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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Kris Fenske - Sound Designer - The Hunger Games, Deepwater Horizon, Pawn Sacrifice, Nocturnal Animals, Snowden, It Comes at Night, and IT 26.10.2017 29:01
Kris grew up around Manitoba, Canada. He currently works out of New York and Los Angeles. Kris has worked in sound on around two hundred projects in film, television, video games, and more. Kris has worked as sound designer for films including: The Hunger Games , Pawn Sacrifice , Nocturnal Animals , and Snowden . Some film projects Kris has done sound effects editing for include: The Revenant , D...
Marco Foglia - Animator and VFX Artist - Rango, A Monster Calls, Alien: Covenant, War for the Planet of the Apes, Blade Runner 2049 19.10.2017 29:01
Marco has been an animator for over 18 years, working on a variety of different productions including television, video games, and feature films. Marco's film credits include: Rango , Pan , Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , and the acclaimed, A Monster Calls . More recently, Marco was head of the animation department at MPC for films such as Ghost in the Shell , Alien: Covenant , War for...
Jason Ballantine - Editor - Wolf Creek, Wish You Were Here, The Great Gatsby, and IT 12.10.2017 29:01
Jason's earlier work includes assistant editing on films such as Babe and Babe: Pig In The City , Moulin Rouge , and Australia . His earlier work as lead editor includes Wolf Creek , Caterpillar Wish , The Great Gatsby for Baz Luhrmann , and Wish You Were Here . Jason's most recent work includes the horror film It , based on Stephen King's book about a demonic clown who hunts children, and the po...
Brett Pawlak - Cinematographer - Short Term 12, Hellion, The Glass Castle, All We Had, and Unicorn Store 05.10.2017 29:01
Brett's films include four films with director Destin Daniel Cretton , including Short Term 12 , I Am Not A Hipster , and The Glass Castle . Some of Brett's other work included: The Meddler , Kat Candlers' film Hellion , Katie Holmes' directorial debut, All We Had , and the TV mini-series H+ . Brett worked again with Brie Larson on her acclaimed directorial debut, Unicorn Store .
Steve Cosens - Director of Photography - Flower & Garnet, The Tracey Fragments, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Citizen Gangster, Preggoland, Born to Be Blue, Mean Dreams, and Cardinal 28.09.2017 29:01
Steve has long been creating striking images with his cinematography in such films as Flower & Garnet , Seven Times Lucky , and The Dark Hours . Steve worked on iconic Canadian Director Bruce McDonald's film, The Tracey Fragments , pushing the boundaries of cinema, as well as and the award winning debut from Charles Officer, Nurse. Fighter. Boy . Steve's work on the Canadian TV series, ...
Claude Pare - Production Designer - The Aviator, Night at the Museum, Barney's Version, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Age of Adaline, and It 21.09.2017 29:01
Claude's film work as Art Director includes Shadow of the Wolf and The Aviator , which won an Oscar for art direction. Claude's work as Production Designer includes films such as Night at the Museum , Barney's Version , and Rise of The Planet of The Apes . Claude has most recently worked on The Age of Adaline , the adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel IT , and the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoeni...
Alexis & Sam - Film & TV Composers - Farah Goes Bang, Lila and Eve, Equity, Looking at the Stars, Animal Kingdom television series 14.09.2017 29:01
Alexis Marsh and Samuel Jones , together are known as Alexis & Sam , as musicians and as film and television composer team. Alexis & Sam began collaborating in 2010 after attending USC's Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television program. Sharing a background in jazz, pop and avant-garde music, they specialize in producing scores that feature live performance, improvisation, and contemporary sounds...
Mirren Gordon-Crozier - Costume Designer - Short Term 12, Meadowland, Lowriders, The Glass Castle, Unicorn Store, and I Think We're Alone Now 07.09.2017 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 LA 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 . Additionally, she worked on the accl...
Katy Wang and Elisa Talentino - Womanimation! 2017 Participants 31.08.2017 29:01
Womanimation! 2017 is an international film festival featuring animated short film stories directed by women and participants Katy Wang and Elisa Talentino were interviewed. Based in London, and with a background in Film Photography, Illustration, and Animation, Katy is a recent graduate of Kingston University with a first class degree in Illustration Animation . Katy's work includes the mini gr...
Stephen O'Connell - Irish Film Editor - West Is West, Titanic: Blood and Steel, Viva, Maudie, Howard's End, and The Man Who Invented Christmas 24.08.2017 29:01
Stephen has edited a wide variety of projects, from documentaries to television series to miniseries to feature films. Stephen has collaborated with several directors on multiple projects, including Andy de Emmony on such projects as Framed and West Is West , Ciaran Donnelly on Camelot and Titanic Blood and Steel , and Aisling Walsh on Damage and more recently Maudie . Maudie , an Irish and Canad...
Slava Tsukerman - Director, Writer, and Producer - Perestroika, Stalin's Wife, Poor Liza, Liquid Sky 17.08.2017 29:01
Originally from the Soviet Union, Slava made several films there before emigrating to Israel and continuing his film work. Slava eventually moved to New York City in the 1970s and co-wrote, produced and directed the film Liquid Sky , an enduring and influential low-budget science fiction visual feast. Some further films Slava directed include Poor Liza , the documentary Stalin's Wife , and Pere...
Britt Raes and Lori Malepart-Traversy - Womanimation! 2016 and 2017 Audience Award Winners 10.08.2017 29:01
We interviewed with two 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 latest film is Catherine , winner of the audience award for Womanimation! 2017 . Britt loves drawing and telling stories, working in animation and collaborating in graphic design....
