"It's Such a Dumb Job" — A Director on Directing | Ep 23 w/ Toby Morris

Toby Morris (Cousin) is one of the most in-demand directors in the region, with a singular, playful visual style. He breaks down his Kia Seltos spot — shot with two full crews running simultaneously, a solo-built CG fly-through of Sydney's Town Hall, and a director's-cut approach of jamming the best gags out in the edit. Then the bigger story: Toby's just-finished independent feature "Cooee," a passion project a decade in the making that a cancer diagnosis finally forced into being — and a genuinely moving conversation with Liam, a survivor himself, about why it takes a wake-up call to pull the trigger on the thing you keep putting off. Plus a Gear Chat eulogy for Miller — the Sydney brand that invented the fluid-head tripod in 1946 and just closed its doors. 00:21 Intro 05:12 The Breakdown: Kia Seltos 07:37 Shooting with two full crews at once 29:34 "It's such a dumb job" 31:48 Cooee: the feature, and finishing what you start 45:07 Gear Chat: farewell to Miller tripods 🎙️ New episodes weekly. #thedirectorandthedop #commercialfilm #directing #filmmaking