Operator Nick McLean Sr.

Nick McLean Sr, one of the biggest ops in the 70s and 80s, talks The Deer Hunter, Heaven Can Wait, Being There, Close Encounters, Hitchcock, and so much more. A huge interview with an incredible amount of Hollywood history that is not to be missed.

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Nick’s Book

Nick McLean Sr. discovering the first Panaflex that was sent to him to use with Vilmos Zsigmond on Sugarland Express.

Nick playing the plumber in the opening scene of The Goonies.

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