HLYNUR PÁLMASON - Writer / Director
Team Deakins
James Ellis Deakins
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 183 - Hlynur Pálmason - Writer / Director
In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with writer and director Hlynur Pálmason (THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, GODLAND, A WHITE, WHITE DAY). Throughout the episode, we get into the weeds of Hlynur's unique filmmaking process, and we learn what his strategy has been to allow himself to fund and shoot the movies he wants to make. Hlynur describes his extensive writing process, and we learn about the importance of finding his locations while in the early development stages of his scripts. Later, we discuss Hlynur's tactics for making the most out of his relatively small budgets, and he reveals how he finds the rhythm of any given film with the actors. While discussing GODLAND, we reflect on the historical relationship between Denmark and Iceland in which the film is set, and we learn what Hlynur's motivation was for making the film to begin with. After studying still photography in Copenhagen and surviving a handful of odd jobs, Hlynur enrolled in the National Film School of Denmark, and we learn why he decided to take the film school route and what he ultimately gained from the experience.
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Recommended Viewing: GODLAND
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This episode is sponsored by Aputure & Picture Shop
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of informal conversations |
| 0:10.1 | between Roger and James Deacons and a guest. We never know where the conversation will take |
| 0:16.0 | us, so listen in and see where it goes. |
| 0:29.3 | This episode is sponsored by Aperture and its new Storm XT-52, the industry's most powerful LED point source light. Brighter than a 6K-HMI empowered by Aperture's revolutionary |
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| 0:51.3 | only from Aperture. |
| 1:02.5 | This episode is brought to you by Picture Shop, whose colorists have created looks for many of the world's biggest films, acclaim series, and celebrated independent and festival projects. |
| 1:09.9 | Picture Shop is proud to be a creative partner to the |
| 1:13.0 | artists behind the camera who trust us to help shape their final vision. Visit |
| 1:18.6 | picture shop.com to get in touch and mention Team Deacons for special rate consideration. |
| 1:29.1 | Today we're speaking with a writer-director. |
| 1:32.2 | His credits include A White White Day, Godland, and the upcoming The Love That Remains. |
| 1:38.7 | We're pleased to welcome Lenore Palmlinson. |
| 1:42.3 | Lenore, thank you for doing this. |
| 1:44.1 | Yes, welcome. |
| 1:45.1 | Thank you very much for having me. |
| 1:46.7 | Thanks. |
| 1:47.6 | We'd love to ask you how you got to where you are today. |
| 1:52.0 | Where did you grow up? |
| 1:53.2 | Was this something that you always thought you were going to do? |
| 1:56.3 | Or did you decide you were going to become a doctor and then found this later? |
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