May 12, 2021
EPISODE 114 - JOHN TOLL - Cinematographer
Team Deakins has a great talk with cinematographer, John Toll
(LEGENDS OF THE FALL, BRAVEHEART, WIND, THE THIN RED LINE,
RAINMAKER). We start on a humorous note as we learn how he started
in the business and learned on the job! We talk about his time as
an operator and his eventual switch over to working as a DP. He
recalls his time working for Conrad Hall as an operator and what he
learned and also speaks of the different methods of working as an
operator in England. We learn about his first big break to shoot
the behind-the-scenes footage on ET which was never seen. He also
shares why he chose to shoot WIND (his first feature as a DP), even
though he tended to have bad seasickness! We learned about the
difficulty of shooting WIND on the water and in boats, which is
even more impressive when you consider it was his first time as a
cinematographer! John’s humorous way of at looking things will have
you laughing!
RECOMMENDED EPISODE VIEWING: Wind