Career Connections

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Interviews

Location Manager

Interview with Patty Doherty, Location Manager for Wings of a Dove:  http://www.wideanglecloseup.com/innocence_doherty.html

Interview with Scott Clark, Location Manager for Breaking Bad:  http://www.amc.com/shows/breaking-bad/talk/2009/06/scott-clark-interview

Interview with Peter Novak, Key Location Manager for The Matrix:  whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/rl_interview_peter_novak.html

Property Manager

Interview with Tommy Tomlinson, Property Master for Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard, Predator, The Rock, Snakes on a Plane:  scribbleking.typepad.com/scribbleking/2007/07/interview-prope.html

Interview with Drew Petrotta, Property Master for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:  www.movieline.com/2009/08/drew-petrotta.php

Interview with Ken Hawryliw, Property Master for Battlestar Galactica:  future-past.com/interview/kenhawryliw.php

Interview with Scott Buckwald, Property Master for Mad Men:  www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-scott-buckwald-prop-master-for-the-hit-tv-show-mad-men/

Director of Photography/Cinematographer

Interview with John Simmons, Director of Photography for The Old Settler:  www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/theoldsettler/indepth/id_dp_intro.html

Interview with Roger Deakins, Cinematographer for No Country for Old Men, A Beautiful Mind, JarHead, O Brother Where Art Thou?  www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/theoldsettler/indepth/id_dp_intro.html

Interview with Robert McLachlan, Cinematographer for The Golden Compass:  www.cinemaspy.com/article.php?id=2024

Interview with Didier Noirot, Cinematographer for Blue Planet and Jacques Cousteau films:  wetpixel.com/i.php/full/interview-underwater-cinematographer-didier-noirot/

Interview with Matthew Irving, Director of Photography for various independent films
www.independentfilm.com/festivals/matthew-irving-interview.shtml

Interview with Jake Messier, Director of Photography for various independent films:  http://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2005/04/how-to-be-a-director-of-photography

Director

In-depth interview with Debie Allen, Director of The Old Settler, on the process of making a movie:  www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/theoldsettler/indepth/id_dir_intro.html

Interview with Ang Lee, Director of Ice Storm, The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility:  findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n9_v27/ai_20227111/

Interview with Jason Reitman, Director of Juno, Thank you for Not Smoking:  www.firstshowing.net/2007/12/17/interview-with-junos-director-jason-reitman/

Interview with Carlos Avila, Director of various independent films:  www.inmotionmagazine.com/cavila.html

Interview with David Siegel and Scott McGehee, Directors of Uncertainty (2009):  filmmakermagazine.com/directorinterviews/2009/11/david-siegel-and-scott-mcgehee.php

Talk given by Spike Lee, Director of She’s Gotta Have It, Jungle Fever, 25th Hour, Do the Right Thing, When the Levees Broke, various commercials, music videos:  www.inmotionmagazine.com/slee.html

Television

Interview with Michael Slovis, Director of Photography for CSI and Breaking Bad:  http://www.amc.com/shows/breaking-bad/talk/2013/03/michael-slovis-interview

 

Music Video

Interview with Marc Webb, Director of films and music videos:  www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-4005372/interview_with_weezer_director_marc_webb/

Short film

Interview with Jasmine Kosovic, Director of Kate Wakes:  www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/apr/02/afi-dallas-director-interview-jasmine-kosovic-kate/

Other Career Resources

ConnectEd Studios includes “day-in-the-life” videos of industry professionals as well as a database of individuals who have volunteered to be available to teachers and students for their media projects.  www.connectedstudios.org

Made in Hollywood, Teen Edition. Interviews with movie industry professionals,
 http://www.madeinhollywoodteen.com