DAMIEN CHAZELLE - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Season 2, Episode 23

DAMIEN CHAZELLE - Director

OK, here’s the episode you’ve been waiting for! Team Deakins has an extensive conversation with the talented director Damien Chazelle (LA LA LAND, FIRST MAN, BABYLON). We talk about his approach to movie making and his experiences on his various movie sets. We learn how he likes to work with his collaborators as well as what is important to him in making a movie. It’s a great conversation and we’re happy to share it with you!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast.
0:08.7	A collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and Aghest.
0:14.6	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:22.8	This episode is sponsored by Ari Rental, a global rental company providing personalized
0:28.3	service and support to productions of all sizes, from commercials to major motion pictures.
0:35.2	Ari Rental offers a wide range of exclusive products that are developed in-house, including
0:41.4	the Alexa 65 camera and lenses such as the DNAs, alphas and heroes, as well as lights and
0:49.2	grip equipment.
0:52.6	Today we're pleased to be speaking with a director.
0:55.1	He's directed such films as Whiplash, Lala Land, First Man and Babylon.
1:00.5	We'd like to welcome Damien Chazelle with us today.
1:03.4	Thank you Damien for doing this.
1:05.0	Thanks so much for having me.
1:06.0	No, it's an honor to be here and be speaking with you.
1:08.5	We'd like to start with our usual question, which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:13.0	Was this something you always knew that you wanted to do or did you find it along the way?
1:16.9	Did you take another path?
1:18.6	What's your story?
1:19.6	Basically, it's the earliest thing I can remember is just watching movies, wanting to make
1:25.5	movies.
1:26.5	I think before I probably even had a real concrete conception of what a movie, sort of what
1:32.2	making a movie even meant, I would be sort of ingesting them voraciously and just wanting
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