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Spoiler Alert Radio features conversations on the craft of film making. We discuss film making with some of the most engaging and talented cinematographers, production designers, editors, composers, sound designers, and more. Both entertaining and informative, Spoiler Alert Radio gives you a sneak peek behind the scenes in the world of film. It is aired on Pacifica Radio Network affiliates throughout the country. Please note that due to terrestrial radio syndication, there is a 3-4 week delay in publishing podcast episodes.

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Jun 19, 2026

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Erin Magill - Production Designer - Kicks, Love After Love, Tramps, Hearts Beat Loud, Brittany Runs A Marathon, Swallow, Moxie 05.03.2021

Originally from the Bay Area, Erin started at the Art Department of Pixar before moving into live action television projects, which have included: Mad Men , Insecure , and The Romanoffs . Erin's Production Design for film includes: Kicks , Tramps , Love After Love , Flock of Four , Hearts Beat Loud , Brittany Runs A Marathon , The Quarry , Swallow , and Moxie .

Alexander Balanescu - Violinist and Composer - Angels And Insects, Johnny The Partisan, The Way I Spent the End of the World, The Magic Mountain, and the upcoming, The Island 26.02.2021

Alexander established his Balanescu Quartet in 1987, and over the years has collaborated with such diverse artists as: Kraftwerk , Pet Shop Boys , Jack De Johnette , Ornette Coleman , and Goldfrapp . Alexander's film scores include: Angels and Insects , The Way I Spent The End Of The World , and documentary The Magic Mountain . Other projects include: the Italian film Johnny The Partisan and Anca...

Pablo Pico - French Film Composer - Adama, A Man Is Dead, Marona's Fantastic Tale, Jeunesse Sauvage, Sirocco 19.02.2021

Pablo started out as a musician before studying at the Ecole Normale de Paris .  His animated feature film scores include: Adama , Marona's Fantastic Tale , and the upcoming Sirocco . Pablo's television scores include: A Man Is Dead and The Treehouse Stories series. Pablo's more recent film scores include: the documentaries Chabrol The Maverick and The Real Thing , along with the narrative feature...

Nicolas Becker - Sound Designer and Film Composer - Gravity, American Honey, Wuthering Heights, Enter The Void, A Prayer Before Dawn, Memory House, Sound Of Metal 12.02.2021

Nicolas has worked in sound for over 200 films, with credits including: Wuthering Heights , American Honey , Arrival , Sunshine , 127 Hours , Cosmopolis , Ex Machina , Enter The Void , The Command , Suspiria , Slam , and John And The Hole . Nicolas has won Golden Reel Awards for his work on Micmacs and Gravity . His film scoring work includes the films: Foreign Body , Treat Me Like Fire , and A Pr...

Beso Kacharava - Sound Designer - The Trader, Shindisi, And Then We Danced, and the upcoming Salt From Bonneville and Molto Bella 05.02.2021

Beso is from Tbilisi, Georgia and studied at Vancouver Film School before returning to Georgia and starting his company, Postred . Beso has worked on such critically acclaimed projects as: And Then We Danced by Levan Akin and Sundance Film Festival documentary winner The Trader by director, Tamta Gabrichidze . Further recent feature film projects include: Shindisi , the upcoming documentary, Salt...

Chloe Roux - French Animator - Fear(s) of the Dark, The Rabbi's Cat, Long Way North, Zarafa, Klaus, Chris the Swiss, Marona's Fantastic Tale, and the upcoming, The Island 29.01.2021

Chloe's earlier animation work includes the films: Fear(s) of the Dark , The Rabbi's Cat , Long Way North , Zarafa , and Klaus , along with the animated documentary Chris the Swiss in Croatia. Chloe recently worked as supervising animator on Marona's Fantastic Tale by Anca Damian , a dog's recollection of her several different owners. She again worked with Anca Damian on her upcoming animated musi...

Aska Matsumiya - Film Composer - Skate Kitchen, Selah And The Spades, 37 Seconds, Betty, I'm Your Woman, After Yang 22.01.2021

Aska's scoring work includes the films: Skate Kitchen , Selah And The Spades , and 37 Seconds , as well as the HBO television series Betty , with longtime collaborator Crystal Moselle . Additionally, Aska scored the Amazon feature film, I'm Your Woman and the upcoming, After Yang , with Ryuichi Sakamoto . 

