John Crowley - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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EPISODE 21- JOHN CROWLEY - Director

Team Deakins sits down with friend and collaborator, John Crowley, director of such films as BOY A, BROOKLYN, and THE GOLDFINCH. We do a deep dive into the craft of storytelling and directing. John eloquently shares with us his thoughts on directing and the challenges he faces on set. We look at how you tell a story in film, the power of the human face in the closeup, what differences the budget makes, working with actors and the pleasure of the entire filmmaking process. We also talk about Boy A, an early film of John's, which is a favorite film of ours. A great discussion with a passionate filmmaker.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons Podcast.
0:13.2	This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons,
0:17.3	joined by Matt Wyman, starting from a submitted question, and ending who knows where. We're also joined by guests on occasion.
0:28.6	We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:33.0	If you'd like to submit a question,
0:35.2	please do so by emailing pod, p-o-d at Roger Deacons.
0:40.3	com. Today, we're pleased to be joined by a talented director. Some of his films are
0:48.0	Boy A one of our favorites, Brooklyn, for which you want a Bofta Award, and the Goldfinch, which we were lucky enough to work with him on.
0:58.4	We're excited to welcome John Crowley here today.
1:03.0	Thank you, John, for doing this.
1:05.0	Thank you for having me.
1:06.0	It's an honor.
1:07.0	My pleasure.
1:08.0	Let's start by telling us how you got to where you are now.
1:13.0	Did you always want to be a director from a child?
1:16.0	No, I think like a lot of people who get attracted to films of theater, you start wanting to act because you think,
1:24.8	well that's what I'll do. And I grew up, I guess, seeing a lot of theater and seeing a lot of
1:32.0	theater because my brother Bob is a stage designer,
1:36.0	is much older than me and he was in the UK designing plays
1:40.6	and I would be sent up to see him.
1:42.4	But if truth be told, I didn't love theatre when I was younger and you know it wasn't really what sort of excited me that came a bit later. The thing that really excited me was when his rars would be finished and we can go and see a movie.
1:53.2	And like a lot of kids I kept up watching a lot of films on TV with my dad.
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