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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Bradley King and BP Cooper - Director, Writer, Producer - Time Lapse - in theaters and on VOD 03.06.2015 29:01
Bradley and Cooper have worked on a variety of projects including: Action Figures , Flourish , Cosmic Radio , Drive Time , Requiem , and Cement Suitcase . More recently together they have created the acclaimed unique science fiction/thriller feature, Time Lapse , about three friends that discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for...
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 27.05.2015 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...
Ben Salisbury - Emmy nominated British Composer - The Life of Mammals and Life in the Undergrowth, Life In Cold Blood, Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream, Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega City One, and Ex Machina 20.05.2015 29:01
Ben's notable television credits include the BAFTA nominated David Attenborough series The Life of Mammals and Life in the Undergrowth and the BAFTA winning series Life In Cold Blood . He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score for the Wildlife on One film, Operation Dung Beetle. Ben appears as co-writer, string arranger and musician on the Malachai album Return To The Ugly Side an...
Denis Lenoir - French Director of Photography - Dingo, Uprising, Demonlover, The Clearing, Carlos, A Heavenly Vintage, The Sleeping Beauty, Eden, and the Oscar winning Still Alice 13.05.2015 29:01
Denis' credits over the years include 45 feature films, as well as TV pilots and films for TV, commercials and music videos. Denis won an ASC Award for the miniseries Uprising in 2001 and the Bronze Frog for Demonlover in 2002. Some of Denis' more recent credits include Carlos , The Sleeping Beauty , Eden , and the Oscar winning Still Alice .
Teresa Ann Miller - Animal Trainer for the Film and Television - Cat's Eye, K9, Lethal Weapon 3, A Far Off Place, House of 1000 Corpses, The Invasion, Rex (from Austria), and the Palm Dog winning, White God 06.05.2015 29:01
As an animal trainer, Teresa Ann's projects over the years include: Cat's Eye , K9 , Lethal Weapon 3 , A Far Off Place , House of 1000 Corpses , The Invasion , and the Austrian Rex television series. More recently she worked as an animal trainer on the Cannes Film Festival winning film, White God , featuring 2 lead dogs used, Luke and Body, in conjunction with 200 other shelter dogs acting i...
Marcell Rev - Hungarian Cinematographer - Here I Am, Nekem Budapest, Overdose - Run for a Dream, Kodaly Method, Land of Storms, White God, and the upcoming Balaton Method 29.04.2015 29:01
Marcell's projects as a Director of Photography over the years include: the short film Here I Am , the film projects 8 and Nekem Budapest , Overdose - Run for a Dream for HBO Hungary , and the TV series, Kodaly Method . Marcell's more recent films include: Land of Storms , the Cannes Film Festival winning, White God , and the upcoming music documentary, Balaton Method .
David Donaldson and Stephen Roche of the New Zealand Film Composer group, Plan 9 - New Zealand Film Composer group - Forgotten Silver, Danny Deckchair, Fresh Meat, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Antarctica: A Year on Ice, and What We Do In The Shadows 22.04.2015 29:01
Since 1996, Plan 9 has created scores for over 20 feature films. Plan 9 has made music for 7 international co-pro TV series, numerous documentaries, programs and short films, plus installations and exhibition spaces around the world. Between them they play double/el bass, guitars, mandolin, banjo, trumpet, euphonium, trombone, marimba, keyboards, Indian harmonium and biscuit tin guitar. They a...
Elliot Cowan - Illustrator, Animator, and Instructor from NYC by way of London and Australia - The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead 15.04.2015 29:01
Elliot lived in Tasmania for nearly 10 years to write, direct and edit television commercials. Elliot also lived in London where he mostly worked for Uli Meyer Animation , working as a story artist and gag man on the studio’s feature film Monstermania! and worked on several music videos with McKeown/Devita Productions . Elliot has completed several of The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead a...
Ra Vincent - Production Designer, Set Decorator, and Sculptor in New Zealand - The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, The Water Horse, The Hobbit, and What We Do In The Shadows 08.04.2015 29:01
With a strong background in sculpture and painting, Ra has in the past worked as a Sculpting Supervisor, Scenic Artist, Construction Forman and an Art Director on numerous New Zealand and international films. With his various skills, Ra involves himself in every aspect of the design process, from creating conceptual art to set design and set decoration. Nominated for an Oscar in 2013 as set dec...
