Xavier Grobet, ASC on HBO’s Watchmen, going to film school with Mexican filmmakers Rodrigo Prieto and Alfonso Cuarón, early experience on films Total Recall, Revenge, Before Night Falls

Cinematography Podcast - Cam Noir · Jun 25, 2020 · 1h 11m

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The 4 movies

Watchmen (2009)

The main topic of this episode

Total Recall (1990)segment

Covered in a segment of this episode

Before Night Falls (2000)segment

Covered in a segment of this episode

Revenge (2017)segment

Covered in a segment of this episode

Show notes

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 80: Xavier Grobet Mexican-born DP Xavier Grobet grew up surrounded by visual images. His mother was a professional photographer, and from an early age, Xavier made his own Super 8 movies every summer with his cousins and family members. He started out going to architecture school, but soon decided his passion was film. Xavier's generation of fellow Mexican filmmakers, “Chivo” Emmanuel Lubezki, Rodrigo Prieto, and Alfonso Cuarón were also attending film school at one of the two main colleges in Mexico City. One of Xavier's early experiences was operating the third camera on a Frenc...