Art, Business, Craft and Philosophy of the Moving Image
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS on The Mandalorian, Lion, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and more
91 hours 11 mins; August 02, 2020
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
29 mins; July 27, 2020
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
85 hours 15 mins; July 19, 2020
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
68 hours 59 mins; July 12, 2020
John Brawley, DP of the Hulu series The Great, talks creating his visual manifesto for the satiric show and more
73 hours 38 mins; July 07, 2020
Serengeti director/producer John Downer and DP Richard Jones on the Discovery Channel series, the challenges and new technologies for shooting wildlife documentaries
60 hours 47 mins; July 02, 2020
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
71 hours 12 mins; June 24, 2020
BONUS Episode: Alexandra Cunningham, showrunner of Dirty John on adapting the popular podcast into a television series
22 mins; June 21, 2020
Director Yance Ford, DP Alan Jacobsen on Oscar-nominated documentary, Strong Island and the importance of breaking your own rules
67 hours 6 mins; June 18, 2020
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
76 hours 3 mins; June 10, 2020
Bradford Young, ASC- PART 1: Selma, directors Dee Rees and Ava DuVernay, Pariah, Mississippi Damned, A Most Violent Year, bringing his personal voice to filmmaking
79 hours 10 mins; June 03, 2020
Suzie Lavelle, DP on the Hulu series Normal People, working with Lenny Abrahamson, BBC series Dr. Who, Sherlock, Vikings, A Discovery of Witches, His Dark Materials
69 hours 32 mins; May 27, 2020
Trevor Forrest talks Little Fires Everywhere, remembering producer/director Lynn Shelton, the TV series I Am the Night, critically acclaimed films Una Noche and Noble
67 hours 57 mins; May 21, 2020
BONUS Episode: Oscar-nominated cinematographer Xiaoding Zhao on the movie Shadow and working with director Zhang Yimou on eleven films, including House of Flying Daggers
17 mins; May 18, 2020
Toby Oliver, ACS talks Dead To Me Season 2, working with Jordan Peele on Get Out, horror films The Darkness and Happy Death Day, Mötley Crüe movie The Dirt, and the upcoming Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar
70 hours 46 mins; May 14, 2020
War Stories Vol. 2: Tales from the Set featuring Walt Lloyd, Shana Hagan, Byron Werner, Claudia Raschke, Sal Totino and Ruben Fleischer
27 mins; May 11, 2020
BONUS Episode: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind director/producers Natasha Gregson Wagner and Laurent Bouzereau
10 mins; May 05, 2020
Carlos González, SVC on working for Roger Corman, Raw Justice, Mutant Species, shooting films vs. TV series, Grey’s Anatomy, Party of Five and becoming a director
48 mins; April 30, 2020
War Stories Vol. 1: Tales from the Set featuring Russell Carpenter, Jakob Ihre, Ellen Kuras, David Mullen and Kira Kelly
20 mins; April 26, 2020
Jeff Cronenweth, ASC on David Fincher, Fight Club, growing up in Hollywood, music videos, Mark Romanek, One Hour Photo, Gone Girl, The Social Network and the new Amazon series Tales from the Loop
72 hours 18 mins; April 22, 2020
BONUS Episode: The Sound of Silence director Michael Tyburski
29 mins; April 20, 2020
Producer Brendan Davis tells his story about fleeing China before it was shut down during the pandemic
70 hours 1 min; April 15, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Jeff Sengpiehl, chief technologist at Key Code Media, gives tips for remote editing and other post production options from home
30 mins; April 13, 2020
DP Michael Dallatorre on Brightburn, Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, The Hive, working for Panavision and growing up in South Central Los Angeles
67 hours 16 mins; April 08, 2020
DP Laura Merians Gonçalves on Pacified, shooting in Brazil, starting out as best boy electric on Bully, music videos, her love of Super 8 film
83 hours 18 mins; April 01, 2020
BONUS Episode: J.D. Dillard, director of Sweetheart and Sleight
19 mins; March 30, 2020
DP Stefan Ciupek on Guns Akimbo, the challenges of Russian Ark, working with Anthony Dod Mantle on Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours
89 hours 23 mins; March 25, 2020
