Billy O'Leary - Gaffer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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EPISODE 60 - BILLY O’LEARY - Gaffer

Team Deakins sits down with frequent collaborator and friend, gaffer Billy O’Leary (THE IRISHMAN, BLADE RUNNER 2049, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS). It’s a wonderful walk down memory lane and we learned a lot too! He defines the role of gaffer and walks through what he does in prep and how he works with different DPs. He also talks about his love of NOT relying on big lights and working up lighting gags. He likes restrictions and having to think outside of the box. He talks about some specifics on Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner 2049, Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink and Fargo. When asked what his gaffer’s nightmare is, he not only told us but let us know it was a waking nightmare - he did experience it! A fun and informative conversation that we think you’ll like!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:11.2	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:16.5	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:20.5	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:25.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:31.0	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:36.0	This episode is sponsored by Otto Nemitz camera rental,
0:40.0	newly located in Culver City.
0:42.0	Otto Nemitz is known for its premiere service. newly located in Culver City.
0:42.5	Otto Nemitz is known for its premier service and support to productions
0:47.1	for 41 years.
0:50.0	Today we're looking into the world of the Gaffer.
0:52.9	We have a Gaffer with us that we've worked with many times.
0:56.6	His list of credits is long.
0:58.7	Sid and Nancy, the Shawshank Redemption,
1:01.1	a beautiful mind, the Big Labowski, The Irishman, Blade Runner 2049,
1:07.1	and the list just goes on and on.
1:09.7	We're so pleased to have Billy O'Leary with us today. Thank you, Billy, for doing this.
1:14.3	Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Thank you. We're going to start with a question,
1:18.7	how did you get to where you are now? Was it something you always knew you wanted to do? Did you find this later in life?
1:26.4	Did you take a wrong path? What's your story?
1:30.3	Well, I kind of stumbled into it. I went to school for communication arts and I studied still photography and I took film as an elective, so to speak speak and I fell in love with my teacher and I fell in love with the whole idea of filmmaking and I kind of did two years
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