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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Colin Gibson - Australian Art Director and Production Designer - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Babe, Welcome to Woop Woop, Babe Pig In The City, Nim's Island, Careless Love, and Mad Max: Fury Road (on DVD and Digital) 25.11.2015 29:01
Colin's earlier work was in the props department on films including the films: Bliss , Flirting , The Last Days of Chez Nous , and Sirens ; he was also a Supervising Art Director on Young Einstein . Colin has worked as an Art Director on the following: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert , Babe and Babe: Pig in the City , Welcome to Woop Woop , and as Production Designer on the fil...
Ethan Tobman - New York City and Los Angeles based Production Designer from Montreal - Twist, Sorry, Haters, Choking Man, Kill Theory, The Naked Brothers Band, Twelve, What If, The D Train, and Room 18.11.2015 29:01
Ethan attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts and his first short film, Remote , which he wrote, directed and production designed, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival . Ethan's projects over the years, include: Twist , Sorry, Haters , Choking Man , Kill Theory , The Naked Brothers Band series, and Twelve . Some of Ethan's more recent projects include: What If , And So It Goes , The D Train , L...
Bobby Bukowski - Veteran Cinematographer - Anna, Dogfight, Arlington Road, The Minus Man, The Messenger, Rampart, The Iceman, Very Good Girls, Rosewater, Infinitely Polar Bear, Time Out of Mind, and 99 Homes 11.11.2015 29:01
Bobby had worked as photographer's assistant in Paris. Soon after, he archived a Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage, led by the Dalai Lama, to all the sacred Buddhist sites along the Ganges River, marking the first time he had a movie camera in his hand. Bobby's earlier projects over the years include: Anna , Dogfight , Household Saints , Arlington Road , and The Minus Man . In addition, he has worked wi...
Antony Partos - Award winning Australian Composer - Soft Fruit, Garage Days, Unfinished Sky, Animal Kingdom, 33 Postcards, Plot for Peace, The Rover, and 99 Homes 04.11.2015 29:01
Antony's projects over the years include: Praise , Soft Fruit , Garage Days , Walking on Water , The Home Song Stories , Unfinished Sky , Animal Kingdom , and 33 Postcards . Antony's more recent projects include: the documentary Plot for Peace , The Rover , and Ramin Bahrani's acclaimed 99 Homes .
Simon Rouby - French Animator - Adama 28.10.2015 29:01
Some of Simon's earlier animation work includes the short films Blind Spot, a 3d black comedy, and a pair of more experimental films in 2d, Le Presage and La Marche . Simon's most recent project is the feature film Adama . Adama is the 12-year old hero of the story. When his older brother Samba vanishes from their African village, Adama decides to set off in search of him, eventually crossing Euro...
Sue Harding - UK Foley Artist - A Mighty Heart, Becoming Jane, The Broken, In Bruges, The Angel's Share, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Imitation Game, and the upcoming Born to Be Blue 21.10.2015 29:01
Sue has worked on a variety of productions in both film and television, from big budget feature films to independent productions, and she was featured in a documentary short about Foley Artists called The Secret World of Foley . Sue's work over the years includes the features: A Mighty Heart , Becoming Jane , In Bruges , An Englishman in New York , Cheri , Les Miserables , The Pirates! Band of Mis...
Eric Milano - NYC Sound and Foley Artist - Born Into Brothels, Os Desafinados, Gasland, Sunlight Jr., A Most Violent Year, The Wolfpack, Meadowland, and Heartworn Highways Revisited 14.10.2015 29:01
Eric's projects over the years include: Born Into Brothels , Year of the Fish , Os Desafinados , and Sunlight Jr. Eric has more recently worked on the features: Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger , A Most Violent Year , Gasland , The Wolfpack , Meadowland , and Heartworn Highways Revisited .
Review of 2015 Manhattan Short Finalists 07.10.2015 29:01
Manhattan Short screens in late September and early October in cinemas around the world. Audiences in over 250 locations on six continents all vote on their favorite film of the ten finalists, and the votes are tallied at the New York City headquarters to select an overall winner. This year, audiences voted on best acting performance as well as favorite film. I was joined by Spoiler Alert Radio co...
