Spoiler Alert Radio features conversations on the craft of filmmaking. Toni Pennacchia discusses filmmaking with some of the most engaging and talented composers, sound designers, production designers, cinematographers, editors, directors, and more. Both entertaining and informative, Spoiler Alert…
Will co-founded the company String and Tins in 2013. Will's work includes: Part Of The Weekend Never Dies, Rising Phoenix, Spaghetti Junction, and the acclaimed Kensuke's Kingdom.
Casey's work includes: A Good Person, Bad Times At The El Royale, Concrete Cowboy, Zack Snyder's Justice League, John Wick Chapter 4, The Nowhere Inn, The Accidental Getaway Driver, Mussolini: Son Of The Century, and From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina.
Nick's feature film work includes: The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, The Double, Life, On Chesil Beach, Dark River, A Private War, American Animals, True History Of The Kelly Gang, Nitram, The Order, and the upcoming Wizards. Nick's documentary features include: Taking Liberties, On A Knife Edge, and All Tomorrow's Parties.
Sandro's film work includes the films: The White Space, The Best Offer, A Bigger Splash, Everest, Call Me By Your Name, Rome In Love, and Napoleon, and the series Masters Of The Air. Sandro was Set Decorator on Pablo Larrain's more recent acclaimed film Maria, starring Angelina Jolie as legendary opera singer Maria Callas, near the end of her life.
Grant's film credits include: The Sound Of Silence, Hillbilly Elegy, To Leslie, Knock At The Cabin, Noelle, and Nyad. His television work includes: The Walking Dead: Dead City and Full Swing. Grant's more recent films include: Mother Couch and Mermaid, and his upcoming work includes Outcome and Eleanor The Great.
Rihards' scores include: The Pagan King, 1906, Dawn Of War, Fear No One, and Mutiny. Rihards recently scored the Oscar-winning animated film Flow, directed by Gints Zilbalodis. The film won best score at both the Latvian National Film Festival and Annecy.
Kaya's documentary work includes: Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open, Above and Below, African Notebook, and Stand Up My Beauty. Kaya's narrative feature editing work includes: In The Aisles, Zone Rouge, My Wonderful Wanda, Borga, Dark Satellites, and Haunted Under The Ferris Wheel.
Carmen's Production Design work includes: The Assassin's Code, Them That Follow, I See You, Drunk Bus, Dear Zoe, Manodrome, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, and the upcoming Kids Go Free To Fun Fun Time. Carmen's television work includes: Swedish Dicks, Web Of Make Believe, Lifted, and Mo.
Stacey's film work includes: Electrick Children, The Drowning, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, The Sunlit Night, Brittany Runs A Marathon, and Villains. Stacey has designed for director Aaron Schimberg on three films, including: Go Down Death and Chained For Life, and more recently the award-winning A Different Man, starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson.
Stephonik's Production Design work includes: Prince of Broadway, Snowbird, The Florida Project, Red Rocket, Bleeding Love, and Gonzo Girl. Stephonik has made musical contributions for the films: Prince of Broadway, Tangerine, Snowbird, and Bleeding Love.
Taylor's work as Lead Film Editor includes the feature films: Night Comes On, Yellow Rose, Drunk Bus, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, and Bodies Bodies Bodies. More recently, Taylor has edited the award-winning A Different Man, as well as the upcoming The Last Day and Faces of Death.
Maribeth's casting work includes the feature films: First Match, Skin, A Quiet Place, Late Night, Brittany Runs A Marathon, Sharper, Bottoms, and A Different Man. Maribeth's television work includes: Mildred Pierce, Olive Kitteridge, and Bridge and Tunnel.
Tod's animation work includes the projects: The Pumpkin Of Nyefar, El Tigre, The Secret Of Kells, Howl, Escape Of The Gingerbread Man, The Book Of Life, The Prodigal, and more recently The 21, which honored the 21 Coptic men martyred by ISIS in Libya in 2015. Tod also wrote the book The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen Of Animation Design, a look at the life and animation philosophy of the Background Artist and Layout Designer legend.
