ROLL THE CREDITS

Christina Chironna

A podcast dedicated to the people whose names you see in the credits of the film and television that you love. Roll The Credits sits down with the artists, technicians, and collaborators behind film and television - the ones shaping what we see, hear, and feel, often without recognition. From sound designers to cinematographers, editors to intimacy coordinators, each episode pulls back the curtain on the craft, the process, and the stories behind the work.

  1. 4d ago

    SFX Supervisor: Gareth Wingrove

    In this episode of Roll the Credits, Christina sits down with Special Effects Supervisor Gareth Wingrove to explore the craft behind some of cinema’s most memorable practical effects. Gareth shares how growing up on film sets led him into special effects and takes us inside a department responsible for everything from explosions, car chases, rain, snow, and fire to the subtle atmospheric effects audiences rarely notice. He breaks down the engineering behind some of his biggest sequences, including the collapsing rooftop pool in The Amateur, rigging Troy to burn for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the spinning prison sequence in Guardians of the Galaxy, explosive action in Avengers: Infinity War and F9, and the practical work behind films like Mission: Impossible, Inception, and The Phantom of the Opera. The conversation also explores what it takes to safely execute large-scale practical effects, why directors like Christopher Nolan continue to prioritize in-camera filmmaking, and why Gareth believes the best special effects are often the ones audiences never realize are there. Gareth’s credits include: THE ODYSSEY (2026) THE AMATEUR (2025) BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY (2025) AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018) F9: THE FAST SAGA (2021) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) INCEPTION (2010) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) …and many more. Follow Gareth and his work below:
 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003514/

    SFX Supervisor: Gareth Wingrove

  2. Aug 7

    Foley Artist: Shelley Roden

    In this episode of Roll the Credits, Christina sits down with Foley Artist Shelley Roden of Skywalker Sound to explore one of filmmaking’s most invisible and emotionally powerful art forms. Shelley shares how childhood favorites like The Dark Crystal, The NeverEnding Story, The Muppets, and Tom and Jerry first awakened her imagination, and how an unexpected sound assignment at Ithaca College ultimately changed the direction of her career. She takes us inside the Foley stage, where artists perform and invent thousands of sounds every day — from footsteps and fabric movements to spaceship slides, weapon grabs, and the tactile details that make an imagined world feel real. Shelley also breaks down how she developed distinct footsteps for the emotions in Inside Out 2, recreated the reverse bear trap sounds for Saw, and approaches everything from Marvel weapons to animated plastic toys as a physical and emotional performance. The conversation also explores the collaboration between Foley artists, mixers, editors, sound supervisors, designers, composers, and filmmakers and why the most effective Foley is often the sound audiences never consciously notice. Shelley reflects on her 30-year career, the creative community at Skywalker Sound, the importance of staying present, and the advice that continues to guide her: no one else will ever create exactly the way you do, so bring your full self to the work. Shelley's credits include:
 TOY STORY 5 (2026) HOPPERS (2026) AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025) F1: THE MOVIE (2025) ANDOR (2022-2025) DESPICABLE ME 4 (2024) INSIDE OUT 2 ( 2024) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (2023) THE MANDALORIAN (2023) ENCANTO (2021) TENET (2020) BLACK PANTHER (2018) And so many more... Follow Shelley and her work below:
 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809950/

    Foley Artist: Shelley Roden

  3. Jul 24

    Makeup & Hair Designer: Rebecca Buratto

    In this episode, Christina sits down with makeup and hair designer Rebecca Buratto. Rebecca grew up in Adelaide, Australia planning to become a sound engineer. Then she watched Lord of the Rings (specifically the Orcs) and decided she wanted to make people look ugly for a living instead. She studied media makeup, landed her first TV job on a bizarre Australian comedy about Hitler's dinosaur army, and eventually met two young filmmakers named Danny and Michael Philippou. She spent the early part of her career making low-budget YouTube videos with them in their dad's backyard. Then came Talk to Me. Then Bring Her Back. Then Leviticus. Across the conversation, she shares what it takes to design horror looks that live or die on the details, the two-day-shoot naked slimy hellscape sequence from Talk to Me that made it into the final cut for 0.2 seconds, why Jonah Wren Phillips has been part of her career since he was nine years old, and the one piece of advice she gives every aspiring makeup artist. Rebecca's credits include: TREASURE & DIRT (2026) MORTAL KOMBAT II (206) SEND HELP (2026) BRING HER BACK (2025) THE FOX (2025) TOGETHER (2025) TALK TO ME (2022) CARNIFEX (2022) THE STRANGER (2022) And many more… Follow Rebecca and her work below: IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4091557/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_rebecca%20burat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becburatto_makeupartist/?hl=en

    Makeup & Hair Designer: Rebecca Buratto

  4. Jul 17

    Writer, Director, Minion: Pierre Coffin

    In this episode, Christina sits down with Pierre Coffin — the filmmaker who has directed or co-directed every film in the Despicable Me and Minions franchises, and voices every single Minion. Pierre grew up moving across Asia — the son of a French diplomat and the celebrated Indonesian novelist Nh. Dini. His childhood spanned Cambodia, Japan, and eventually a suburb of Paris. His father forbade television, so Pierre spent his time drawing, reading, and listening to music. He studied animation at Gobelins in Paris, then joined Illumination Entertainment where he and Chris Renaud built a story about a supervillain and his little yellow henchmen. Fifteen years later, that story has become one of the most commercially successful animated franchises in history — grossing over $5 billion worldwide. Across the conversation, he shares how he built Minionese out of the languages he grew up around, what it's actually like to voice thousands of characters while directing them at the same time, why every Despicable Me film was supposed to be his last, and what changed on Minions and Monsters that pulled him back in. Pierre's credits include:
 MINIONS AND MONSTERS (2026) DESPICABLE ME 4 (2024) MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (2022) DESPICABLE ME 3 (2017) MINIONS (2015) DESPICABLE ME 2 (2013) DESPICABLE ME (2010) And many more... Follow Pierre and his work below:
 Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1853544/

