Special Report: Mario Panagiotopoulos on RuPaul's Drag Race

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Mike spoke with cameraman/cinematographer Mario Panagiotopoulos about his career including his Emmy-nominated and Emmy-winning work on RuPaul's Drag Race. Hear Mike geek out about the behind-the-scenes of one of his favorite shows.

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0:00.0	Show me what you got what you got?
0:04.0	Can you make it hot? Don't be a loser.
0:22.1	Show me what you got.
0:24.2	Are you a winner?
0:25.8	Can you make it hot?
0:28.9	Hey, folks.
0:29.7	Welcome to a special episode of the projection booth.
0:31.6	I'm your host, Mike White.
0:32.5	On this episode, I am talking with Emmy nominated and Emmy winning cameraman and cinematographer Mario Panagio Toplos.
0:42.5	He just got off of a season of Rupal's Drag Race, one of my favorite shows, and I asked him a lot of questions about what it's like to work on that show, as well as a little bit about his history and how he got to be where he is today. You've been involved in some amazing projects
0:59.8	over the years. Have I? Yeah, I have. Yeah, yeah, you have. A lot of shows that I used to watch,
1:06.8	especially on VH1, like flavor of love and all those. I mean, some classics. Can I ask you how
1:13.7	you made the transition into the business? I think you went to what, Columbia or was it Northwest?
1:19.4	Columbia. Yeah, Columbia College in Chicago. I moved out to L.A. and I was trying a few things out.
1:26.8	I'd worked on some music videos when that was still
1:28.8	a thing and some commercials. And those early 51 Minds, VH1 shows that I was getting asked to do
1:36.2	because I knew someone over there. I was reluctant a little bit to get into the reality world.
1:40.9	But once I got in there, it was early. I was traveling around the world.
1:45.1	I was getting opportunities to shoot. And then almost 20 years went by. And here I am,
1:50.9	you know, still in it. So it's been an adventure for sure. Is Flav the same person on camera as he is
1:57.4	off? Yes. You know, that was one of my first shows in reality. And, you know,
2:02.5	I was just kind of like, what a circus. And I was a public enemy fan when I was a kid. But,
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