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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Jeffrey Waldron - Director of Photography - The Honeyfields, Searching for Sonny, Loy Krathong, Rising From Ashes, and The Dynamiter 07.01.2013 29:01
Jeffrey earned a Bachelor of Arts from the the USC Cinema-Television Production Program and an MFA in Cinematography from the AFI Conservatory . Jeffrey has photographed commercials, music videos, and interview segments with Johnny Depp , Jeff Bridges , Jodie Foster , and William Shatner . Jeffrey has shot short films, features, and documentaries including: The Honeyfields , Searching for Sonny...
Barbara Muschietti - Producer/Writer - Toma 78 and Mama (short film to feature film) 31.12.2012 29:01
Barbara Muschietti is a an Argentinean executive producer of the Cannes Golden Lion Award Winning production Toma 78 in Barcelona, Spain. Toma 78 provides General Production, casting, location scouting, styling, hair and make up, set design and prop rental, accommodation and logistics in a variety of creative advertising spots and film. Their clients include: Coca Cola and BAFICI (Bueno...
Rasmus Videbaek - Cinematographer from Denmark - Noi the Albino, King's Game, The Good Heart, Island of Lost Souls, Truth About Men, and A Royal Affair 24.12.2012 29:01
Rasmus graduated at the National Film School of Denmark as Cinematographer and has worked on commercials, short films, and feature films over the years in Denmark. Rasmus has worked awarding award winning features like Noi the Albino , King’s Game , and Island of Lost Souls . Rasmus was also the cinematographer on the features, The Good Heart and Truth About Men . His more recent feature is A...
Jeff Orlowski - Director and Cinematographer - Geocaching: From the Web to the Woods, The Strange Case, and Chasing Ice 17.12.2012 29:01
Jeff's previous work has taken him to the Tour de France for a behind-the-scenes documentary, and he has photographed and filmed a number of people including Robin Williams , Jane Goodall , and Nelson Mandela . Jeff's short film, Geocaching: From the Web to the Woods , won Best Short Doc at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival and Jeff won the Best Editing award for his film The Strange Case at t...
Tobias Datum - Cinematographer - Chaurahen, How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, I'm Gonna Explode, Amreeka, Terri, and Smashed 10.12.2012 29:01
Tobias has worked on a variety of films over the years and in different locations including: Chaurahen in India, How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer , Drama/Mex and I’m Gonna Explode in Mexico , and Amreeka in Ramallah, Manitoba, and Chicago. Tobias was also the director of photographer on Momma’s Man and Terri for Azazel Jacobs . Tobias has done additional photography on the films: The Fu...
Lena Selander - Swedish Artist, Art Director, and Production Designer - Before the Storm, Almost Elvis, Beloved, and Simon & the Oaks 03.12.2012 29:01
Lena started out as a set designer and has dedicated herself to painting and makes a living as an artist. Lena has focused on working as an theatre and film production designer and art director. Lena's film work includes production designer and/or art direction on the feature films: Before the Storm , Almost Elvis , Beloved , and the more recent multi-award winning Simon & the Oaks , about secre...
Seher Latif, C.S.A. - Indian Casting Director - Outsourced, Eat Pray Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Zero Dark Thirty 26.11.2012 29:01
Seher’s feature films casting director projects both in India and abroad include the films and series: Outsourced , the TV Series Bollywood Hero , and Eat Pray Love , which include background and featured actors. Seher is a member of the Casting Society of America . More recently, she was the Indian Casting director for John Madden’s film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , casting fo...
Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky - Filmmakers of Pigeon Projects - The Patron Saints & Francine 18.11.2012 29:01
Living comfortably at the margins of documentary and narrative cinema, Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky of Pigeon Projects forgo conventional storytelling methods in order to accommodate stark imagery, elusive characters and a deadpan realism. Filmmaker Magazine has named Brian and Melanie as part of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film". Brian and Melanie have shown their work...
