MergingArts Productions
Spoiler Alert Radio
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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Episodes
Richard Hicks - Casting Director - Bread and Roses, For Your Consideration, On the Road, Zero Dark Thirty, Hell or High Water, Weightless, O.G., The Mustang 05.04.2019 29:01
As Casting Director, Richard has worked on Ken Loach's Bread and Roses , Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration and A Mighty Wind , Gravity , Zero Dark Thirty , On The Road , Hell or High Water , Reed Morano's Meadowland , and an upcoming live action version of Lady and the Tramp . He was an Emmy winner for HBO's Game Change as well as a three-time Emmy nominee for Recount , Temple Grandin an...
Perry Robertson - Supervising Sound Editor - Black Hawk Down, Juno, Jeff Who Lives at Home, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Wonder, Trumbo, Tully, The Front Runner, The Public 29.03.2019 29:01
Perry worked on a large variety of sizes and genres of productions including Black Hawk Down , The Bourne Identity , Lars and the Real Girl , Rambo , Jeff Who Lives at Home , The Perks of Being a Wallflower , Danny Collins , Trumbo , Room 104 , and Wonder . Perry worked over the years with Jason Reitman , on Juno , Thank You For Smoking , Tully , The Front Runner , and Emilio Est...
Ola Staszko - Polish Costume Designer - Squint Your Eyes, Baby Bump, Once Upon a Time in November, Ida, Cold War, and Mr. Jones 22.03.2019 29:01
Ola has worked on several films for director Andrzej Jakimowski , including Squint Your Eyes , Tricks , Imagine , and Once Upon a Time in November . Ola has worked with Oscar -winning director Pawel Pawlikowski on his films Ida and more recently Cold War and was nominated on both films for a Polish Film Award . Ola's most recent project is Mr. Jones for director Agnieszka Holland , the story of a...
Debbie De Villa - Production Designer - Love the Hard Way, Maria Full of Grace, The Tale, Diane, The Evening Hour 15.03.2019 29:01
Born and raised in NYC, Debbie has worked as Production Designer around the world for over two decades. Debbie's film projects include Love the Hard Way , Skins , Maria Full of Grace , Uncertainty , A Dog Year , and Mean Girls 2 . More recently, Debbie has designed the critically acclaimed film The Tale , directed by Jennifer Fox . Upcoming projects include the award award winning Diane , directe...
Steve Saklad - Production Designer - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Drag Me to Hell, The Muppets, The Front Runner 08.03.2019 29:01
After working in theater, as well as various art department roles including Art Director on several films, Steve began work in feature film production design with Lee Daniel's directorial debut Shadowboxer , and Thank You for Smoking for Jason Reitman , for whom Steve has also designed Juno , Up in the Air , and Labor Day . Steve's other film work includes Drag Me to Hell , The Muppets , 22 Jump S...
Johnny Marshall - Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor - Upstream Color, A Ghost Story, The Old Man and The Gun, and The Vast of Night 01.03.2019 29:01
Johnny is a 30-year veteran Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, and Re-Recording Mixer based in Dallas, Texas. He is the owner and creative head of Marshall Sound Design , specializing in sound design and re-recording for independent films. Johnny's work includes Shane Carruth's Upstream Color , which won a Special Jury Award for Sound Design at Sundance and Daylight's End for William Kau...
Luis Rosales - Mexican Casting Director - The Chosen Ones, Tales of an Immoral Couple, the series Luis Miguel, and Roma 22.02.2019 29:01
Luis has worked with the biggest talent agencies in Mexico, and is known for new talent discovery, including non-professional actors whose passion on storytelling embraced him to develop workshops in several cities and rural communities throughout Mexico. Luis' casting work includes the films The Chosen Ones , Tales of an Immoral Couple , Wind Traces , The Darkest Days of Us , the series Luis Migu...
Christopher Aoun - Cinematographer - Kalveli, Ismaii, Capernaum, and Loved 15.02.2019 29:01
Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Christopher attended Saint Joseph University in Beirut and the University of Television and Film in Munich, Germany. Christopher's feature film projects include the documentary Kalveli: Shadows of the Desert and the acclaimed narrative feature Ismaii , for Philippe Aractingi . Most recently, Christopher shot Nadine Labaki's Oscar and Golden Globe nominated C...