BONUS Episode: Big Time Adolescence director Jason Orley and DP Andrew Huebscher
24 mins; March 23, 2020
DP Kira Kelly on working with director Ava DuVernay, her Netflix series Self Made, 13th, Queen Sugar, East Los High
67 hours 20 mins; March 18, 2020
Jakob Ihre, FSF: Chernobyl cinematographer on shooting the incredible HBO series, his early career, working with director Joachim Trier
84 hours 30 mins; March 11, 2020
Sundance 2020-Coming of Age: Beast Beast director Danny Madden, DP Kristian Zuniga; Blast Beat director Esteban Arango, writer Erick Castrillon
71 hours 43 mins; March 04, 2020
Sundance 2020-Location, Location, Location: The Night House director David Bruckner, writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski; Black Bear director Lawrence Michael Levine
66 hours 33 mins; March 02, 2020
Sundance 2020-Documentary: Ron Howard: Rebuilding Paradise; Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw: The Truffle Hunters; Ron Cicero & Kimo Easterwood: Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
77 hours 18 mins; February 26, 2020
Director Adam Rehmeier and DP Jean-Phillipe Bernier discuss their movie Dinner In America at Sundance 2020
53 mins; February 17, 2020
McMillion$: Filmmakers James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte on their new six-part HBO doc series uncovering fraud behind the McDonald’s Monopoly game
66 hours 29 mins; February 11, 2020
Jenelle Riley, Variety’s Deputy Awards and Features Editor, discusses the 2020 Academy Awards nominations
53 mins; February 03, 2020
James Laxton, ASC on Best Picture winner Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk: working with Barry Jenkins and Kevin Smith, his early career and influences
84 hours 15 mins; January 28, 2020
Cinematographer Byron Werner talks The Last Full Measure, working with director Todd Robinson and Ed Harris on Phantom, the latest tech and apps he uses as a DP
88 hours 54 mins; January 21, 2020
Director Lulu Wang talks The Farewell, developing her personal story for the screen, working with Awkwafina, shooting in China
62 hours 55 mins; January 14, 2020
DP Paula Huidobro on Barry, Tallulah, working with Bill Hader, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Norman Lear
76 hours 4 mins; January 07, 2020
Walt Lloyd, ASC on Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Kafka, Short Cuts, The Hitcher, The Perfect Storm, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records, Alien Raiders, and much more
111 hours 28 mins; December 31, 2019
Alik Sakharov, DP turned director, on Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The Sopranos, Ozark, and the director/DP relationship
79 hours 3 mins; December 25, 2019
Phedon Papamichael, ASC talks Ford v. Ferrari, his love of racing and classic cars, working with director James Mangold
43 mins; December 17, 2019
Lawrence Sher, ASC, talks about creating the look of Joker with director Todd Phillips
55 mins; December 10, 2019
M. David Mullen, ASC: Emmy-winning cinematographer for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, films Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork, and more
127 hours 14 mins; December 03, 2019
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC: Oscar-nominated cinematographer for Silence and Brokeback Mountain, talks Martin Scorsese, The Irishman, The Wolf of Wall Street, Amores Perros, Argo and more
57 mins; November 26, 2019
Mihai Mălaimare Jr.- DP of Jojo Rabbit, The Master, The Hate U Give, Youth Without Youth on working with Taika Waititi, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Thomas Anderson
78 hours 8 mins; November 19, 2019
Mike Figgis, Oscar-nominated director of Leaving Las Vegas, Timecode, Internal Affairs, Somebody Up There Likes Me
43 mins; November 11, 2019
Adam Lisagor, director and founder of Sandwich Video, on starting his commercial company, working with DPs Rachel Morrison and Charles Papert, using humor to sell products
86 hours 18 mins; November 05, 2019
Natasha Braier, ASC: talks Honey Boy, Neon Demon, Gloria Bell and more
94 hours 14 mins; October 28, 2019
Special Episode- Jojo Rabbit: Jason Chen, Dannelle Satherley and Ra Vincent tell the production stories behind the WWII comedy/drama
72 hours 58 mins; October 21, 2019
