Virtual Production
Meet the filmmakers behind The Mandalorian, The Avengers, The Lion King, The Jungle Book, and more. Host Noah Kadner wrote The Virtual Production Field Guide for Epic Games and is a contributor to American Cinematographer magazine. Topics include remote collaboration, visualization, real-time game engines, in-camera compositing, and LED wall cinematography. Hear how movies and TV shows used virtual production techniques from directors, cinematographers, visual effects supervisors, production designers, and others. The Virtual Production Podcast is a co-production of The Virtual Company and AbelCine. Discover how the industry is pivoting.
Episodes
25 episodes
Phil Galler Live
The Virtual Production Podcast is back with a brand new live format! Our guest Phil Galler co-founded Lux Machina Consulting. Focusing on in-camera visual effects, real-time mixed reality, and the future of film making and live bro...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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26:44
Disguise
Disguise is a creative platform powering major live entertainment from Taylor Swift to U2 and beyond. LED volume stages also leverage Disguise for virtual production. Addy Ghani, Fernando Kufer, and Tom R...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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21:47
Kenneth Nakada • Amazon
Kenneth Nakada is the Head of Virtual Production Operations at Amazon Studios. He was instru...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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25:32
Pinar Seyhan Demirdag • Generative AI
Pinar Seyhan Demirdag is an AI director, multidisciplinary artist, and opinion leader originally from Turkey. In 2020, she founded Seyhan Lee with renowned advertising ex...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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24:09
Paul Debevec • Netflix
Paul Debevec is the Director of Research for Creative Algorithms and Technology at Netflix. A pioneer in new techniques such as photogrammetry and image-based lighting, Debevec's work formed the basis of br...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:52
Emma Needell
Emma Needell is an independent writer/director. Her screenwriting skills caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey, who came on to produce her script, The Water Man when Needell was 24 yea...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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22:08
1899 • Nikolaus Summerer & Udo Kramer
The Netflix mystery series 1899 is set on a migrant steamship on the high seas and was shot in a giant LED volume in Germany. Writer/producer Jantje Friese and producer/director Baran bo Odar...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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25:11
Erik Weaver, ETC
Erik Weaver is a specialist focused on the intersection of cloud computing and the media and entertainment industry. He's currently the director of the Entertainment Technology Center's Adaptive Production
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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25:06
Brett Leonard
Brett Leonard is an American film director, producer, and music video director specializing in science fiction and horror. He also hosts a podcast called
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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25:24
Alex Proyas
Alex Proyas is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He's best known for directing films like The Crow, Dark City, I Robot, Knowing, and Gods of Egypt. A lo...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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24:51
Clayton Jacobson • Dreamscreen Australia
Clayton Jacobson is an award-winning producer/director/writer whose experience spans commercials, documentaries, online content, music videos, and feature films. His debut com...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:28
Casey Schatz • The Third Floor
Casey Schatz is a veteran of virtual production techniques for motion pictures and television. His credits include Avatar, Game of Thrones, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Martian, and more. As Head of Virtual Production at
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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24:31
Tim Moore • Diamond View Studios
Tim Moore is a three-time Emmy award-winning director and founder of Diamond View Studios, a creative video agency headquartered in Florida. In 2021, Moore co-founded Vū Technologies, a Virtual Studio Networ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:00
Kim Libreri
Kim Libreri began his film career as a software developer for the London-based Computer Film Company. He's known for his work on Super 8, Space Jam, Mission Impossible, and The Matrix trilogy. He also worked at Industrial Light and Mag...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:57
Connie Kennedy • Epic Games
Connie Kennedy began her career as a Location Manager and Unit Production Manager on various feature films in Canada. She was also an Executive Producer for Profile Studios with a focus on perf...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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25:54
Rob Bredow • ILM
Rob Bredow is the Chief Creative Officer of Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company founded by George Lucas. Bredow is responsible for the company’s overall creative strategy...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:33
Darren Hendler • Digital Domain
Darren Hendler oversees Digital Domain’s Digital Human Group as director. Darren’s team leads the industry in advancements in motion capture, machine learning, and real-time platforms. Hi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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22:26
Dr. Rosanne Limoncelli and Sang-Jin Bae, NYU
Dr. Rosanne Limoncelli is the Director of Production for Film and New Media at the Kanbar Institute, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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21:32
Wes Ball
Wes Ball is a film director, visual effects artist, and graphic artist. He created a 7-minute short film called A Work in Progress which won a Bronze Medal from the Student Academy Awa...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:55
Christina Lee Storm
Producer Christina Lee Storm founded Asher XR, a provider of strategic development, planning, creation, and implementation for virtual production, mixed reality, AR, and VR content. As Vice President at DreamWorks Animation, she led the Advance...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:31
Sam Nicholson, ASC
Sam Nicholson, ASC is a veteran visual effects supervisor and cinematographer. He founded Stargate Studios, a visual effects company always on the cutting edge of virtual production techniques. His credits include Star Trek: The Motion Picture,...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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20:37
Matt Workman
Our guest is Matt Workman. Matt Workman is a cinematographer who has filmed music videos for artists like Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, and Diddy and commercials for brands like Facebook, Google, BMW, and L’Oreal. Matt’s current focus is combin...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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19:26
Miles Perkins
Our guest is Miles Perkins from Epic Games. Miles is a member of the Unreal enterprise business development team, responsible for helping bring cutting edge, real-time workflows into the film and television industry. Miles is also a 23-ye...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:39