Silver Screen Social Jackson Vickery

On this episode, I spoke to Oscar and BAFTA-nominated re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor Craig Berkey about his work on Luca Guadagnino’s latest film Challengers.

The film stars Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist.

Berkey’s accolades include:

Academy Awards:

Nominations for Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for True Grit

Nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for No Country for Old Men

BAFTA Awards:


Nominations for Best Sound for True Grit and No Country for Old Men



Cinema Audio Society Awards:

2x Winner Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures for True Grit and No Country for Old Men



Gold Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)

16x Nominee and 3x Winner (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film for Roma, Best Sound Editing - Television Animated Series for Spawn and Best Sound Editing - Television Animated Series - Sound for Spawn)

On this episode, I spoke to Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated composer Jeff Russo about his work on the limited series Ripley. 

Ripley stars Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn and Dakota Fanning. 

Russo’s upcoming projects include Nicholas Tomnay’s What You Wish For; and FX’s series Alien. His music can be heard on shows such as FX’s Fargo, for which he received an Emmy in 2017 and three additional nominations; Peacock’s Mrs. Davis; HBO Max’s Love and Death; Amazon Prime’s The Consultant; Showtime Networks’ The Man Who Fell to Earth; CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery, and Clarice; Paramount +’s Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy; FX’s Legion and Snowfall; and more. His film credits include Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Rob Peace, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival; Bartlett Sher’s Oslo, which he co-scored with Zoë Keating and for which he received an Emmy nomination; Paul Dektor’s American Dreamer; Sabrina Doyle’s Lorelei; Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky; Peter Berg’s action-thriller film, Mile 22; and Jon Avnet’s Three Christs. 

On this episode, I spoke to composer James S. Levine and music supervisor Mark Wike about their work on The New Look. 



James Levine’s notable credits include FX Networks’ American Horror Story, for which he received an Emmy Award-nomination for “Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)” in 2014; Nip/Tuck; and Damages. 



Mark Wike’s music supervision credits include Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning series by Steven Spielberg, Animaniacs; Twentieth Century Fox’s The Greatest Showman, directed by Michael Gracey; and The Sitter, directed by David Gordon Green; FX Networks’ Damages; and Netflix’s Bloodline. 



The series stars Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams and John Malkovich.

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer James Rhodes about his work on Femme. 

Rhodes was nominated in the Best Cinematography category at the British Independent Film Awards for Femme. 

On this episode, I spoke to composer Blake Neely about his work on Masters of the Air. 



Neely has scored more than 35 television series, 20 films, and received 5 ballet commissions. 



He has been nominated seven times for an Emmy Award, where he won in 2021 for his main title theme for the series “The Flight Attendant.”



Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air.



The series stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle. 

On this episode, I spoke to hair designer Chris Clark about his work on FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans. 

Clark is a 3x Emmy winner for his work on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, FEUD: Bette and Joan and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He was also honored with Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Guild Awards for his work on both FEUD and The People v. O. J. Simpson. 

Past credits for his work in film and television include The Prom, The Boys in the Band, Ratched, Pose, The Politician, The Normal Heart, Margin Call, Rent, and The Wolf of Wall Street, and many others.