Clayton Townsend - Producer
Team Deakins
James Ellis Deakins
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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EPISODE 23 - CLAYTON TOWNSEND - Producer
Team Deakins shares an enlightening conversation with esteemed producer, Clayton Townsend (UNBROKEN, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, BRIDESMAIDS). His openness in sharing the details of the wide reaching job of a producer makes for a very interesting episode. Listen to learn the many responsibilities of a producer, the difference between various producer roles and the balance between his responsibilities to the studio and the director. A very important role in filmmaking and Clayton walks us through it!
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| 0:17.1 | Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons joined by Matt Weiman, starting from a submitted question, and ending who knows where. |
| 0:25.0 | We're also joined by guests on occasion. |
| 0:28.0 | We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio. |
| 0:32.0 | If you'd like to submit a question, please do so by emailing |
| 0:36.9 | pod POD at Roger deacons.com. Today we have a great guest. We're speaking with a producer who's worked with |
| 0:47.0 | Oliver Stone on many projects and on such films as Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift |
| 0:52.4 | Fast and Furious, and Furious, Tokyo Drift, Fast and Furious Six, |
| 0:55.0 | 40-year-old Virgin, Bride's, |
| 0:58.0 | Zoolander II, to name a few. |
| 1:00.0 | We've only worked with him once on Unbroken and have been trying to work with him again ever since. |
| 1:06.4 | We're pleased to welcome Clayton Townsend today. |
| 1:10.1 | Clayton, thank you for doing this. |
| 1:12.3 | Thank you, James. |
| 1:13.8 | What an introduction. |
| 1:15.0 | Well, let's start at the beginning. |
| 1:19.1 | Why don't you tell us how you got to where you are? |
| 1:21.8 | Did you at age five want to be a producer? |
| 1:24.4 | Well, yes I did as a matter of fact. |
| 1:26.4 | Oh really? |
| 1:27.4 | They don't. |
| 1:28.4 | No, I can't, it came upon me rather haphazardly. |
| 1:35.0 | My grandfather and my father were both carpenters and I |
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