The Cinematography Podcast
Art, Business, Craft and Philosophy of the Moving Image
Episodes
December 19, 2025 • 75 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 338: Bryan Fuller and Nicole Hirsch Whitaker
Bryan Fuller has one of the most recognizable visual signatures in modern television. Whether he’s dealing with a forensic pathologist who bakes pies (Pushing Daisies) or a sophisticated cannibal (Hannibal), his work consistently balances the grotesque with the gorgeous. His style of hyper-stylized morbid surrealism was influenced by French maximalism ...
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December 12, 2025 • 75 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 337: Eric Lin and Lyle Vincent
Rosemead tells the tragic, true story of Irene (Lucy Liu), a terminally ill single mother, and her son, Joe (Lawrence Shou). As Joe battles schizophrenia and urges toward violence, Irene is left isolated from her Chinese American community in Southern California, facing impossible choices without a safety net.
After decades behind the camera, director Eric Lin conn...
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December 5, 2025 • 63 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 336: Alice Brooks, ASC
For cinematographer Alice Brooks, ASC, shooting both Wicked and Wicked: For Good concurrently was a huge feat. The giant sets, precise camerawork and complex, live lighting cues for the musical numbers required detailed planning and prep. But first, Alice and her long-time collaborator, director Jon M. Chu, broke down the scripts and discussed the emotional intentions for e...
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November 28, 2025 • 49 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 335: Jess Hall
Cinematographer Jess Hall, ASC, BSC reunited with director Matt Shakman to bring the retro-future world of The Fantastic Four: First Steps to life. The two had collaborated on several projects together, such as Marvel's Wandavision. “I have a lot of faith in Matt Shakman,” says Jess. “I went into it with a lot of goodwill behind me. I was very aware that this was one of the origina...
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November 21, 2025 • 75 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 334: Jeff Cutter
Cinematographer Jeff Cutter first collaborated with director Dan Trachtenberg on 10 Cloverfield Lane. Their successful partnership continued on the Predator prequel, Prey, which became Hulu's most-watched streaming premiere. Jeff and Trachtenberg found they had a strong bond over their mutual interests, such as films like Die Hard with “muscular” camerawork. As gamers, the two of...
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November 14, 2025 • 63 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 333: Jeff Cronenweth
Two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, ASC is known for visually defining modern classics like Fight Club and The Social Network. With TRON: ARES, he melded three distinct realities: the digital Grid, the gritty real world, and the retro feel of the grid in the original TRON.
Jeff’s involvement with TRON: ARES began through his long-standing relationship w...
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November 7, 2025 • 79 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 332: Dan Laustsen
For nearly 30 years, cinematographer Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF and director Guillermo del Toro have produced one of cinema's most visually distinctive collaborations. Sharing a deep affinity for rich colors and dark themes, their partnership has yielded five films characterized by an unmistakable aesthetic.
Del Toro's idea for Frankenstein had been discussed since their work on Cr...
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November 1, 2025 • 74 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 331: Tobias Datum
Murderbot is the story of a security unit, part-human and part-machine, that has hacked its governing module to act in its own free will: mainly to be left alone to watch TV shows. Cinematographer Tobias Datum views the Apple TV+ series as a visual exploration of a synthetic being's journey toward humanity and self-discovery.
Tobias worked closely with show creator and director...
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October 24, 2025 • 72 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 330: Pål Ulvik Rokseth
Pål Ulvik Rokseth, the Norwegian cinematographer behind director Paul Greengrass's gripping drama The Lost Bus, faced a singular challenge: how to transform one of the deadliest wildfires in California history into a visceral, cinematic character. The film dramatizes the true story of bus driver Kevin McKay and schoolteacher Mary Ludwig. The two heroically navigated 22 scho...
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October 17, 2025 • 66 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 329: Ula Pontikos, BSC
The psychological thriller The Man in My Basement is about Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins), a Black man in Sag Harbor, New York, who is down on his luck, unemployed, and facing foreclosure on his ancestral family home. In a desperate financial situation, Charles accepts a bizarre and extremely lucrative offer from a mysterious, wealthy white businessman named Anniston Bennet...
