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67 – Jean Bolte – ILM Texture Artist
For this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with the ultra talented and lovely human being… Jean Bolte, that’s BoltE, rhymes with Nick Nolte as she told me. Jean has worked in the film […]
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66 – Lee Unkrich – Author of “Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining” Book from Taschen
For episode 66, I have an Oscar winning director. But I don’t talk to him about his films at all. Instead I talk to him about a book he’s written. Lee Unkrich is probably best […]
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65 – Rose Duignan – ILM Production Supervisor
Just before Christmas I spoke with Rose Duignan. If you watched Light and Magic on Disney+ you’ll have seen Rose, a long time employee at ILM. She filled several roles during her years there including […]
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64 – Steve Williams & Scott Leberecht – Jurassic Punk Documentary
Now as any historian should, I like to hear differing points of view from people, in my case the memories of people who worked on the same movies. I like to dig deeper than just […]
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63 – Dennis Muren – ILM VFX Legend – Star Wars Trilogy, Jurassic Park, T2 etc
I managed to get in contact with ILM VFX legend Dennis Muren, all thanks to a friend who put in a good word for me. Thanks Mark. Dennis and I chatted a couple of weeks […]
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62 – Jim Bloom -ILM Producer, Luke Skywalker “Actor” 2/2
If you listened to episode 61 you’ll know it was part one of a two part conversation with Lucasfilm and ILM producer Jim Bloom. Jim is a great talker and worked on so many projects, […]
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61 – Jim Bloom – Producer at Lucasfilm / ILM – Part 1/2
So for this episode, number 61 I have ex ILM and Lucasfilm producer Jim Bloom. Jim started his career proper on Lucas’s American Graffiti and then navigated a very interesting path through numerous titles with […]
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60 – John Walsh – Author of “Dr Who And The Daleks – The Official Story Of The Films”
Back in December 2021 I spoke with author John Walsh about his book “Escape from New York – The Official Story of the Film”, that was episode 41. Well he’s been busily beavering away on […]
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59 – Ryan Condal – Showrunner on House of The Dragon
Today’s guest is a writer, a showrunner, podcaster and original props collector by the name of Ryan Condal. I mean he’s the writer and showrunner on the world’s biggest show right now., House of the […]
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58 – Alexandre Poncet – Tippet and Harryhausen Documentarian
For this episode I have somewhat of a kindred spirit by the name of Alexandre Poncet. Alexandre is, like me, a lover of behind the scenes stories. He and his friend and business partner, Gilles […]
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57 – David Mandel – Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
I don’t have much in the way of film artefacts these days. I have a couple of replica Star Wars helmets. Some Neca Alien and Jaws action figures and of course some reference books.My guest […]
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56 – Gino Acevedo – Make-up and Special Effects expert – LOTR, POTA etc
For this episode I spoke to Gino Acevedo, a make-up and special effects expert that’s worked on films such as Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Iron Man, The Jungle Book, Planet of the Apes […]