    Writer, Director, Minion: Pierre Coffin

  5. Jul 10

    Still Photographer: Lou Bopp

    In this episode, Christina sits down with still photographer Lou Bopp. Lou never went to photography school. He grew up in St. Louis obsessed with the Magnum photographers (Elliott Erwitt, Sebastião Salgado, James Nachtwey) but didn't think he could do it professionally. That changed when he happened to be visiting a friend in Germany the week the Berlin Wall came down. He stepped through a hole in the wall, put one foot in East Berlin and the other in West Berlin, and shot straight down the middle. He sold the photo to the AP for $100. It funded another week of travel through Europe and started his career. Three decades later, Lou was the still photographer at the center of the Academy Award-winning documentary All the Empty Rooms — a film that traveled the country photographing the bedrooms of children lost to school shootings, in homes their parents hadn't touched since. Across the conversation, he shares the year of unanswered phone calls that landed him a Sports Illustrated internship, what it takes to be "slippery" as a still photographer on a film set, why he's been photographing his daughter every day for 17 years, and how one detail in a child's bedroom in Parkland reminded him of the Berlin Wall photo that started it all. Lou's credits include:
 ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS (2025) A DIFFERENT BREED (2025) HAPPENING (2017) MOONSHINE AND MOJO HANDS (2014-2015) WE JUKE UP IN HERE (2012) And many more... Follow Lou and his work below:
 Website: https://loubopp.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loubopp/?hl=en You can also learn more about Oscar-winning film All the Empty Rooms and how you can help take action here: https://www.alltheemptyrooms.com

    Still Photographer: Lou Bopp

  6. Jul 3

    Lead Sculptor: Alexander Sherrod

    In this episode, Christina sits down with lead sculptor Alexander Sherrod. Alex grew up in New Orleans obsessed with Ghostbusters. As a kid, he'd stuff Play-Doh figures with fireworks and film them blowing up. After Hurricane Katrina, he moved home and got a job at Mardi Gras World, where he was sculpting floats within months. A decade later, a cold call landed him his first film gig — Barry Jenkins' The Underground Railroad. Across the conversation, he shares his process, why the melted Hawkins Lab rooftop on Stranger Things was his personal favorite build, what it took to sculpt a full crashed Corsair fighter plane for Devotion, and the 75,000 pounds of styrofoam his team recycled on a single season of Stranger Things. Alexander's credits include:
 STRANGER THINGS (2025) ORIGIN (2023) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2023) DEVOTION (2022) THE MENU (2022) SECRET HEADQUARTERS (2022) THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (2021) EMPORER (2020) And many more... Follow Alexander and his work below:
 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11654497/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexsherrod/

    Lead Sculptor: Alexander Sherrod

  7. Jun 26

    Storyboard Artist: James Doh

    In this episode, Christina sits down with storyboard artist James Doh. James originally studied automotive design before two of his professors, both concept artists, pulled him into the film industry. His first job was at the legendary main title company Imaginary Forces, where he worked on David Fincher's Seven. He's since spent three decades storyboarding for directors including David Fincher, Antoine Fuqua, Justin Lin, James Wan, Nicolas Winding Refn, and David S. Goyer — across horror, sci-fi, action, and drama. He shares his process, the dam-driving stunt in Fast X that started as a simple beat sheet, how Warner Bros built an entire house on a soundstage for The Conjuring 2, and what it took to re-storyboard Furious 7 after Paul Walker's passing. James' credits include:
 MICHAEL (2026) PLAY DIRTY (2025) THE KILLER (2024) AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM (2023) FOUNDATION (2021-2023) FAST X (2023) THE CONJURING 2 (2016) FURIOUS 7 (2015) THIS IS 40 (2012) DRIVE (2011) FANTASTIC FOUR (2007) LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (2007) And many more... Follow James and his work below:
 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2568535/

    Storyboard Artist: James Doh

  8. Jun 19

    Stop Motion Animator: Sarah de Gaudemar

    In this episode, Christina sits down with stop motion animator Sarah de Gaudemar. Sarah grew up in the Midwest, where the entertainment industry felt impossibly far away. She found stop motion in college and broke into the industry on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch in the mid-90s. She's since animated for some of the most iconic stop motion features and series of the past three decades, including Coraline, Anomalisa, and Wendell & Wild, and now runs her own studio creating animation for clients like Disney, Kaiser Permanente, and hotels.com. Across the conversation, she shares her process, why handmade craft still has a soul that AI can't replicate, and the moment during COVID when her own kids became her animation reference. Sarah's credits include:
 KEVIN (2026) SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (2009-2024) WENDELL & WILD (2022)
 RON'S GONE WRONG (2021)
 SANTA INC. (2021)
 THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2017)
 ANOMALISA (2015)
 CORALINE (2009) 
ROBOT CHICKEN (2005–2014) 
GARY & MIKE (2001)
 CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH (1998–2002) And many more... Follow Sarah and her work below:
 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1447284/
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_de_gaudemar/?hl=en

    Stop Motion Animator: Sarah de Gaudemar
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A podcast dedicated to the people whose names you see in the credits of the film and television that you love. Roll The Credits sits down with the artists, technicians, and collaborators behind film and television - the ones shaping what we see, hear, and feel, often without recognition. From sound designers to cinematographers, editors to intimacy coordinators, each episode pulls back the curtain on the craft, the process, and the stories behind the work.

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  • Creator
    Christina Chironna
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Christina Chironna
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