‘100 Foot Wave’ Cinematographer Laurent Pujol On Capturing ‘The Biggest and...
Emmy-nominated cinematographer Laurent Pujol broke down the acclaimed water cinematography from Max’s docuseries “100 Foot Wave” as a part of Variety Artisans presented by HBO. The series follows...
View ArticleHow ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Blended Hayden Christensen & James Earl Jones to Make...
The sound designers behind the Emmy-nominated Disney+ limited series “Obi-Wan Kenobi” sat down with Variety for Artisans, presented by HBO to discuss blending the iconic voice of Darth Vader (voiced by...
View Article‘Wednesday’ Costume Designer Colleen Atwood on Finding the Addams Family...
Four-time, Oscar-winning costume designer and longtime Tim Burton collaborator, Colleen Atwood peeled back the layers behind her grim, ghastly and (often) girly designs on the Netflix series...
View ArticleEmmy-Nominated Artisans From ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’...
When Emmy-nominated songwriter Sam Ryder was brought on to pen an original song for Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso,” one of the first lines he wrote for “Fought & Lost” was “Go take a bow, the audience is...
View Article‘The White Lotus’ Composer on Translating the Iconic Titles from the Jungle...
“The White Lotus” theme song has always been uniquely recognizable, but the Season 2 theme catapulted the score to new heights, as the Renaissance club track took over the Internet and became a popular...
View Article‘Jury Duty’ Casting Director Reveals the Audition Tapes That Built Its...
Amazon Freevee’s Emmy-nominated comedy series “Jury Duty” is an incontestable success. At the core of the show is its cast, defined by a pool of actors and one single civilian (aka Ronald) who doesn’t...
View Article‘Priscilla’ Star Cailee Spaeny on Perfecting Her Eyeliner in One Take and...
Sofia Coppola’s latest movie, A24’s “Priscilla,” takes audiences back to the 1960s to chronicle a love story between 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu and rock star Elvis Presley. Cailee Spaeny plays teen...
View Article‘Past Lives’ Cinematographer on Capturing Time’s ‘Fleetingness’ Through the...
“Past Lives,” might have one of the most emotional endings this year. Cinematographer Shabier Kirchner expressed that he and writer-director Celine Song wanted to “capture that feeling of time” and its...
View Article‘Oppenheimer’ Borrowed ‘Veep’s’ Oval Office Set After Film’s Original...
“Oppenheimer” production designer Ruth De Jong was tasked with building Los Alamos, the home of the Manhattan Project and the Trinity Test site, for Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb drama. But her most...
View Article‘The Killer’ Cinematographer on the Opening Scene of David Fincher’s Thriller...
How do you get into a killer’s head? It starts with situating yourself within their perspective, as “The Killer” cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt says. That perspective was firmly established in the...
View ArticleHow ‘Wonka’ Artisans Crafted Fake Chocolate, De-Aged Hugh Grant and Styled...
The story of Willy Wonka seems to be ingrained in our collective DNA, believes arranger and composer Joby Talbot, who recently joined Variety’s Artisans Screening Series of “Wonka” in partnership with...
View Article‘Barbie’ Composers Wanted to ‘Move Each Other’ While Writing the Score: ‘Are...
Music supervisor George Drakoulias first reached out to Mark Ronson about working on two songs for “Barbie,” which became Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night.” However, that...
View Article‘Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West’ Filmmakers on What Humans Can Learn...
Released in May, “Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West” is a documentary that follows the targeting of wild horses in the United States. Variety senior editor Todd Gilchrist moderated a panel about...
View Article‘Poor Things’ Cinematographer Breaks Down Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo’s Wacky...
The first 25 minutes of “Poor Things” are in black and white. But when Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter embarks on a journey with Mark Ruffalo’s Duncan Wedderburn to Lisbon, “we’re introduced quite strikingly...
View Article‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Team Leaned Into Teen-Inspired...
Work on the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” sequel is happening. Producer, writer and actor Seth Rogen provided the update at Variety’s Artisans screening series. Joined by co-writer and...
View Article‘American Fiction’ Artisans On Forgoing Satire for the Ending and Creating a...
Cord Jefferson’s debut feature “American Fiction” employed multiple female department heads, including cinematographer Cristina Dunlap, editor Hilda Rasula and composer Laura Karpman. They were joined...
View ArticleMichael B. Jordan and the ‘Creed III’ Team On Taking Inspiration from Anime...
For “Creed III,” the ninth film in the “Rocky” universe, Michael B. Jordan stepped into the director’s chair for the first time, taking helm of the franchise previously led by his longtime collaborator...
View Article‘Maestro’ Artisans on Collaborating with Bradley Cooper and How That Snoopy...
The artisans of “Maestro” recalled their experiences working with Bradley Cooper to bring his vision of Leonard Bernstein’s story to life at Variety’s Artisans Screening Series of “Maestro,” moderated...
View ArticleWhy ‘Maestro’s’ Thanksgiving Scene Took Three Takes and How Carey Mulligan...
Oscar-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique knew the Thanksgiving scene in “Maestro” was going to be one of the most emotional moments in the film. In the scene, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley...
View Article‘El Conde’: How Cinematographer Ed Lachman Captured the Flying Nun Vampire...
Pablo Larrain’s latest film “El Conde” takes General Pinochet, the Chilean dictator, and turns him into a 250-year-old vampire. But, the film that landed cinematographer Ed Lachman an Oscar nomination...
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