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
Natalie O'Brien - Costume Designer - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ingrid Goes West, The Bad Batch, and Lizzie 11.10.2018 29:01
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...
Jeff Russo - Musician and Composer - Tonic, TV series Fargo and Power, and the films Hondros, Lizzie, Mile 22, and Pale Blue Dot 04.10.2018 29:01
After performing with the Grammy-nominated rock band Tonic for several years, Jeff has scored varied and compelling music for television, film and video games. Some of Jeff's television projects include Necessary Roughness , The Returned for A&E , Power for Starz Network , and Star Trek: Discovery for CBS, Waco for Paramount and Fargo , for which he won an Emmy for composition. Jeff's film work ha...
Jeff Springer - Director, Cinematographer, and Editor - Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, and Rodents of Unusual Size 27.09.2018 29:01
Jeff was born in an abandoned town in the California desert, raised in Hawaii, and educated at USC Film School . After working at a dilapidated film studio in Russia, he began to edit for the likes of NBC , Paramount , Warner Bros , Capitol Records , and Lucasfilm's Skywalker Ranch . Craving the unexpected, Jeff directed the offbeat feature documentary Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea , whi...
Matthew Newman - Film Editor - Bronson, Valhalla Rising, Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado 20.09.2018 29:01
Mat began his career as a production assistant on the film Gangs of New York , where he was mentored by legendary DP, Michael Ballhaus . After starting out as an editor primarily for commercials, a chance encounter with Director Nicolas Winding Refn led him to his first film project, Bronson , starring Tom Hardy . Mat continued to work with Nicolas on his films Valhalla Rising , Drive , Only...
Alfonso de Vilallonga - Spanish Film Composer - My Life Without Me, Transsiberian, Blancanieves, Abracadabra, The Bookshop 13.09.2018 29:01
Alfonso was born in Barcelona studied music writing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He created the music for several films over the years by Isabel Coixet including Things I Have Never Told You , My Life Without Me , and Yesterday Never Ends . Alfonso's other film scores include Hours of Light , Princesas , Transsiberian , Blancanieves , Abracadabra , and upcoming documentary about pa...
Federico Jusid - Argentinian Film Composer - The Secret in Their Eyes, Loving Pablo, Neruda, Isabel, and Life Itself 06.09.2018 29:01
Federico is best known for scoring the Oscar -winning film The Secret in Their Eyes , which Federico composed with Emilio Kauderer . He won several international awards for the score, including the award for Best Music from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina . Federico's other work includes the Spanish historical fiction series Isabel , as well as Carlos, Rey Emperador...
Grace Yun - Production Designer - Damsels in Distress, Beach Rats, First Reformed, and Hereditary 30.08.2018 29:01
Grace earned her BFA at Parsons School of Design , and started her career in the Art Department on films such as Whit Stillman's Damsels In Distress and Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk With Me . From there, she moved on to serve as Production Designer on several feature length films, including Paul Schrader's Dog Eat Dog , Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats , Paul Schrader's First Reformed and Ari Aster's Her...
Alexandra Harwood - Film Composer - Neck and Neck, Growing Up Wild, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 23.08.2018 29:01
Alexandra is a classically trained composer, a graduate of the Royal College of Music , The Juilliard School , and the National Film and Television School , and she is a member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers . Recent projects for Alexandra include the scores for award winning animated short, Neck and Neck , directed by Shaun Clark , and Growing Up Wild , a feature documentary for Disney...
Ryan Warren Smith - Production Designer - Wendy and Lucy, Green Room, Lean on Pete, True Detective Season 3, and the upcoming Hold the Dark 16.08.2018 29:01
Ryan began his film career as an on-set dresser working alongside high profile directors such as Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant . His first film as Production Designer was Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed film Wendy and Lucy , starring Michelle Williams . Ryan's work as Production Designer on feature films includes the Polsky Brother's The Motel Life , For Ellen , directed by So Yong Kim , Jeremy Saulnier'...