Eugenio's narrative feature film work includes: Hello Destroyer, Boundaries, When The Storm Fades, This Is Tomas, Longlegs, Heretic, and The Monkey. His documentary work includes: Wizard Mode, Illusions Of Control, The Last Tourist, Physician Heal Thyself, and Resident Orca. Eugenio's television series work includes: The Wrestlers, Psi Cops, and The Edge Of Sleep.
Iain is an Animator known as Director of the films: Akbar's Cheetah, The Tannery, and A Bear Named Wojtek, and has worked as an animator on several short and feature films over his career. Iain has headed his own company Animation Garden, whose projects include: Badger Beats and A Bear Named Wojtek.
Mark's work for director Paul Thomas Anderson includes: Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master, and Phantom Thread, for which he won an Academy Award. Mark had also won an Oscar for his work on the The Artist. Mark's more recent work includes: Joker, The Fabelmans, Maestro, and the upcoming The Lost Bus for Paul Greengrass.
Neil has worked on a variety of animated feature films including: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Ethel and Ernest, and Sherlock Gnomes. Neil's animated short work includes the films: The Snowman and the Snowdog, We're Going On A Bear Hunt, and The Last Belle, which he wrote and directed. Neil's most recent project is the acclaimed feature film, Kensuke's Kingdom, with co-director Kirk Hendry.
Stuart's documentary feature scores include: One Night In Turin, Hiroshima: 75 Years Later, and Disorder. Stuart's television scoring work has included: London's Burning, Atlantis, and Crazyhead. Stuart's scores for animation include: the series The Lampies, the short film We're Going On A Bear Hunt, and the acclaimed feature film Kensuke's Kingdom.
Christopher's feature film work includes: Bleeding Love, Water Rises, Skincare, and the upcoming feature film, Little Death. Christopher's short films include: Where You Are, The Voice In Your Head, and The Flute.
Tomas earned a Master's Degree with Honors from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and his portfolio includes: television shows, theater, and advertising, along with over twenty feature films. Besides work in film, Tomas has composed extensively for concert performance, with his compositions premiering in countries around the world, including: France, Poland, Japan, and the US. Tomas' film scoring work includes: Gueros, Museo, The Good Girls, Things We Dare Not Do, Tell Me When, Killing Cabos 2, Northern Skies Over Empty Space, Jezabel, The (Almost) Legends, and more recently, the acclaimed La Cocina.
Maureen's casting work includes the films: Once, This Must Be The Place, Extra Ordinary, Apocalypse Clown, The Miracle Club, The Martini Shot, That They May Face The Rising Sun, and more recently Small Things Like These and the upcoming, Frewaka. Maureen's television work includes the projects: Raw, Love/Hate, Rebellion, Taken Down, and Louise Lives Large.
Ben's film work includes: Lady Macbeth, Limbo, Disobedience, The Wonder, Scrapper, Conclave, and The Teacher, as well as the documentaries: 9/11: Phone Calls From The Towers and The Reason I Jump. Ben's television work includes: Prime Suspect, Merlin, The Lazarus Project, and War Of The Worlds.
Kendall's Set Decorator work includes the films: Love Is Strange, Chuck, You Were Never Really Here, Uncut Gems, Things Heard and Seen, Confess, Fletch, Problemista, and The Room Next Door. Her television work includes the series: Odd Mom Out, The Punisher, and The Changeling. Kendall's debut as Production Designer, the acclaimed His Three Daughters, received glowing reviews and is streaming on Netflix.
Tracey's feature film projects include: Batman Begins, Quantum Of Solace, The Raven, Urban Hymn, Extinction, I'll Find You, Gran Turismo, White Bird, and Tuesday. Tracey's television work includes: Dracula, Mars, and Berlin Station.
Zoe's Set Decorator work includes the films: Death Note, A Dog's Way Home, Light Of My Life, The Art Of Racing In The Rain, Flora and Ulysses, and Love Hard, and was Assistant Decorator on films including: Into The Forest and War For The Planet Of The Apes. More recently, Zoe was Set Decorator on David Lowery's Peter Pan and Wendy, and Anna Kendrick's acclaimed directorial debut Woman Of The Hour for Netflix.
