Behind The Screen

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FILM INTERVIEWS
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In this podcast series, The Hollywood Reporter celebrates the cinematographers, editors, production designers, composers, visual effects supervisors and other leading artists that bring the crafts magic. Subscribe now to receive episodes of this inspired new series that shines a light on the artists that spend most of their time behind the screen.

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AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: EDITING

Assembling the narrative elements of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ required an unprecedented synergy between director/editor James Cameron and his editorial team. In episode four of THR’s special edition of ‘Behind the Screen’, editors Stephen Rivkin and Jason Gaudio detail their innovative process in fascinating detail — including their presence on-set during performance-capture filming — while emphasizing the film’s adherence to traditional editing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 min
12/23/2025

Behind the Screen: 'Avatar: Fire and Ash': Visual Effects

In episode three of THR’s special edition of ‘Behind the Screen’, senior visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri, visual effects supervisor Richard Baneham, Wētā FX senior visual effects supervisor Eric Saindon and Wētā FX senior animation supervisor Daniel Barrett take listeners behind-the-scenes of how Avatar’s groundbreaking performance-capture technology achieves new depths of emotional resonance in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35 min
12/17/2025

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH | Crafts Conversation with Production Designers Dylan Cole & Ben Procter

Tune into episode two of THR’s special edition of ‘Behind the Screen’ for a deep dive into how the ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ production designers Dylan Cole and Ben Procter evolved their Oscar-nominated work, expanded their color palette with the introduction of new characters and environments and drew on cinematic influences to shape their art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

34 min
12/10/2025

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH | Crafts Conversation with Grammy-winning Composer Simon Franglen

In the premiere episode of this special ‘Behind the Screen' podcast series celebrating the crafts of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash', Grammy-winning composer Simon Franglen reveals what he learned from late composer James Horner, defining the culture of the world of Pandora through music, inventing and 3D printing new instruments, and how James Cameron's passion for music has made Franglen's work uniquely streamlined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 min
02/15/2024

'Killers of the Flower Moon' - Mark Ulano

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33 min
10/20/2023

Art & AI Panel Discussion at the View Conference

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40 min
10/06/2023

'The Creator' - Gareth Edwards

This episode features a conversation with Gareth Edwards, director, producer and co-writer of 20th Century Studios' scifi drama The Creator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

48 min
06/14/2023

'Elemental' - Peter Sohn

Carolyn is joined by the director of 'Elemental,' Pixar's latest animated feature, who discusses how he created this film as a tribute to his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40 min

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60 Ratings

Great to hear from the below the line (and some above the line) crew.

11/01/2018

RavenwoodFilms

I’ve listened to a few of these now and really enjoy hearing from people in various crew positions on these films. If I have one issue it’s the host. She’s very, very dry - bordering on robotic at times. Other times she seems, maybe, nervous? Her knowledge of filmmaking also seems somewhat limited (I haven’t looked her up). Still, overall, fascinating insight into the process.
almost

07/12/2019

AsaZim

interesting topics and informative guests, unfortunately "mouth sounds" from the hostess make the show almost unbearable
Amazing

12/20/2018

cyurus81

Ms. Giardina makes the technical aspects of cinema understandable and enjoyable. Great listen!

In this podcast series, The Hollywood Reporter celebrates the cinematographers, editors, production designers, composers, visual effects supervisors and other leading artists that bring the crafts magic. Subscribe now to receive episodes of this inspired new series that shines a light on the artists that spend most of their time behind the screen.