Dotty Kultys and Aliona Baranova - Womanimation! 2017 Participants 03.08.2017 29:01
We interviewed participants in Womanimation! , an international film festival highlighting animated film stories, created by women. With a background in theater, Dotty Kultys graduated from the University of the West of England with an MA in Animation. She's worked on short films, commercial videos, and theater projections. Dotty's most recent project is the short film The Hunchback and the Swan...
Guy Godfree - Canadian Cinematographer - Wet Bum, Natasha, Suck It Up, Maudie, and The Parting Glass 27.07.2017 29:01
(Photo by Sabrina Lantos) Guy is originally from the maritime province of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an alum of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and is a member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers . He currently splits his time between New York City and Toronto. Guy has worked on several short films, including The Warren , The Underground , Frost , and The Archivist , which won a...
Chris Robinson - Writer & Artistic Director of Ottawa International Animation Festival 20.07.2017 29:01
Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest and oldest animation festival in North America and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016. In addition to his role at the Ottawa International Animation Festival , Chris regularly contributes to Animation World Network. Chris has written several books including: Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy , Unsung Heroes of Anim...
Sean Porter - Cinematographer - Eden, It Felt Like Love, Kumiko The Treasure Hunter, Green Room, 20th Century Women, and Rough Night 13.07.2017 29:01
Sean has been chosen as one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema and listed in Variety's 10 Cinematographers to Watch . Sean's film credits include Eden , Kumiko The Treasure Hunter , and It Felt Like Love , which garnered Sean an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Cinematography. More recent film projects Sean has shot include the thriller Green Room for Jeremy Sau...
Sally Levi - Set Decorator - Five Nights in Maine, Heaven's Floor, It Comes At Night, Patti Cake$, and Spinning Man 06.07.2017 29:01
Sally's film projects include Five Nights in Maine , Heaven's Floor , and The Boy Downstairs . In addition to her film work, Sally has worked commercials and music videos as well as several art installations. One of Sally's most recent projects as set decorator is the film It Comes At Night starring Joel Edgerton as a man living with his family in a remote cabin after an apparent plague has deci...
Nicolas Bolduc - Cinematographer from Montreal - The Banquet, City of Shadows, War Witch, Enemy, Louis Cyr, Aloft, Two Lovers And A Bear, and Chuck 29.06.2017 29:01
Nicolas' work over the years has included the films: Eve and the Fire Horse , The Banquet , Next Floor , City of Shadows , Before My Heart Falls , and War Witch . Nicolas' more recent projects include: Enemy , Louis Cyr , Aloft , and Two Lovers and a Bear for director, Kim Nguyen . Nicolas has also worked on Chuck (The Bleeder) for Oscar nominated director, Philippe Falardeau .
Evgueni Galperine - Film Composer - Lan, The Past, La Famille Belier, The Whole Truth, The Wizard of Lies, and Loveless 24.06.2017 29:01
Some of Evgueni and his brother Sacha's scores include Lan by Wenli Jiang , The Past by Asghar Farhadi , the drama La Famille Belier by Eric Lartigau , the French TV Series Baron Noir , and the courtroom thriller The Whole Truth . More recently, the brothers have scored the HBO drama about Bernie Maddoff called The Wizard of Lies and the upcoming drama Loveless by acclaimed Russian director Andre...
Matthew Hannam - Canadian Film Editor - Enemy, James White, Swiss Army Man, It Comes At Night, and Wildlife 22.06.2017 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 more recently on the critically acclaimed, It Comes At Night . Matthew'...
Eric Lin - Cinematographer - The Exploding Girl, Rudderless, I Smile Back, Equity, My Blind Brother, and Aardvark 15.06.2017 29:01
Eric earned his MFA in Cinematography from NYU's Graduate Film program, and his feature film work includes The Exploding Girl , Rudderless , and I Smile Back . Eric's recent feature film projects include Meera Menon's Equity , My Blind Brother , and Aardvark , starring Zachary Quinto .
Vanessa Gould - Documentary Filmmaker - Between The Folds and Obit 01.06.2017 29:01
Currently based in Brooklyn, Vanessa studied piano at the New England Conservatory , and art history, architecture and physics at Columbia University . Her first documentary film was the Peabody-award winning Between the Folds . Between the Folds has been translated into over ten languages and broadcast in dozens of countries as well as screening at international film festivals. Vanessa was a feat...
Diane Lederman - Set Decorator and Production Designer - I Shot Andy Warhol, Summer of Sam, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Equity, and 13 Reasons Why 25.05.2017 29:01
Diane's Set Decorator work over the years has included: I Shot Andy Warhol , The Funeral , Summer of Sam , Before the Devil Knows You're Dead , Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , Limitless , and Lee Daniels' The Butler . Her Television credits include Production Design work on the television series The Naked Brothers Band , The Americans , and Set Decoration work on the television movie, Phil Spec...
Tanja Grunwald - Danish Casting Director - A Royal Affair, The Hunt, Sorrow and Joy, April 9th, A War, Dicte - Crime Reporter, and The Commune 18.05.2017 29:01
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanja began her career as a casting director in 1998, and currently runs Another Casting Company along with Stine Bruel and Saskia Fahlsten . Some of Tanja's film projects include: A Royal Affair , The Hunt , Sorrow and Joy , A War , and April 9th . Tanja's television projects include the series: Anna Pihl , Mikkel og guldkortet , and Those Who Kill . More recently, T...
Michael Dudok de Wit - Oscar winning Animator, Director, and Illustrator - The Monk and the Fish, Father and Daughter, The Aroma of Tea, and The Red Turtle 11.05.2017 29:01
Born and raised in the Netherlands, Michael attended the Geneva School of Fine Arts in Switzerland before graduating from the West Surrey College of Art in England with his first film in 1978. Michael is presently based in London where he directs and animates award-winning commercials for television and cinema. Michael's earlier animated shorts include Tom Sweep and The Monk and the Fish , which w...
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