Nuria's film work in the Art Director role includes the films: Evolution, Sergio and Sergei, and One Year, One Night. Nuria's Set Decorator work includes films such as: Live Is Life, Love Gets A Room, and Bird Box: Barcelona, along with television series: The Crown, Top Boy, and Who Is Erin Carter. Recent Production Design work for Nuria includes the films: My Loneliness Has Wings and A House On Fire, and the upcoming series, A Muerte.
Zach's feature film work includes: The Eyes Of My Mother, Jonathan, The Climb, The Vigil, Paper Spiders, Barbarian, Woman Of The Hour, and Don't Move. Zach's short film projects include: No Longer Suitable For Use, Power Signal, and Young Mom.
Angello was born in Bogota, Colombia and studied filmmaking at ESCAC in Barcelona. He balances narrative, documentary and commercial work. Angello's short film work includes: The Last Two, Lina, and Dulce. Angello's feature film work includes: Lapu, Milestone, Where The Light Shines, and The (Almost) Legends. Angello's recent and upcoming features include: The Anatomy Of Horses, Carro Pasajero, and Where The Silence Passes.
Gabriel's feature film work include: Automata, Veronica, Greta, While At War, Klaus, La Abuela, Sister Death, My Loneliness Has Wings, and My Penguin Friend. Gabriel's television work includes: Criminal, La Unidad, The Girl In The Mirror, and Santo.
Fatima's feature film scores include: Atlantics, La Abuela, Seeking Mavis Beacon, and Skincare. Fatima's musical releases include: Desert Strike, Brute, Shaneera, and more recently Medieval Femme and Gumar.
Claire's feature film projects include: Dangerous Parking, Malice In Wonderland, VS., The Pope's Exorcist, and The Creator. Claire's television work includes: Vanity Fair, Chernobyl, Little Birds, The Power and The Day Of The Jackal.
Kenji's feature film scores include the films: Somos Mari Pepa, Nap Time, The Blue Years, Entitled To Sail, Eight Out Of Ten, Storks, Los Lobos, and Ska'yaa. Kenji's more recent projects include the films: Loulou and La Falla.
Some of Rene's projects include: The Red Chapel, Life In The Emergency Lane, Asphalt NYC, The Wolfpack, and Homeless On Instagram. Rene's upcoming documentary subjects include, the pop singer Christopher and RED, the homeless rapper. Rene was nominated for Best Documentary at the Danish Academy Awards for his documentary film 7 Years Of Lukas Graham, following the pop group and lead singer over a seven year period.
Jens' film scoring credits include: Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, Ai Weiwei's documentary Vivos, the WWII themed film Out Of The Darkness, and the documentary Markie In Milwaukee. Jens was nominated for a Danish Film Academy award for his score to the documentary 7 Years Of Lukas Graham. More recently Jens scored the acclaimed Netflix documentary, Tell Them You Love Me.
Uli has collaborated with director Tom Tykwer on several films, including: Winter Sleepers, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, A Hologram For The King, and Cloud Atlas, co-directed by The Wachowskis. Uli's film work includes: Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, The International, Cloud Atlas, In Secret, A Hologram For The King, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes. Uli's television work includes work on the acclaimed: Sense8, The Queen's Gambit, and Babylon Berlin.
Asta's film credits include: 101 Reykjavik, The Good Heart, The Wave, Undercurrent, Summerland, Kon-Tiki, The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle, The 12th Man, The Quake, Everybody Hates Johan, Touch, and the upcoming, King and Conqueror. Asta's television credits include: Lazy Town, Dag, Norsemen (Vikingane), Beforeigners, and Welcome To Utmark.
Feature film work from Claudius includes: Look Who's Back, Alone In Berlin, Goodbye Berlin, Frantz, In The Fade, Tar, and more recently, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Television works from Claudius include: Babylon Berlin and Chernobyl, for which he won an Emmy. Upcoming films from Claudius include: The Light and In The Lost Lands.
