Dave Hughes is an old school film colorist who worked all over Europe before returning to Ireland to run a Baselight at Windmill Lane in Dublin.

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Podcast S3 EP09: Dave Hughes, Dublin, Ireland.

I recently chatted to one of Africa's leading Color Graders the ‘Accidental Colorist' Bobola Oniwura.

Podcast S3 EP08: Bobola Oniwura, Lagos, Nigeria

Maxine is a Hollywood A list Colorist. Her credits include big tent pole titles like Book of Eli and Black Panther in a list of over 60 films.

Podcast S3 EP07: Maxine Gervais, Hollywood, US

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.

Podcast S3 EP06: Setyo. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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!

Podcast S3 EP05: Bob Festa CSI, Los Angeles US

Gino is one of the leading color graders in Peru. I first met Gino when he came to my iColorist NYC class in 2012. It was great catching up again for the CT Podcast.

Podcast S3 EP04: Gino Amadori CSI, Lima, Peru.

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. 

Color Tour Podcast Episode S3 EP03: Juan Cabrera, Santa Monica, California

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

Color Tour Podcast Episode S3 EP02: Toby Tomkins. London, UK

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 is currently working for Company 3.

Color Tour Podcast Episode S3 EP01: Walter Volpatto, Hollywood, US

Junbin Chen is one of the top colorists based in Singapore. This is our pre COVID-19 chat that took place at a post house called Iceberg. JB has coloured over 25 features, 20 TV series and 100s of TVCs.

Color Tour Podcast Episode 14: Junbin Chen, Singapore

Chema Alba is one of Spain’s premier color graders. Chema talks about the transition from film grader to coloring Netflix TV shows. 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, because at the time he wasn’t a colorist and the systems were over $300,000!

Color Tour Podcast Episode 13: Chema Alba, Madrid, Spain

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.

Color Tour Podcast Episode 12: Marc Wielage, Hollywood USA

Leo Otero is a master colorist working in Bogota, Colombia. He has his own facility called 2.35. Leo works mainly on movies and longform projects. Warren chats with Leo in his Bogota Post House before taking the short walk to a local bar where is joined with Diego Yhama from Colombia and Javier Guevara from Argentina. What is it like colouring in South America an how does each country differ

Color Tour Podcast Episode 11: Leo Otero, in Bogota.

This episode really gets to the heart of what the Color Tour Podcast is all about. Dario Bigi is New York through and through. Born in Queens he has 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 East Village cocktail bar.

Color Tour Podcast Episode 10: Dario Bigi, in The East Village.

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.

Color Tour Podcast Episode 9: Kevin Shaw, in Beijing

Colorist Warren Eagles travels around the world to talk to working DI and digital color grading artists about their work.

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