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On this episode, I present Silver Screen Social’s 2nd annual panel, THE SOUNDS OF THE 62ND ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, featuring the following panelists:
Bård Farbu - re-recording mixer and sound designer - No Other Land James Harrison - supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer - Blitz
- Oscar nominee for Best Sound (No Time to Die)
- BAFTA Award nominee for Best Sound (No Time to Die)
- 12x Golden Reel Award nominee
- BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee for Best Sound: Fiction (Small Axe)
- AMPS Award nominee for Excellence in Sound for a Television Drama (Small Axe) Steve Single - supervising sound editor, dialogue editor and re-recording mixer
- BAFTA Award nominee for Best Sound (Tár)
- Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award nominee for Best Sound (Nitram & True History of the Kelly Gang) Daniel Timmons - supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer - Nickel Boys
- Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Jim Henson: Idea Man)
- 2x Golden Reel Award nominee (Hamilton & What Happened, Miss Simone?) John Warhurst
- Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- 2x BAFTA Award winner for Best Sound (Bohemian Rhapsody & Les Misérables)
- Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) (Moonage Daydream)
- 5x Golden Reel Award winner (Moonage Daydream, Bohemian Rhapsody & Les Misérables)
- Cinema Eye Honors Award winner for Outstanding Sound Design (Moonage Daydream)
- 2x AMPS Award winner (Bohemian Rhapsody & Moonage Daydream) -
On this episode, I spoke to editors Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid about their work on Saturday Night.
MORE ABOUT SATURDAY NIGHT:
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…
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On this extremely special episode, I spoke to Andra Day about her work on Exhibiting Forgiveness.
Day is an Oscar nominee, a Critics Choice Award nominee, a Golden Globe winner, a Grammy winner, and an Emmy winner - just to name a few of her accolades.
MORE ABOUT EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS:
Tarrell (André Holland) is an admired American painter who lives with his wife, singer Aisha (Day), and their young son, Jermaine. Tarrell’s artwork excavates beauty from the anguish of his youth, keeping past wounds at bay. His path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, La’Ron (John Earl Jelks), a conscience-stricken man desperate to reconcile. Tarrell’s mother, Joyce (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) a pious woman with a profound and joyful spirituality, hopes that Tarrell can open his heart to forgiveness, giving them all another chance at being a family. Tarrell and La’Ron learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving in this raw and deeply moving film.
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On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Sam Levy about his work on His Three Daughters.
Levy is an award-winning cinematographer known for his work on the films Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig), Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach), Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt), Rothaniel (Bo Burnham) and Mayday (Karen Cinorre).
MORE ABOUT HIS THREE DAUGHTERS:
A tense, touching and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father and try to mend their own broken relationship with one another.
The film was written and directed by Azazel Jacobs. The film stars Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen.
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Welcome back to Silver Screen Social, listeners! I am your host Jackson Vickery.
On this episode, I spoke to composers John Gürtler and Jan Miserre about their work on “The Outrun”.John Gürtler and Jan Miserre, both born in 1981, are award-winning composers known for their collaborative work in film music, particularly in international co-productions. John Gürtler, a London-born, Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist, is recognized for his ability to create diverse and emotionally resonant scores. He has received awards such as the European Film Award for his work on Nora Fingscheidt’s “System Crasher” and the German Film Award for Best Sound for “No One’s With the Calves.” His other notable projects include “A Mouthful of Air,” the Netflix series “Dig Deeper,” and “A Pure Place,” which won the German Film Critics Award for Best Score. Gürtler has also been acclaimed for his work on “Space Dogs” and “System Crasher,” the latter earning him the European Original Score 2019.Gürtler’s collaborations span artists like Berghain resident Efdemin, Thomas Bloch, and the Film Orchestra Babelsberg. Additionally, he’s dedicated to fostering new talent through his teaching at film schools across Germany.
