On this episode, I spoke to directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae about their work on Daughters. 

Natalie Rae is an award-winning director devoting much of her career to women’s rights. