Ep 155 - Skywalker Sound's Sean England on cattle gates, Brillo pads and Birkenstocks
Sean England has been at Skywalker Sound since 1993. He didn't arrive as a foley artist. He came in on the technical side, in the machine ro...
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154 - Wolf Kahler - Colonel Dietrich from Raiders - Rerelease
Ep 154 — Wolf Kahler — Colonel Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark For Episode 154 of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m going back to one of m...
Ep 153 - Brad Fiedel - Film Composer - Terminator, T2 and more
Brad Fiedel wrote one of the most recognisable pieces of music in film history, and he did it on a drum machine, a sequencer and a keyboard...
Ep 152 John Goodson - Model Maker and Digital Artist
Episode 152: John Goodson (Part 1) John Goodson is a model maker and digital artist who spent more than three decades at ILM. His credits sp...
Ep 151 | Ian Hunter - VFX Supervisor on Cameron, Burton and more
Ian Hunter has spent four decades building miniatures, supervising visual effects and thinking like a filmmaker on some of the most demandin...
Ep 150 | David Dozoretz - Pre-vis Pioneer, VFX Supervisor and Director
In this episode I chat with visual effects supervisor, second unit director and digital pre-visualisation pioneer David Dozoretz about a car...
Ep 149 | Craig Caton-Largent — Jurassic Park Raptors, ET & Digital Domain
In this episode, I chat with creature effects artist, puppeteer and digital pioneer Craig Caton-Largent about a career that arguably traces...
Ep 148 | Jim Davidson — Model Maker on Terminator 2 & Batman Returns
In this episode, I chat with model maker Jim Davidson about his journey from a dinosaur-obsessed kid in the 1970s to working on some of the...
147 John Duncan - Model Maker Extraordinaire
Episode 147: John Duncan In this episode, I’m joined by model maker John Duncan, whose career spans nearly fifteen years at Industrial Light...
146 Don Bies - Inside the Lucasfilm Archives
In this episode, I sit down with Don Bies – former Lucasfilm archivist and special effects artist at ILM – for a deep dive into his career a...
145 - Alec Gillis - Special Creature Effects Artist
In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m joined by creature effects designer Alec Gillis, founder of Studio Gillis and co-founder...
144 - Randy Thom - Director of Sound at Skywalker Sound
In this episode, I chat with Academy Award-winning sound designer Randy Thom about his journey from college radio to shaping the soundscapes...
BONUS - Crowdfunding for the LA Trip
This is a short bonus episode with a very specific purpose. Patrick Tyndall and I are in the middle of a GoFundMe campaign to get us back to...
143 - The Farmer and the Shark - with John Campopiano and Jim Beller
In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m joined by filmmaker John Campopiano and producer Jim Beller to talk about their new docum...
142 - New Mike Hodges Book - By Jon Spira
Jon's Kickstarter Link Summary In this conversation, Jon Spira discusses his new book 'I'll Settle for Nothingness: Conversations with Mike...
141 - Rob Spera - Film/TV Director’s Field Manual
Rob Spera is a film and television director, educator, and the author of Film/TV Director’s Field Manual: 70 Maxims to Change Your Filmmakin...
140 - Lucas Wars - With Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche
In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m joined by Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche, the writer and artist behind the acclaimed gra...
139 - Art Directing from Titanic to House of the Dragon with Dominic Masters
In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I speak with art director and supervising art director Dominic Masters, whose decades-long ca...
138 - Jay Glennie on "The Making of Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time ...In Hollywood"
In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast I speak with author and film historian Jay Glennie about his new book, The Making of Quentin T...
BONUS - John Walsh on Writing The Art And Making of Gladiator 2 Book
In this bonus episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, host Jamie Benning, that's me... talks with author and filmmaker John Walsh about his n...