BILLY WILLIAMS - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Cinematographer Billy Williams, BSC (WOMEN IN LOVE, ON GOLDEN POND, GANDHI) has seen it all, and he’s sharing a generous amount of that with us on today’s episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Billy reveals what it was like to work with the spirited and thoughtful Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda on ON GOLDEN POND as well as his thoughts on Ben Kingsley’s transformative performance in GANDHI. The advances in digital cameras and the effect on lighting design are discussed, and Billy recounts the difficulties of grading footage of a baby that, over the course of 12 takes of crying, turned purple. We hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

Recommended Episode Viewing: WOMEN IN LOVE, ON GOLDEN POND, GANDHI

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deakin's podcast.
0:09.7	A collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deakin's and Agust.
0:15.6	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:24.0	This episode is sponsored by Ari Rental, a global rental company providing personalized
0:29.5	service and support to productions of all sizes, from commercials to major motion pictures.
0:36.3	Ari Rental offers a wide range of exclusive products that are developed in-house, including
0:42.6	the Alexa 65 camera and lenses such as the DNAs, alphas and heroes, as well as lights and
0:50.4	grip equipment.
0:52.3	Today we're so happy to have a special guest.
0:55.3	He's a cinematographer with many great credits.
0:58.5	A few are on Golden Pond, Women in Love, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Gandhi.
1:05.1	We're pleased to have Billy Williams with us today.
1:08.4	Thank you, Billy, for doing this.
1:09.7	Thank you, Billy.
1:10.7	Welcome.
1:11.7	Thank you.
1:12.7	We'd like to start with our usual question, which is, how did you get to where you are today?
1:18.1	Was this something you always knew you wanted or was it something that you found out
1:22.1	later?
1:23.1	How did you get to deciding to be a cinematographer?
1:27.0	My father was a cinematographer.
1:29.9	And he started in 1910.
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