Jan Miserre, from Erlangen, Bavaria, was influenced by his jazz saxophonist father and began playing piano at age four and drums at twelve. He studied Jazz Piano at the University of Arts in Berlin and has toured internationally, working with artists such as Till Brönner and Curtis Stigers. Miserre has received several awards, including the GEMA Musik Author’s Prize for New Talent and the German Documentary Music Award. In 2022, he and Gürtler won Best Score from the German Film Critics Association for “A Pure Place.”
Together, Gürtler and Miserre focus on international co-productions, often working on projects from their base in Berlin. They frequently travel to other countries or invite musicians from around the globe to collaborate with them in Berlin. Their diverse backgrounds and collaborative energy create compelling scores for film and television, earning them widespread acclaim and numerous awards.
MORE ABOUT THE OUTRUN:
A vivid and unflinching adaptation of Amy Liptrot's wrenching personal memoir of addiction, powered by an extraordinary central performance from Saoirse Ronan. Addicted to hedonism, drink and drugs, a young woman must wrestle with recovery in the remote islands of Orkney whilst reckoning with her complex family history. Powered by a pounding soundtrack, a kinetic visual style and intricate narrative structure, this extraordinarily moving film is redemptive, cathartic and utterly riveting.
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On this episode, I spoke to sound designer Luke Gibleon and co-supervising sound editor Paul P. Soucek about their work on The Fall Guy.
Gibleon is a 5x Emmy nominee for his work on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Masters of the Air, The Underground Railroad, El Camino and Twin Peaks. He is also a 4x MPSE Golden Reel Award winner for his work on The Underground Railroad, Greyhound, Togo and El Camino. He has also been nominated for The Continental, John Wick: Chapter 4, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Game of Thrones, and A Faster Horse.
Soucek is a 2x MPSE Golden Reel Award nominee for his work on John Wick: Chapter 4 and Michael Clayton.
MORE ABOUT THE FALL GUY:
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
From real life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and the producer of John Wick, Nobody and Violent Night, comes his most personal film yet. A new hilarious, hard-driving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy.
Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Drive) stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie—being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place films, Sicario)—goes missing.While the film’s ruthless producer (Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham; Ted Lasso), maneuvers to keep the disappearance of star Tom Ryder (Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Bullet Train) a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying (with limited success) to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.
Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, The Fall Guy also stars Winston Duke (Black Panther franchise) and Academy Award® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once). From a screenplay by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Drew Pearce, The Fall Guy is produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North, and by Ryan Gosling and by Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs and executive producer of the upcoming series Ripley) for Entertainment 360. The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Entertainment 360’s Geoff Shaevitz and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson.
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On this episode, I spoke to directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae about their work on Daughters.
Natalie Rae is an award-winning director devoting much of her career to women’s rights. Her work has been commissioned by the U.N. and Gates Foundation. She is the recipient of two Cannes Young Lions nominations. Working with artists such as Leon Bridges, H.E.R., Anderson Paak, Rae brings a distinct style and effervescent energy to music videos, commercials, and now her first feature documentary.
Angela Patton, CEO of Girls For A Change, is committed to advancing opportunities for Black girls. Her TEDWomen talk garnered over one million views and inspired the making of Daughters. As a speaker, author, and co-director, Patton is dedicated to celebrating and sharing the multifaceted experiences of Black girls.
MORE ABOUT DAUGHTERS:
A moving portrait of empathy and forgiveness, Daughters traces an eight-year documentary journey by filmmaker Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton. The film intimately follows Aubrey, Santana, Raziah, and Ja’Ana as they prepare for a momentous Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers. Speaking openly about their aspirations, dreams, and the emotional toll of their fathers’ absence, compounded by the constraints of virtual visits, these girls reveal a profound wisdom and resilience beyond their years. As they navigate heartbreak, anger, and uncertainty, they seize a precious opportunity to forge connections. Daughters sheds light on the complexities of familial bonds strained by the unforgiving barriers of the criminal justice system and emphasizes that the foundation of community healing lies within the family unit.
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On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Lachlan Milne about his work on Lady in the Lake.