Megan Stark Evans - Costume Designer - Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil & Vile, Uncle Frank, Sound Of Metal, A Teacher 15.01.2021

Originally from Kansas City, Megan studied at Loyola Marymount in LA and is currently based in Brooklyn. Some of Megan's recent work includes the feature films Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil & Vile , Uncle Frank , and Sound Of Metal , All Creatures Here Below , and the television series A Teacher .

Mott Hupfel - Cinematographer - The American Astronaut, The Savages, Jack Goes Boating, All is Bright, Eating Animals, The Last Shift 08.01.2021

Mott is based in New York City and has worked in feature film, documentary, advertising, and fine art film. His earlier films The American Astronaut and The Savages were both previously nominated for Independent Spirit Awards in Cinematography. Mott's other feature film work includes: Jack Goes Boating , All Is Bright , and The Cobbler . Mott's recent projects are: the documentary Eating Animals a...

Andrew Commis - Australian Cinematographer - Beautiful Kate, The Rocket, Girl Asleep, The Daughter, Babyteeth, and High Ground 01.01.2021

Andrew's feature film work includes: Beautiful Kate , The Rocket , Girl Asleep , The Daughter , The Rehearsal , and Angel Of Mine . His work in television includes: The Slap , Love , and more recently Brave New World . Andrew's recent films include: Babyteeth , High Ground , Nude Tuesday , and the upcoming Blueback .

Brett Jutkiewicz - Cinematographer - Daddy Longlegs, Men Go To Battle, Wanderland, Ready Or Not, Them That Follow, and Boogie 25.12.2020

Brett grew up on Long Island before attending Boston University , where he met the Safdie Brothers , whose films The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Daddy Longlegs, Brett shot and co-edited. Brett's recent film work includes: Men Go To Battle , Wanderland , Them That Follow , and Ready or Not . Brett's upcoming/most recent projects include the projects: Boogie and Scream .

Eshom and Ian Nelms - Writers/Directors - Lost On Purpose, Waffle Street, Small Town Crime, Fatman 18.12.2020

Eshom and Ian's feature films include: Lost On Purpose , Waffle Street , and Small Town Crime . The Nelm Brothers most recent film is Fatman , starring Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins , about a bratty wealthy adolescent who hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. They also executive-produced the television series Everyone is Doing Great , directed by James Laffer...

Pierre Even - French Canadian Film Producer - C.R.A.Z.Y., War Witch, Brooklyn, The Hummingbird Project, Skin, Maria Chapdelaine 14.12.2020

Pierre studied law at the University of Montreal before beginning his career in the film industry. After working a variety of roles, his first production was the acclaimed film C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Valle . In 2009, Pierre founded the film production company Item 7 , reconnecting with Jean-Marc Valle for Cafe de Flore . Other works included: War Witch , Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 , and Brooklyn . More re...

Alice Searby - UK-Based Casting Director - An Education, Brooklyn, The Light Between Oceans, Mary And Martha, Judy, Brassic, Last Christmas, Kindred 11.12.2020

Alice's  work as Associate includes  Invictus ,  J. Edgar ,  Frank ,  An Education , and  Brooklyn . As Casting Director she has also worked on  The Light Between Oceans , Mary and Martha . More recently, Alice has casted, the Academy Award winning Judy for Rupert Gold , the television series Brassic , Last Christmas for Paul Feig , and the dramatic thriller, Kindred .

Arthur Tarnowski - French Canadian Film Editor - The Trotsky, Deadfall, Whitewash, Birthmarked, The Fall Of The American Empire, The Hummingbird Project, The Decline 04.12.2020

Arthur has worked on a diverse mix of feature films, television series, commercials and documentaries for more than twenty years, and he has edited over 150 movie trailers as well. His feature film work includes: The Trotsky , Deadfall , The Fall Of The American Empire ,  Whitewash , Birthmarked , and The Hummingbird Project . Arthur's most recent editing projects include The Decline for Netflix a...

Janus Billeskov Jansen - Danish Film Editor - Pelle the Conqueror, The Best Intentions, Burma VJ, The Hunt, Strong Island, Another Round 20.11.2020

Janus' editing career spans several decades and has collaborated with notable Danish directors such as Bille August on films including: Pelle The Conqueror , The House Of The Spirits , The Best Intentions , and A Fortunate Man , as well as Thomas Vinterberg on The Hunt , The Commune , and Another Round . Janus' other films over the years include: Heartstone , Backstabbing For Beginners , Journal 6...

