John Wells - Director, Producer, Showrunner

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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EPISODE 75 - JOHN WELLS - Director, Producer, Showrunner

Team Deakins has a great conversation with John Wells, a director, producer and showrunner of such television as ER, WEST WING, THIRD WATCH, SOUTHLAND, and SHAMELESS. John spells out the responsibilities of the position of showrunner on television, and we get to ask all the questions for which we’ve always wanted to know the answer! We learned a lot about the process in television series - how far in advance the scripts are done, the actors' ownership of their role, the importance of cinematographers in episodic TV. We also learned how much of the story is known at the start of the season and how the scripts change during the season. John also gives a thoughtful opinion on the effect of streaming on future moviemaking. We talk about writing a villain successfully, ensemble movies, and much, much more! Don’t miss this episode!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:10.4	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:15.0	It's very informal, and we never know where it will go.
0:19.0	We're connecting through Zoom,
0:21.0	so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:24.6	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod, POD at
0:31.4	Roger Deacons.com.
0:35.0	This episode is sponsored by Angenu.
0:39.0	Angenu has been in the forefront of motion picture lens design and manufacturing since 1935, and their lenses
0:47.1	have defined the look of many films through the years. They continue to be at the service of motion pictures and their changing landscape
0:55.0	thanks to innovative solutions for both primes and zooms, inspired by close relationships with cinematographers.
1:04.0	Today we have a very special guest.
1:08.0	He's worked both in television and features.
1:11.0	Some of his television credits include executive producer and showrunner for the series
1:15.9	ER Third Watch, West Wing, Southland, Shameless, and his feature directing credits include Burnt, August Osage County, and Company Men.
1:27.0	We're very pleased to welcome John Wells with us today.
1:31.0	Thank you, John, for doing this. Thank you for inviting me.
1:34.4	Our first question is always, how did you get to where you are now? Is it something you always
1:39.3	knew you wanted to do? Did you go down another path? What's your story? Well I started in the
1:46.0	theater. I was one of those theater kids, you know doing musicals in high school.
1:50.1	I actually got into it because we built houses as I grew up.
1:54.4	We built a lot of the houses that I grew up in.
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