GLOBESCREEN Podcast
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGlobeScreen Podcasts are not just business-as-usual. Monthly guests are true artisans of the industry and responsible or involved in key creative departments: cinematography, editing, production design, casting, VFX, more. The art and science behind moviemaking is the footprint we intend to leave with listeners of each podcast.
Episodes will appear below monthly and sometimes bi-monthly. Hosted and run by Zef Cota, Director of Podcasts, from NYC.
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Episodes
Episode #27 Composing / Stephan Zacharias
January 29, 2024 13:23 - 28 minutes - 51.8 MBStephan Zacharias is a composer, based in Hamburg. In a conversation earlier this year with Variety’s Ed Meza, he shared some stories from his career – how he became a composer for film and television, working with the late and legendary German film producer Bernd Eichinger on both ‘Vera Bruhne’ (2001), for television and ‘Downfall’ (2004) directed by Oliver Hirshbiegel. The film, starring Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Thomas Kretschmann, Christian Berkel and many other renowned actors/a...
Episode #26 Cinematography / Naomi Amarger
January 29, 2024 13:22 - 30 minutes - 57.3 MBNaomi Amarger is a cinematographer, based in Paris. In a conversation this year with EMPIRE magazine Editor-at-Large, Helen O’Hara, she discusses her journey into the film industry from actress to director of photography. She recently collaborated with Marie Castille Mention Schaar on the director’s latest film, Divertimento, starring Oulaya Amambra, Lina El Arabi and Niels Arestrup, and released by Le Pacte. She also shares with Helen some of the specific shooting decisions that went into t...
Episode #25 Documentaries / Neil Barsky
January 29, 2024 13:16 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MBNeil Barsky is a journalist and documentary filmmaker, based in New York. During the Out of Competition screenings at the 3rd Edition of Festival FranceScreen (14-16 June 2023), in Paris, he joined us for a Q&A to discuss his 2012 Documentary ‘Koch’ (released by Zeitgeist Films). In conversation with Dara Naficy, festival director, he shared with the audience how the idea for an in-depth portrait of the former New York City mayor came to him, editorial and musical score choices in the film a...
Episode #25 Cinematography / Vladislav Opelyants, RGC
June 05, 2023 16:17 - 28 minutes - 39 MBVladislav Opelyants is a cinematographer from Moscow known for Petrov’s Flu (2021), directed by Kirill Serebrennikov which was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Vulcan Award for cinematography. He has also collaborated once again with Serebrennikov on the beautifully shot and critically acclaimed Tchaikovsky’s Wife (2022) which also premiered in competition at Cannes 2022. Vlad spoke to us about his approach to what he calls the ‘intern...
Episode #24 Cinematography / Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC
April 27, 2023 14:02 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBDante Spinotti is both a member of the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) and the AIC (Association of Italian Cinematographers). In a recent conversation from LA, he spoke to us about his distinguished career as a cinematographer. He recalled how Dino Di Laurentiis helped start his career in the US on Michael Mann’s 1986 film ‘Manhunter’. Later in the discussion he shared many on-set stories working with Mann on four additional films 1992’s Last of the Mohicans, 1995’s Heat, 1999’s T...
Episode #23 Cinematography / Stuart Dryburgh, ASC
April 05, 2023 00:07 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBStuart Dryburgh ASC is an Academy Award, (AMPAS), nominated cinematographer based in New York. Just a few of the many directors he has worked with include Jane Campion, F. Gary Gray, Peter Hedges, Peter Webber, Yimou Zhang, Ben Stiller, John Curran, Mira Nair, and Michael Mann. He recently spoke to GlobeScreen Podcasts about his eclectic career as a director of photography, how he got his start in New Zealand’s film industry, before going on to shoot high-profile feature films such as ‘An An...
Episode #22 Costume Design / Jany Temime
February 20, 2023 15:31 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBJany Temime is an accomplished Costume Designer for film and television. Now based in London her many credits as a Costume Designer include six Harry Potter films for Warner Bros, ‘Gravity’ (2013) and ‘Children of Men’ (2006), with Alfonso Cuaron and ‘Skyfall’ (2012) and ‘Spectre’ (2015), in the James Bond franchise, both directed by Sam Mendes. She spoke to us about her collaborations with these two iconic filmmakers. A few of her other film productions and television shows include HBO’s ‘H...
