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Spoiler Alert Radio

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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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Marie Losier - Filmmaker and Film Curator - Tony Conrad, DreaMinimalist, Peaches Goes Bananas, Cassandro, The Exotico, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye 20.03.2020

Marie  has served as the film curator presenting weekly film series, has hosted many notable directors and artists as well, and has programmed experimental films for many years. Marie  has made a number of film portraits on avant-garde directors, musicians and composers such as  George and Mike Kuchar ,  Guy Maddin ,  Richard Foreman ,  Tony Conrad , Peaches , and Genesis P-Orridge , exploring the...

Matthias Grunsky - Cinematographer - Funny Ha Ha, Nights and Weekends, Computer Chess, Saints Rest, Support the Girls, and Defiance Three Women and the Vote 13.03.2020

A member of the BVK (German Society of Cinematographers) , Matthias was born in Austria and worked as a camera assistant in Austria and Germany before attending AFI in Los Angeles. Matthias' film projects include Andrew Bujalski's debut feature Funny Ha Ha , and the acclaimed Computer Chess , as well as Nights and Weekends , for Greta Gerwig and Joe Swanberg . More recently, he shot the feature Su...

Eric Neveux - Film Composer - Those Who Love Me Will Take the Train, Intimacy, Persecution, Zombillennium, The Attack, The Insult, Borgia, The Breitner Commando, and SamSam 06.03.2020

Eric worked with noted director Francois Ozon early in both of their careers on the films See The Sea and Sitcom . He also worked with director Patrice Chéreau , on Those Who Love Me Will Take the Train , Intimacy , and Persecution . Some of Eric's other film scores include the animated film Zombillennium , and The Attack and The Insult for Ziad Doueiri . His television work includes the long-runn...

Michal Jacaszek - Polish Film Composer - Walking Under Water, The Bad Kids, Memories of Summer, November, He Dreams of Giants, The Whale from Lorino, and Suicide Room: The Hater 28.02.2020

Michal creates electroacoustic music combining electronically prepared sounds with acoustic instruments and is a member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music . His narrative feature film scores include Suicide Room , Memories Of Summer , and more recently November , for which he won best score at the Minsk International Film Festival . Michal has also scored several documentaries, includ...

Mark Kilian - Film Composer - Tsotsi, Traitor, Pitch Perfect, Eye In The Sky, Dolores, Official Secrets 21.02.2020

Born in South Africa, and moving to LA in 1994, Mark is most known for his ethnic flavored scores like the Oscar winning Tsotsi , Rendition , Pitch Perfect , Eye In The Sky , and Traitor . His television work includes HBO's 41 , ABC's Killer Women , and Fox's Kitchen Confidential . Mark's most recent scores include the acclaimed Official Secrets and the documentary Dolores , which won a Peabody Aw...

Omar Fadel - Film Composer - The Taqwacores, The United, In Search of Oil and Sand, The Judge, Yomeddine, The Advocates 14.02.2020

Born in Texas and raised between Texas and Dubai, Omar's global exposure is heard throughout his music. Omar's work includes the documentaries Just Like Us and In Search of Oil and Sand , as well as the narratives, The Taqwacores , and The United . Omar's more recent film credits include the award-winning narrative feature, Yomeddine , and the documentaries The Judge and The Advocates .

Colin Wilkes - Costume Designer - Computer Chess, Results, Support The Girls, Little Woods, Palm Springs 07.02.2020

Originally from East Texas, Colin earned a BFA in Costume Design from Cal Arts , designing performance art, theater, opera, puppetry, and music videos, before moving into film in 2009. Some of Colin's notable projects include the films Computer Chess , Results and Support The Girls , for director Andrew Bujalski , as well as more recently Little Woods and Palm Springs .

Jo Thompson - UK Costume Designer - This is England, Somers Town, Fleabag, A Street Cat Named Bob, Beast, and In Fabric 31.01.2020

Jo's work spans both film and television and has worked with several notable directors such as Shane Meadows on his award-winning film, This is England , as well as his acclaimed film, Somers Town . Her other projects include the feature films For Those in Peril and Beast , A Street Cat Named Bob , and working on the television series Fleabag for creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge . More recent...