Jakob Ihre - Swedish Cinematographer - Reprise, A Family, Nokas, Oslo, August 31st, Lola Versus, Quitters, The End of the Tour, and Louder Than Bombs 30.09.2015 29:01
Jakob's projects over the years have included: Reprise , A Family , Nokas , and Oslo, August 31st . Some of Jakob's more recent projects include: Lola Versus , The End of the Tour , and the upcoming, Louder Than Bombs and Quitters .
Colleen Sharp - Film Editor - The Silence of the Lambs, Manny & Lo, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Committed, Harvest, Higher Ground, and People Places Things 23.09.2015 29:01
Colleen's projects over the years have included earlier assistant editor work on The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia for editor Craig McKay . In addition, Colleen edited: Manny & Lo , Love! Valour! Compassion! , and Committed . Some of Colleen's more recent projects over the years include: Harvest , Higher Ground , and People Places Things .
Chris Teague - New York City based Cinematographer - Children of Invention, Obvious Child, Bob and the Trees, and People Places Things 16.09.2015 29:01
Chris has worked on a mix of projects over the years including: Children of Invention , La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles , The Porcelain Horse , and The Volunteer . Chris' more recent work includes the following features: Obvious Child , Appropriate Behaviour , The Mend , Bob and the Trees , and People Places Things .
John Simpson - Award winning Foley Artist - Danny Deckchair, King Kong, The World's Fastest Indian, Australia, Mary and Max, The Hobbit films, The Lego Movie, The Water Diviner, and Mad Max: Fury Road 09.09.2015 29:01
John started recording and performing Foley back in 1985 working for the South Australian Film Corporation. He went freelance as a Foley artist in 1987, starting his own company in 1997, FeetnFrames . The FeetnFrames studio is set in remote rural South Australia. The remoteness gives them a great advantage as his team can easily record outside when required. With great recording locations nearby,...
Richard Wong - Cinematographer and Director - COLMA: The Musical, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Yes, We re Open, Soul of a Banquet, Man From Reno, Spare Parts, and Advantageous 02.09.2015 29:01
Richard is an Independent Spirit Award nominated director and cinematographer, whose work includes the films: COLMA: The Musical and Fruit Fly for H.P. Mendoza , and Wayne Wang's films, The Princess of Nebraska and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan . He has worked as a DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) on television shows, most notably Arrested Development . Following these projects, Richard...
Luke Doolan - Australian Film Editor and Director - Miracle Fish, The Square, Animal Kingdom, The Gift 26.08.2015 29:01
Luke spent his early days in feature film assisting legendary editor Jill Bilcock on Moulin Rouge . Luke has previously shot and edited previsualisation on Baz Luhrman's Australia and George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III . Luke has also directed films, including the short film Miracle Fish , which garnered him an Oscar nomination for best short film. Some other projects include the short...
Eugene Gearty - Oscar winning Sound Engineer - Films for: Jim Jarmusch, John Sayles, The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, Lee Daniels, Michel Gondry, Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, and Bill Pohlad (for Love & Mercy) 19.08.2015 29:01
Eugene has worked on many projects for Spike Lee , Martin Scorsese , and Ang Lee over the years. He has also worked on films for Jim Jarmusch , The Coen Brothers , John Sayles , and Lee Daniels . Eugene was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Sound for the film Gangs of New York and he won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing for his work on Martin Scorsese's Hugo . He also won an Emmy...
Ross Emery - Australian born Cinematographer - Dark City, The Matrix Trilogy, Underworld Rise of the Lycans, The Giver, and Woman in Gold 12.08.2015 29:01
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ross learned his early craft with his documentary maker father with an early career working on documentary films in Africa, Asia and South America. Ross' early documentary work progressed to feature film work as first an AC then operator on many high profile projects and working with such esteemed International DPs as William Fraker , Darius Wolski , and Lazlo Kovacs...
Barry Alexander Brown - Film Editor and Director - The War at Home, Salaam Bombay, Do the Right Thing, The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey, Malcolm X, Detachment, and The Giver 05.08.2015 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 . As a film editor, Barry has worked with director Mira Nair on films like Salaam Bombay and the upcoming Q...