Lee Percy - Film Editor and Filmmaker - Reversal of Fortune, Boys Don't Cry, A Love Song for Bobby Long, Grey Gardens, Dreaming American 12.11.2012 29:01
Lee has edited several performances that garnered Oscars for actors such as William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman , Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune , and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry . Some of Lee's other film editing projects include: Maria Full Of Grace , The Believer , A Love Song for Bobby Long , The Ice Harvest , and The Center of the World . Lee won the Emmy award for the HBO p...
Christopher Ford - Screenwriter - Stickman series (Comedy Central), Robot & Frank, Clown 05.11.2012 29:01
After graduating from NYU film school, Christopher co-founded Waverly Films in New York City. Christopher created Webby Award winning web shows, short films, projects for Comedy Central , and a graphic novel series called Stickman Odyssey . Christopher’s first produced screenplay is Robot & Frank starring Frank Langella , Peter Sarsgaard , and Susan Sarandon . Robot & Frank is set in the...
Rebecca Richman Cohen - Documentary Filmmaker - War Don Don and Code of the West 29.10.2012 29:01
Rebecca founded Racing Horse Productions in 2005. Rebecca is a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School teaching two classes in human rights and film. In law school, Rebecca interned as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders and continued to do investigative work at the Special Court for Sierra Leone , after working there, she returned to Sierra Leone to begin production on War Don Don , a film...
Michael Andrews - Film composer and Musician - Donnie Darko, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Cyrus, Bridesmaids, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home 22.10.2012 29:01
Michael fell into film score composition by chance when The Greyboy Allstars were asked to score Jake Kasdan's first feature Zero Effect and worked on the music for the highly regarded (though short-lived) TV series, Freaks and Geeks . In 2000, Richard Kelly commissioned Michael to do the soundtrack for the film Donnie Darko . Its original score album went on to sell over 100,000 copies (in part...
David Redmon and Ashley Sabin - Documentary Filmmakers - Mardi Gras: Made in China, Intimidad, Girl Model, Downeast 15.10.2012 29:01
David and Ashley together formed the documentary production company, Carnivalesque Films . Some of David and Ashley's documentary projects include: Mardi Gras: Made in China and Intimidad , along with more recent projects, Girl Model and Downeast . Girl Model follows the modeling industry through a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., through the eyes of a 13...
Andrew Hafitz - Film Editor - The Last Days of Disco, Bully, Keane, Don't Let Me Drown, Here, and Damsels in Distress 08.10.2012 29:01
Andrew’s documentary credits include: Soul in the Hole , The Lifestyle , and the MTV show True Life: I'm in Iraq , which won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Network News Documentary. Along the way, Andrew has collaborated with some of the leading directors in the New York independent film scene, including Whit Stillman (on Damsels in Distress and The Last Days of Disco ), Lodge Kerrigan (on K...
Jen Fineran - Documentary Film Editor - A Powerful Noise and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 01.10.2012 29:01
Jen’s film career began at Channel 4 in London and has since spread throughout three continents. Jen has more than 10 years of client experience including broadcast networks, advertising agencies, museums, corporations and independent producers and directors. Jen’s editorial work can be seen on many networks including: PBS , MTV , IFC , AMC , Bravo , National Geographic , and the Travel Chann...
Ben Kasulke - Seattle based Cinematographer - Brand Upon The Brain!, The Off Hours, Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Safety Not Guaranteed 24.09.2012 29:01
Ben has worked for Megan Griffiths on her short film Eros and narrative feature, The Off Hours . Ben has also worked on projects for Guy Maddin including Brand Upon the Brain! , Keyhole , and the upcoming Spiritismes . Ben’s work with director Lynn Shelton includes: We Go Way Back , My Effortless Brilliance , Humpday , and Your Sister’s Sister . Some other films Ben shot include: Nights and...
Mark Suozzo - New York City based Film Composer - Sound and Fury, Off the Menu, American Splendor, Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco, and Damsels in Distress 17.09.2012 29:01
Mark began his career in film working with director Whit Stillman . Their first collaboration was Metropolitan and its success led to the films Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco . Mark‘s music attracted the attention documentary filmmakers that he worked with over the years: Jan Oxenburg , Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson , Roger Weisberg , and Josh Aronson on the Oscar nominated, Soun...
