Category: ALL SHOWS
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Designing Danger: Olga Devuyst on Crafting the Visual World of the movie F Marry Kill
In this episode, we delve into the intricate world of production design with Olga Devuyst, the creative force behind the visual storytelling of F Mary Kill. Olga shares her journey in shaping the film’s unique aesthetic, blending elements of satire, suspense, and modern dating culture. Discover how she collaborated with director Laura Murphy to create Read more
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Spiders, Trolls and Tooth Fairies: Writing Fantasy with Richard Dane Scott
What happens when a rebellious tooth fairy teams up with a cuddly troll and a brilliant goblin scientist? You get A Tooth Fairy Tale — an imaginative adventure where unlikely heroes must save their magical worlds from menacing spiders. We sit down with co-writer Richard Dane Scott to talk about crafting this whimsical story, building Read more
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Scoring Middle-Earth: The Music of The War of the Rohirrim with Stephen Gallagher & Mark Willsher
Journey into the heart of Middle-earth’s music with composer Stephen Gallagher and Grammy-winning score mixer Mark Willsher. In this episode, we explore their collaboration on the 2024 anime film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Discover how they created powerful new compositions, the challenges of blending traditional and modern instruments, and Read more
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Stephen Portland on Universal: Junk DNA, Hidden Codes, and One Night That Changes Everything
What if a discovery hidden within our DNA could change everything we thought we knew about ourselves? On this episode of Filmmaker Mixer, we sit down with writer-director Stephen Portland to discuss his mind-bending new film Universal—a sci-fi thriller grounded in very real genetic science. The film follows Leo and Naomi, a British academic couple Read more
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Mark Levinson on The Universe in a Grain of Sand: Art, Science, and the Search for Meaning
In this episode of the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast, we’re honored to be joined by award-winning filmmaker and physicist Mark Levinson (Particle Fever, The Bit Player) to discuss his latest film, The Universe in a Grain of Sand. A cinematic meditation on how we perceive and interpret the world, the film explores the interplay between science Read more
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From Big Brother to Big Mother: A Conversation with Evan Matthews
Join us as we sit down with director Evan Matthews to explore the making of his provocative new feature, Motherland. Set in a chilling dystopian world where the state raises children and personal choice is forbidden, Motherland asks: what does it truly mean to be a parent? Evan shares his journey—from daring sci-fi shorts to Read more
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Resolution: A Cinephonic Rhapsody for the Soul
In this episode of the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast, we sit down with directors Ryan Hartsell and Scott Berman to discuss their visionary project, Resolution: A Cinephonic Rhapsody for the Soul, a cinematic journey that fuses music and storytelling in collaboration with The Polyphonic Spree. Set to the band’s album Salvage Enterprise, the film is a Read more
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Animating Desert Dreams – Making of Sunburnt Unicorn
On this episode of the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast, we’re joined by the director of Sunburnt Unicorn, a visually arresting coming-of-age fantasy set in a surreal, unforgiving desert. The story follows an injured teenager who, in order to survive and save his father from the clutches of the mysterious Cactus King, assumes the persona of a Read more
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How Editors Shape the Story – Wax Taber on PBS’s The Class
In this episode of Filmmaker Mixer, we sit down with Wax Taber, the award-winning editor behind the powerful PBS docuseries The Class, which premiered at SXSW EDU. The Class follows six high school seniors at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, California, navigating the challenges of college admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic—guided by their devoted Read more
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Flipping the Crime Genre Script – Suzanne Weinert
In this episode of Filmmaker Mixer, we sit down with screenwriter and producer Suzanne Weinert, the creative force behind the gripping new crime drama The 8th Day, starring Darren Mann (from Taylor Sheridan’s 1923) and Phoebe Tonkin (The Originals, Babylon). The film is now available in select theaters and on VOD. Set in a gritty Read more