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This week on the program we've got the wonderful and lovely Markus Forderer, ASC BVK on to talk about his work on the Apple TV+ show Constellation!

Selected as one of Variety's 10 Stars behind the Cameras, the German born cinematographer who graduated from University of Television and Film in Munich, has quickly developed an impressive resume of visually unique and critical acclaimed feature films.

HELL marked his feature film debut, earning him a number of awards, including the 2012 German Camera Award for Best Cinematography, the Best Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sitges Film Festival in Spain, and a nomination for Best Cinematography Debut at the world-renowned Camerimage Festival in 2012.

Markus has since shot Mike Cahill‘s sci-fi drama, I ORIGINS, which was awarded at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival with the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. He then followed with I REMEMBER which premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival and won the 2016 German Camera Award for Best Cinematography. Markus collaborated with director Roland Emmerich on the landmark period drama STONEWALL, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Sci-Fi blockbuster from 20th Century Fox INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE. After shooting the pilot for NBC's RISE, he shot the pilot for the sci-fi horror series NIGHTFLYERS, by GAME OF THRONES writer George R.R. Martin and the sci-fi drama BLISS directed by Mike Cahill. His recent feature film RED NOTICE was released on NETFLIX, the action-comedy directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber marked the streamers most watched movie of all time. He recently wrapped CONSTELLATION a sci-fi drama for Apple TV+ as well as the period film SEPTEMBER 5 produced by Sean Penn.

In 2019 Markus became the youngest active member of the American Society of Cinematographers.



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Today I'm thrilled to welcome my good friend Larry Fong, ASC to the pod to talk about his incredible body of work but almost more importantly, our shared love of the art of Magic. Not only is Larry in the ASC but he's also a member of the Academy of Magical Arts right across the street from the ASC clubhouse at the Magic Castle, a two-fer that I consider to be the home run of creative memberships.

In this episode we talk about many of Larry's films, but an abbreviated list of his phenomenal work includes movies like 300, Watchmen, Super 8, The Tomorrow War, Kong: Skull Island, Batman v Superman, The Predator, and recently the Netflix film "Damsel".


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Today we've got the wonderful Collin Brazie on the program to talk about his work on the new film "Blackout" that just released in April.

Collin is a Director of Photography (ICG – Local 600) who specializes in narrative, documentary and branded content. He received his MFA (Film Production—Cinematography) from the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. He has lensed a wide variety of projects that have played film festivals all over the world, including Fantasia, Rotterdam, Sitges and Frameline. He shot the award-winning drama Retake and the upcoming Larry Fessenden directed horror film BLACKOUT. His other work includes Emmy-winning commercials and TV shows for the CW and Hulu, as well as a renovation show for Executive Producer Ashton Kutcher. His documentary and branded commercial work spans industries and locations, including numerous Fortune 500 companies across the country.


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Today I'm privileged to have Veronica Bouza on the program to talk about her work on the new film "The Gutter"!

Veronica is a Director of Photography originally from Los Angeles, California, whose work spans narrative, commercial, and documentary. She moved up the ranks through crewing as an IATSE 476 electrician and an IATSE 600 camera assistant and received her MFA from the American Film Institute. Veronica’s AFI thesis, “We Were Meant To,” premiered at Sundance 2023.

Veronica’s narrative work has been an official selection at Sundance, Tribeca, BAFTA, SXSW, and Slamdance Film Festival. She lensed projects in Seasons 2 and 3 of Indeed’s Rising Voices program, which both screened at Tribeca. Her short "Pens and Pencils" is currently streaming on Max, and she shot a pilot for Warner Media called Remember. 

Most recently, Veronica finished principal photography on an independent feature called Grassland starring Mia Maestro (Motorcycle Diaries) and Quincy Isaiah (Winning Time). Her debut feature, The Gutter, premiered at SXSW 2024, starring Shameik Moore (Spider-Verse) and Susan Sarandon.    

Veronica was named American Cinematographer's 2022 Rising Stars of Cinematography.



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Today I'm thrilled to have my friend Jay Holben back to talk about his new book Shotcraft.


A former cinematographer, Jay is an author of three books on cinematography, a contributing technical editor for American Cinematographer Magazine, faculty instructor for Global Cinematography Institute and international lecturer, an Associate member of the ASC and the chair/co-chair of several of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council Committees.

He is also the author of the highly lauded independent lighting manual: A Shot in the Dark: A Creative DIY Guide to Digital Video Lighting on (Almost) No Budget and the compilation of a decade of cinematographic journalism in Behind the Lens: Dispatches from the Cinematographic Trenches and most recently the exhaustive The Cine Lens Manual: The Definitive Filmmaker’s Guide to the Design, Implementation and History of Cinema Optics.



In his more than 30 years in the motion picture business, Holben has, professionally, embodied every major role in production and post on a film set with the exceptions of makeup/hair, craft service, composer, stunt performer and production assistant.



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Today we're joined by my friend Michael Cioni to talk about his new company Strada.


Michael is a serial entrepreneur who's career includes numerous awards for his creative work and technical achievements. He is an accomplished director, cinematographer, musician, four-time Emmy winner, member of the Motion Picture Academy, and Associate Member of the American Society of Cinematographers. A U.S. patent holder of digital cinema technology, Michael was the founder and CEO of the post house Light Iron where he pioneered tools and techniques that emerged as global workflow industry standards. After Light Iron was acquired by Panavision, Michael served as product director for Panavision's Millennium DXL 8K camera ecosystem. He then joined the cloud startup company Frame.io where he served as Senior Vice President of Global Innovation at Frame.io. After Frame.io was acquired by Adobe, Michael he leads numerous workflow innovations including the breakthrough Camera to Cloud technology program as Senior Director of Global Innovation. He continues to be motivated by the desire to democratize professional workflows and focuses his efforts on inventing new ways for filmmakers to create through his technology. Michael is a well known and gifted speaker, advocate for the community, and serves as a mentor and educator throughout the global media industry.


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