Filmtools

This week we sat down with cinematographer and camera operator Kaity Williams. Raised in South Carolina, Kaity first found an interest in film while creating youtube skits with her twin sister. After deciding to move to Los Angeles to chase her passion for film, Kaity took a huge leap of faith by purchasing an Arri AMIRA as a way to show her dedication to her craft and to help push herself to film more. Since taking the step to pur...

Join us this week for a conversation with cinematographer, director, VFX artist and producer Mauricio van Hasselt. Born in Spain, Mauricio was first bit by the filmmaking bug after having a chance to visit the set of "Dune" in the early 1980's. After building and selling a small post production studio in Mexico , Mauricio seized an opportunity to study visual effects and has since taught the art behind VFX to artist around the worl...

Join us this week for a conversation with cinematographer, director, and colorist Phil Holland. Phil has decades of experience in the industry having found his way onto major motion picture sets as a teenager growing up in the San Fernando Valley. Hear from Phil about his break into the big time with his work as a VFX artist for films like "The Mummy", Planet of the Apes", "X-Men" and "Iron Man" as well as his work on the beautiful...

This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with commercial/ music video director Cole Walliser. We heard from Cole about his journey from shooting skateboard videos with his friends in Canada as a teenager to directing commercials for companies like Mercedes-Benz, Revlon, Pantene and more. We also talked with Cole about the role that networking has had on his career as well as his drive to use his large social presence as a sort...