DAVID LOWERY - Writer / Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Team Deakins speaks with writer and director David Lowery (PETER PAN & WENDY, A GHOST STORY, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS) on this episode of the podcast. David credits his early childhood obsession with STAR WARS (despite having not seeing the films at the time) for his lifelong obsession with filmmaking, and he walks us through his early career working in independent film in Texas. We dive deep into the making of AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS and A GHOST STORY, learning how David developed the title for the former and how his collaborators pulled off the Ghost’s costume by utilizing the old-fashioned illusions of cinema for the latter. We also consider the danger of being beguiled by “cool shots” and how a good title can complement the tone of its film. We also touch on David’s favourite topic: film financing!

This episode is sponsored by Fiilex

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Recommended Viewing: A GHOST STORY, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deakin's podcast.
0:08.0	A collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deakin's and Aghast.
0:14.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:22.1	This episode is sponsored by Phylix, a California-based lighting company with close to 40 years
0:27.8	of in-house lighting and expertise.
0:31.0	Phylix is known for their LED color franelles ranging from the smallest Phylix Q3 to the
0:37.4	largest Phylix Q10, and they set the gold standard in the motion picture industry with precise
0:44.2	color science, brightness, and beam shaping.
0:48.0	Phylix recently launched a new LED color lipsoidal called the Phylix G3, which can make razor
0:55.9	sharp cuts.
1:00.1	Today we're speaking with the director.
1:02.4	His credits include Aint Them Body Saints, Pete Stragan, a ghost story, and Peter Pan and
1:08.2	Wendy.
1:09.2	We're pleased to welcome David Lowry with us today.
1:11.8	It's a pleasure to be here.
1:13.4	David, thank you.
1:14.4	Yeah, great to see you.
1:15.4	Great to see you as well.
1:16.4	It's such a pleasure.
1:17.4	We'd like to start with our normal question, which is, how did you get to where you are
1:22.2	today?
1:23.2	What was your path?
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