ron Howard, and Ava DuVernay, Solo: A Star Wars Story, When They See Us, working on long form episodic vs. movies
June 10, 2020

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 78: Bradford Young, PART 2 - Bradford Young continues our conversation from his busy household. One lesson he's learned is that the cinematographer's job is to make the director happy.