Oscar nominated visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has worked his magic on such iconic films as STAR TREK, BLADE RUNNER, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. He was gracious enough to take a few moments to talk with me about 2001, larger than life cinema, and a particularly exciting upcoming…
Another day, another director in conversation… This time out, it was a chance to speak with director Nick Sherman the morning his wonderful film SOUNDTRACKER premiered. As an unexpected treat, Sherman was good enough to invite the film’s subject- Gordon Hempton -along for the ride. Thus a very memorable discussion was there for the recording!…
Pardon the interruption in service, but while mypodcast.com figures itself out, I’ve decided to move this series to podomatic for the time being. Part two of this series allows me to have my first face-to-face conversation with a film director. After watching Ken Wardrop’s stunning documentary HIS & HERS, Wardrop was nice enough to sit…
When director Nick Sherman first read about Gordon Hempton, he saw a chance to make a documentary that could evoke naturalists like Muir and Thoreau. In Hempton, he had a subject matter that felt a deep connection to the natural world, and a desire to preserve it. However, in documenting Hempton’s lifes work and passion,…
My parents still live in the same house I grew up in, so I often find myself back in “the old neighbourhood”. During one recent trip, I noticed that a sporting goods shop had closed. This was the shop where I got my first baseball bat, half a dozen hockey sticks, and more hats and…