Benoît Delhomme, DP of The Theory of Everything, At Eternity’s Gate, The Proposition, The Scent of Green Papaya, Lawless, Free State of Jones
65 hours 14 mins; October 15, 2019
Ruben Fleischer, the director of Zombieland, Venom, 30 Minutes or Less and Gangster Squad
71 hours 24 mins; October 08, 2019
Salvatore Totino, ASC talks Any Given Sunday, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code, Spider-Man: Homecoming, working with Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, and more
107 hours 15 mins; October 01, 2019
Don M. Morgan, ASC: talks Starman, Christine, Seven, working with John Carpenter, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Joseph Sargent
122 hours 34 mins; September 24, 2019
Special Episode: IT Chapter Two- Cinematographer Checco Varese, ASC reveals the stories behind the biggest horror franchise of the year
55 mins; September 16, 2019
Michael Gioulakis: on shooting Us, Glass, Split, It Follows, John Dies at the End, working with Jordan Peele, M. Night Shyamalan, David Mitchell and Don Coscarelli
73 hours 55 mins; September 09, 2019
Director and Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, ASC: Talks Swoon, I Shot Andy Warhol, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Summer of Sam, Ozark, Wormwood, Catch-22 and more
126 hours 38 mins; September 03, 2019
Bill Wages, ASC: Talks The Forgiven, Into the West, Sun Records, Burn Notice, Down in the Delta, and inventing Glimmerglass filters.
81 hours 37 mins; August 21, 2019
Ep 42 – Shana Hagan – Talks documentary work- Married in America, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Shakespeare Behind Bars, working with Michael Apted, Parks and Recreation and more.
116 hours 59 mins; August 13, 2019
Ep 41 – Vanja černjul, ASC – Talks Crazy Rich Asians, The Deuce, 30 Rock, Orange is the New Black, and more!
44 mins; August 05, 2019
Ep 40 – Oscar Winner Russell Carpenter, ASC – On Titanic, True Lies, James Cameron, Hard Target, John Woo, Ant-Man and more!
90 hours 12 mins; July 24, 2019
Ep 39 – Manuel Billeter – Talks the Marvel/Netflix series Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Orange is the New Black and working with Alfonso Cuarón
79 hours 37 mins; July 13, 2019
Ep 38 – Matthew Clark – Talks Late Night, 30 Rock, working with Vanja Cernjul, Tina Fey, Nisha Ganatra, Emma Thompson and much more
77 hours 58 mins; July 03, 2019
Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC: Multi-Oscar Nominated Cinematographer Talks Joe Wright, Avengers, Nocturnal Animals, Atonement, High Fidelity and The Greatest Showman
34 mins; June 24, 2019
Special Episode – Checco Varese, ASC – Live Podcasting at Hot Rod Cameras “Cine Beer” 2019 Summer Bash
48 mins; June 17, 2019
Ep 36 – Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF – The Oscar Nominated Cinematographer of Shape of Water, Dives into John Wick 3, Shooting Film and His Career
38 mins; June 06, 2019
Ep 35 – Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF – The Oscar Winning Cinematographer Talks First Man, Damien Chazelle, Gus Van Sant, David O. Russell and Storyboarding
40 mins; May 22, 2019
Ep 34 – Lije Sarki – The Writer, Director and Producer, discusses making the beautiful new movie, Concrete Kids
65 hours 35 mins; May 10, 2019
Sundance 2019 Special Podcast Pt. 4 (of 4) – Midnight Movies, the Occult and Horror
73 hours 41 mins; April 21, 2019
Sundance 2019 Special Podcast Pt. 3 – DRAMA
72 hours 58 mins; April 13, 2019
Sundance 2019 Special Podcast Pt. 2 – The Genre Found at Every Festival “Coming of Age”
33 mins; April 03, 2019
Sundance 2019 Special Podcast Pt. 1 – Our Favorites: Jackie Chan, Michael Tyburski w/The Sound of Silence & Lulu Wang w/The Farewell, The Blair Witch Project Anniversary
79 hours 56 mins; March 27, 2019
Ep 33 – Matthew Libatique, ASC – Two time Academy Award nominated Cinematographer talks A Star is Born, craft, philosophy, collaborating with Bradley Cooper, Darren Aronofsky, Spike Lee and Jon Favreau
42 mins; March 07, 2019
Ep 32 – Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC – Oscar nominated Cinematographer for The Favourite, talks shooting with natural light, short films and more
40 mins; February 25, 2019
Ep 31 – Barry Alexander Brown – Oscar nomination for BlacKkKlansman, collaborations with Spike Lee and the magic of editing.