Eduardo Serrano - Brazilian Film Editor - Housemaids, August Winds, Elephant's Dream, Neon Bull, Aquarius, and Djon Africa 09.08.2018 29:01
Eduardo has a Master's Degree in Editing from the National Film School in England . His first feature film, Eles Voltam known as They Will Return for Marcelo Lordello premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival . For Gabriel Mascaro , Eduardo edited Housemaids and August Winds , and the more recently Neon Bull with Fernando Epstein . He also worked at the documentaries The Perfect...
Paul Saunderson - British Film Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist - 100 Streets, Starfish, Three Identical Strangers, and The More You Ignore Me 02.08.2018 29:01
Paul's work includes Jim O'Hanlon's 100 Streets , Bill Clark's heartbreaking true story, Starfish , Justin Edgar's noir thriller, The Marker , and John Shackleton's psychological gothic horror, The Sleeping Room . More recently, Paul scored the award-winning documentary Three Identical Strangers , the thriller Winter Ridge , and collaborated with musicians Guy Garvey and Peter Jobson on an adaptat...
Yves Cape - Belgian Cinematographer - Ma Vie en Rose, The Buffalo Boy, Flanders, White Material, Violette, Chronic, The Midwife, April's Daughter, and The Prayer 26.07.2018 29:01
Yves' vocation was inspired by an initial visit to the US before studying photography in Brussels and winning the Prix Dumeunier in 1982 and attending INSAS film school in Brussels. Yves' work on award-winning films over the years includes: Ma Vie en Rose , Humanite , Yellowknife , The Buffalo Boy , Flanders , Persecution , Hadewijch , White Material , Violette , and The Nun . More recently, Yve...
Graham Willoughby - Director of Photography - The Black List, 20 Feet from Stardom, The Music of Strangers, Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal, and Won't You Be My Neighbor? 19.07.2018 29:01
Graham's television work includes The Black List , Cocaine: A History Between the Lines and Can't Get a Date . He shot the Oscar -winning documentary, 20 Feet from Stardom for Morgan Neville . Graham's has a passions for working with musicians, including Nina Persson of The Cardigans , FisherSpooner , Nicole Atkins and cellist Yo Yo Ma on The Music of Strangers . Graham's further collaborations w...
Anne Nikitin - Canadian Composer based in the UK - The Imposter, Dark Horse, Sanctuary, American Animals, and Calibre 12.07.2018 29:01
Anne has written countless scores for films and TV, starting with the BAFTA -winning thrilling documentary, The Imposter . Other highlights of Anne's work include Dark Horse, Sanctuary (Freistatt) , and This Beautiful Fantastic , a modern-day fairytale. Most recently, Anne scored the acclaimed heist film American Animals , the dark thriller Calibre , and the upcoming documentary The Serengeti Ru...
Denis Schnegg - Supervising Art Director - 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Phantom Thread, and The Girl in the Spider's Web 05.07.2018 29:01
Originally from Germany, Denis moved to London in 2000 and has been working in the film industry ever since, on projects both small and large, in countries all over Europe, as Supervising Art Director. Denis has worked around the world including Italy, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Hungary, South Africa and Namibia. His film work includes 28 Days Later , The Constant Gardener , Sunshi...
Olga Mill - Costume Designer - Dog Eat Dog, Beach Rats, First Reformed, and Hereditary 28.06.2018 29:01
After earning an MFA in Costume Design from the NYU Tisch School of The Arts , Olga began her career as an Assistant Costume Designer on several television series including Boardwalk Empire and The Get Down . Olga has worked with director Paul Schrader on his films Dog Eat Dog and First Reformed . She also costumed Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats , and Ari Aster's acclaimed film Hereditary . Olga com...
Veronique Melery - Set Decorator and Production Designer - Ma Vie en Rose, A Very Long Engagement, I Am a Soldier, Jackie, and Phantom Thread 21.06.2018 29:01
Veronique has worked as a Production Designer on films like Ma Vie en Rose and I Am A Soldier along with further focus as a Set Decorator on many acclaimed films over the years. Veronique's projects as Set Decorator encompass varied themes, time periods, and locations, including the films A Very Long Engagement , Marie Antoinette , Cheri , and Bicycling with Moliere . More recently, she worked on...