Lachlan Milne is an award-winning director of photography, whose work ranges from Academy Award winning dramas to global smash TV series. Milne’s work on the acclaimed 2021 film Minari saw him nominated for a Critics Choice Award, Online Film & Television Association Award, and CinEuphoria Award among others. He has twice been awarded by the New Zealand Cinematographers Society for Minari and Love And Monsters.
Milne’s other film credits include Hunt For The Wilderpeople and Next Goal Wins, both for Academy
Award winner Taika Waititi.
MORE ABOUT LADY IN THE LAKE:When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman) is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as a journalist, and Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram) is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family. Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger. From visionary director Alma Har’el, Lady in the Lake emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams.
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On this episode, I spoke to three wonderful creatives from the Mary & George team, including makeup and hair designer Paul Gooch, production designer Helen Scott and costume designer Annie Symons.
Gooch is an Oscar nominee for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, a BAFTA Award winner Alice in Wonderland, an Emmy nominee, and a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award winner.
Scott is a BAFTA Television Craft Award winner for Small Axe, a Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award nominee for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, and a British Independent Film Award winner for Living.
Symons is a BAFTA TV Award winner for Worried About the Boy, a British Independent Film Award nominee for Benediction, an Emmy winner for Great Expectations (nominee for Mary & George!), and a 3x winner of the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award.
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MORE ABOUT MARY & GEORGE:
Mary & George is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George (Nicholas Galitzine), to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover. Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors. And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from outside forces and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and clawed her way into the heart of the Establishment, making it her own. Mary & George is a dangerously daring historical psychodrama about an outrageous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the court of England and the bed of King James I.
The series was nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.
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On this episode, I spoke to four wonderful creatives from the Fellow Travelers team, including editors Christopher Donaldson, ACE, Wendy Hallam Martin, ACE and Lara Johnston. After that chat, I spoke to makeup department head Jordan Samuel.
Donaldson and I spoke back on an earlier episode of the podcast about his work on Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. He is a Canadian Cinema Editors Award winner and a 2x Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award winner.
Hallam Martin is also a past guest, being on of the first five on this podcast. She is an Emmy and ACE Eddie Award winner, as well as a 6x Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award winner and a 3x Canadian Cinema Editors Award winner.
Johnston is a first time guest on the podcast. She is a Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award and a Canadian Cinema Editors Award winner.
Samuel is also a first time guest on the podcast. He is a 2x BAFTA Award nominee, an Emmy Award winner, and a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award winner.
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MORE ABOUT FELLOW TRAVELERS:
FELLOW TRAVELERS is created for television by Oscar® nominee Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia, HOMELAND) and stars Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band), Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton), Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead World Beyond), Allison Williams (Get Out, Girls) and Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods).
The series was nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards.
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On this episode, I spoke to directors Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat about their work on Sugarcane.
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where the film won the Directing Award in the U.S. Documentary category. The film has since gone on to multiple festivals and won awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival and the Sarasota Film Festival. Just to name a few, and surely not the last.
The film is now open in select theaters.
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MORE ABOUT SUGARCANE:
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life - SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie - is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths – and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities. When Kassie- a journalist and filmmaker- asked her old friend and colleague, NoiseCat, to direct a film documenting the Williams Lake First Nation investigation of St Joseph’s Mission, she never imagined just how close this story was to his own family. As the investigation continued, Emily and Julian traveled back to the rivers, forests and mountains of his homelands to hear the myriad stories of survivors. During production, Julian’s own story became an integral part of this beautiful multi-stranded portrait of a community. By offering space, time, and profound empathy the directors unearthed what was hidden. Kassie and NoiseCat encountered both the extraordinary pain these individuals had to suppress as a tool for survival and the unique beauty of a group of people finding the strength to persevere.
Directed by:
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Emily Kassie
Produced by:
Emily Kassie
Kellen Quinn
Cinematography:
Christopher LaMarca
Emily Kassie
Edited by:
Nathan Punwar
Maya Daisy Hawke
Music by:
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On this episode, I spoke to writer and director Michael Sarnoski about his work on A Quiet Place: Day One.
