PHILIP BARANTINI - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 144 - Philip Barantini - Director

In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with director Philip Barantini (ADOLESCENCE, BOILING POINT, ACCUSED). Originally from Liverpool, Philip couldn’t have felt further away from the film industry, but after developing an interest in drama and acting, he soon found himself as a working actor. After dropping out of the business and regaining his sobriety, he eventually overcame his self-doubt and built his career as a director from the ground up. Philip shares how he made the jump from making shorts to developing the television series BOILING POINT, and we learn how he found financing for the project and executed the single-shot aesthetic just as the world was shutting down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We later learn about the genesis and development of ADOLESCENCE, and Philip reflects on the extensive rehearsal process for each episode. Philip also reveals how he created an environment within each episode that empowered the show’s actors to improvise, and he shares how young actor Owen Cooper exceeded all expectations for his first role in front of the camera.

Recommended Viewing: ADOLESCENCE

This episode is sponsored by Profoto & Aputure

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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.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Prophoto. listen in and see where it goes.
0:24.6	This episode is sponsored by Prophoto.
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0:57.6	product for cinematographers and gaffers seeking speed and efficiency on set with the highest
1:04.3	degree of creative light-shaping possibilities. This episode is sponsored by Aperture and its new Storm XT-52, the industry's most powerful LED point source light.
1:20.6	Brighter than a 6K HMI empowered by Aperture's revolutionary Blair light engine, the Storm XT-52 is both a tunable
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1:47.5	Today, we're speaking with a director who began as an actor.
1:52.2	His credits include Boiling Point, the movie and the TV series,
1:55.4	accused, and most recently, adolescents.
1:58.4	We're pleased to welcome Philip Barantini.
2:00.4	Philip, thank you for doing this. Thank you so much for having me.
2:02.4	It's a real honor.
2:03.4	I'm a huge fan, huge fan.
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