How to film the end of the world? When Silverback Films asked if we could film what the earth looked like 66 million years ago at the point of impact for the dino killing asteroid, we told them sure, no problem…. ez pz. My small team and I set out to remote wildfires across the country. We lived out of our trucks and worked off an incredibly stripped down camera set up. In order to get the desired footage, hikes of up to 15 miles per day were required, and none of it on trails. With such intense heat from near 100 foot flames, matte boxes would become stove tops, and large batteries would become liabilities. Even with the most efficient set up, we still had lenses go down, and even had to deal with direct retardant drops….

Next, Silverback asked us to film what the earth looked like over 60 million years ago, we set out to some of the more remote corners of North America. My team and I spent a month during the height of the covid lockdown living out of trucks and exploring the remnants of the ancient world. Average high temperatures hit the upper 120s, winds regularly pushed above 80 mph, any form of shelter was a premium with human contact basically non existent.