Nick Urata - Film Composer & Front Man for Devotchka - Little Miss Sunshine, I Love You Phillip Morris, Virginia, Grassroots, Ruby Sparks 10.09.2012 29:01
As a composer, Nick , front man of the internationally acclaimed band DeVotchKa has scored such films as Little Miss Sunshine, the Sundance hit that garnered four Oscar nominations. Nick's other scores include Fling , I Love You Phillip Morris , The Joneses , Father of Invention . Nick also co-scored the hit romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love (starring Steve Carell , Ryan Gosling , and Julian...
Ben Blankenship - Seattle Based Production Designer - Dear Lemon Lima, The Off Hours, and Safety Not Guaranteed 02.09.2012 29:01
Ben is a Seatle based production designer that worked on numerous national commercials and Seattle features such as The Details (as Set Dresser) and Late Autumn (as Property Master). Ben has also worked as Prop Master/Set Dresser in the art department on projects on the feature Dear Lemon Lima . Ben designed both of Megan Griffiths' short films Moving and Eros . More recently, Ben h...
Paul Rachman - Acclaimed Filmmaker and Co-Founder of the Slamdance - Drive Baby Drive, Four Dogs Playing Poker, Zoe XO/Zoe Rising, American Hardcore 27.08.2012 29:01
Paul Rachman , filmmaker and co-founder of Slamdance , began his film career making underground hardcore punk films and music videos for bands such as Bad Brains , Gang Green , Negative FX , and Mission of Burma . Paul quickly rose to become one of the of the industry's top music video directors at Propaganda Films in Los Angeles, where he worked with such artists as: Alice in Chains , The Repla...
Kari Perkins - Austin, TX based Costume Designer - Dazed and Confused, Fast Food Nation, A Scanner Darkly, Puncture, and Bernie 20.08.2012 29:01
Kari is an award winning costume designer with an innovative style for creating believable characters for feature films, dance/theater and television. Always looking for a creative challenge, Kari prefers a more sustainable approach to costume design, often building wardrobe from community recycled clothing and fabrics. Kari has worked with some of Austin’s most prolific dance choreographers a...
Ben Richardson - Award Winning Cinematographer - Seed, Glory at Sea, Beasts of the Southern Wild 13.08.2012 29:01
Ben won Best Animation at Slamdance for the animated short film Seed , which he both co-directed and shot. Ben was also director of photography on The Hunter & the Swan Discuss Their Meeting , a Sundance short film official selection. Ben lived for five years in Prague, where he met director Benh Zeitlin , with whom he subsequently worked as cinematographer on the multi-award-winning short Glory...
Bill and Turner Ross - Acclaimed Documentary Filmmakers - 43565 and Tchoupitoulas 06.08.2012 29:01
Bill and Turner Ross started out making small personal projects that they really never showed anyone, but that changed with the SXSW premier of 45365 , which went on to win numerous awards, including the Truer Than Fiction prize in the Independent Spirit Awards . 45365 explores daily life in the quintessential American small town of Sidney, Ohio. It is a portrait of a city and its people - from...
Kevin Belli - Acclaimed Cinematographer - Breast Cancer Legacy, Flu Time Bomb, Beyond Belief, and The List 30.07.2012 29:01
Before taking up filmmaking, Kevin spent seven years touring the United States as singer and guitarist with his garage rock band Creature Did . Kevin’s projects include: Flying Pyramids, Soaring Stones for the History Channel , Flu Time Bomb for the Discovery Channel , Fighting For Our Future for Lifetime , and Breast Cancer Legacy for Discovery Health . Kevin was the Editor and Co-Direc...
Alain Dessauvage - Belgian Film Editor - Oscar shorts, Moscow, Belgium, Oxygen, and Bullhead (now on DVD) 24.07.2012 29:01
Alain has edited commercials for national and international clients Canon , Virgin Airlines , and Naturino and on television Series like Matrioshki and Code 37 . Alain has worked many music videos for diverse musical groups such as: Hooverphonic , Soul Wax , Baloji with Konono No. 1 . Alain has edited many award winning short films including the Oscar nominated: Gridlock , Tanghi Ar...
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