Episode #21 Composing / Chris Roe
February 07, 2023 13:03 - 46 minutes - 63.7 MBChris Roe is a London based composer for films, television and documentaries. In this discussion he shared with us how he collaborated with Aleem Khan for the 2020 feature 'After Love', which played at both Toronto International Film Festival and London Film Festival that year. It is now on theatrical release in the US. He also shared how the director originally did not envision any music for the project and how they eventually came to assemble a score for the finished production. Later in t...
VFXTalks: Ara Khanikian / Rodeo FX
January 20, 2023 05:08 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBAra Khanikian is a Gold Derby Film Award Nominee and Compositing Supervisor at Rodeo FX, based in Montreal. He begins this visual effects industry conversation with Zef Cota by recounting some of his memorable work on movies such as 'The Aviator', ‘300’ and 'The Fountain‘ while at Buzz Image Group and Hybride, before joining Rodeo. He explains the difference between an Inferno Artist and a Compositor. He then goes on to describe some of the compositing work he has led at Rodeo FX for 'Missio...
VFXTalks: Martin Pelletier / Rodeo FX
December 08, 2022 16:53 - 1 hour - 92 MBMartin Pelletier leads the Quebec office of Rodeo FX. In this conversation with Zef Cota he discussed his work on film and television projects such as ‘Stranger Things’ ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Fantastic Beasts’ ‘Gods of Egypt’ ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ and ’Star Trek: Beyond’. He also shared how his office coordinates project workflows and deadlines with the company’s other locations. He discusses specific technologies Rodeo FX is investing in, putting it ahead of other VFX companies ...
VFXTalks: Florian Gellinger / Rise VFX
December 05, 2022 16:25 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBFlorian Gellinger is a co-founder of RISE Visual Effects Studios, founded in 2007. With a team of 140 artists and offices in Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne and London, it is one of the largest visual effects companies in Central Europe. Florian talked to us about getting his start in visual effects by working on Roman Polanski’s OLIVER TWIST. Later in the discussion he focused in-depth about some of the technical challenges on the following films and television shows his company has work...
VFXTalks: Adam Pere / Crafty Apes
November 19, 2022 16:37 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBAdam Pere is a VFX Producer in the LA office of Crafty Apes. In a wide-ranging conversation with us he explored multiple facets of the visual effects profession. He discussed how he joined the company and the differences between a Visual Effects Coordinator and Visual Effects Manager role. He talked about his work for feature films including LA LA LAND (2016), SPIDERMAN: FAR FROM HOME (2019), FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS AND SHAW (2019), PALM SPRINGS (2020) and DEADPOOL 2 (2016). In television his ...
VFXTalks: Andy Williams / Outpost VFX
October 27, 2022 04:26 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBAndy Williams is Managing Director of the newly opened LA Office at Outpost VFX. He joined Zef Cota to discuss his beginnings in the visual effects profession, starting at DIVE Post Production, supervising digital intermediate workflows of features. As part of his responsibilities now at Outpost he describes how work is divided among the company’s offices in the UK, US, Canada and India. He also describes how production tax rebates largely determine which Outpost location becomes the lead si...
Episode #20: Assistant Directing / Yannick Karcher
May 06, 2022 13:13 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBYannick Karcher is a Strasbourg based filmmaker. He joined Dara Naficy for a discussion about his directing and assistant directing career to date, including working on recent television productions such as Une Affaire Française (2021), for TF1 and War on Beasts (2018) for France 3 Television and Europacorp TV. In 2020 he directed a short, ‘Charon’, starring Tcheky Karyo. He also shared with listeners the inspiration behind this production, how he worked with his production designer and othe...
Episode #19: Directing / Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
April 13, 2022 19:36 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBMarie-Castille Mention Schaar is a Paris based Director and Producer. She joined Zef Cota for a discussion about her directing career and making films such as A Good Man (2021), Heaven Will Wait ( 2016), Once in a Lifetime (2014), and Bowling (2012). She also discussed her role as a Producer on features such as Wah-Wah (2005) directed by Richard E. Grant and Monsieur N. (2003), directed by Antoine de Caunes, including how key cast members were assembled, for each of these productions. GlobeS...
