KELLY REICHARDT & CHRISTOPHER BLAUVELT - Director & Cinematographer

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 179 - Kelly Reichardt & Christopher Blauvelt - Director & Cinematographer

In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with director Kelly Reichardt and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt. Kelly and Christopher started working together on MEEK'S CUTOFF, and they've continued their partnership through films such as FIRST COW, SHOWING UP, and THE MASTERMIND. During the conversation, Kelly (from Miami) shares how she made it out of Florida to join the film community in New York City, and Chris (from Los Angeles) reveals how he found himself following his filmmaking family into the business after a youth of truancy and rebellion. Later, we discuss their working relationship, and we learn why they ended up meeting in the first place. We also spend much of the conversation discussing the making of their latest film, THE MASTERMIND, and we discuss the film's pacing and our changing relationship to time as an audience. Plus, Kelly reveals how long it took her to pay off the credit card she used to fund her first feature, and we stumble upon alternative titles to her films.

Recommended Viewing: THE MASTERMIND

This episode is sponsored by Aputure & Picture Shop

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Season 2 of the Team Deacons podcast,
0:07.0	a collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:21.9	This episode is sponsored by Aperture and its new Storm XT-52, the industry's most
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0:52.2	Aperture.
0:56.0	This episode is brought to you by Picture Shop, whose colorists have created looks for many
1:02.5	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 artists behind the camera who trust us to help
1:16.0	shape their final vision. Visit picture shop.com to get in touch and mention Team Deacons for
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1:29.3	Today we're speaking with a director and a cinematographer.
1:33.4	They've collaborated on many films, including Night Moves, First Cow, and this year's The Mastermind.
1:41.1	We're pleased to welcome Kelly Reichart and Christopher Blauvel. Thank you guys for doing this.
1:47.9	Yes, thank you. Welcome. Thanks for having us. Yeah, it's nice to be here with you guys.
1:52.6	We'd like to start with our regular question, which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:57.5	Is this something you always knew as a child that you wanted to do? Did you go down a
2:01.5	different path? How did you find this crazy path? Basically, what's your story? So let's start with Kelly,
2:08.1	if we could. Well, I'm from Miami, Florida, and I come from a law enforcement family where there was
2:16.0	no art around.
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