Episodes

Post NAB 2024 I was invited to the latest Colorist Society Hollywood meet up. Held on the rooftop at the Godfrey Hotel in Hollywood I chatted to a number of top colorists in attendance about how and why they joined the Chapter and what they are currently working on. Topics discussed Mad Max ‘Furiosa’ with Eric Whipp How the Chapter was formed with Lynette Duensing and Troy Smith MTO’s favourite bar and tipple. Kevin Shaw’s Telecine trick from the 90s Did JZ really create the LUT still used...

During my recent trip to the US I caught up with Christopher Young owner and Colorist at See Why Color in Brooklyn. Chris really encouraged me to start the CT Podcast and in 2016 we went to a Brooklyn bar and made some very rough recordings. I said then “When I make the Brooklyn edition, you are my colorist” 7 years later I finally delivered. We chatted in his facility, before moving to a local bar then onto Brooklyn Tattoo. Topics discussed Be an owner, freelance or staff? Chris has done i...

The Color Tour Podcast microphone was in London recently to catch up with Thomas Urbye. Thomas is the senior colorist and CEO of the Post House ‘The Look.’ They are responsible for shows like Sex Education, Fleabag, Top Boy and Landscapers. We chatted in the new theatre room at ‘The Look’ before moving to a local Noho bar for a Gin n Tonic. Thomas talks with passion about clients, rival companies, Netflix, HDR and what he is looking for when hiring staff. Topics discussed Using the Grass Va...

The Color Tour Podcast visits Park City in Utah to chat with Crash Carlucci. We ski, then chat about his amazing career that has taken him all over the globe. NYC, LA, Sydney, Milan, and Bangkok before settling in Park City. Crash has some great stories about working at some of the top LA post houses and is proof that it is possible to move around the world as a colorist. Topics discussed Hitting the slopes then Apres Ski Park City style How did he get a start in Color In the junior US ski...

The Color Tour Podcast is back with a fantastic YouTube Live chat re the NAB/Colorist Mixer 2023. Intro – Hosts: Warren Eagles, Kevin Shaw, Jeff Greenberg Dado Valentic, Color Lab Mazze Alderhold, Assimilate Bram Desmet, FSI Marcel Gonska, Portrait Displays Jason Rosenfeld, Scenic Labs Andy Knox, Tangent NAB First Timer guests: Colorists CJ Dobson, Mars Williamson from their Melbourne Post House. Jose Luis Tamez, Colorfront Henessey Griffiths, FilmConvert Paul Saccone, Adobe Sam Mest...

The Color Tour Podcast is back with a fantastic live on location Podcast with Kali Bateman in Brisbane, Australia. Her new boutique color shop is in my adopted home town, so only a short drive for me. Kali grew up in a small country town. She progressed from Film School to editing then onto the dizzy heights of grading ‘Elvis’. It’s a great journey that shows that if you want it enough, it’s acheivable. Topics discussed The journey up the color ladder. Being a VFX Colorist for D Neg in Vanc...

It’s great to be back with live on location and in person Podcasts! Whilst in the UK I headed to Brighton to have a long over due chat with Darren Mostyn. His color shop in Brighton on the south coast of England is home for both Online Creative and his home which is a 10 minute walk away. Darren has been colouring for over 20 years but has recently been better known for his Resolve tips YouTube Channel. He is also a producing high end corporate content, shooting all around the world. I visite...

It’s great to be back live with one on one on location Podcasts. This is the first ‘real’ chat in nearly 3 years! Born very near the pub where we chatted, Rebecca Goodeve has a ton of varied experience for someone so young. She has worked at both large and boutique post houses, graded freelance and built her own boutique post house in Leigh on Sea. It’s an interesting journey that began by knocking on doors in Soho. Rebecca has such enthusiasm for color and this really comes over in our chat. ...

I recently chatted to one of Europe’s leading Color Graders Dave Hughes Originally from Ireland, Dave has gone full circle following stints in London and Brussels he returned to Dublin in 2005 to set up a Baselight room. He has an extensive 25 year career grading many different genres. Dave talks about grading a 20 year old Guinness TVC and his workflow for the new Netflix animated ‘My Little Pony’ feature film. It was great to talk to somebody who just ‘loves’ grading. Topics discussed Worki...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I cannot travel so the CT Podcast is being conducted on ZOOM. I recently chatted to one of Africa’s leading Color Graders Bobola Oniwura He studied Architecture so calls himself the ‘Accidental Colorist’ Having moved away from designing houses he co founded a Creative Agency with friends and worked as the Creative Director. Their attempts to find a suitable colorist were not very successful so Bobola decided to jump in the hot s...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I cannot travel so the CT Podcast is being conducted on ZOOM. I talked to Maxine in her DI theatre at Picture Shop during a break in sessions. Maxine is a Hollywood A list Colorist. Her credits include big tent pole titles amongst a list of over 60 films. She now works at Picture Shop, previously known as Technicolor. We start our conversation with Maxine turning on her Christie 4K projector so I can see her on the ZOOM call. Ma...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I cannot travel so the CT Podcast is being conducted on ZOOM. Setyo is as he says laughing, “I’m one of three gun colorists in Malaysia” He was born in Indonesian before moving to KL. He scored a job at the Blackmagic Design Post House as a VT op and worked his way up to being a senior colorist. Setyo now runs his own Color grading shop in KL. Topics discussed How did he get started? What are the challenges of owning and oper...