Margaux Rust - Production Designer - Come Swim, Don't Be A Hero, Back Roads, and Clemency 08.02.2019 29:01
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 world...
Sergio Diaz - Mexican Sound Designer and Sound Editor - Pan's Labyrinth, Heli, The Thin Yellow Line, The Untamed, While the Wolf's Away, and Roma 01.02.2019 29:01
Over the last couple decades, Sergio worked in several aspects of sound, from Supervising Dialog and ADR Editor to Supervising Sound Editor to Re-recording Mixer to Sound Designer. He has won or been nominated for several awards including winning the Golden Reel Award from the MPSE for his sound work on Pan's Labyrinth . Sergio has collaborated with renowned directors on films such as Pan's Labyr...
Khaled Mouzanar - Lebanese Film Composer - After Shave, Caramel, Where Do We Go Now?, Rio, I Love You, and Capernaum 25.01.2019 29:01
Khaled's work is rooted in various genres, where Classical, Folk, Contemporary, and Electronic music and flirts with Argentinean Tango and Eastern melodies. Early on, he worked on the acclaimed short film, After Shave . Khaled's feature film score work includes Caramel and Where Do We Go Now? for Nadine Labaki and contributed to Melodrama Habibi and Rio, I Love You . Khaled again worked Nadine La...
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans - Film Composers - Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Wolfpack, Enemy, The Gift, The Fits, Ozark, Boy Erased, The Wolf Hour 18.01.2019 29:01
Danny and Saunder are a team of contemporary film composers based in New York who have been playing music together for over twenty years, including for the instrumental rock band Priestbird . Their film score work Martha Marcy May Marlene , Enemy , The Gift , and the documentary The Wolfpack . Danny and Saunder's television work includes Ozark , The OA , and Fear The Walking Dead . Mor...
Fiona Crombie - Production Designer - The Snowtown Murders, Top of the Lake, Dead Europe, Macbeth, The Favourite, and The King 11.01.2019 29:01
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 has worked on the feature films Mary Magdalene star...
Elizabeth Jones - Production Designer - Damsels in Distress, A Birder's Guide to Everything, Wolves, Lizzie, and Dumplin' 04.01.2019 29:01
Elizabeth's work includes: Whit Stillman's Damsels In Distress , Rob Meyer's A Birders Guide To Everything , and Bart Freundlich's Wolves starring Michael Shannon . More recently, Elizabeth worked on Craig William Macneill's Lizzie starring Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny , Anne Fletcher's Dumplin' starring Danielle MacDonald and Jennifer Aniston for Netflix , and Late Night starring Emma Thomps...
Alexandra Byrne - British Costume Designer - Hamlet, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Doctor Strange, and Mary Queen of Scots 27.12.2018 29:01
Much of Alexandra's film career has focused on creating costumes for historical period dramas. These films include Hamlet , Elizabeth , Finding Neverland , and Elizabeth: The Golden Age . Alexandra's costume design work has earned her four Academy Award nominations, and a win for Elizabeth: The Golden Age . Since 2011, Alexandra has also designed the costumes for many films in the Marvel Cinematic...
Nadim Carlsen - Danish Cinematographer - Pine Ridge, Shelley, Strawberry Days, What Will People Say, Holiday, Border, and Psychosis in Stockholm 20.12.2018 29:01
A graduate of the National Film School of Denmark , Nadim has worked on a wide range of features, documentaries, commercials and promos. Nadim's documentary work includes Pine Ridge , Shoot for the Moon , What He Did , and The Child Soldier's New Job . His narrative feature work includes Shelley , Strawberry Days , and Holiday . More recently, Nadim shot two films which were their nation's submiss...
