Rodrigo Prieto

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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EPISODE 112 -RODRIGO PRIETO - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has a great conversation with talented cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto (THE IRISHMAN, AMORES PERROS, BABEL). We learn that he is a lover of the trickery of moviemaking and also haunted mansions! A frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese, he shares his experiences on their various films. We talk about working with multiple cameras and the importance of taking that into account when designing the sets. He speaks of his start in Mexico, his move to LA, the importance of developing your own taste and style, and how simplicity can be so powerful. He also tells us of his collaborations with Julie Taymor, Curtis Hanson, and Pedro Almodóvar, his use of LUTS, and his thoughts on VFX. You won’t want to miss the eloquent thoughts of Rodrigo!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and
0:11.7	James Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:18.3	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:24.9	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod.cod at RogerDeakin's.com.
0:36.5	This episode is sponsored by AJA Video Systems, designers of tools and solutions for production and
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1:16.0	Today we're talking with a talented cinematographer. He's worked on many films,
1:20.7	a few of them being Amores Perez, 21 grams, Babel, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence and the
1:27.8	Irishman. We're happy to welcome Rodrigo Prieto today. Rodrigo, thank you for doing this.
1:33.8	Thank you very much. I'm really happy to be here with you talking. Thank you.
1:40.0	Our first question is going to be the normal one, which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:45.9	Is it something that you always knew you wanted to do or did you take another path and then
1:50.4	find it? Tell us your story. Well, I really, as I grew up in Mexico City, I didn't really understand
1:59.1	that you could actually have a career in film. It wasn't in my realm of experience,
2:04.9	if my family or anything of that sort. My father was an aronautical engineer. My mother was an
2:12.5	amateur artist. She used to paint at home. She even painted a whole wall in our living room with a
2:18.0	mural of horses, things of this sort. But most of the people in my family were perhaps lawyers,
2:25.1	all sorts of different things. Doctors had one uncle on my father's side who was a playwright,
2:32.2	and he did participate in some documentaries. He was probably the closest to filmmaking in my
2:38.9	family. I felt very close to this uncle because of that. Every time I saw him, he would talk about
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