The Cinematography Podcast

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Slow Horses DP Eben Bolter: creating a darker, grittier season 6

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Slow Horses DP Eben Bolter on shooting season six using imperfect light, a location lit with green LED tape, choosing gray screen over green, and a dark, wet London look.

Oct 30

Stuart Dryburgh, ASC: candlelight and naturalism in East of Eden

Cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh explains how natural light, practical sources and an invisible camera shaped Netflix’s East of Eden, shot in New Zealand with director Gar

Oct 23

DP Matheus Bastos on making budget indie films Gazer and Anima

Cinematographer Matheus Bastos on shooting Gazer and Anima on 16mm with little money, how handheld and zooms track character, and why focusing on the work beat chasing an

Oct 17

Inside the IMAX Camera Department with Scott "Smitty" Smith

Scott "Smitty" Smith, the IMAX camera technician behind Oppenheimer, Sinners and The Odyssey, on large format film, servicing cameras and why film costs less than you'd t

Oct 12

DP Doug Emmett on shooting the crime drama Furious

Furious DP Doug Emmett breaks down how the production team aligned on tone, lighting a penthouse with floor-to-ceiling windows, and creating a red-lit party scene. Podca

Oct 2

Never After Dark: filming a ghost story in Japan using camera magic

Director Dave Boyle and DP Patrick Ouziel on making the ghost story Never After Dark in Japan: a 28-day shoot, a backlit zoetrope mirror, and in-camera magic. Podcast h

Sep 25

Wesley Wang on building a studio for the internet generation

Director Wesley Wang on building Wesley Wang Media, an indie studio incubator for online creators, launching a $100K open contest, and staying a filmmaker himself. Podca

Sep 18

Special Episode: Remembering Rodney Charters, ASC, CSC, NZSC

Remembering cinematographer Rodney Charters, ASC, dp of 24, Sleepwalkers, and much more in this classic Cinepod conversation on craft, career, and lighting.

Sep 18

DP Brett Pawlak’s vision for Spider-Man: Brand New Day

DP Brett Pawlak on grounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day in natural light, practical suit design, and 17 years collaborating with Destin Cretton. Podcast highlights includ

Sep 4
1 h 11 min

Building a nearly silent crime drama in Motor City

Cinematographer John Matysiak on shooting Motor City's nearly dialogue-free story, real in-camera stunts, and building its 1970s Detroit look from film tests. Podcast hi

Aug 28
1 h 11 min

Bringing indie instincts to Voicemails for Isabelle

DP Julia Swain on faking the Golden Gate Bridge, rigging a real tour bus, and bringing indie instincts to Netflix's Voicemails for Isabelle Podcast highlights include:

Aug 22
1 h 11 min

Michael Bauman on building horror for Monster: The Ed Gein Story

DP Michael Bauman, ASC on shooting Monster: The Ed Gein Story, building a visual language with period lenses, and lighting with just reflectors and flashlights. Podcast

Aug 14
1 h 11 min

Shooting mud, fog and firelight in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

DOP Gustav Danielsson, FSF on shooting HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms with naturalistic firelight, practical battlefield fog, and in-camera POV shots Podcast highl

Aug 7
1 h 11 min

Matt Ball on shooting in remote regions for Tucci in Italy

DP Matt Ball on shooting Tucci in Italy Season 2, the challenges of journeying to remote regions over tourist spots, and capturing emotional moments on camera. Podcast h

Jul 31
1 h 11 min

Eben Bolter, ASC, BSC reimagines a noir classic in Cape Fear

DP Eben Bolter, ASC, BSC breaks down the watery, noir lighting, anamorphic lenses, and practical tricks behind Apple TV's Cape Fear. Podcast highlights include: -How Eb

Jul 17
1 h 11 min

Lyle Vincent on lighting the darkness of The Beast in Me

Cinematographer Lyle Vincent on shooting the Netflix series The Beast in Me with Panavision lenses and hard lighting that allow deep shadows to fall into black. Vincent's

Jul 11
1 h 11 min

Christian Sprenger on building the horror-comedy Widow’s Bay

Christian Sprenger, ASC on balancing horror and comedy in Widow's Bay with lighting, practical effects, and years of trust built with producer Hiro Murai. Podcast highli

Jul 1
1 h 11 min

Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit’s raw, low-contrast look

Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit's deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit, customized blue bounce light, and the gradual unraveling of its visual style episode by episode

Jun 20
1 h 11 min

Suburban street photography and voyeurism in DTF St. Louis

DP James Whitaker, ASC breaks down the look of HBO's DTF St. Louis: street photographs, a brutalist style police station, and inobtrusively lighting intimacy. Podcast hi

Jun 17
1 h 11 min

Smoke, spotlights, Silicon Valley secrets in The Audacity

The Audacity DP Richard Rutkowski, ASC made Vancouver look like Palo Alto, used lens filters instead of special effects to create wildfires, and dramatized the themes of

Jun 13
1 h 11 min

Chart trend

Position in the Film Interviews chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#55#108AugSepOctNov

#12

all-time peak

578

days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where The Cinematography Podcast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 1, 2026).

#30 ▲ 31 Film Interviews US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

The hosts never fail to keep the conversation with their guests informative without getting too technically dry.

hapadave · Dec 2024

I’m not in the industry at all. Just a movie dork and love all aspects especially how movies “look.” Anyway, always interesting guests and love when they get “inside baseball” about the creative process, lenses, and the rants! Thanks guys

GreenRoller21 · Oct 2022

as a young, aspiring filmmaker (cringe) this is such a useful podcast, full of wonderful information, insight, and personality! the hosts are great at asking questions that illicit useful answers for the listeners, and I always finish a listen feeling inspired and motivated to keep grinding and make something of my own.

camillaalmond · Dec 2020

A great companion to the experience of working as an AC or Cam Op for a seasoned DP. On set, you mostly get to observe their physical approach to the craft with possibly a little insight into their thought process. This podcast is great because it gives you the other side of that coin: emphasizing the decision making and problem solving that are just as (if not more) important than the physical execution of the craft itself.

Wes Knapp · Sep 2020

This podcast is not for you if you work in the industry and want meaningful, reasonably deep conversations. These guys are hard to listen to. I don’t know why they called this “the cinematography podcast” when neither of them are cinematographers or even have a reasonable knowledge of the craft to begin with. If you want to listen to two dudes talk about random current events for 15 minutes before bringing the guest in, go for it. The interviews have basically no depth and sometimes don’t go much past “how did this project come to you” or “how did you get started in the industry”. There are many better cinematography podcasts out there if you want to actually learn something, like Cinemapodgrapher or Cinematographers on the Loose.

Kfal · Feb 2023

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