Javier Julia - Argentine Director of Photography - Live-In Maid, Blessed By Fire, The Last Elvis, and Oscar nominated, Wild Tales 01.04.2015 29:01
Javier's projects as a Director of Photography in Argentina over the years include: Mala Epoca , Live-In Maid , and Blessed By Fire . More recent films for Javier include: the documentary, Che: A New Man , Revolucion , The Last Elvis , and the acclaimed Oscar nominated film, Wild Tales , which features six short stories involving distressed people.
Steve Browell - Sound Effects Editor and Sound Designer - Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jane Eyre, On the Road, Frankenweenie, Under the Skin (now on DVD), and Call the Midwife 25.03.2015 29:01
Steve has worked on award winning film and television projects over the years in various areas of the sound and music department, most specifically as Sound Effects Editor and Sound Designer. Steve has worked on animated and live action shorts and features, including: Sweeney Todd , Fantastic Mr. Fox , Alice in Wonderland , Jane Eyre , On the Road , and Frankenweenie . Most recently, Steve...
Terry McMahon - Irish Writer/Director - Charlie Casanova and Patrick's Day 18.03.2015 29:01
Writer-Director Terry McMahon’s controversial debut Charlie Casanova won Best First Feature at Galway Film Fleadh and was distributed by Studio Canal . His follow up feature, Patrick’s Day , won The Directors Guild of America Finders Series Award , The Grand Jury Prize at Woodstock Film Festival , Best Film at Galway Film Fleadh and the Audience Award at Cork Film Festival . Patrick’...
Michael Colford - President and Co-Founder of the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film 11.03.2015 29:01
Michael serves as President of the Chlotrudis Society's Board of Directors , and he is one of the Founders of the Chlotrudis Awards . Michael is cinematically drawn to our neighbors to the north in Canada, especially the work of filmmakers Atom Egoyan , Don McKellar , Molly Parker , Sarah Polley , and Patricia Rozema to name a few. Although he is devoted to independent cinema, he has enjoyed r...
Pacho Velez - Documentary Filmmaker - Occupation, Orphans of Mathare, Manakamana, and the upcoming The Reagan Years 04.03.2015 29:01
Pacho's earlier film and theater work have been presented at venues such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival , the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm , and on Japanese National Television . Pacho's last film, Manakamana (co-directed with Stephanie Spray ) won a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival . It played around the world, including at the Whitney Biennial and the Toronto Internation...
Tom Erisman - Dutch Director of Photography - Blind Date, Grimm, Waiter, The Last Days of Emma Blank, Borgman, and the upcoming Schneider vs. Bax 25.02.2015 29:01
Tom received his cinema training during his work as a gaffer between 1976 and 1987. After his shift to filming, Tom was behind the photography on a number of television series and films in the Netherlands. Amongst the many directors with whom he has worked is Alex Van Warmerdam , with whom he worked in the past on The Northerners , Grimm , Waiter , and The Last Days of Emma Blank . More recen...
Review of 2015 Oscar Short Film Nominees: Live Action and Animated 18.02.2015 29:01
We reviewed the 2015 Academy Award short film nominees for the live-action and animation categories. The films are packaged by Shorts International and are screened at cinemas around the world in February and March. After playing in theaters for several weeks, they are available online in case you missed them.
Tom Cross - Oscar winning Film Editor - The Space Between, Any Day Now, Time Lapse, and the Oscar winning Whiplash 11.02.2015 29:01
Tom has worked in the editorial department on a variety of projects in film and television including: Ride with the Devil , Two Lovers , Crazy Heart , and the television series, Deadwood . Tom has also edited several short and feature films including the feature films, The Space Between and Any Day Now for Travis Fine . Tom's more recent projects include: the sci-fi thriller Time Lap...
