ZEISS Full Exposure

Filmmaker Robin Hauser is a proven storyteller of complex topics. In her award-winning documentary, "Code—Debugging the Gender Gap" she examined the dearth of women in computer coding. Now, in her latest film, "Bias", Robin posits compelling questions: how have primal human survival instincts made racial and gender bias an innate part of ourselves; and with the rise of machine learning, with increasing reliance on AI, can we protect Artificial Intelligence from our inherent biases? Her film is an engrossing exploration and clarion call that will frighten and also enlighten. Today's Guest: Robin Hauser @biasfilm https://www.biasfilm.com/ Interviewer: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames

Brooklyn-based Barbara Vekarić is an emerging producer, director and writer originally from Croatia. Barbara’s first feature length-film is “Aleksi” – ‘Lazy. Crazy. Sexy.’ – a slice of life comedy set on the bucolic adriatic seaside. The title character is a troubled, aimless twenty eight year-old, jobless after college, living at her parents vineyard while plotting an escape from her safe but mundane upper middle class life. The bubbly Vekarić discusses her process of story development and journey from literature student to up-and-coming filmmaker on the indy scene; and she discusses her feelings of how character — and location — are even more important to her than story in the success of a narrative film. Today’s Guest: Barbara Vekarić @barbaravekaric https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4920188/ Interviewer: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames

Producer-director Jenna Ricker has worked solely in narrative film until now. In “Qualified,” her first non-fiction feature, the film’s subject is a pioneer in motor sports — and feminism — Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Memorial Day spectacle, the Indianapolis 500. Janet started out as an aerospace engineer with a longing for flight and a parallel love of motor sports, which in turn steered her into racing on the stock car circuit. In 1977, her passion and skill for auto racing — honed on road tracks like Daytona and Sebring — led her to be enlisted as the first woman to qualify for Indy. This required her to not only be an elite athlete reaching the pinnacle of American auto racing, breaking into one of the last bastions of the male dominated sport, but she also had to endure a barrage of public insults and belittlement; yet she persisted. “Qualified” is a documentary covering a pivotal moment in U.S. sports history, a gripping and inspiring chronicle of the calm resolve of racer Janet Gut

Emerging cinematographer Andi Obarski has shot numerous documentaries, short and long form narratives and music videos. Her ceaseless drive and energy is a great example of how to make it in today’s competitive film industry. The New York City-based cinematographer has recently become a 2021 American Film Institute Cinematography Fellow. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Andi Obarski - Cinematographer http://www.andiobarski.com/ @aobarski

Sasha Gordon is a Russian-born now New York City-based award-winning writer, director and composer. Following on her critically acclaimed 2016 romantic comedy “It Had to Be You”, Sasha’s South by Southwest entry was “Maggie” a dramedy episode pilot about motherhood. Maggie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win best pilot at South by Southwest. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Sasha Gordon - Writer, Director, Composer http://www.sashagordonmusic.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732883/

LA-based writer, director, actor and rock cellist! Kestrin Pantera arrived in Austin in style aboard her lime green karaoke RV to promote her latest dramedy premiering at South by Southwest. “Mother’s Little Helpers,” unfolds as four siblings come together upon learning their former ’70s flower power mother has weeks to live. Kestrin’s first feature, the award-winning, “Let’s Ruin it With Babies,” headlined international film festivals. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Kestrin Pantera - Writer, Director, Actor https://www.kestrin.com/ @kestrinpantera

Filmmaker Christine Chen wears many hats: a writer, director, photographer, entrepreneur and an Academy-qualified producer/director. She fell in love with capturing images and telling stories through film the first time she got her hands on an early camcorder. Ever since, Christine’s love of film turned into a lifelong passion incorporating her perspectives growing up as a first generation Asian-American. Her debut feature is Funemployment. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Christine Chen - Director, Producer, Writer https://www.christinewchen.com/ @cchenmtf Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

Rory Doyle is the winner of the 2019 Zeiss Photography Award. A native of Maine, Rory moved to the delta town of Cleveland, Mississippi to teach when he happened on a sight that struck him; African-American cowboys on horseback. He went on to gain the trust of locals and began work on his photo story “The Delta Hill Riders.” The essay has also earned Rory recognition with the Smithsonian Photo Contest Grand Prize as well as gallery exhibitions world-wide. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today’s Guest: Rory Doyle – Documentary Photographer https://www.rorydoylephoto.com/ @rorydoylephoto Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