Mikael Varhelyi - Swedish Production Designer and Art Director - Adam & Eva, The Reunion, The Swimsuit Issue, The American, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 29.07.2015 29:01
Mikael received his MFA in Industrial Design at Konstfack University College of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm in 1989. Mikael’s film projects over the years includes production design on Adam & Eva , The Reunion , The Threat , and The Swimsuit Issue . Mikael was an Art Director on Anton Corbjin's The American and the Supervising Art Director on David Fincher’s remake of The Girl wit...
Jennifer Phang - Award winning San Francisco based filmmaker - Half Life and Advantageous 22.07.2015 29:01
Jennifer's award-winning debut feature film Half-Life premiered in 2008 at Sundance and Tokyo International, screened at SXSW , and was distributed by the Sundance Channel . Some of Jennifer's other projects include directing and editing the music video Glass Butterfly , and editing and producing the Sundance Short Crazy Beats Strong Every Time . Jennifer won the inaugural San Francisco Film...
Kim Sinclair - Oscar winning Art Director and Production Designer from New Zealand - Cast Away, The Last Samurai, Avatar, Adventures of Tintin, Man of Steel, The Dark Horse, and Slow West 15.07.2015 29:01
Kim's earlier projects include Vertical Limit and Her Majesty shot in New Zealand. Overseas, Kim has often worked largely with local crews, working in South Pacific Fiji on Cast Away , Legend of Zorro in Mexico, and Beyond Borders in Thailand. Kim also created the look of a Japanese village for The Last Samurai , actually built in a valley near New Plymouth. In 2010, Kim was one of thr...
Roland Gallois - Australian Film Editor - Accidents Happen, Samson & Delilah, The Hunter, The Darkside, Words With Gods, Slow West 08.07.2015 29:01
Roland has worked on a variety of award winning narrative and documentary short and feature films over the year. Some of Roland's past projects include the films: Painting with Light in a Dark World , Green Bush , West , Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn , Accidents Happen , Samson & Delilah , Here I Am , and The Hunter . Some of Roland's more recent projects include are The Darkside ,...
Kimberly Reed - Gender Identity and film including Prodigal Sons 01.07.2015 29:01
Kimberly started her career working as a commercial editor and traveled the world directing and producing travel documentaries. Kimberly became an early expert in the field of digital filmmaking and post-production. After transitioning genders, she moved into the world of publishing, as editor-in-chief of DV Magazine . Kim's first feature-length documentary film, Prodigal Sons , tells the s...
Melissa Bruning - Costume Designer - Kissing Jessica Stein, Let Me In, Kill The Irishman, Dawn of The Planet of the Apes, Wild 24.06.2015 29:01
Melissa's career began in NYC, where she designed for several theater, opera and dance companies and later she moved to Los Angeles. Melissa has designed costumes for several successful independent feature films including Parker , Love Ranch , Kissing Jessica Stein , Let Me In , and Kill The Irishman . More recently, Melissa has worked on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Wild , which earne...
Vladan Radovic - Director of Photography from Italy - Saimir, Red Like The Sky, Apartment in Athens, In Treatment, I Can Quit Whenever I Want, Black Souls, and Sworn Virgin 17.06.2015 29:01
In 1999, Vladan started his career as a camera operator working with many Italian and foreign filmmakers in cinema and commercials. Since 2003, Vladan has worked as cinematographer for many important Italian and foreign feature films that have won awards in prestigious International film festivals. Vladan has received many cinematography awards for his films, and his projects over the year...
Steve Hamilton - Film Editor, Sound Designer, and Visual Artist - Eat Drink Man Woman, Palookaville, The Daytrippers, Sense and Sensibility, The Myth of Fingerprints, The Book of Life, Three Seasons, The Girl From Monday, and Meanwhile 10.06.2015 29:01
Steve is a Film Editor, Sound Designer, and Visual Artist, who has more recently trained in the field of Design Research and Thinking at the School of Visual Arts Products of Design MFA program. Steve has collaborated with filmmakers Hal Hartley and Ang Lee , and a variety of choreographers and visual artists. Steve's work has been shown at film festivals and museums throughout the world.
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