Yoni Goodman - Israeli Animator, Illustrator, and Animation Director - The material that love is made of, Waltz With Bashir, The Closed Zone, The Story of Cholera, and The Congress 04.02.2015 29:01
In 2004, Yoni worked as an animation director for Ari Folman's documentary series, The material that love is made of . Their collaboration continued with Yoni as an animation director in Ari Folman's Academy Award nominated Waltz with Bashir . Yoni also developed the Adobe Flash Cutout technique for the film. In 2009, he made several short films for human rights organizations, notably...
Anastasia Masaro - Art Director and Production Designer - Nothing, Tideland, The Company, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Mama, Arcade Fire: Reflektor, Make Your Move, and the upcoming film Life 28.01.2015 29:01
Anastasia is a Production Designer who was nominated for both an Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Production Design for the film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . Anastasia's other projects over the years include: Nothing , Tideland , the mini-series series, The Company , Mama , Arcade Fire: Reflektor , and Make Your Move . Anastasia's upcoming and projects include the films: Life for An...
Christopher Norr - Director of Photography - What Doesn't Kill You, Sympathy for Delicious, Sinister, and Rob the Mob, and the television series, Gotham 21.01.2015 29:01
While Christopher is first and foremost a Director of Photography, he takes advantage of all opportunities to learn more about the art form. These have included: collaborations with Director Michel Gondry and D.P. Ellen Kuras on the visually experimental films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind as well as working on Martin Scorsese's film Shine A Light about The Ro...
Sebastian Krawinkel - Art Director and Production Designer - Gangster No. 1, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, V For Vendetta, Inglourious Basterds, Anonymous, A Most Wanted Man, and the upcoming Mechanic: Resurrection 14.01.2015 29:01
Sebastian has worked as an Art Director on films including: Gangster No. 1 , The Bourne Supremacy , The Bourne Ultimatum , Flightplan , and V For Vendetta . He was also the senior and Supervising Art Director on: Speed Racer , Inglourious Basterds , and Ninja Assassin . As a Production Designer, Sebastian is for known for his work on Anonymous and the recent film, A Most Wanted Man . Upcoming p...
Frans Bak - Danish Film Composer - Ernst & Lyset, Helmer & Son, Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past, The Killing, and the upcoming Men & Chicken 07.01.2015 29:01
In 1990 Frans began scoring for film and television, covering all genres from symphonic orchestras to smaller ensembles and electronic scores. In 2002 Frans recorded his first TV crime series, The Fifth Woman for Swedish Television. Later that year Frans composed all 20 episodes of the Emmy award winning Danish drama Nicholas & Juliet . Frans scored the 3 time Emmy nominated TV series The Cr...
Benoit Delhomme - French Director of Photography - Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo, The Proposition,The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, Tree of Life and To The Wonder, Lawless, A Most Wanted Man, and The Theory of Everything 31.12.2014 29:01
Benoit has worked on TV commercials and international feature films over the years and outside of film, he is also a painter. Benoit's film work over the years include the films: The Scent of Green Papaya , Cyclo , The Proposition , The Boy In The Striped Pajamas , Chatroom , and segments of Tree of Life and To The Wonder . Benoit's more recent film work include: Lawless , A Most Wante...
Stephen Altman - Oscar and Emmy nominated Production Designer - Vincent & Theo, The Player, Short Cuts, Gosford Park, Ray, Lovely Still, Chronicle, Left Behind, Draft Day 24.12.2014 29:01
Stephen has worked on many award winning feature film projects over the years including many films for Robert Altman , such as Vincent & Theo , The Player , Short Cuts , Kansas City , Cookie's Fortune , and Gosford Park . Stephen has also worked on a variety of film and television projects from other directors over the years including: What's Love Got to Do with It , Ray , Lovely, Still , and Chr...
Douglas Crise - Film Editor - Criminal, Babel, Lovely, Still, Kill the Irishman, Spring Breakers, Cesar Chavez, and Birdman 17.12.2014 29:01
In 1997, Doug worked as an assistant editor on the film Clockwatchers , with lead editor, Stephen Mirrione . Eventually, they collaborated as co-editors on the 2006 Oscar nominated and ACE Eddie award winning film, Babel . Other features Doug collaborated on include: Criminal , Lovely, Still , Trust , Kill the Irishman , Arbitrage . More recently Doug worked on: Spring Breakers , Decoding...
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