Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and

James Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never

know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear

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This episode is sponsored by Ari. More than just the manufacturer of the film industry's

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is sponsored by Otto Nemitz Camera Rental, newly located in Culver City. Otto Nemitz is known

for its premiere service and support to productions for 41 years. Today we have the opportunity

of speaking with an Australian gaffer we had the pleasure of working with on the movie

Unbroken. His credits are many and include Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Men, Tell No

Tales, Alien Covenant, Mad Max, Fury Road, The Great Gatsby in Australia. We're happy

to welcome Sean Conway with us today. Yes, great to see you, Sean. Thank you for doing

this. No problem. Great to see you too. I haven't seen you for a long time. It's been

a long time. I don't know, eight years or something. Yeah. Is it that long? Yeah. I hate

when you think back and you say those numbers, but it was a great experience. I enjoyed

it so much. I'm good to see and talk to you again. Yeah. Thanks. Great memory. I think we'll

start with a question. How did you get to where you are today? Was it something you always

knew you wanted to do? Was it something you found later? Did you take another path? What

is your story? Well, I think from an early age, I didn't really want to do anything that

anyone else was doing, as far as a career goes. My dad had a great job. He was working

at an office and in the city of Sydney, where I grew up and I used to go and see him and

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