The Cinematography Podcast

The Cinematography Podcast


Latest Episodes

Jenelle Riley, Variety’s Deputy Awards and Features Editor, discusses the 2023 Academy Awards nominations
March 08, 2023

Long-time friend and colleague Jenelle Riley of Variety magazine chats with Ben and Illya for our fourth annual Oscar nominations special. With a focus on cinematography, they discuss what they liked,

Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Love director Sara Dosa, editors Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput
March 06, 2023

The documentary Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa, takes viewers on a mesmerizing journey into the world of volcanology. The film is centered around footage filmed by French volcanologists Maurice a

Jesse Feldman, ASC Award-nominated DP of Interview with the Vampire
March 01, 2023

Interview with the Vampire on AMC+ is based on Anne Rice's novel of the same name. The new series changes and updates the material so that the main character, Louis, is now Black and a closeted gay ma

Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes cinematographers Ben Bernhard and Riju Das
February 22, 2023

All That Breathes follows the story of two brothers in New Delhi, India who run a home-based bird sanctuary dedicated to caring for black kites. Black kites are a common bird of prey in the city and h

Food and Country director Laura Gabbert, producer Ruth Reichl and cinematographer Martina Radwan
February 15, 2023

The documentary Food and Country, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance film festival, takes a close look at the broken food system in the United States through the lens of the COVID pandemic, as resta

Sundance 2023 films Fancy Dance and King Coal
February 08, 2023

The dramatic film Fancy Dance follows an indigenous woman named Jax, who hustles to get by on her reservation in Oklahoma. When her sister Tawi disappears, Jax is responsible for taking care of her ni

Award-winning Sundance films Bad Press and The Persian Version
February 01, 2023

We kick off our Sundance Film Festival 2023 interviews with the documentary Bad Press and the dramatic comedy, The Persian Version. - Bad Press follows the battle for a free press on the Muscogee Cree

Yule Log director Casper Kelly and cinematographer Alex Allgood
January 25, 2023

Yule Log is a crazy, surreal, comedic horror movie written and directed by Casper Kelly and with cinematography by Alex Allgood, made for Adult Swim and available on HBO Max. Even though it's a month

Russell Carpenter, ASC on Avatar: The Way of Water, working with James Cameron, creating realistic lighting for a virtual world
January 18, 2023

Our guest Russell Carpenter, ASC comes back for a second time on the podcast to talk about Avatar: The Way of Water. - When cinematographer Russell Carpenter began working on Avatar: The Way of Water,

Director Antoine Fuqua and cinematographer Robert Richardson on the Apple TV+ film, Emancipation
January 11, 2023

To tell the story of Emancipation, director Antoine Fuqua and cinematographer Robert Richardson were influenced by the colors in the famous photo "Whipped Peter," whose story and the photograph of his