Remote Pilot Aidan Kelly: Mission Impossible, James Bond, The Fall Guy & Building XM2
Aiden Kelly is one of the world’s leading remote pilots and the co-founder of XM2. He shares how he started out flying remote helicopters and running a hobby shop, which led to building XM2 into a global remote head company with offices in Australia, the US, the UK, and Korea. We talk about the early days of drone cinematography and how XM2 expanded into arm cars, e-bikes, cable cams, and RC tracking vehicles. Aiden breaks down the challenges of flying on major films, including Tom Cruise’s motorcycle cliff jump in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, high-speed car chases in James Bond, and stunt sequences in The Fall Guy. This episode offers a deep look at aerial and specialty camera work on some of the biggest action films in the world. This episode is proudly brought to you by our technology partners Sony. Produced by Deb Van Dieren, Hosted and Edited by Lucas Tomoana SOC.