Mitch Lillian - Key Grip (US)

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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EPISODE 27 - MITCH LILLIAN - Key Grip

This is part 1 of a two part episode series where Team Deakins talks to key grips - one American, one British. Team Deakins discusses with these talented technicians how the very different systems work for grips in the states and the UK and how there responsibilities change between the countries and even between the states in the US! Mitch Lillian, (THE GOLDFINCH, BLADE RUNNER 2049 BIRDMAN), shares with us the challenges of gripping and how he figures out how to do what he is so good at doing! If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a grip does on a motion picture production, these two episodes will fill you in!

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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, joined by Matt Weiman,
0:17.0	starting from a submitted question, and ending who knows where.
0:23.0	We're also joined by guests on occasion.
0:26.0	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:30.0	If you'd like to submit a question, please do so by emailing Pod POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:39.0	Today we're so pleased to have a member of our crew and our family. He truly is an
0:47.7	amazing key grip with whom we've had the pleasure of working on many films. A few of his films are Dead Man Walking, O Brother Where Art Thou, a Beautiful Mind,
0:59.0	Spider-Man 2, The Departed, The Post, Birdman, Ghost Busters, Blade Runner, 2009, and the list just goes on and on.
1:10.0	We're so pleased to be joined today by Mitch Lillian.
1:14.0	Thank you, Mitch.
1:15.0	Thank you for having me.
1:17.0	So, Mitch, how did you get to where you are now?
1:20.0	At age five, did you want to be a grip?
1:23.0	Her near.
1:24.0	Really?
1:26.0	Yeah, I got a job for the summer at a commercial production company.
1:32.0	The company was making a transition from doing stills to commercials.
1:36.0	And the director, the cameraman was a guy named Melvin Sikulski.
1:41.0	And he was a phenomenal fashion photographer.
1:46.1	And I got the job for the summer, the studio manager took ill,
1:51.6	and I took his job.
1:55.0	Wow.
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