ALFONSO CUARÓN - Writer / Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 99 - ALFONSO CUARÓN - WRITER / DIRECTOR

Writer and director Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA, CHILDREN OF MEN, Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast to talk about his career and about filmmaking. Growing up in Mexico, Alfonso sought solace in the cinema, and he crewed and assisted on documentaries around the country throughout his youth, setting the foundation for his visual sensibilities by studying the photography of Ansel Adams and observing a DP manipulate natural light to shoot vegetables. After directing his first feature, Alfonso was brought to Hollywood by director Sydney Pollack to work on an episode of the anthology series FALLEN ANGELS, and Alfonso recalls for us his encouraging conversation with actor Alan Rickman that helped him overcome the petrifying pressure of shooting within the Hollywood machine. Alfonso later shares how director Guillermo del Toro convinced him to helm the third HARRY POTTER film, and he reveals which elements of the franchise he pushed to evolve and change. Alfonso also reflects on his relationship with visual effects, and we discuss why prep and bringing one’s collaborators into one’s process brings out the best in any film. Towards the end, Alfonso reflects on his experiences working on his upcoming limited series and shares his fear that television, not cinema, is the one conquering the other; however, despite this fear, we discuss the past, present, and potential future of filmmaking through an optimistic lens.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Aperture, a global company pioneering LED lighting technology for cinema with cutting edge hardware and software solutions.
0:33.2	Recently, Aperture expanded its lighting ecosystem
0:36.6	with the new Infinomat series of mat lights.
0:39.8	They offer unmatched output, IP65 weatherproofing, and full pixel control over DMX.
0:47.0	Discover more about the Infinemats and Aperture's lighting ecosystemrester.com.
0:53.4	Today we're speaking with the director.
0:59.0	His credits include Roma, gravity, and children of men. We're pleased to welcome Alfonso Corone.
1:06.0	Alfonso, thank you for doing this. Yes, welcome.
1:10.0	Hello, it's a pleasure to be talking with you guys.
1:13.7	We'd like to start with our regular question,
1:15.8	which is, how did you get to where you are today?
1:18.8	Is this something that you knew you wanted to be as a child?
1:21.9	You were bossing everyone around, and so you want to be as a child? You were bossing everyone around and so you want to be a
1:25.0	director or did you find this later in life?
1:28.0	No, I, since I was a child, I seen him, I was like a solace, a place where I just felt very comfortable.
1:38.0	Also I love being just taken away by the films. But as a child I didn't distinguish between all the different elements and parts of a film.
1:51.0	You know, basically you're looking at actors playing characters and, you know, as a child you assume that there are the actors doing the whole thing.
2:01.0	But what I was fascinated at the same time about the point of view was taking because it was a combination between, yeah, a certain element of storytelling, but also with my little toys to play montages with my eyes, you know, cutting from
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