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Episode 60 - Greg Hunt


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Episode 60 with Greg Hunt, skateboarder, photographer and filmmaker from Ann Arbor, Michigan. 


Together we discussed him growing up and picking up his first board in the mid-80’s, road-tripping with his friend Goose and a young Sean Sheffey to San Francisco and eventually settling down there right after his 18th birthday, turning pro for Stereo and filming parts for their iconic videos “A visual sound” and “Tincan Folklore”, developing an interest for photography thanks to his friend and roommate Gabe Morford, retiring from pro skating in his mid-20’s and

transitioning into filmmaking, taking Ty Evans’ spot over at Transworld and working with Jon Holland on a few videos (including the iconic “Sight Unseen”), making (initially with Joe Castrucci) the first DC video, working on the next Alien Workshop video “Mind Field", choosing the music for it with Mike Hill and Chad Bowers, making the famous Dylan Rieder solo part for Gravis, moving over to Vans to make their first ever full length video “Propeller” and doing many other projects with them since then, his music videos for Cat Power, the photography books he’s put out in recent years…   


  • (00:13) – Intro  
  • (01:25) – Getting started 
  • (03:38) – Road trip to SF with Sean Sheffey  
  • (05:59) – Meeting with all the Deluxe guys in SF 
  • (09:39) – Getting flowed Real boards before getting on Stereo 
  • (11:22) – Going to college during his pro years in SF 
  • (13:57) – Turning pro for Stereo 
  • (20:47) – Filming some super 8 footage in “Tincan Folklore”  
  • (22:47) – Quitting Stereo 
  • (24:32) – Developing an interest in photography  
  • (28:16) – What films did you like when you were just getting started with cinematography? 
  • (30:49) – First jobs on films  
  • (36:38) – Working at Transworld 
  • (43:12) – Getting approached by DC to film their first full length video 
  • (49:12) – Transition into “Mind Field”  
  • (53:37) – Selecting the music for “Mind Field” with Chad Bowers and Mike Hill 
  • (59:14) – Dylan part for Gravis 
  • (01:01:42) – Starting to work with Vans on “Propeller”  
  • (01:03:57) – Transitioning between massive video projects 
  • (01:07:17) – Other video projects with Vans  
  • (01:13:18) – Elijah skating to “Falling rain” by Link Wray 
  • (07:17:58) – Roy Orbinson’s song “In Dreams” used in different skate videos 
  • (01:19:12) – Music videos for Cat Power 
  • (01:20:44) – Nuge and Louie Lopez in Cat Power music videos 
  • (01:21:40) – “Making a music video is a lot like filming a skate part” 
  • (01:23:41) – Photography books  
  • (01:31:21) – Back story on a photo of John Fitzgerald from “Everything I’m trying to tell you” 
  • (01:34:30) – Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding 
  • (01:37:02) – Friends questions  
  • (02:23:41) – Conclusion   

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