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75 - Peter Kuran - VFX Artist and Director
Season 1 Episode 75
For this episode, number 75, I spoke with filmmaker and optical VFX expert Peter Kuran. Peter was one of the few people employed by George Lucas on S…
3 years, 4 months ago
74 - Todd Vaziri - ILM VFX Artist
Season 1 Episode 72
For this episode of the podcast, number 74, I spoke with VFX artist, expert, VFX twitter ambassador and all round good guy Todd Vaziri.
Todd began his…
3 years, 4 months ago
73 - Mike Dawson - Special Effects (Supervisor) - Superman, Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones
Season 1 Episode 73
Episode 73
If you remember, I interviewed House of the Dragon writer and showrunner, Ryan Condal back in September 2022, episode 59 I think. Well he a…
3 years, 5 months ago
72 - Van Ling "DVD Extra" - Banned from the Ranch Entertainment
Episode 72
Welcome to this DVD extra type episode.
Here is my conversation with Van Ling, the guest on episode 71, talking about his time at the fabled Banned Fr…
3 years, 5 months ago
71 - Van Ling - VFX Supervisor, DVD Creator, Cameron Collaborator
Season 1 Episode 71
So for this episode I spoke with Van Ling. A name you may recognise. Perhaps for his work on laserdisc, DVD and blu ray, perhaps for his collaboratio…
3 years, 5 months ago
70 - Patrick Read Johnson - Director of 5-25-77
Season 1 Episode 70
For this episode, number 70, I finally spoke with director Patrick Read Johnson.
He recently released his many years in the making, labour of love 5-2…
3 years, 6 months ago
69 - Ken Ralston - VFX Legend - Star Wars, Star Trek, BTTF
Season 1 Episode 69
For this episode, number 69 I spoke with ILM and Sony Picture Imageworks legend Ken Ralston.
Ken started on VFX in advertising, then in 1976 he was e…
3 years, 6 months ago
68 - Hal Hickel - ILM VFX Animator - Toy Story, Rango, The Phantom Menace, Rogue One etc
Season 1 Episode 68
For this episode, number 68 I spoke with an animator at ILM, namely Hal Hickel. Now, if you’re on twitter you’ll know that Hal is a prolific tweeter.…
3 years, 7 months ago
67 - Jean Bolte - ILM Digital Texture Artist
Season 1 Episode 67
For this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with the ultra talented and lovely human being… Jean Bolte, that’s BoltE, rhymes with Nick Nolte as s…
3 years, 7 months ago
66 - Lee Unkrich - Author of "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" Book from Taschen
Season 1 Episode 66
For episode 66, I have an Oscar winning director. But I don’t talk to him about his films at all. Instead I talk to him about a book he’s written. Le…
3 years, 8 months ago