Russell Boyd

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q260963: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman credits them on.

Counted as cinematographer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they shot, which the two lists below run through too: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975); The Last Wave (1977); Gallipoli (1981); The Year of Living Dangerously (1982); White Men Can't Jump (1992); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Tin Cup (1996); Liar Liar (1997); Dr. Dolittle (1998); Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Titanic (1997): 1 line

  1. unmapped (shared-technology) · through Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), which they shot: Titanic ⇒ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (the host's read). The film exists because James Cameron's Mexican Titanic tank, with a gimbal, was still usable for the ship set.
    “James Cameron had done the legwork to build out the system to be able to basically shoot this on a gimbal in a tank of a proper set.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:30:47 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

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What the speakers said they did

Photography (10) everyone in photography

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career (2)

  1. career (career): John Steele → Russell Boyd. Weir used John Steele, Boyd's assistant on some of the earlier films, as his cinematographer before Boyd came back for this film.
    “It's just like he started using John Steele, who was the assistant on some of the earlier stuff, and then the, you know, he went to Hollywood.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:28:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (filmography-contrast): Russell Boyd → White Men Can't Jump. Boyd's 90s credits (White Men Can't Jump, Operation Dumbo Drop, Tin Cup, Liar Liar, Dr. Dolittle) were well shot but unremarkable; he likely craved a challenge.
    “I'm looking at Russell Boyd's 90s and it's like white man can't jump.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:28:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Russell Boyd → Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Boyd, back with Weir after years apart, won the Oscar for this film's cinematography.
    “And of course, Russell Boyd won the office.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:28:32 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (cinematographer-return): Russell Boyd → Picnic at Hanging Rock. Boyd shot Picnic, Last Wave, Gallipoli and Year of Living Dangerously for Weir; he and Weir reunited by chance on an airplane for this film.
    “Peter Weir made his 1st 4 films or no, 4 of his early films, though, with Russell Boyd, picnic, uh, wave, Gallipoli dangerously.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:26:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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