POPULUS : RON WINTER : FILMMAKER : NEW YORK

Ron Winter is a New York based director, filmmaker and animator doing some rather cool things for some very happening musicians including Devendra Banhart, LCD Sound System and Bag Raiders.

You can see his work here >> ronwinter.tv

Latest clip for Devendra Banhart ‘Baby’ directed by Ron Winter here >> Vimeo

VIEWS OF COURAGE PROFILE
We do interviews differently. We want to learn about our guests. Gain an insight into their heads and hearts on another level. Welcome to our very first tidy and mighty Views of Courage profile.

Hey Ron, can you please interpret this set of inkblots for us?

1) Hospital gown on woman with large vagina giving birth.

2) Twin Donnie Darko bunnies I think kissing.

3) Looks like Hitler.

4) The Al Khazneh facade.

5) The way my second girlfriend used to do up her hair with these spiky extensions she got from Ricky’s.

When was the last time you truly exercised courage?
It could have been a moment of shear, overt, bravery or even the simple action of openly expressing an honest emotion.

“My last day of shooting on the Yoriyos “Endoscopises” video was pretty crazy.  The schedule was super tight and we had about one hour to shoot these snow-totem pole costumed creatures dancing around a fire.  I was in Vermont on set,  while the creatures were being built in NY.  I wanted about thirty of them to be in the tribe.  We were driving all around on other locations up until the bonfire shoot, while the costume department was scrambling to assemble and paint these multi-pieced costumes.  They were way more complicated to make than I had thought, so we had maybe six creatures done by the time to shoot them out.  These guys were freezing their nuts off in these outfits, they had little breathing room, and the flames would instantly melt the plastic if they got too close.  We had to roll, and with everyone staring at me for about five minutes, I decided to space them out in each shot, and fill in the gaps with CG creatures later in post.  I really didn’t think CG creatures would hold up by themselves on the black and white film, but offset with some real ones it It ended up looking kinda surreal, better than I had planned.”

Thanks Ron! You are in the magnificent sphere that is Views of Courage.

As interviewed by Robyn Wilson, Views of Courage