Britt Raes and Lori Malepart-Traversy - Past Womanimation! Film Festival Audience Award Winners 14.06.2018 29:01
We interviewed with two past audience award winners in the Womanimation! film festival, an international film festival highlighting animated film stories, created by women. Our first guest was Britt Raes , from Belgium, whose film is Catherine , was the winner of the audience award for Womanimation! 2017 . She is creating the Womanimation! 2018 Audience Award. Catherine has won jury award...
Perry Robertson - Supervising Sound Editor - Black Hawk Down, Lars and the Real Girl, Juno, Up in the Air, Jeff Who Lives at Home, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Wonder, and Tully 07.06.2018 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 , The Hollars , and Trumbo . Perry has worked over the years with Jason Reitman , on Juno , Thank You For Smoking , Up in the Air , Labor Day , and more recently Tully and the...
Jonathan Alberts - Film Editor - Wristcutters: A Love Story, Like Crazy, 45 Years, and Lean on Pete 31.05.2018 29:01
Jonathan's feature film work includes Wristcutters: A Love Story, The High Cost Of Living , Breathe In , and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy . Jonathan has collaborated with director Andrew Haigh on the HBO series Looking , the film 45 Years starring Charlotte Rampling , and most recently the gritty coming of age tale Lean on Pete . Jonathan has recently been working on Wash Wes...
Denson Baker - Cinematographer - The Black Balloon, Oranges and Sunshine, The Dark Horse, Measure of a Man, and Ophelia 24.05.2018 29:01
Born in New Zealand and having grown up in Western Australia, Denson is an award winning cinematographer of international feature films, music videos, documentaries & commercials, who has worked around the world including Europe, the US, India, Australia and New Zealand. Denson was accredited by the Australian Cinematographers Society in 2005 and in 2015 he was accredited by the New Zealand Cinem...
Paul Harrod - Production Designer - The PJs, Gary and Mike, Slacker Cats, and Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs 17.05.2018 29:01
Paul has worked for nearly three decades as a Designer, Art Director and director of both animated and live action projects, with a special emphasis on stop-motion animation. His television working includes The PJs , Gary and Mike , and Slacker Cats , as well as several commercial spots. Paul's most recent project has been as co-Production Designer on the acclaimed Wes Anderson stop-motion featur...
Keith Fraase - Film Editor - Tree of Life, To The Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song, Long Strange Trip, and Chappaquiddick 10.05.2018 29:01
Keith has worked on several projects for Terrence Malick over the years, including The Tree of Life , To the Wonder , Knight of Cups , Voyage of Time , and Song to Song . More recent editing projects for Keith include the Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip , and the narrative feature film Chappaquiddick , about Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claimed the life...
Josefin Asberg - Swedish Production Designer and Art Director - Lilya 4-Ever, The King of Ping Pong, Mammoth, Monica Z, Force Majeure, and The Square 03.05.2018 29:01
Josefin's projects include as Art Director on Lilya 4-Ever and Art Director and as Production Designer for The King of Ping Pong , Mammoth , The Quiet Roar , and Up In The Blue . In 2013, Josefin was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Art Direction on Monica Z . She worked with Ruben Ostlund on Force Majeure , designing sets based on alpine settings. They again collaborated more recently...
Arad Sawat - Israeli Production Designer - Footnote, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Norman, Foxtrot, and Beirut 26.04.2018 29:01
Arad has worked around the world, including the US, Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria, Morocco, Japan, Singapore, India, and China. His production design work includes the films Footnote and Norman for writer/director Joseph Cedar . Arad's other recent films include A Tale of Love and Darkness for Natalie Portman , Beirut for Brad Anderson and Foxtrot for Samuel Maoz , and the series Absentia . Arad's up...
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