Noah Greenberg - Director of Photography - The Boy, Camino, Most Beautiful Island, Lizzie, and Tu Me Manques 13.12.2018 29:01
Noah is known for his many collaborations with director Craig William Macneill including the feature films Lizzie and The Boy , the short film Henley , and the Syfy series Channel Zero . Over the years, Noah also filmed the features Camino , Cruise , Most Beautiful Island , and Tu Me Manques .
Elizabeth Warn - Costume Designer - Entertainment, Miss Stevens, The Clapper, Sollers Point, Fast Color, The Mountain, and Charlie Says 06.12.2018 29:01
Born in California, and raised in Costa Rica, Elizabeth started in the non-profit world before making a detour into film. She began her career working on Rick Alverson's feature film Entertainment , the television series Highston , and Lovesong for director So Yong Kim . Elizabeth continued to work on a diverse array of independent films including Miss Stevens , Another Evil , Women Who Kill , Dit...
Dan Butts - Production Designer - Flight of the Concords, State of the Union, Arrested Development, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, The Clapper, and Lady Dynamite 29.11.2018 29:01
Dan shaped his work over the years in film and television with diverse work from Flight of the Concords , Tracy Ullman's State of the Union , Break Point , and Arrested Development . More recently, Dan worked on the feature films Pee-wee's Big Holiday and Dito Montiel's The Clapper , and the Netflix series Lady Dynamite .
Ma Kalaadevi Ananda - Makeup Designer and Artist - Little Women, Pollock, Shame, The East, 12 Years a Slave, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Widows, and the upcoming, Mr. Rogers Project 22.11.2018 29:01
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 more recently Widows , starring Viola Davis . Kalaadevi is known for other projects over the year...
Nina Paley - Cartoonist, Animator, and Free Culture Activist - Sita Sings the Blues, Mimi & Eunice, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, This Land Is Mine, and Seder-Masochism 15.11.2018 29:01
Nina Paley started out as a comic strip artist, including for Fluff and The Hots , as the weekly Nina's Adventures and then shifted to make independent animated films, including the controversial yet popular environmental short, The Stork . In 2002, Nina followed her then-husband to Trivandrum, India , where she read her first Ramayana . This inspired her first feature film, Sita Sings...
Mirren Gordon-Crozier - Costume Designer - Short Term 12, Meadowland, Lowriders, The Glass Castle, I Think We're Alone Now, and the upcoming Teen Spirit 08.11.2018 29:01
Mirren was born and raised in London, and graduated with a BFA in Fashion and Photography from New York's Parsons School of Design before moving to Los Angeles to begin her career as a Costume Designer. Mirren has worked with director Destin Daniel Cretton on his films Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle , and with Reed Morano on Meadowland and I Think We're Alone Now . Mirren worke...
Johannes Stjarne Nilsson - Swedish Director, Writer, and Producer - Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers, Sound of Noise, Rain, and The Bear 01.11.2018 29:01
Johannes received an MFA in Industrial Design from the National College of Arts and Crafts and is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. His work is known to be visually oriented and conceptual, with sparse dialogue and a special focus on sound design and music. Johannes has worked as an independent filmmaker since the mid 1990s and has reached a wide international audience with short films, short...
Matthew Hannam - Canadian Film Editor- Update - Enemy, James White, Swiss Army Man, It Comes At Night, Wildlife, and Vox Lux 25.10.2018 29:01
Based in Toronto and Los Angeles, Matthew has been editing film and television for over the past dozen years and has worked on feature films such as Trigger , I'm Yours , and Antiviral . Matthew edited the acclaimed film Enemy for Denis Villeneuve , for which he won several awards, as well as James White , Swiss Army Man , and on the critically acclaimed, It Comes At Night . Matthew's most recent...
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans - Film Composers - Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Wolfpack, Enemy, The Gift, The Fits, the TV Series Ozark, and Boy Erased 18.10.2018 29:01
Danny and Saunder are a team of contemporary film composers based in New York who have been playing music together for over twenty years, including for the instrumental rock band Priestbird . Their film score work Martha Marcy May Marlene , Enemy , The Gift , and the documentary The Wolfpack . Danny and Saunder's television work includes Ozark , The OA , and Fear The Walking Dead . Upcoming films...
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