Sarnoski is a DGA Award nominee (Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film for Pig), a Gotham Independent Film Award nominee (Best Feature for Pig), an Independent Spirit Award winner (Best First Screenplay for Pig) and a National Board of Review Award winner (Best Directorial Debut for Pig).
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On this episode, we have a two-parter. First up, we have cinematographer Jac Fitzgerald to talk about her work on “Masters of the Air.” After that, we will have our conversation with production designer Chris Seagers about his work on “Masters of the Air.”
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On this episode, I spoke to Grammy, Emmy and SCL Award-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera about his work on Lessons in Chemistry.
Rivera is a 2x Emmy winner for Godless (Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music) and The Queen's Gambit (Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score). He is also a Grammy winner for The Queen's Gambit (Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media). Finally, he is an SCL Award winner for Lessons in Chemistry (Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production) and The Queen's Gambit (Outstanding Original Score for a Television or Streaming Production).
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On this episode, I spoke to editors Joshua Raymond Lee and David O. Rogers about their work on Ripley.
David O. Rogers has worked in film and television post production for over 25 years, learning the business as an assistant editor on projects large and small - Men In Black, Chinese Coffee, Garden State, The Stepford Wives, The Night Of. After writing and directing (and editing) some successful short films, including the award-winning The Light of Eons, he has stepped into the editor’s role in films and episodic shows, including Halston (as additional editor), the indie feature No Name Restaurant, and Ripley.
Born in Los Angeles, Joshua Raymond Lee began his career in film as the Editorial PA on the vampire romance Twilight. Over the last fifteen years he's worked in post-production on numerous Hollywood films and independent productions including Steve Jobs, Molly's Game and most recently the David Simon series, We Own This City, for HBO. In 2019 he was a fellow at the Sundance Institute's Editing Residency. He is currently based in New York City.
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On this episode, I spoke to editors Simon Brasse and Daniel Greenway about their work on The Crown.
Brasse is known for Pachinko and Black Doves.
Greenway, a Royal Television Society Award and BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee, is known for Merkel, The Terror and Humans.
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On this episode, I spoke to Oscar and Emmy nominated costume designer Danny Glicker about his work on The Sympathizer.
Glicker is an…
-Oscar nominee for Milk in the Best Achievement in Costume Design category
-CDG Award winner for Transamerica in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category and a 2x nominee for Up in the Air and Milk
-Primetime Emmy nominee for Angelyne in the Outstanding Period Costumes category
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On this episode, I spoke to supervising sound editor and sound designer Dane A. Davis, dialogue editor and re-recording mixer Matt Vowles and sound effects editor and re-recording mixer Lisle Engle about their work on Expats.
Dane A Davis is an…
-Oscar winner for The Matrix
-BAFTA Film Award winner for The Matrix
-2x Emmy Award nominee
-Motion Picture Sound Editors Career Achievement Award winner
-4x Golden Reel Award winner for Gotti, The Matrix, Treasure Planet and Return to House on Haunted Hill
Matt Vowles is a…
-Golden Reel Award nominee for War Pigs
Lisle Engle is an…
-Emmy Award nominee for Live from Baghdad
-2x Golden Reel Award winner for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Young Hercules
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On this episode, I spoke to supervising sound editor Jack Whittaker, re-recording mixer Michael Minkler and re-recording mixer Duncan McRae about their work on “Masters of the Air”
Jack Whittaker is an…
-Emmy winner for “Generation Kill”
-11x Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award nominee (Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film for “Coco”)
Michael Minkler is a…
-3x Oscar winner for “Dreamgirls,” “Chicago” and “Black Hawk Down”
-3x BAFTA winner for “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope,” “JFK” and “Chicago”
-3x Cinema Audio Society Award winner for “John Adams,” “Dreamgirls” and a Career Achievement Award winner
-Emmy winner for “The Pacific”
-MPSE Golden Reel Award winner for “Born on the Fourth of July”
Duncan McRae is an…
-Australian Screen Sound Guild Award winner for The Great Gatsby
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On this episode, I spoke to composer Jeff Toyne about his work on Palm Royale.
Palm Royale stars Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Laura Dern, Allison Janney and Carol Burnett.
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