Silver Screen Social

On this episode, I spoke to sound designer Markus Stemler about his work on All Quiet on the Western Front.  Stemler is an Oscar nominee (All Quiet on the Western Front), a BAFTA award winner as of yesterday for Best Sound for All Quiet on the Western Front, an AMPS winner for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film for All Quiet on the Western Front, a 3x MPSE nominee (All Quiet on the Western Fro...

On this episode, I spoke to composer Volker Bertelmann about his work on All Quiet on the Western Front.  Bertelmann is a 2x Oscar nominee (Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front), a 2x BAFTA nominee (Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front), a BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee (Patrick Melrose), a Critics Choice Award nominee (Lion), a Golden Globes nominee (Lion), and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to production designer John Paino about his work on The Last of Us.  Paino is a 3x Emmy nominee (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) and a 3x ADG nominee (Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects). 

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Deborah Scott about her work on Avatar: The Way of Water. Scott is an Academy Award winner for Titanic, a BAFTA nominee for Titanic and a 2x CDG Award nominee for Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water. This year, Scott will be honored with the Career Achievement Award at the CDG Awards.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Stephanie Filo about her work on Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and A Black Lady Sketch Show. Filo is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning editor. She was just nominated this week for her first ACE Eddie.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Timothy Good about his work on The Last of Us. The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Jonah Markowitz about his work on George & Tammy. The series stars Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon. 

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Karen Murphy about her work on Elvis. Murphy is a 5x ADG nominee (1x winner for The Great Gatsby), a Critics Choice Award nominee for Elvis, and a 3x Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award winner for Elvis, True History of the Kelly Gang and The Great Gatsby. Elvis was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film stars Austin Butler.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Tom Cross about his work on Babylon. Cross is a 2x Oscar nominee for La La Land and Whiplash, where he won for the latter. He is also a 4x BAFTA nominee (2x winner for No Time to Die and Whiplash), a 5x ACE Eddie nominee (1x winner for La La Land), a 4x Critics Choice Award nominee (2x winner for First Man and La La Land), an Independent Spirit Award winner for W...

On this episode, I spoke to sound supervisor Scott Gershin, re-recording mixer Frank Montaño, and re-recording mixer Jon Taylor about Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Gershin is an Emmy nominee, a BAFTA nominee, and a 7x MPSE Award winner. Montaño is a 9x Oscar nominee, a 4x BAFTA nominee (2x winner for The Revenant and The Fugitive), and a 3x CAS Award winner. Taylor is a 4x Oscar nominee, an Emmy...

On this episode, I spoke to makeup and hair designer Heike Merker about her work on All Quiet on the Western Front. Merker is a 2x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee for Crazy Rich Asians, where she is also a winner for Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature-Length Motion Picture for the project. With All Quiet on the Western Front, Merker was a winner at the European F...

On this episode, I spoke to editor Bob Ducsay about his work on Glass Onion.  Ducsay is an ACE Eddie nominee for Knives Out and a 3x Saturn Award nominee (2x winner for Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi and Knives Out).  Glass Onion was directed by Rian Johnson.

On this episode, I spoke to Adruitha Lee about her decades-spanning career. In 2022 alone, she was the hair department head for The Menu, Amsterdam, Black Adam and George and Tammy.  Lee is an Oscar winner for Dallas Buyers Club, a BAFTA Film Award nominee for I, Tonya and a 3x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award winner for Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Har...

On this episode, I spoke to makeup department head Heba Thorisdottir and hair department head Jaime Leigh McIntosh about their work on Babylon. Jaime Leigh McIntosh is an Emmy nominee for The First Lady and a 3x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee (1x winner for Bombshell). Heba Thorisdottir is a 2x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee and a 2x Satu...

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Chayse Irvin about his work on Blonde.  Blonde was directed by Andrew Dominik. The film stars Anna de Armas.

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck about her work on Emancipation.  Jamison-Tanchuck is a Costume Designers Guild Award nominee for her work on Regina King's One Night in Miami. Emancipation was directed by Antoine Fuqua. The film stars Will Smith. 

On this episode, I spoke to editors Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput about their work on Fire of Love.  Fire of Love debuted almost one year ago at the Sundance Film Festival, where the two won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award. Since then, the two were nominated at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards for Best Editing and at the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards for Best Editing and Best Narration.  T...

On this episode, I spoke to hair designer Massimo Gattabrusi about his work on Bones and All.  Gattabrusi is an Emmy winner for his work on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.  Bones and All stars Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet. The film was directed by Luca Guadagnino.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Sabu Cyril about his work on RRR. RRR was directed by S.S. Rajamouli.

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Deirdra Govan about her work on Devotion.  Govan was nominated for a Black Reel Award for Outstanding Costume Design in Sorry to Bother You.  Devotion was directed by J. D. Dillard.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Daysha Broadway about her work on Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.  Broadway is a 3x Emmy nominee (1x winner for A Black Lady Sketch Show) and 1x ACE Eddie nominee.  Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody was directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars Naomi Ackie. 

On this episode, I spoke to supervising sound editor Becky Sullivan, re-recording mixer Tony Lamberti and production mixer Derek Mansvelt about their work on The Woman King.  Sullivan is an Oscar nominee for Unbroken and a BAFTA Award winner for The Fugitive.  Lamberti is an Oscar nominee for Inglorious Bastards and a BAFTA Award nominee for Inglorious Bastards. Mansvelt is a Canadian Screen Award...

On this episode, I spoke to editor Blair McClendon about his work on Aftersun.  This year McClendon has won the "Best Editing" award at the British Independent Film Awards, the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. More will surely follow...  He is also nominated at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.  Aftersun was directed by Charlotte Wells a...

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Kim Ji-yong about his work on Decision to Leave.  Ji-yong's past work includes The Fortress, Okja and Parasite.  Decision to Leave was directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Jess Gonchor about his work on Noah Baumbach's White Noise. Gonchor is a 2x Oscar nominee for Hail, Caesar! and True Grit. He is also a 2x BAFTA nominee, and a 10x ADG nominee.  White Noise stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, André Benjamin, Alessandro Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Don Cheadle.