HeyJaredEyes On: Conversations with Hollywood Filmmakers
A podcast where we try to find the real stories behind the world of Hollywood make-believe.
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Eyes on Unit Production Manager David Witz (opens the original)
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When a movie goes over budget or a location falls through, everyone looks at one person: the unit production manager. David Witz has been that person for 30 years, on Dunkirk, War of the Worlds, Mission: Impossible III, and Escape from L.A. David calls himself the general contractor of a film set, the person who turns a director’s vision into a number and then makes that number happen. He breaks down what a UPM and a line producer really do, how he ground out the DGA qualification list, and how
Eyes on Photo Producer Sarah Brookshaw (opens the original)
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Every movie poster and billboard you walk past was produced by someone. Not the photographer, the photo producer. Sarah Brookshaw is the person who makes that single image come together, and she says if she does her job right, you never notice her at all. Sarah produces the photo side of the big 360 campaigns behind the shows and films on Disney, Hulu, and beyond: key art, posters, bus-stop ads, and editorials. She breaks down what a photo producer actually does, the difference between editorial
Eyes on TV Director Andi Armaganian (opens the original)
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There is no straight path to directing television. Andi Armaganian’s ran through 22 years as an editor, a $100,000 feature she could not afford, and the one word you can never say when someone finally offers you the chance to direct. The hosts met Andi as an editor on Smallville, back when it still cut on film. She spent 22 years in post before the Berlanti camp asked her to direct, did the Warner Bros. directing program, and went on to direct Arrow, Supergirl, Stargirl, and multiple Star Treks.
Eyes On Talent Agent for Crew and More Matt Birch (opens the original)
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Everyone knows what an actor’s agent does. But who represents the cinematographer, the production designer, and the producer, the production service companies, the people who physically make the movie? Talent agent Matt Birch has spent 25 years on every side of that question. The hosts met Matt as a coordinator on Vanilla Sky. He went on to supervise production on Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, Elizabethtown, and Constantine before founding Mockingbird Media, a talent agency for producer
Eyes on Studio AI Consultant Barbara Ford Grant (opens the original)
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Is AI ending film careers or reinventing them? Barbara Ford Grant has watched it from every side, as a digital artist, a studio CTO, and the expert studios now hire to plan their AI strategy. Barbara spent 30 years bridging art and technology, from hand-drawn animation on Prince of Egypt, through six years of Shrek at PDI, to early machine learning at Sony Imageworks, Digital Domain, HBO in the Game of Thrones and Westworld era, and a run as CTO of Meow Wolf. That history is why her take on gene
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