Because We Love Making Movies W!ZARD Studios

For the final episode of Season 2, I talk to ZACH KUPERSTEIN. 

He’s a brilliant cinematographer who helped create the instant horror classic, BARBARIAN (which I spoke to Zach and the writer/director of Barbarian in episode 1 of this season).

But long before BARBARIAN, Zach had already created an amazing body of work. He shot the fantastic horror film, THE VIGIL, the wonderfully disturbing black and white movie, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, and the painfully funny bromance gone wrong called THE CLIMB. 

These films are all different genres, styles, and stories…but what they do have in common, is how the imagery tells a story and makes you laugh, cry, and scream.

Zach is a chameleon in the best sense of the word, and his work proves, that you can’t put him in a box of any kind. 

It’s a great talk about how he became a cinematographer, his process, and how he’s always looking for something he’s never seen before.

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Today, I speak with Monika Gossman. 

An incredible actor who I first became of aware of after seeing her wonderful performance in David Fincher’s MANK. We discuss her collaboration with Fincher, as well as her incredible work alongside Gary Oldman.

We talk about how actors are storytellers and filmmakers, how she discovered her calling as an artist, and how she feeds her soul as an artist. 
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Today, I talk to LYNDA ARMTRONG. She’s a Hair & Makeup Artist & Designer. 
Her credits range from the original BATMAN & LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS — to the more modern classics like STRANGER THINGS & ATLANTA. Most recently, she worked with Actress Joey King and a very talented cast of actors and filmmakers to create Hulu’s THE PRINCESS.
It’s a great talk about how she found her way as an artist and filmmaker, how she learned from masters who gave her chances along the way, and how a life in film is really about never giving up.

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Today, I sit down with a film producer who has helped make some truly legendary films with a legendary filmmaker.

Fred Fuchs worked with Francis Ford Coppola on films like THE GODFATHER 3, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA…as well as Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. 

Somebody once said, that a producer is an enabler of art, and Fred is no exception.

It’s a great conversation about what a producer does, and how circuitous and unpredictable a life in the arts can be.

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Today, I’m talking with cinematographer Adam McDaid, and production designer Joshua Petersen. Together these two helped create the world of the new Freeform 1/2 hour comedy, EVERYTHING’S TRASH created by Phoebe Robinson. 

Most people don’t realize, these artists are the right and left hand of a director or a showrunner. While creators imagine a world in their head, a production designer builds it, and the cinematographer films it. 
They make art exist in the most concrete way.

At its best, the cinematographer & production designer are working in total harmony to develop a color palette, textures, lighting, and all of the details that make something that is inherently artificial, totally real. 

This is a great talk about filmmaking and process, and how every artist has a different way into their art.

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Today we’ve got not one, but two guests: Composer Ben Lovett & Film Editor David Marks. 

They were part of the team that brought us the fantastic new horror film, THE NIGHT HOUSE. 

It stars Rebecca Hall in an unforgettable performance reminiscent of Julie Christie in DON’T LOOK NOW. 

Movies are sight and sound…music and imagery spliced together to tell a story…and without the crafts of music and editing…well, we really wouldn’t the movies.

It's a great conversation about how a composer and an editor collaborate not just with a director, but with each other. We talk about how both of these artists found their way into filmmaking, and what inspires them to keep creating.

It’s a great talk!
 
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