EPISODE 17: Directing / Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
April 13, 2022 19:36 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBMarie-Castille Mention Schaar is a Paris based Director and Producer. She joined Zef Cota for a discussion about her directing career and making films such as A Good Man (2021), Heaven Will Wait ( 2016), Once in a Lifetime (2014), and Bowling (2012). She also discussed her role as a Producer on features such as Wah-Wah (2005) directed by Richard E. Grant and Monsieur N. (2003), directed by Antoine de Caunes, including how key cast members were assembled, for each of these productions. GlobeS...
Episode #18: Composing / Paul Hepker & Mark Killian
March 23, 2022 19:31 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBPaul Hepker and Mark Kilian are a composing duo based in Los Angeles (Mark) and South Africa (Paul). Among many composing credits for films over the years, they have composed the scores for many of Gavin Hood’s feature films, namely Official Secrets (2019), Eye in the Sky (2016), Rendition (2007) and Tsotsi (2005), their first collaboration with Gavin. They spoke recently with GlobeScreen Podcasts about these collaborations about the art of composing for films in general, emphasizing origina...
EPISODE 16: Composing / Paul Hepker & Mark Kilian
March 23, 2022 19:31 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBPaul Hepker and Mark Kilian are a composing duo based in Los Angeles (Mark) and South Africa (Paul). Among many composing credits for films over the years, they have composed the scores for many of Gavin Hood’s feature films, namely Official Secrets (2019), Eye in the Sky (2016), Rendition (2007) and Tsotsi (2005), their first collaboration with Gavin. They spoke recently with GlobeScreen Podcasts about these collaborations about the art of composing for films in general, emphasizing original...
Episode #18: Composing / Paul Hepker & Mark Kilian
March 23, 2022 19:31 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBPaul Hepker and Mark Kilian are a composing duo based in Los Angeles (Mark) and South Africa (Paul). Among many composing credits for films over the years, they have composed the scores for many of Gavin Hood’s feature films, namely Official Secrets (2019), Eye in the Sky (2016), Rendition (2007) and Tsotsi (2005), their first collaboration with Gavin. They spoke recently with GlobeScreen Podcasts about these collaborations about the art of composing for films in general, emphasizing origin...
Episode #17: Sound Design / Robert Mackenzie
February 25, 2022 14:59 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBRobert Mackenzie is an Academy Award Winning Sound Mixer & Supervising Sound Editor, based in Australia. His recent credits include Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog (2021), Mortal Kombat (2021) and David Michod’s The King (2019). He has also worked on other notable features including Mary Magdalene (2018), Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Animal Kingdom (2010), another collaboration with David Michod. He spoke recently to Zef Cota in-depth about some of these projects and the art of sound design ...
Episode #16: Composing / Mitchell Tanner
February 25, 2022 14:58 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBMitchell Tanner is a London based composer for both film and commercials. He recently composed the musical score for the film, ’Twisted’ for Director, Vibeke Musaya. In commercials his musical scores have been used in the UK, for brands including Cadbury, British Heart Foundation, and Morrisons. In 2018 he participated in an American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), workshop in LA, with Richard Bellis. Listen in to his recent conversation with Zef Cota, our Director of Podc...
Episode #15: Production Design / Morgan Kennedy
January 20, 2022 20:09 - 59 minutes - 55 MBLondon based Morgan Kennedy is an accomplished Production Designer. Most recently he was a Production Designer on ‘Liaison’, created by Virginie Brac, for Apple TV, which is now in post-production. His film credits include The Sweeney (2012) for Director Nick Love. With Director Sean Ellis he has designed several features, namely: Cashback (2006), based on the director’s short, The Broken (2008), with Lena Headey and Anthropoid (2016), starring Cillian Murphy. In television he has designed se...
Episode #14: Cinematography / Juan Ruiz Anchia, ASC
December 08, 2021 14:19 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBJuan Ruiz Anchia is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) and currently lives in California. Some of his many credits as Cinematographer include, AT CLOSE RANGE (1986), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992), MR.JONES (1993), THE JUNGLE BOOK (1994) and CONFIDENCE (2003). In a recent chat with Zef Cota, he shared his experiences working with many directors including James Foley, David Mamet and Christopher Cain. He also shares for listeners, some differences he sees between the f...
