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Tandy Culpepper Talks To Aerial Cinematographer Dylan Goss About Capturing Stunning Bird’s Eye View Visuals That Make Movie Magic

Dune. The Fall Guy. Matrix Resurrections. Those are just three of the many movies that benefited from the filmmaking skills of aerial cinematographer Dylan Goss.

Those breathtaking shots that give moviegoers spectacular bird’s eye views? Those are the handiwork of specialists like Goss who go up in helicopters with intricate cameras to capture stunning images audiences have come to take for granted. It’s all part of the magic of making movies.

Born in New York, Goss grew up in Los Angeles, the son of a father who worked in another aspect of film production. Goss carved out his own niche in the industry working first behind-the-scenes in television before making the leap to feature films.

In this episode, Tandy Culpepper talks with Dylan Goss about his work behind the camera on some of his favorite films. Goss also offers advice for young people looking to follow in his footsteps.

Published by Tandy Culpepper

I am a veteran broadcast journalist. I was an Army brat before my father retired and moved us to the deep South. I'm talkin' Lower Alabama and Northwest Florida, I graduated from Tate High School and got botha Bachelor's degree and Master's in Teaching English from the University of West Florida, I taught English at Escambia County High School for two years before getting my m's in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Auburn University. Following graduation, I did a 180 degree turn and moved to Birmingham where I began ny broadcasting career at WBIQ, Channel 10. There I was host of a weekly primetime half-hour TV program called Alabama Lifestyles. A year later, I began a stint as a television weathercaster and public affairs host. A year later, I moved to West Palm Beach, Florida and became bureau chief at WPTV, the CBS affiliate. Two years later, I moved to Greensboro, North Carolina where I became co-host of a morng show called AM Carolina. The next year, I moved cross-country and became co-host and story producer at KTVN-TV in Reno, Nevada. I also became the medical reporter for the news department. Three years later, I moved to Louisville, Kentucky and became host and producer of a morning show called today in WAVE Country at WAVE-TV, Channel 3, the NBC affiliate. Following three years there, I moved to Los Angeles and became senior correspondent at the Turner Entertainment Reportn, an internationally-syndicated entertainment entertainment news service owned by CNN. I went back to school afterwards and got an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. Oh, yes. I won a hundred thousand dollars on the 100 Thousand Dollar Pyramid, then hosted by Dick Clark.

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