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October 10, 2025 • 63 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 328: Kira Kelly, ASC
Cinematographer Kira Kelly, ASC, had a rare opportunity in the movie HIM: exploring the genres of horror and sports, which are not usually combined. She and director Justin Tipping focused their discussions on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), specifically how football-related brain injuries often cause hallucinations. This condition was central to building the feeling...
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October 3, 2025 • 87 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 327: Bryn Mooser and Paul Trillo
Bryn Mooser and Paul Trillo of Asteria on AI in filmmaking
Asteria, an AI-driven film and animation studio, recently merged with Moonvalley, an AI research firm, to create generative video technology for filmmakers. Their AI model, Marey, is a visual intelligence model trained only on data that is fully licensed by the company. Unlike other AI companies that use ...
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September 26, 2025 • 72 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 326: Matthew Libatique, ASC
Cinematographer Matty Libatique, ASC, has had a productive year. Shortly after moving to New York, he began work on Spike Lee's film, Highest 2 Lowest. Immediately after wrapping that project, Matty prepped for Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing, and then, following a short break, he collaborated with Bradley Cooper on Is This Thing On? (which releases in December.) He...
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September 19, 2025 • 80 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 325: John Conroy, ASC, ISC
For the Netflix six-part political thriller, Zero Day, cinematographer John Conroy, ASC, ISC worked with director Lesli Linka Glatter to create a visual style that felt grounded in reality. Their goal was to make the story, which follows a cyberterrorist attack, feel like it could happen tomorrow. This approach allowed them to focus on the human element and the psycholo...
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September 11, 2025 • 82 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 324: Producer, Director, DP Dana Gonzales, ASC
Dana Gonzales, ASC is a producer, director, and cinematographer known for his collaborations with visionary showrunner Noah Hawley on projects like Fargo and Legion. Dana has once again partnered with Hawley to bring the iconic sci-fi horror franchise to television with FX's Alien: Earth. Dana shares insights on his creative process, the challenges o...
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September 4, 2025 • 78 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 323: Cinematographer Larkin Seiple
Cinematographer Larkin Seiple was ready to take a well-deserved break after wrapping the film Wolfs when director Zach Cregger sent him the script for Weapons. Larkin loved the horror mystery/thriller and that it follows the characters through the story from beginning to end. “It was the most fun I'd had reading a script for a really long time,” he says. Larkin,...
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August 27, 2025 • 68 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 322: Matthew Chuang, ACS
Chief of War is a historical drama series from Apple TV+ co-created by and starring Jason Momoa. The show features a primarily Pacific Islander cast speaking Hawaiian, and is the first program to tell the story of the brutal and unprecedented unification of the Hawaiian islands in the late 18th century.
Cinematographer Matthew Chuang, ACS shot episodes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 o...
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August 21, 2025 • 57 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 321: Cinematographer Matt Lewis
In the limited Netflix series Adolescence, each episode unfolds as a single, uninterrupted take, a cinematic choice that immediately immerses viewers in the unfolding drama. This ambitious format was a deliberate artistic choice. Both cinematographer Matt Lewis and series director Philip Barantini had previously collaborated on the independent feature Boiling Point...
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August 12, 2025 • 57 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 320: Cinematographer Matt Ball
For cinematographer Matt Ball, shooting the National Geographic five part documentary series Tucci in Italy was a delightful experience. Tucci in Italy follows actor Stanley Tucci as he explores his Italian heritage, delving into regions rich in food and culture. “A big part of the success of the show is obviously Stan, but Stan wants to do it,” says Matt of Stanley...
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August 7, 2025 • 72 mins
The Cinematography Podcast Episode 319: Christopher Ross, BSC
The Peacock series The Day of the Jackal, a modern update of the film and novel, is an exhilarating cat-and-mouse thriller. It follows a charismatic, lethal assassin known only as the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) and the determined MI6 agent, Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), who is on his trail. Cinematographer Christopher Ross, BSC, has earned an Emmy nomination for the show...
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