Warren Eagles' Color Tour Podcast

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&#8...

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 t...

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 c...

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 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 H...

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...

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 YouT...

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 journ...

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...

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 Cr...

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. W...

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...

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!...

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...

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 i...

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. Top...

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...

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 pro...

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 di...

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 d...

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 a...

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 h...

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. Topic...

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...

Warren chats to Jet in Soho, London about her extensive work history. The move from TVCs to drama, women in color, and what she thinks of Kevin Shaw. Being headhunted — and on the other hand getting fired in Leicester SQ after a movie screening. How do you get five days to grade a one shot Madonna TVC? Jet has colored numerous television commercials and has recently finished the TV series Trust by...