Kjartan's feature film work includes: As In Heaven, A Little Trip To Heaven, White Night Wedding, Reykjavik-Rotterdam, The Good Heart, Undercurrent, Summerland, The Deep, Virgin Mountain, End Of Sentence, Against The Ice, Band, and Touch. Kjartan's television work includes the series: Lazy Town, Trapped, and Arctic Circle.
Coll's feature film work includes: Trees Lounge, The Fog Of War, Restrepo, James White, Christine, Mother, The Whale, Barbie, and Mountain Queen: The Summits Of Lhakpa Sherpa. Coll's television work includes the series: Chasing the Moon, The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst, and Dr. Death.
Frederic's still photography work includes work for the films: Beloved Sisters, Resistance, A Hologram For The King, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Munich: The Edge Of War, and Spencer. Frederic's television projects include: Tatort, Berlin Station, Helgoland 513, and Babylon Berlin. His upcoming films include: From Hilde With Love and The Light.
Benoit's short films as Director have included: Bzz, Dji Vou Veu Volti, and The Lion And The Monkey. Benoit's feature film animation work includes: The Triplets Of Belleville as an Animator, Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale as Character Designer, The Secret Of Kells as Animation Supervisor, and the Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams as Animation Director.
Erin's work includes the features film projects: Good Time, Italian Studies, Funny Pages, and Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme. Erin also edited the short films: Rejoice In The Lamb, Power Signal, and Dance, starring Pura Fe.
Svend's feature film work includes: Song Of The Sea, Wolfwalkers, The Breadwinner, My Father's Dragon, and more recently the Oscar nominated, Robot Dreams. Svend's television work includes: Pandaerne, Big Hero 6: The Series, and Angry Bird Toons. Svend's most recent project is the feature film, Light Of The World, for Epipheo Studios.
Jose has over twenty years' experience in publishing comics and illustrating for magazines, as well as publishing an award-winning graphic novel, Cosecha Rosa. Jose's work as animation art director includes the films: Bunuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles, the Oscar nominated Robot Dreams, and the upcoming feature Decorado, by Alberto Vazquez. Jose was also an Art Director on the television series, Vikingskool, for Cartoon Saloon.
Angela's feature film work has included: Rumor Has It, Cake, The Family Fang, Venom, The Fablemans, and Unfrosted. Her television work includes the series: Big Little Lies and The Morning Show. Angela's beauty clients include: Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Reese Witherspoon.
Kajsa's short film credits include: Mother Said, Deconstruction Workers, Leonid Shower, It's Up To You, and It Was Mine. More recently, Kajsa debuted her feature film, Titina, based on the true story of the 1926 North Pole expedition of Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen, told through the eyes of Umberto's dog, Titina.
Jennifer's feature film work has included: Miss Meadows, Criminal Activities, I Am Not A Serial Killer, Madtown, My Friend Dahmer, Looks That Kill, Queenpins, and Turtles All The Way Down. Earlier in Jennifer's career, she was also Art Director for the films: Take Shelter and The Kings Of Summer.
Hansjorg's feature film work has included: Requiem, Trade, Two Lives, Dreamland, Colonia, 3 Days In Quiberon, 7500, I'm Your Man, She Said, Adios Buenos Aires, and We Were Dangerous. Hansjorg's upcoming projects include: Disappearance and Rose.
Emma's film work includes the animated features: The Illusionist, The Red Turtle, and The Bears' Famous Invasion Of Sicily. She had previously directed her own acclaimed Stop-Motion short film, Settling. More recently, Emma was the Art Director and Production Designer for the acclaimed animated feature film, Titina, directed by Kajsa Ness, based on the true story of the 1926 North Pole expedition of Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen, told through the eyes of Umberto's dog, Titina.
Benedict's feature film work includes the films: The Counterfeiters, A Woman In Berlin, Mahler On The Couch, Homevideo, Cold Hell, Styx, Narcissus and Goldmund, Hinterland, I'm Your Man, In A Land That No Longer Exists, and Stella: A Life.
Guido's feature film work includes the films: The Swamp, The Headless Woman, Zama, Killing Jesus, The Chambermaid, The Intruder, Noise, and Totem. Guido's television work includes the series: My Lucky Day, The Kingdom, and It Was Always Me.