Cinematographer Josh Silfen dreamed of making movies from an early age which eventually led him to NYU film school to study cinematography. He met director Emily Ting through mutual friends at NYU, and has collaborated with her on shorts, commercials and her first feature. Emily Ting’s second feature, “Go Back to China” premiered at SXSW and follows a spoiled Chinese-American who is compelled to return to mainland China to work in her father’s toy factory. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Josh Silfen - Cinematographer http://joshsilfen.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1387362/ @joshsilfen Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

On today’s episode, we spoke with documentary cinematographer Amy Bench. We initially spoke with Amy about shooting Deresha Kyi’s doc short “Trans in America: Texas Strong” screened here in Austin. Amy directed her own film premiering at SXSW in the Texas Shorts competition. “A Line Birds Cannot See” is an animated documentary about a 12-year-old setting out across the desert, escaping kidnapers on a search for her mother and a place where they can be safe. After our interview, Amy learned her film won the Texas Shorts Special Jury Award. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today’s Guest: Amy Bench - Cinematographer http://amybench.com/ @dpamyb Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

We begin our extensive coverage of the SXSW Film Festival with guest host Snehal Patel, Zeiss Cine Sales Manager, Americas, interviewing Ava Berkofsky, Cinematographer. Ava Berkofsky was born in Wales, raised in the mountains and cities of California, and is now a Los Angeles and NYC-based Director of Photography. Her background in fine art and documentary photography informs her textured approach to cinematography, capturing the nuance of place, time, and subjectivity. Ava is also the lead DP of HBO’s INSECURE, where she worked with Director/EP Melina Matsoukas to create and execute the look and feel of the show. She holds an MFA from the American Film Institute. Guest Host: Snehal Patel – Zeiss Cine Sales Manager, Americas https://www.linkedin.com/in/snehalmp Today’s Guest: Ava Berkofsky – Director of Photography http://www.avaberkofsky.com/ @aberkofsky Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure  

On this episode of Full Exposure we pay another visit to one of our favorite Manhattan locations -- the Union Square daylight studio of photographer Andrew French. We spoke with Andy about the amazing light in his studio in episode seven. He hosts portrait and figure workshops in this, one of the few remaining north light studios in New York City. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Andy French - Portrait Photographer https://www.andrewfrenchworkshops.com/ @afrenchstudio @andrewfrenchworkshops @andrewfrenchphotographer Models: Carina Allen @carinaallen Chi Kuynh @chikuynh Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

As an award-winning writer, director, producer, editor and actor, Ann Lupo wears a lot of hats. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she has worked as an editor on music videos, commercials and a feature documentary for CNN. Her feature film debut is In Reality, a romantic autobiographical film on love and longing that’s funny and poignant mixing fantasy and reality. For In Reality, Ann wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred….and has even taken on self-distribution of her film. In Reality has screened at thirteen film festivals domestically and internationally, winning nine awards including the Jury and Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival and the Special Jury Mention at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Ann Lupo - Writer, Director, Producer, Editor https://www.annlupo.com/ http://www.inrealityfilm.com/ @ann_lupo Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

For over thirty years award-winning documentary photographer, filmmaker and journalist, Richard Falco has covered the world for major magazines and published books on the September 11th attacks and paramedics in Harlem. He is now the Coordinator of Multimedia Journalism in the Masters in Communication Program at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut and the Director of the Vision Project, a multi-faceted organization dedicated to promoting investigative journalism, photography, multi-media and education. A vast archive of this important work can be seen and heard at visionproject.org. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Richard Falco - Documentary Photographer, Filmmaker and Journalist https://www.falcophotography.com/ https://www.visionproject.org/ Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure  

On episode sixteen of Full Exposure, we met Sean Weiner and several filmmakers from the Creative Culture program at the Jacob Burns Media Center in New York. On today’s show, we caught up with some of the filmmakers in Park City Utah at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Sean and our crew spoke with them to get their thoughts as they attended one of the biggest film festivals on the circuit. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guests: Sean Weiner https://twitter.com/sweinerspeak/ https://burnsfilmcenter.org/creative-culture-fellowship-program/ Jalena Keane-Lee - http://www.jalenakeanelee.com/ @jalena.kl Moira Fett - http://www.mfettproductions.com/ @moirafett.film Brit Fryer http://www.britfryer.com/ César Martínez http://www.cmphoto84.com/ Lydia Cornett https://www.lydiacornett.com/ Jacob Burns Film Center https://burnsfilmcenter.org/ Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