Amey Rene - Casting Director - Blue Jay, Outside In, Sadie, Paddleton, Greener Grass 24.01.2020

Amey has cast for directors including: Lynn Shelton , Matt Ross , Megan Griffiths , The Duplass Brothers , and Jeremy Garelick . Some of Amey's recent work includes the films: Sadie , Paddleton , and Greener Grass , along with the  Netflix series Everything Sucks and Best Worst Weekend Ever . Upcoming releases Amey has cast include The Werewolf , Big Time Adolescence , and Golden Arm .  

Benjamin Massoubre - French Film Editor - Long Way North, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, Pachamama, and I Lost My Body 17.01.2020

Benjamin started in animation, his great passion, by editing television series and short films. Benjamin then moved into feature films, and has worked different talents in French animation, including on features, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales and Pachamama . His film credits include Long Way North by Remi Chaye , and Jeremy Clapin's acclaimed Academy Award nominated and Annie winning, I Lost my...

Kirill Mikhanovsky - Writer, Director, and Editor - Fish Dreams, Gabriel and the Mountain, Give Me Liberty 10.01.2020

Born in Russia and living in Milwaukee, Kirill is an alumnus of NYU's Graduate Film Program and the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab and founded Give Me Liberty Productions with Alice Austen in 2015. His film work includes Fish Dreams , the Russian mini-series  Dubrovsky , and as co-writing Gabriel and the Mountain . Kirill's most recent feature film is Give Me Liberty , which he co-wrote, dir...

Natalie O'Brien - Costume Designer - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ingrid Goes West, The Bad Batch, Lizzie, and Honey Boy 03.01.2020

One of Natalie's earliest film projects was A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night for Ana Lily Amirpour . Natalie's other costuming projects have included The Little Hours and Ingrid Goes West , both starring Aubrey Plaza . Natalie again designed for Ana Lily Amirpour on the dystopian film The Bad Batch , which played the Venice and Toronto film festivals. One of Natalie's most recent film projects is...

Fiona Crombie - Production Designer - The Snowtown Murders, Top of the Lake, Dead Europe, Macbeth, The Favourite, The King 27.12.2019

Fiona  graduated from the  National Institute of Dramatic Art  in Sydney before starting her career working as a set and Costume Designer in theater and eventually moving into film and television.  Fiona's  production design credits include  The Snowtown Murders ,  Dead Europe ,  Macbeth ,  Top of the Lake ,  Son of a Gun , and  Una . More recently,  Fiona worked on the feature films Mary Magdalen...

Margaux Rust - Production Designer - Come Swim, Don't Be A Hero, Back Roads, Clemency 20.12.2019

Margaux had opened and co-owned a combination vintage store and art gallery in Portland, Oregon, where she began using the vintage inventory as an impromptu prop-shop while designing music videos. This led to a move to California in 2013 to pursue Production Design and filmmaking. Margaux built her skills as a department head while working on commercials, as well in the music video and film worlds...

Hagen Bogdanski - German Cinematographer - The Lives of Others, The Young Victoria, Hilde, The Beaver, Hotel Lux, Papillon, Berlin Station 13.12.2019

Hagen was born in Berlin, and he has had long relationship with German directors and reached international attention with The Lives of Others and along The Young Victoria , and Papillon , for Michael Noer , starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek . Hagen has worked on other acclaimed films over the years including Hilde and The Beaver  for Jodie Foster , and Hotel Lux . More recently, Hagen has bee...

Sebastian Hofmann - Mexican Film Editor, Writer, Director, and Producer - Piano Distribution, Halley, and Time Share 06.12.2019

Sebastian is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker and co-founder, with producer Julio Chavezmontes , of production company PIANO .  He had directed and co-wrote the acclaimed dramatic horror feature film, Halley . Piano's upcoming co-productions include Annette by Leos Carax , Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Bergman Island by Mia Hansen Love , and Knife + Heart for Yann Gonzalez . Sebastian's...