48 mins; February 17, 2019
Ep 30 – Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC – Working with Directors, Haskell Wexler, George Clooney, Bryan Singer & David O. Russell, and crafting the look of Usual Suspects, 3 Kings, Drive, X-Men, Bohemian Rhapsody and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
66 hours 8 mins; February 11, 2019
Ep 29 – Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC discusses his early career, and the revolutionary data archiving system DOTS
48 mins; February 03, 2019
Ep 28 – Leonard Maltin – author and critic, deep dive into movies and cinematography
88 hours 39 mins; January 18, 2019
Holiday Special 2018 with Alonso Duralde
51 mins; December 16, 2018
Ep 27 – Shane Hurlbut, ASC talks DSLR Revolution, His Working Process, Collaborating with Director Gabriele Muccino and Professional Gimbals.
107 hours 16 mins; December 10, 2018
Claudia Raschke, cinematographer for “RBG” talks about her latest project, and 3+ decades of television and feature films.
53 mins; October 24, 2018
Ep 24 – Robert McLachlan, ASC, CSC – The cinematographer behind Game of Thrones, Westworld, Ray Donovan gives us stories from the set of “The Affair.”
49 mins; September 28, 2018
Ep 23 – Jaron Presant, ASC – Talks Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rampage, Brick, USC Film School, 1st Unit vs. 2nd Unit and Working with Director Rian Johnson
94 hours 41 mins; September 06, 2018
SPECIAL PODCAST- Phedon Papamichael, ASC – LIVE at Hot Rod Cameras “Cine Beer” Summer Bash! Talks about his films with Alexander Payne, Oliver Stone, James Mangold and more.
78 hours 53 mins; June 24, 2018
Ep 22 – Johnny Derango – Discusses shooting “Small Town Crime,” being an American Cinematographer “Rising Star of Cinematography,” SXSW, Shooting Reality TV, Re-shoots and Film School.
81 hours 10 mins; May 04, 2018
Ep 21 – Larry Fong, ASC – Talks Kong: Skull Island, Watchmen, Zack Snyder, Gal Gadot, shooting Super 8 with JJ Abrams and much more
99 hours 53 mins; March 19, 2018
Ep 20 – Dan Kneece – his career, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and the early days of Steadicam
100 hours 4 mins; March 12, 2018
SPECIAL EPISODE – Academy Award Winning Feature “Icarus” DP Jake Swantko
14 mins; March 04, 2018
Ep 18 – Suny Behar – Speaks with us about his journey, HBO, cinematography, technology and changing the industry
126 hours 38 mins; January 22, 2018
Cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen on Thomas Vinterberg, Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game, Girl on a Train and Fences
87 hours 52 mins; January 01, 2018
Ep 16 – Jim Frohna – Explains his craft, working with Jill Soloway, Amazon Studios and shooting one of the memorable commercials ever made
89 hours 51 mins; December 26, 2017
Ep 15 – Christian Sebaldt, ASC – Shooting CSI, Resident Evil, Rush Hour and more
116 hours 44 mins; December 04, 2017
Ep 14 – Rodney Charters, ASC – Talks about his amazing career including the highly influential “24”
118 hours 55 mins; September 06, 2017
Ep 13 – Roman Vas’yanov – On film school, working with David Ayer and Suicide Squad
90 hours 44 mins; May 08, 2017
Ep 12 – Anthony Liberatore
0 secs; February 28, 2017
VIDEO PODCAST! Backlight Tour – Episode 7 – DP, Ryan Eddleston
0 secs; November 24, 2016
Ep 11 – Charles Papert
99 hours 39 mins; September 05, 2016
Ep 10 – Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC
0 secs; July 14, 2016
VIDEO PODCAST! Backlight Tour – Episode 6 – NAB 2016
