On The Fly with Jon Gill

Sep 10 2024 20 ep. 43 mins 9

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Everything in my working life has been 'on the fly' – I've been winging it for the last 30-odd years... but creatively..! This podcast focusses on people who make things… which is pretty broad I know… but, in particular, I’ve been fortunate to speak to people who make things that inspire me and fire me up to be creative… ...whose process I’m curious about, who stand out from the crowd and who, I know, can teach me a lot. Hopefully there's something in it for you too ;)

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[S4 Ep1] Character artist and sculptor, JASON FREENY

Sep 10 2024 33 mins

OnTheFly podcast with Jon Gill[S4 Ep1] Character artist and sculptor, JASON FREENYWelcome to another OnTheFly Podchat with Jon Gill, where we dissect the minds of creative geniuses, one conversation at a time! Today, we’re peeling back the layers—literally—with the incredible Jason Freeny. You’ve seen his work, where childhood nostalgia meets anatomical curiosity, but today

[S3 Ep3] Helicopter Stunt Pilot, Fred North "Ambulance" "Fast & Furious" "Bourne" "Star Wars"

Apr 20 2022 45 mins

Welcome back to On The Fly with Jon Gill – this is a special episode with helicopter stunt pilot Fred North. Fred has so many amazing stunt credits to his name which include Bond movies, Mission Impossible, Fast and Furious and a slate of collaborations – and in the interview you here how collaborative they are – collaborations with Michael Bay including this months “Ambula

[S3 Ep 2] Filmmaker, SJ van Breda – "Symphony of Spheres"

Oct 06 2021 41 mins

Welcome back to On The Fly with Jon Gill – this episode sponsored by FiLMiCPro! ..which is very exciting because two years ago this month I had a film in competition at FiLMiCFest as did my guest for this episode SJ van Breda with her film Jane Digby which is stunning. SJ is a filmmaker from Durban, South Africa who specialises in short films captured using mobile phones. In this

[S3 Ep 1] Author, Jonathan Melville – A Kind Of Magic (The Making of Highlander)

Aug 19 2021 54 mins

Welcome back to On The Fly with Jon Gill – the first ever sponsored edition no less. Polaris Publishing have sponsored this episode – they are the publisher of this episode’s guest Jonathan Melville who has a new book out, A Kind of Magic [“an engrossing read” – Total Film], a behind the scenes look at the ’85 sci-fi classic Highlander. I first met Jonathan 10 years a

[S2 Ep4] Karen Cousins (Dyslexia & Success: The Winning Formulas)

Feb 13 2021 44 mins

Karen is no ordinary music teacher from the South of England – she’s done a very simple but very clever thing. She lined up twenty creative, innovative, entrepreneurial people.. interviewed them about their winning formulas for success.. and put it all together in a book. Oh.. and they all just happen to be dyslexic! Thank you for downloading this podcast.. I’m Jon Gill.. thi

[S2 Ep3.2] Hal Hickle (ILM Animation Supervisor)

Feb 06 2021 58 mins

Hal is an Animation Supervisor at Hollywood visual effects study Industrial Light and Magic and in part one you hear about his journey to ILM via Cal Arts, Will Vinton’s Studio and Pixar! Thank you so much for downloading this podcast, I’m Jon Gill and this is On The Fly, this episode is the second and final part of my chat with Hal Hickle. I’m very grateful to Hal for his ti

[S2 Ep3.1] Hal Hickle (ILM Animation Supervisor)

Jan 29 2021 65 mins

Hal is an Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, the visual effects company founded in 1975 by George Lucas to accommodate that doomed space opera called Star Wars that never went anywhere… Hal has a refreshing philosophy of the movie business – positive, pragmatic and down to earth. This is the first of two episodes where Hal talks about his influences (Ray Harryh

[S2 Ep2] Eleanor Mannion – Mobile Journalist at RTE (Ireland)

Jan 22 2021 50 mins

Eleanor Mannion is a journalist, writing, shooting and editing stories and reports for the web, social media and broadcast TV & radio. Based in Dublin, Ireland Eleanor works for RTE, Ireland’s national TV and Radio broadcaster. Oh, and the film work, the editing… all done on a smartphone. In fact, in 2016 she made the first TV broadcast documentary in Europe to be shot on a

[S2 Ep 1] Nicki Fitz-Gerald Artist/Educator/iPhoneographer

Jan 15 2021 36 mins

Nicki Fitz-Gerald from the UK is an artist and genuine pioneer iPhone videographer/photographer. She literally wrote the book (or at least co-wrote the book) on iPhone photography: The Art of iPhone Photography. Currently she shares her knowledge through extremely popular online courses (the Long Exposure Course mention in the chat is due later this year) as well as writing for her

[Ep 3.5] Christian Payne aka Documentally (creative social technologist)

Aug 18 2020 37 mins

Thank you for downloading the pod! This is On The Fly, I’m Jon Gill and this is part 2 of my chat with my Episode 3 guest Christian Payne aka Documentally. If you haven’t heard part one then please do – it doesn’t matter what order – just know that we start this episode with number 4 and 5 of his favourite things… (1, 2, and 3 being on part one) – No.4 is “doc