The Jacob Burns Film Center, north of New York City is a growing hub for cinema education and media literacy giving a platform to emerging filmmakers within its Creative Culture Fellowship program. Graduate-level students are mentored in developing their storytelling skills as they produce two film projects during their time at Creative Culture. The program and its sponsors have invested in furthering the careers of 22 promising filmmakers. The week of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, we stopped by to chat with Sean Weiner, the Director of Creative Culture —the key mentor for the fellows— and three of the young filmmakers in the program: Jalena Keane-Lee, Moira Fett and Maya Cueva about the development of their projects and their skill sharing experiences at the Burns Media Center. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guests: Sean Weiner https://twitter.com/sweinerspeak/ https://burnsfilmcenter.org/creative-culture-fellowship-program/ Jalena Keane-Lee -

Victoria Negri is an award-winning writer, director, producer and actor. She made her feature directorial debut in the 2016 film Gold Star, it’s a story of a music school dropout resistant to connecting with her father but finding herself as her dad’s primary caregiver after he suffers a crippling stroke. Victoria drew from her experience with her own father’s illness to tell the story. On Gold Star, which won five awards on the festival circuit, Victoria wore a lot hats. She wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film which co-stars "Stranger Things'" Catherine Curtin and oscar-nominated actor Robert Vaughn in his last on-screen performance. Victoria stopped by the studio recently to speak about her six year journey making such a personal film and her rising career in the industry. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Victoria Negri – Writer, Director, Producer, Actor http://www.victorianegri.com/ http://www.goldstar-film.com/ @victorianegri Follow us @zei

Delphine Diallo is a New York City-based French/Senegalese visual artist and photographer. Graduating from the Académie Charpentier School of Visual Art in Paris, she started working in the music industry as a video editor and graphic designer, yet, storytelling through portraiture seemed to be always calling her. Then, in 2008 she relocated to New York to pursue photography. Her career was boosted with a being mentored by wildlife photographer Peter Beard, a chance encounter with comedian Chris Rock that lead to working with him on the Total Blackout Tour, and a collaboration with artist Shepard Fairey on his “We The People” poster project. Delphine’s work is defined by immersing herself in the study of anthropology, mythology, religion, science, and martial arts. We recently stopped by Delphine’s Brooklyn studio to talk about her work. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guest: Delphine Diallo – Portrait Photographer http://www.delphinediallo.com/ @delphinediallo Follo

For our first show of 2019, cinematographer Adrian Peng Correia joined us in the studio. Adrian found his joy of cinema in college after leaving an engineering program to pursue history and sociology. Encouraged by a mentor at school, he immersed himself in film, devouring as many books on the subject as he could and renting hundreds of foreign movies at the campus video store. In one film — Visions of Light — a bible to many aspiring cinematographers, he watched it over and over, cementing his goal to become a DP. With few contacts in the business, Adrian’s determination lifted him up from humble roots working as an entry-level PA in the New York film industry to becoming a leading director of photography for television networks and feature films. Join our host Jim Kamp as he interviews distinguished artists and professionals in the fields of photography and filmmaking. Each week ZEISS will bring you an in depth look at the people behind the lens and have them tell their story directly to you! Host: Jim Kamp

On our year-end episode of ZEISS Full Exposure for 2018, we’re joined by husband and wife filmmaking team Rachel and Richard Prendergast. For their first narrative film, the UK-based production team unearthed a tender real-life story set in America. Working with a tight budget, their home in east anglia doubled for Kentucky. They cast their daughter in one of the lead roles – and for the co-star, Sylvia the car, searched for a British model that looked more like a boxy American one. Rachel and Richard joined us via Skype from Europe. Join our host Jim Kamp as he interviews distinguished artists and professionals in the fields of photography and filmmaking. Each week ZEISS will bring you an in depth look at the people behind the lens and have them tell their story directly to you! Host: Jim Kamp polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guests: Rachel Prendergast – Producer Richard Prendergast – Director sylviafilm.com @sylvia_film Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure