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
Jacob Ribicoff - Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor - The Hours, The Darjeeling Limited, Revolutionary Road, Buck, Leviathan, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Light Between Oceans, and Manchester By The Sea 09.11.2016 29:01
Jacob's work in sound started in the early 1990s with a Foley Supervisor role on the documentary, Brother's Keeper . His earlier work includes the role of Foley Editor on The Cider House Rules , Sound Editor on Startup.com , Foley Editor on Gangs of New York , Sound Editor on Kissing Jessica Stein , and Supervising Sound Editor on The Hours . Jacob's further projects and roles in sound include: So...
Marion Boyce - Australian Costume Designer - Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Zeus and Roxanne, Salem's Lot, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and The Dressmaker 02.11.2016 29:01
Internationally recognized for her work, Marion has many film, mini-series and television credits to her name. These include: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles , Salem's Lot , Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King , and The Hollowmen . More recently, Marion has worked on Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and the Australian feature film, The Dressmaker .
Alexandra Schaller - Production Designer - The Heart Machine, La Vida Inesperada, Custody, Maggie's Plan, and Little Men 26.10.2016 29:01
Alexandra is originally from London and currently living in New York. She specializes in the creation of immersive worlds for films, commercials and events. Alexandra has worked on short film projects and in the commercial space on projects including Facebook , Squarespace , Dell , and Hitachi , and visual merchandising for Roberto Cavalli . Alexandra's feature film projects in varied genres inclu...
Pedro Rivero - Writer, Producer, and Director of Animation in Basque - Goomer, La Crisis Carnivora, Birdboy, Unicorn Blood, and Psychonautas 19.10.2016 29:01
Pedro was the screenwriter for several television animated series and for the feature film Goomer which one the Goya Award for the Best Spanish Animated Feature Film. Pedro was producer, director and screenwriter of La Crisis Carnvora in 2007, the first Spanish feature film in Flash animation for theaters. He is author of theatrical plays and comic books and had more recently been collaborating wi...
Barry Alexander Brown - Film Editor and Director - The War at Home, Salaam Bombay, Do the Right Thing, The Who's Tommy, Malcolm X, Detachment, The Giver, and The Queen of Katwe 12.10.2016 29:01
As a film director, Barry co-directed the Oscar nominated documentary film The War at Home in 1979. Some of Barry's other film directing credits include The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey , the feature film Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control , and the documentary Sidewalk . Barry's projects for Spike Lee over the years include: She's Gotta Have It , Do the Right Thing , Malcolm X...
Jason Kisvarday - Production Designer - The Chronicles of Riddick, Escape From Tomorrow, The Greasy Strangler, and Swiss Army Man 05.10.2016 29:01
Jason has worked on music videos for bands like Placebo , Passion Pit , The Arcade Fire , and DJ Snake and Lil Jon . He was worked on many commercials and including those featuring icons like Mr. T (for Fairfield Inn ) and Weird Al Yankovic (for Radio Shack ). For feature films, he has worked in the art department including as a Model Maker on The Chronicles of Riddick and in Props on Escape From...
Tanja Grunwald - Danish Casting Director - A Royal Affair, The Hunt, Sorrow and Joy, A War, and The Commune 28.09.2016 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...
Louize Nissen - Danish Costume Designer - Worlds Apart, Kon-Tiki, Antboy, A War, Walk With Me 21.09.2016 29:01
Louize has worked as a costume designer in a broad range of genres, from science fiction/fantasy to medieval and contemporary, from big to low budget. Having both Danish and US citizenship, she is able to work on locations internationally. Louize is also the co-owner of a large costume house in Copenhagen holding a sizeable collection of period and contemporary costumes. Louize has been nominated...
Nicholas Britell - Pianist, Composer, & Producer - Gimme The Loot, 12 Years A Slave, Whiplash, The Big Short, A Tale Of Love And Darkness, and The Seventh Fire 14.09.2016 29:01
Nicholas has scored for several feature films including Gimme The Loot , 12 Years A Slave , The Big Short , A Tale Of Love And Darkness , and The Seventh Fire . Nicholas was involved as a producer for both the short and feature film version of the acclaimed film Whiplash , for which he also wrote and produced pieces for the soundtrack. In addition to his film work, Nicholas is a Founding Member o...
Richard van Oosterhout - Belgian based Cinematographer - Rosie, Wolfsbergen, Nowhere Man, Little Black Spiders, and Love & Friendship 07.09.2016 29:01
Richard moved to filmmaking, first as Production Designer, later Key Grip, Camera Assistant, and finally as a Cinematographer. Richard has shot over 25 feature films, usually European co-productions, both arthouse and more mainstream productions. His breakthrough came with the multi award-winning feature, Rosie . Richard's film work over the years included: Guernsey , Wolfsbergen , Nowhere Man , L...
Yorgos Mavropsaridis - Greek Film Editor - A Touch of Spice, Dogtooth, Alps, The Enemy Within, Sivas, The Lobster, and the upcoming Ana Yurdu 31.08.2016 29:01
Yorgos' projects over the years have included: A Touch of Spice , Dogtooth , Alps , The Enemy Within , and Modris . Yorgos' more recent projects have included: Sivas , The Sentimentalists , Chevalier , The Lobster , and the upcoming Ana Yurdu .
Anna Rackard - Irish Art Director and Production Designer - The Butcher Boy, Ondine, Stella Days, and Love & Friendship 24.08.2016 29:01
Anna has worked as an Art Director and Production Designer in feature film, TV drama, and commercials. Anna's television drama work includes A Dangerous Fortune for ZDF , Foyle's War for ITV and George Gently for the BBC . Anna's work as art director has included projects like Neil Jordan's award winning film The Butcher Boy and more recently on King Arthur for director Antoine Fuqua . Anna's work...
Lucien Harriot - Visual Effects Supervisor - Bamboozled, Last Stand of the 300, American Ultra, and Life, Animated 17.08.2016 29:01
Lucien has been developing computer graphics and effects techniques over the past 25 years and is as comfortable leading production in the studio with a team of computer artists as he is on the set of feature films. Over the past 20 years, Lucien via Mechanism Digital have produced thousands of 3D animations and visual effects for premiere network programming, television commercials and feature f...
Walter Fasano - Italian Film Editor - Mother of Tears, I Am Love, Unlikely Revolutionaries, A Magnificent Haunting, A Five Star Life, Bertolucci on Bertolucci, Antonia, A Bigger Splash, and the upcoming, Call Me by Your Name 10.08.2016 29:01
Walter's projects over the years have included: Mother of Tears , I Am Love , Unlikely Revolutionaries , and A Magnificent Haunting . Walter's more recent projects have included: A Five Star Life , the documentary Bertolucci on Bertolucci (which he also co-directed), Antonia , Bota , Io e Lei , and A Bigger Splash . Walter continues his work with director Luca Guadagnino on the upcoming film Call...
Stephani Lewis - Costume Designer - Blue Valentine, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The History of Future Folk, Ping Pong Summer, and Swiss Army Man 03.08.2016 29:01
Over the years, Stephani has worked as an assistant customer designer work on Cold Souls , Carriers , Blue Valentine , and Place Behind the Pines and as costume designer work on Beasts of the Southern Wild , See Girl Run , The History of Future Folk , and The Harvest . More recently Stephani worked as costume designer on: Ping Pong Summer , The David Dance , The Town That Dreaded Sundown , Siniste...
Art Pierce - Executive Director at Capitol Theatre - Home of Capitolfest, a silent & early film festival 27.07.2016 29:01
Art has been the executive director of the Capitol Theatre since 2004 and the 1728 seat theatre began back in 1928. Capitol Theatre regularly screens archival 35mm prints of classic films with carbon arc projection and silent films with live theatre organ accompaniment with their original installation organ from 1928. They have full pit orchestra used for SummerStage musical theater productions....
Avy Kaufman - Casting Director - Life Of Pi, Dogville, The End Of The Tour, Love Is Strange, Lincoln, Shame, and A Bigger Splash 20.07.2016 29:01
Avy , based in NYC, has cast dozens of films since starting in the industry in the late 1980s. She has worked with many acclaimed directors including: Ang Lee , Steven Spielberg , Lars von Trier , Ira Sachs , and James Ponsoldt . Avy's casting credits over the years include: The Sixth Sense , Life of Pi , Lincoln , Dogville , Smashed , The Skeleton Twins , Europa Report , and Shame . Some of her m...
Dylan Reeve - New Zealand based Director and Editor - Tickled 13.07.2016 29:01
With a background in graphic design, marketing, web development and IT, Dylan has worked as a television editor and post-production supervisor. Dylan currently works as Head of Post-Production on the New Zealand serial drama Shortland Street , producing 250 half-hour episodes of scripted drama in 49 weeks each year. Dylan has recently partnered with David Farrier to co-direct the feature documenta...
Jakob Ihre - Swedish Cinematographer - Reprise, A Family, Nokas, Oslo, August 31st, Lola Versus, Quitters, The End of the Tour, and Louder Than Bombs 06.07.2016 29:01
Jakob's projects over the years have included: Reprise , A Family , Nokas , and Oslo, August 31st including working with Joachim Trier over the years. Some of Jakob's more current projects include: Lola Versus , The End of the Tour , Quitters , and the recently released, Louder Than Bombs .
Louise Kiely - Irish Casting Director - 32A, Death of a Superhero, Parked, What Richard Did, Sing Street, Irish casting for The Lobster, Redwater, and the upcoming Handsome Devil 29.06.2016 29:01
Louise has a Degree in Law from University College Cork . She then trained at The Gaiety School of Acting . She was an Actor for a short period before setting up Louise Kiely Casting in 2005. Louise Kiely Casting provides an efficient and innovative service combining our creative and administrative talents. Louise has worked on the following projects over the years include: 32A , Death of a Super...
Jim Denault - Cinematographer - Boys Don't Cry, Maria Full Of Grace, Six Feet Under, Game Change, Trumbo, and All The Way 22.06.2016 29:01
Jim got his start shooting distinctive independent features and has gone on to photograph in a wide range of film and television genres. One of Jim's earlier projects was the film Nadja , which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography in 1996. Some of Jim's other earlier work includes the films Clockwatchers , Boys Don't Cry , and The Believer . Jim's television work o...
Steve Cosens - Director of Photography - Flower & Garnet, The Tracey Fragments, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Music From The Big House, Citizen Gangster, Born to Be Blue, and the upcoming Mean Dreams 15.06.2016 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, Durham Co...
John Axelrad - Film Editor - We Own The Night, Two Lovers, Crazy Heart, The Immigrant, Rudderless, Krampus, and Miles Ahead 08.06.2016 29:01
John attended the USC School of Cinema-Television Production . Early on in his career, John was an assistant editor on varied projects including earlier films for Steven Soderbergh like Out of Sight and Erin Brocovich . John's projects over the years, include: We Own The Night , Two Lovers , Crazy Heart , and The Immigrant . Some of John's more recent projects include: Rudderless , a music related...
Shane Valentino - Production Designer and Art Director - Ball Don't Lie, Beginners, John Carter, The Normal Heart, Straight Outta Compton, and the upcoming, Nocturnal Animals 01.06.2016 29:01
Earlier on, Shane collaborated with some of NYC's independent premier production companies and relocated from New York City to Los Angeles then working in the art department on films for Alejandro Agresti and Christopher Nolan . On the West Coast, Shane worked as a production designer on such films as Talmage Cooley's film, Taking Chances , Brin Hill's film, Ball Don't Lie and the television ser...
Kristian Eidnes Andersen - Danish Sound Designer and Composer for Lars Von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, and Nicolas Winding Refn 25.05.2016 29:01
Kristian has been a sound designer on more than 90 films including a long list of Lars Von Trier's productions like Dancer in the Dark , Dogville , Antichrist , Melancholia , and Nymphomaniac . He has also headed the sound design department at The National Film School of Denmark . In addition, Kristian has worked on both larger productions with directors such as Susanne Bier , Thomas Vinterberg ,...
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