Episode #13: Cinematography / Lorenzo Senatore, ASC, AIC
October 06, 2021 20:32 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBLorenzo Senatore is both a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) and the Italian Association of Cinematographers (A.I.C.). Just a few of his credits as Cinematographer include, THE OUTPOST (2019), HELLBOY (2019), MEGAN LEAVEY (2017) and RISEN (2016). In a recent chat with Dara Naficy, (GlobeScreen’s Managing Director), he shared his experiences working with many directors including Neil Marshall, Rod Lurie and Kevin Reynolds. He also shares for listeners his views on c...
Episode #12: Writing/ Angelina Burnett
August 16, 2021 16:48 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBNashville based Angelina Burnett is a longtime writer for both episodic television and feature films. Some of her writing credits include AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE, which ran on the network from 2014-2017 and Starz’s BOSS, starring Kelsey Grammer and Connie Nielsen, which ran for two seasons. This summer she sat down with GlobeScreen Director of Podcasts, Zef Cota, to discuss her long journey into film and television writing, from NYU through to her start as an assistant in LA. She also exp...
Episode #11: Casting / Alice Searby
June 23, 2021 20:27 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBLondon-based Alice Searby has been active in the world of casting for many years. As Casting Director she recently cast both the BBC Films, Pathé & Ingenious Media co-production JUDY, starring Renée Zellweger and Paul Feig’s LAST CHRISTMAS, from Universal Pictures and starring Emilia Clarke. She got her start as a Casting Associate on a wide variety of features including THE GOLDEN COMPASS, AN EDUCATION, J. EDGAR, INVICTUS, and BROOKLYN. She is currently busy with several more features in p...
#10 - Editing / Michael J. Duthie
June 03, 2021 18:59 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBLA based Michael Duthie is an accomplished Editor with many decades of credits to his name. In a recent conversation with Zef Cota, he spoke to us about working with directors such as Roland Emmerich, Kevin Costner, Vic Armstrong and Rod Lurie, and the many projects he has overseen as Editor over the years, including SAHARA, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, STARGATE, OPEN RANGE, LONDON HAS FALLEN, THE OUTPOST and most recently THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, a production from Millennium Media, which Lions...
Episode #10: Editing / Michael J. Duthie
June 03, 2021 18:59 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBLA based Michael Duthie is an accomplished Editor with many decades of credits to his name. In a recent conversation with Zef Cota, he spoke to us about working with directors such as Roland Emmerich, Kevin Costner, Vic Armstrong and Rod Lurie, and the many projects he has overseen as Editor over the years, including SAHARA, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, STARGATE, OPEN RANGE, LONDON HAS FALLEN, THE OUTPOST and most recently THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, a production from Millennium Media, which Lions...
Episode #10 - Editing / Michael J. Duthie
June 03, 2021 18:59 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBLA based Michael Duthie is an accomplished Editor with many decades of credits to his name. In a recent conversation with Zef Cota, he spoke to us about working with directors such as Roland Emmerich, Kevin Costner, Vic Armstrong and Rod Lurie, and the many projects he has overseen as Editor over the years, including SAHARA, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, STARGATE, OPEN RANGE, LONDON HAS FALLEN, THE OUTPOST and most recently THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, a production from Millennium Media, which Lions...
Episode #9 Harrison Winter, Lagan Sebert & Brandon Bloch / Hometeam
May 13, 2021 15:50 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBFormed in 2020, Hometeam is a joint venture of Co.MISSION Content Group and Magic Seed Productions that is defining the future of remote production for TV, films, brands and agencies. Co-founders Harrison Winter, Lagan Sebert and Brandon Bloch recently spoke to GlobeScreen Director of Podcasts, Zef Cota, about the company and how it intends to stay relevant in a post-pandemic entertainment industry. Recent clients of the Hometeam remote production solution include NBC’s The Voice, HBO Max’s ...
Episode #9: Harrison Winter, Lagan Sebert & Brandon Bloch / Hometeam
May 13, 2021 15:50 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBFormed in 2020, Hometeam is a joint venture of Co.MISSION Content Group and Magic Seed Productions that is defining the future of remote production for TV, films, brands and agencies. Co-founders Harrison Winter, Lagan Sebert and Brandon Bloch recently spoke to GlobeScreen Director of Podcasts, Zef Cota, about the company and how it intends to stay relevant in a post-pandemic entertainment industry. Recent clients of the Hometeam remote production solution include NBC’s The Voice, HBO Max’s ...
