S2E65 Shooting Stars

When it comes to SHOOTING STARS, few still photographers have shot as many (on so many movie sets) as DAVID JAMES – maybe the most successful SET PHOTOGRAPHER of all time. Stars like TOM CRUISE and directors like STEVEN SPIELBERG and J. J. ABRAMS love working with David because he understands how to tell (and – just as important – sell) their stories via his camera lens. His keen eye discerns what’s truly heroic in SUPERMAN, BATMAN or any other super hero. He sees what makes stars “stars”. REDFORD, STREISAND, FORD – they all sat for David.

The results speak for themselves.

From STAR WARS to BATMAN RETURNS to the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE movies to THE LAST SAMURAI to JURASSIC PARK, David didn’t just snap pretty pictures of actors at work. His incredible eye helped each movie tell its story. In fact, David’s eye often informed the directors he worked with as much as the directors informed David’s eye.

From his first big job as a film developer on the movie EXODUS (working for OTTO PREMINGER) to his high flying stunt photographing Tom Cruise sitting atop the BURJ KHALIFA, the world’s tallest building, David has traveled to the ends of the earth to pursue his craft. His stories of those travels will blow your mind. They’re that crazy good!

And, of course, David and Gil will talk about CONSTANTINE and SUPERMAN RETURNS, the two movies they worked on together. They’ll dish on KEANU REEVES.

As Gil says of working with David, David taught him the difference between a “still photographer” and a still photographer. From a movie producer’s point of view, the differences are gargantuan.

Put another way, there are shooting stars and there’s shooting stars.