Osei Essed - Film Composer - Finders Keepers, Jim: The James Foley Story, Tower, Period. End of Sentence., Always in Season 29.11.2019

Born in the Netherlands and to Surinamese parents and raised in the two countries before moving to New York, Osei is a multi-platform artist, performing and writing for screen and stage. As a musician, Osei performs with Brooklyn-based bands The Woes and Big Hands Rhythm and Blues Band . Osei's recent film composition credits include the Emmy -winning documentary films Finders Keepers , Jim: The J...

Ma Kalaadevi Ananda - Makeup Designer and Artist - Little Women, Pollock, Shame, Robot and Frank, 12 Years a Slave, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Widows, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood 22.11.2019

Susan Sarandon  picked  Kalaadevi  to be her make-up artist for over 30 films over 20 years including  Light Sleeper ,  Little Women ,  Dead Man Walking ,  Robot & Frank , and  Arbitrage . Kalaadevi  also has collaborated with director  Steve McQueen  on several projects including  Shame ,  12 Years A Slave , and Widows , starring  Viola Davis . Kalaadevi  is known for other projects over the year...

Dylan Neely - Film Composer and Music Supervisor - Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, I Tonya, The Farewell, 18 To Party 15.11.2019

Dylan performed at venues including The Museum of the Moving Image , Lincoln Center , and MoMA PS1 , and he has written music for several theater and opera projects.  Dylan performs with video artist Alex Nathanson as the ensemble Fan Letters . Dylan's work for films and television includes: Demolition , Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray , Jane Fonda in Five Acts , Mozart in the Jungle , I, Tonya ,...

Michael Fimognari - Cinematographer - Beautiful Boy, Oculus, Before I Fall, Fast Color, The Haunting of Hill House, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Doctor Sleep 08.11.2019

Michael's work as Director of Photography includes acclaimed independent features such as Beautiful Boy , Au Revoir Taipei , Before I Fall , and Fast Color . His work in the horror genre includes Oculus , The Lazarus Effect , the series The Haunting of Hill House , and The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep . Recently, Michael shot To All the Boys I've Loved Before , and is directing the second and thir...

Chris LeDoux - Visual Effects Supervisor - Hidden Figures, La La Land, Fast Color, Dolemite is My Name, and Just Mercy 01.11.2019

Chris is the co-founder and Senior VFX Supervisor of Crafty Apes , a visual effects and production services company with offices in New York, LA, and Atlanta. His film and television projects include Hidden Figures , La La Land , Stranger Things , and Fast Color .  He has also worked on musical projects for such artists as U2 , Chris Cornell , and Dolly Parton . Some of Chris' more recent film pro...

Christoph von Schonburg - German Sound Designer - Touch the Sound, The Lives of Others, Never Look Away, and I Was, I Am, I Will Be 25.10.2019

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 acclaimed documentary Touch the Sound , the Oscar-winning The Lives of Othe...

Jasper Wolf - Dutch Cinematographer - Life in One Day, Code Blue, Atlantic, Brothers, Open Seas, Monos, and Instinct 18.10.2019

Jasper's notable feature film work includes Life in One Day , Code Blue , Atlantic , Brothers , and Open Seas . His work on Code Blue and more recently Open Seas won him best cinematography awards at the Dutch Film Awards . His most recently-released film is the critically acclaimed, Monos , directed by Alejandro Landes , winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance and garnering rave reviews in t...

David Bickerstaff - Film Director in the UK - Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Michelangelo: Love and Death, and Van Gogh and Japan 11.10.2019

  David's documentary work and video installations include the projects: The Lukhang , Heavy Water: A film for Chernobyl , and Making War Horse . David's work for the Exhibition on Screen series includes Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse , Michelangelo: Love and Death , and most recently Van Gogh & Japan .

Gene Park - Sound Designer - Elvis and Nixon, Thoroughbreds, A Vigilante, The Mountain, Midsommar, The Farewell 04.10.2019

Gene studied and worked as a musician before transitioning to sound design and running the studio Toneburst Audio . Gene's recent film credits include Elvis & Nixon , A Vigilante , Thoroughbreds , The Mountain , Midsommar , and The Farewell . His upcoming film projects include Goldie and Bad Education .

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