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Episode 13 – Paul Blake – AKA Greedo from Star Wars
Back in March 2018 I spoke to actor Paul Blake about his role as Greedo in Star Wars (1977). This is a bonus episode, not charged to my patrons on Patreon. Be warned, there is […]
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Episode 12 – Marty Brenneis – Aka Marty the Droid – ILM Veteran
In this episode I speak to Industrial Light and Magic veteran Marty Brenneis. Also known as Droid! He was there for all the big movies, building camera systems and doing his thing! If you were […]
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Episode 11 – Jonathan Rinzler – Author of Behind the Scenes Books
For Episode 11 of The Filmumentaries Podcast I was very fortunate to be able to speak to Jonathan Rinzler. Author of THE best behind the scenes movie books ever made. Please do check out his […]
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Episode 10 – Sylvain Desptrez – Storyboard Artist
I’ve reached a milestone! The tenth episode of The Filmumentaries Podcast. And what a great guest to mark the occasion. It was a real privilege to talk to this warm, intelligent artist about his decades […]
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Episode 9 – Kenneth George Godwin – DUNE
For episode nine I spoke to Ken Godwin about his fascinating time working behind the scenes of David Lynch’s sci-fi epic (some would say…flop) in 1983 down in Mexico. Ken’s story really is a unique […]
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Episode 8 – Charles de Lauzirika
In September 2020 I was fortunate enough to talk with Charles de Lauzirika, the director and producer who’s worked so on many of the wonderful behind the scenes documentaries on Ridley Scott’s films. Check it […]
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The Podcast Continues…
A few weeks back, during the middle of the pandemic lockdown, I was… frustrated. If I’m not working or doing something creative, I do get rather moody. So to save myself and my family, I […]
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Ivor Powell Documentary – Slight Delay
Following the completion of my short Ivor Powell documentary-bio in early May 2020, Ivor was hugely impressed with the results and kindly passed it onto the publicity department at Amblin Entertainment. They are co-producing Ivor’s […]
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Episode 2 – Giles Terera – Star of Hamilton and a Star Wars Obsessive
My second podcast is available on @soundcloud 2 – Giles Terera (@GilesTerera) – Star of Hamilton and fellow Star Wars obsessive’ on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/filmumentaries/2-giles-terera-star-of-hamilton-and-fellow-star-wars-obsessive… Please support me on @patreon if you can
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New Podcast (ish)
Hi folks, It’s been a while. Rest assured I have been working on some filmumentaries projects behind the scenes, including my upcoming short doco about Ridley Scott’s former right-hand man, Ivor Powell. Look out for […]
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July 2018 – New Short Documentary: Robert Watts – A Life In Film
Back in early July 2018 my friend (and talented cameraman) Patrick Tyndall and I drove into the English countryside to visit a gorgeous, secluded cottage to meet a film legend. Slap bang in the middle […]
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Star Wars In Numbers
Here is my new short video, Star Wars In Numbers. Helped by my VFX buddy Neil Wallis, based in Australia, we’ve put this video together about lots of the interesting numerical facts associated with Star […]