LIZA BAMBENEK - 1st AC

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 91 - LIZA BAMBENEK - 1ST AC

1st assistant cameraperson Liza Bambenek (THE CURSE, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, SICARIO) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. We get a full breakdown of the camera department in this episode, and we discuss the duties and responsibilities of the different positions with Liza. We had the pleasure of working with her on SICARIO and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, and we can attest to her expertise. From small town Minnesota down a winding path to Santa Fe, Liza reflects on her life and career throughout the episode, and we consider the qualities we find most helpful in a member of the team and the characteristics commonly found in the world of filmmaking that inspire us to keep creating. We also discuss the importance of mentorship and the strength and responsibility of admitting that you don’t know something to your teammates. Liza later reflects on the evolution of female representation in the camera department and in crews overall, and she shares how the Santa Fe film market has matured since its implementation of film incentives.

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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.
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1:15.0	Today we're speaking with an assistant camera person.
1:21.0	Her credits include Let Me In, True Grit, Sakario, and Hale Caesar. We're pleased to welcome
1:28.5	Liza Bambanek. Thank you for doing this. Hey, thanks for having me.
1:32.7	We'd like to start with our normal question,
1:34.9	which is, how did you get to where you are today?
1:38.2	Is this something that as a kid,
1:40.8	you were thinking in terms of frames or did you want to be a veterinarian and then decide to be a camera person?
1:48.0	What happened?
1:49.0	I don't think I ever knew that you're from Minnesota. I was just looking you up. So we want to hear about that too.
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