Scott Cooper - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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EPISODE 125 - SCOTT COOPER - Director

Team Deakins has a great talk with director, Scott Cooper (HOSTILES, BLACK MASS, CRAZY HEART). We learn that he started out as an actor and how that has helped him when he became a director. He talks about the immediate recognition, on his first directed film Crazy Heart, that directing was his path and not acting. He shares his belief that you make a film 3 times: when writing it, when shooting it and when editing it. He talks about shooting with a single camera, how he works with actors, and how he wants to create space for the actors to take big chances. He tells about the experiences of working on each of his films and says he likes to push himself in unsafe places. A very interesting look into the process of a director!

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast.
0:08.0	This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deakin's often joined in the conversation
0:13.4	by a guest.
0:15.2	It's very informal, and we never know where it will go.
0:19.2	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:24.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod.cod at RogerDeakin's.com.
0:35.0	Today we have the pleasure of speaking with a director.
0:38.4	His films include Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace, Black Mass, and Hostels.
0:45.2	We're happy to have Scott Cooper with us today.
0:48.2	Scott, thank you for doing this for us.
0:50.2	Yes, thank you, Scott.
0:51.2	Hello.
0:52.2	Thank you all so much.
0:53.2	I have to say it's a real pleasure, and it's an honor, and you have been a great place
0:59.0	of refuge for me over these last very trying nine to ten months, so thank you for this
1:05.0	session.
1:06.0	Thank you.
1:07.5	We'd like to start with how you got to where you are today.
1:10.4	What was your path?
1:11.5	Did you take another path first, or did you always know you wanted to be in the business?
1:16.8	Tell us your story.
1:17.8	Well, I was born and raised in a small, kind of an artistic crown jewel of Virginia,
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