Chatting to Bob was the ultimate ‘going down memory lane Podcast’ for me. Having said that he also has some fantastic advice for up and coming color graders. Bob Festa has been coloring for nearly 40 years. As he says in the podcast “There is nothing I haven’t seen in front or behind me in a session, the only difference now during the Pandemic there is nothing going on behind me! Bob has worked at most of LAs top Post Houses and was also a partner in a start up company New Hat in 2008 We disc...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ Gino is one of the leading color graders in Peru. I first met Gino when he came to my iColorist NYC class in 2012. We have stayed in contact ever since. He has really embraced HDR and is already on his 2nd HDR monitor. We chatted about working in Peru and how he started Gamma Post in Lima Topics discussed How did Gamma Post come about? What are the challenges of owning and operating your own shop? Grading HDR, how hard is it?...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I chatted to Juan Cabrera 3 days before the 2020 HPA Awards where he was nominated coloring the TNT show Alienist ‘Angel of Darkness’ Juan started his first company aged 17 in Madrid, Spain. He prepped for his first color grade by reading the Mistika manual on a 5 hour car drive from Madrid to Malaga. Once in Malaga he graded his first short film and his career as a colorist was launched. Working as a Stereographer on some of ...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I visited Toby at CHEAT in 2018. It is a fantastic facility situated in Hackney East London, very close to where I went to school. We checked out his facility and then went to his local pub for a pie and a pint. I didn’t have my recording kit that day, but I made the desision to include Toby on the CT Podcast. Topics discussed How did CHEAT come about? What are the challenges of owning and operating your own shop? Coloring T...

Season 3 of the Color Tour Podcast has been renamed ‘Not on Tour.’ I had planned to visit Walter in his new grading suite at Company 3 just after NAB 2020 but COVID 19 meant I never made it to LA. I decided to make the CT Podcast a Virtual Pod and I’m glad I did as this is a great listen. Walter is one of the world’s leading Color graders. He has coloured over 100 features including Green Book, Star Wars The Last Jedi, and Dunkirk. Walter started his US career at FotoKem before moving to EFilm ...

Junbin Chen is one of the top colorists in South East Asia. This is our pre COVID-19 chat that took place at a post house called Iceberg in Singapore. The chat then relocated to Bar Larong 13 in near by Geylang. Junbin has graded over 25 feature films, 20 TV series and 100s of TV Commercials. She was finishing a McDonalds commercial when we met at Iceberg, she discuses the TVC workflow for the project. Other random info: JB is usually 75% liquid coffee and loves cats. Topics discussed The Mc...

Chema Alba is one of Spain’s premier color graders. He started out at a film scanning company. Handling film gave him the taste for colouring so he pursued the big manufactures to loan him a machine so he could practice. This showed his enthusiasm as at the time he wasn’t a colorist and the systems were over $300,000! Chema now works at Deluxe Madrid and has seen it transform from a film lab to digital facility. He talks about working with legend director Pedro Almodóvar who directed one of the...

Marc Wielage is a veteran Colorist based in Hollywood. He has been grading for 40 years and has the credits and stories to prove it. The chat starts at his shop in Hollywood before moving to legendary Hollywood restaurant Canters. Lots of people know him from the many different color forums he follows. Marc has helped many colorists at all levels, so this is a chance to get his backstory. Topics discussed His grading shop is ‘Chroma’ Working with directors Michael Mann, George Lucus and Russ ...

Leo Otero is a master colorist working in Bogota, Colombia. He has his own facility called 2.35 and works mainly on movies and longform projects. Leo has been recognized worldwide for his work as Senior Colorist, the projects he has worked in have been awarded throughout the globe, such us the Cinematography award in Sundance Film Festival for Dog Eat Dog (2011). During his career he has worked allongside numerous Directors of Photography, wich has given him the opportunity to expand and compl...

This episode really gets to the heart of what the Color Tour Podcast is all about. Dario Bigi is a New Yorker through and through. Originally born in Queens he has now been an East Village resident for over 20 years now. He is an owner operator and runs his grading shop out of his apartment. Dario is the first CT Podcast colorist who hasn’t come via the traditional telecine grading route. We move from his rooftop to his grading set up. Before venturing 200 yards down the street to a swanky Eas...

Kevin Shaw has been a colorist for over 30 years. He has worked full-time in London, Italy and Switzerland, and also started the da-vinci training academy in Florida. Kevin co founded the International Colorist Academy and is a driving force behind the Colorist Society International. He currently lives in London, but we took this opportunity to record the Podcast whilst in Beijing last year. Topics discussed How he got started in Color Correction Working abroad as a colorist How Resolve came...

Alter Ego is one of the premier post facilities in the world. Based in Toronto, Alter Ego was founded 10 years ago by Australian Colorists Eric Whipp and Wade Odlum. They specialise in colouring on Baselight but the facility has grown to add VFX and production to its roster. The guys balance colouring TVCs, managing over 50 staff, and still manage to grade blockbuster feature films… How do they do it? Topics discussed Can they switch off the management issues when in a big session? The boys d...