Hoyte van Hoytema - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 23 August 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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EPISODE 39 - HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has a fascinating conversation with celebrated cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (DUNKIRK, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, HER, INTERSTELLAR). He shares his experience of working with directors, Christopher Nolan and David O Russell. He talks about the value of shooting as much as possible in camera and how he approaches lenses, often creating a set specifically for a movie. We learn about how working with Christopher Nolan the second time on Dunkirk was different and he goes into detail on shooting in IMAX, talking about the pros and cons. He also shares his opinions on working with a large budget and a small budget. And there’s plenty more. You don’t want to miss this!

RECOMMENDED EPISODE VIEWING: Dunkirk, Ad Astra, Interstellar

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons, often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:17.0	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:21.0	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:26.5	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:32.2	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:35.0	This episode of the Team Deacons Podcast supported by Company 3,
0:42.0	the world's leading post-production group dedicated to
0:45.2	collaborating with both emerging and established filmmakers.
0:48.8	We're happy to have a very talented cinematographer with us today. He's a frequent
0:56.5	collaborator with Christopher Nolan and received an Oscar nomination for the movie Dunkirk.
1:01.4	His many credits include Let the Right One in. Tinker
1:06.0	Taylor Soldier Spy, Her, Interstellar, Inspector. We're so pleased to welcome
1:12.0	Hoyta Van Hoytema with us today. So welcome and thanks for being here.
1:18.0	Could we start in talking how you got started? Were you always wanting to be a cinematographer?
1:24.6	How did you go down your path?
1:27.0	Thanks for having me guys.
1:28.2	Yes, to always wanted to be a cinematographer, I don't think so. I think this is something that that started a little bit more when I was a teenager or at least I figured out I wanted to be a filmmaker. I never really knew that I wanted to become a cinematographer.
1:46.5	That is something that I kind of learned when I started doing entrance exams at the Dutch film school and I got rejected twice and I think in that in that period I kind of started figuring out that I actually wanted to be a cinematographer much rather than anything else
2:08.3	Why did you get rejected? Sounds ridiculous mind, I did, I did as well at one time, but anyway, but I like to know your side of it.
2:18.0	Then I also thought it was ridiculous. I was very full of myself and it was very very painful and I
2:26.4	thought it was very you know very undeserved nowadays or today I kind of you know I'm kind of happy about it you know out of necessity I had to I have to go to Poland I had to go to the Polish film school
2:39.7	The Dutch film school really didn't want me after the second time I realized so.
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