Mateus Alves - Brazilian Film Composer - Brasil S/A, Behind The Shield Line, Prison Flowers, Black Amber, Aquarius, Bacurau 13.11.2020

Mateus was born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and since 2013 has been working with soundtracks for films from that area. Mateus has worked on several documentary films including: Brasil S/A , Behind The Shield Line , and Prison Flowers , as well as writing and directing his own short film Bubble . Mateus' narrative feature film work includes: Black Amber , Aquarius , and most recently the acclaim...

Jennifer Phang - Acclaimed San Francisco based Filmmaker - Half Life, Advantageous, The Expanse 06.11.2020

A Berkeley-born daughter of Chinese-Malaysian and Vietnamese heritage. She is a graduate of the MFA Directing program at the American Film Institute . Jennifer's  award-winning debut feature film  Half-Life  premiered in 2008 at  Sundance  and Tokyo International, screened at  SXSW , and was distributed by the  Sundance Channel . Some of  Jennifer's  other projects include directing and editing th...

Andrew Ahn - Korean-American Filmmaker - Andy, First Birthday, Spa Night, This Close, Gentefied, Driveways 30.10.2020

Originally from Los Angeles, Andrew received an MFA in Film Directing from CalArts before working on shorts such as Andy and Dol (First Birthday) . He has also directed for television including the series, This Close and more recently Gentefied . Andrew's feature film work includes Spa Night , which he wrote and directed, and Driveways , co-starring the late Brian Dennehy .

Fergus Clegg - Production Designer - The Wind That Shakes The Barley, The Angels' Share, The Grand Budapest Hotel, I, Daniel Blake, and Sorry We Missed You 23.10.2020

Fergus has worked for director Ken Loach over the past thirty years on over a dozen films, most recently on I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You , as Production Designer. Fergus has also worked in several other art department roles on projects like: Quantum of Solace , Ang Lee's The Life of Pi , and the whimsical The Grand Budapest Hotel  for Wes Anderson .

Christoph von Schonburg - German Sound Designer - Touch the Sound, The Lives of Others, Never Look Away, I Was, I Am, I Will Be 16.10.2020

Having developed an early interest in film with a Super 8 camera as a youth,  Christoph  worked in several small film roles before settling into sound editing in the 1990s. Since then,  Christoph  has worked on sound editing and design for more than 100 feature films and television productions. Christoph's projects include:  the  Oscar-winning   The Lives of Others , the acclaimed documentary  Tou...

Sabrina Pitre - Film Editor - Sisters & Brothers, Bad City, Rehearsal, Last Night In Suburbia, Freaks, Kim Possible 09.10.2020

Sabrina is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Film Production Program and worked as an Assistant Film Editor for several years before editing her first feature film, Sisters & Brothers , directed by Carl Bessai , for which she won a Leo Award for Best Editing. Some earlier film editing work of Sabrina's includes: Sisters & Brothers , Bad City , Rehearsal , and Last Night In Suburbi...

Sturla Brandth Grovlen - Nordic Cinematographer - Victoria, Rams, Before The Frost, Wendy, Shirley, Another Round 02.10.2020

Sturla  was born in Trondheim, Norway, and attended the  Bergen Academy of Art and Design  in Norway and then  The National Film School of Denmark  in Copenhagen, where he lives and works. Sturla's  most notable past projects include the single-take thriller  Victoria , for which he received the  Silver Bear  at  Berlinale .  He then won the Silver Frog at Camerimage  for  Rams , a film stylistica...

Molly Hughes - Production Designer - Two Night Stand, The Fault in Our Stars, The New Mutants, The One and Only Ivan, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Hillbilly Elegy 25.09.2020

Molly's Art Direction work includes: six Harry Potter films, War Horse , and The Bourne Legacy . Her Production Design credits include: Two Night Stand , Louder Than Bombs , The Fault in Our Stars , The New Mutants , and The One and Only Ivan . Molly's most recent film work includes: I'm Thinking Of Ending Things and the upcoming Hillbilly Elegy .

Jay Wadley - Film Composer - Adam, Indignation, Driveways, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and I Carry You With Me 18.09.2020

Jay is a Brooklyn-based Film Composer and Music Producer and he is the two-time winner of the Charles Ives Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters . Jay's film and television work includes: Adam , Driveways , Indignation , The Innocence Files , The OA , Tales of the City , Lucia Before & After , Raised in the System , and Long Shot . Jay's most recent scoring projects include: Charlie...

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