EP 130: Greg MacGillivray - “Five Summer Stories,” A career in surf filmmaking, Filming in extreme places from Everest to Mavericks, Tales from Hollywood, IMAX innovations, and Surfing’s early days

Filmmaker and surfer Greg MacGillivray joins the pod to talk about
his influential surf film Five Summer Stories, his new memoir Five
Hundred Summer Stories, and a lifetime in surfing. First, he looks
back at the early days of surfing, the joy and escape that it
provides, the introduction of competitive surfing, and his personal
beginnings in the sport in Southern California. He dives into his
work with Jim Freeman and MacGillivray Freeman Films, directing and
producing surf films like Five Summer Stories, Big Wednesday and
more, working in Hollywood, developing some of the first IMAX
films, and even contributing to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. He
shares stories from filming in extreme places from Mount Everest to
Mavericks to America’s National Parks and beyond. Greg also touches
on conservation, innovations in film technology, the similarities
between mountain climbers and surfers, and the upcoming screening
of his new film alongside live music. Follow Greg here. Watch the
screening of Five Hundred Summer Stories live at the Coast Film
& Music Festival November 13 in Laguna Beach, California.
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