Bill Pope

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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EPISODE 26 - BILL POPE - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has the pleasure of talking with talented cinematographer, Bill Pope. He’s shot so many wonderful films, including THE MATRIX series, THE JUNGLE BOOK, CLUELESS, CLUELESS and many more. A fun discussion on the many aspects of filmmaking, and how certain films were made. We learn how some of the fantastic visuals of The Matrix came to be and some of the techniques used in making the Jungle Book. The conversation also looks into the relationship of the DP with the VFX team, the importance of preparation and what the personal experience of filmmaking can be. Bill is not only talented but very articulate so it’s an episode you don’t want to miss!

RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Bound, The Matrix

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons, joined by Matt
0:16.7	Weiman, starting from a submitted question, and ending who knows where.
0:24.0	We're also joined by guests on occasion.
0:27.0	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:31.0	If you'd like to submit a question, please do so by emailing Pod POD at
0:38.0	Roger deacons.com. Today's guest is another cinematographer whose work we greatly admire.
0:47.0	His body of work is impressive. He shot such movies as clueless, The Matrix movies, Spider-Man 2 and 3, Men in Black 3, The Jungle Book,
0:58.1	Baby Driver, and my personal favorite, Bound, we're really happy to welcome Bill Pope with us today. Thank you Bill for doing this.
1:07.0	Thanks for having me. It's an honor. We want to start and ask how you got to where you are now.
1:15.0	Did you always want to be a cinematographer or did you want to be a plumber beforehand?
1:22.0	I'm a little bit more than by. I was born by where I am.
1:27.0	How I got to where I am.
1:30.0	I started, I went to college to study architecture and I got about three quarters the way through and I just I was too young I just couldn't stand being locked in a room by myself coming up and
1:44.0	come out in three months with a building and explanations of why and I was like
1:48.8	three months in a room by myself I just like I just couldn't deal. And I managed to meander over to NYU and took their
2:00.4	sight and sound course with Haig Manugin, the man who taught Scorsese.
2:05.0	So Schesi was actually listed as my TA though he never actually showed up to.
2:13.0	He only took to check and invested in movies.
2:16.6	That was Haig's support of the arts at the time.
2:19.8	I've never even met him.
2:23.0	That's so funny.
2:25.0	That's really good.
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