Episode #8: VFX & Stereography w/ Matthew Bristowe / Part 2
March 04, 2021 17:17 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBIn Part 2 of our podcast about VFX, Matthew Bristowe recalls his time at both London based One of Us and Technicolor, where he was Head of Production on movies such as JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM (2018), STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017), FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (2018), and the first two seasons of Netflix’s THE CROWN. He also shares some of the VFX challenges he worked on for TNT series THE ALIENIST. In his current role as Managing Director at London based animation stud...
Episode #7: VFX & Stereography w/ Matthew Bristowe / Part 1
February 12, 2021 21:59 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MB25 year visual effects veteran Matthew Bristowe has overseen many high-profile productions in senior roles at Technicolor, One of Us, Prime Focus, MPC and currently, Jellyfish Pictures. In Part 1, of a two-part podcast, he discusses his time at MPC as a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on titles such as 28 DAYS LATER (2002), TROY (2004), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005), THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (2006) and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008). Later, while Senior Vice President at Prime Focus World, h...
Episode #6: Production Design w/ Christina Moore
January 26, 2021 05:54 - 43 minutes - 49.4 MBChristina Moore is an accomplished Production Designer based in London. She is currently Production Designer on SKY ATLANTIC/ EPIX (in the US), television show BRITTANIA. In 2020 she was Production Designer for Jessica Swale’s SUMMERLAND, with Gemma Arterton, released by IFC Films in the US. Previously in her career, she was Supervising Art Director on both HBO’s JOHN ADAMS and several seasons of GAME OF THRONES. She talks to Zef Cota about the art of Production Design in general, juggling t...
Episode #5: Producing w/ Jonathan Yunger
November 12, 2020 15:57 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBLos Angeles based Millennium Media, founded in 1996, is behind some of the film industry’s most successful movies to date, including THE EXPENDABLES, LONDON HAS FALLEN, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, BROOKLYN’S FINEST, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD and most recently THE OUTPOST. Other titles soon to be completed by the indie studio include THE ASSET with Michael Keaton and THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, both of which Lionsgate will release next year. The studio’s Co-President, Jonathan Yunger, recently had a conve...
Episode #4: Talent Management w/Annarie Boor
November 12, 2020 15:55 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAnnarie Boor is a London based Producer & Talent Manager. She recently spoke to Zef Cota, Director of GlobeScreen Podcasts, about the journey that took her from professional ballet dancer in South Africa to indie filmmaker based in the UK. Topics discussed include the various projects her company, Tapping Frog Productions, is engaged in, how the company approaches talent management and the activities of her mentoring organization, Mentor Through Film.
Episode #3: Editing w/ Eric Brodeur
November 12, 2020 15:53 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBEric Brodeur is an LA based First Assistant Editor who has worked in the editorial departments of numerous features. His many credits include OUIJA, THE GRUDGE, THE NUN and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT. GlobeScreen’s Zef Cota recently sat down with Eric for a fascinating and highly informative discussion on the art of feature editing. Topics discussed included how editing has changed in recent decades, collaborating with different departments, and how various directors approach the art of e...
Episode #2 : Documentaries w/ Anna Godas
November 12, 2020 02:15 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBDogwoof is a London based documentary film company which has released 26 Oscar nominated and 3 BAFTA winning documentaries. Just a few of the company’s credits include I AM GRETA, APOLLO 11 and THE CAVE. The company’s CEO, Anna Godas, was joined by Variety’s International Editor, Manori Ravindran, for a wide-ranging conversation about the documentary market, including development, production, marketing and distribution considerations for each of Dogwoof’s releases, since their founding in 20...
Episode #1: Cinematography w/ Alonso Homs
November 12, 2020 02:08 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBZef Cota, Director, GlobeScreen Podcasts had the chance to chat with LA based Cinematographer Alonso Homs, who has worked in cinematography for over 10 years, serving as a Director of Photography and in the camera departments of features such as Derek Cianfrance’s BLUE VALENTINE, Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY and Martin Scorsese’s 2010 HBO documentary, PUBLIC SPEAKING. They had an informative and wide-ranging conversation about the latest technology, lenses, lighting, shooting digital vs....