Podcast Episodes

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 demanding product…

8 hours ago

Ep 150 | David Dozoretz - Pre-vis Pioneer, VFX Supervisor and Director

Season 1 Episode 150

In this episode I chat with visual effects supervisor, second unit director and digital pre-visualisation pioneer David Dozoretz about a career that …

1 week, 6 days ago

Ep 149 | Craig Caton-Largent — Jurassic Park Raptors, ET & Digital Domain

Season 1 Episode 149

In this episode, I chat with creature effects artist, puppeteer and digital pioneer Craig Caton-Largent about a career that arguably traces the entir…

4 weeks ago

Ep 148 | Jim Davidson — Model Maker on Terminator 2 & Batman Returns

Season 1 Episode 148

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 most memo…

1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 147 | John Duncan — ILM Model Maker (Star Wars, Star Trek, Pirates)

Season 1 Episode 147

Episode 147: John Duncan

In this episode, I’m joined by model maker John Duncan, whose career spans nearly fifteen years at Industrial Light & Magic a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 146 | Don Bies — Inside the Lucasfilm Archives (R2-D2 Operator)

Season 1 Episode 146

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 and his ti…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 145 | Alec Gillis — Creature FX Artist (Aliens, Predator, Tremors)

Season 1 Episode 145

In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m joined by creature effects designer Alec Gillis, founder of Studio Gillis and co-founder of Amalga…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep 144 | Randy Thom — Oscar-Winning Director of Sound at Skywalker Sound

Season 1 Episode 142

In this episode, I chat with Academy Award-winning sound designer Randy Thom about his journey from college radio to shaping the soundscapes of some …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

BONUS - Crowdfunding for the LA Trip

Season 1

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 Los Ange…

4 months ago

Ep 143 | The Farmer and the Shark — John Campopiano & Jim Beller (Jaws Doc)

Season 1 Episode 143

In this episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast, I’m joined by filmmaker John Campopiano and producer Jim Beller to talk about their new documentary, T…

4 months, 1 week ago