Dariusz Wolski - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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EPISODE 153 - DARIUSZ WOLSKI - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has the opportunity to speak with cinematographer, Dariusz Wolski (NEWS OF THE WORLD, THE MARTIAN, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN). We talk about his (and Roger’s) beginnings in music videos and his experiences working with both Tony and Ridley Scott. He tells us he learned to light 360 degrees while working with Tony. We learn a lot of his method of working with Ridley - how Ridley is not afraid of silhouettes and how he likes to draw the movie as a way of thinking and focusing. He shares his experiences on NEWS OF THE WORLD and well as PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. We also talk about the VFX on PIRATES and the experience of shooting movie 2 and 3 at the same time! He tells us his philosophy is not to control everything and even shares a few stories about Conrad Hall (what’s an episode without mentioning Connie?). A fun and insightful episode!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and
0:10.0	James Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:16.5	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear
0:21.6	the audio.
0:23.7	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod at rogerdeakin's.com.
0:31.9	For over 100 years, Zeiss has served the artistic pursuit of visual storytellers from around
0:41.5	the globe. Built for cinematographers, the Zeiss Supreme Prime and Supreme Prime Radiance
0:48.3	lenses provide unparalleled creativity and a unique cinematic look for your next project.
0:55.3	Zeiss Cinemat lenses made for cinematography.
0:59.4	Today we're speaking with a cinematographer, a frequent collaborator with director Ridley Scott.
1:07.3	His credits are many and include Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, the Martian,
1:13.7	Sacario Day of the Soldado, and News of the World. We're pleased to welcome Darius Wolski
1:20.0	with us today. Darius, thank you for doing this.
1:22.7	Yes, thank you. My pleasure, my pleasure. Thank you for reaching out to me.
1:27.4	I think we'd like to start with how you got to where you are today. Was this something you
1:32.5	always knew you wanted to do or did you take another path and then find this? What happened?
1:38.6	I think came out of like being a teenager, fully depressed in Eastern Europe and just
1:43.8	not knowing what to do with myself. And playing hooky and going to movie theaters, there
1:48.8	were theaters open at 10 in the morning, so it's a great way to. Nice.
1:52.9	And I stumbled upon the very bizarre movies and inspired me later on, yeah.
1:57.2	Go on, which movies did you stumble upon?
1:59.9	I was obsessed with Bergman, believe it or not, being a teenager watching Persona and
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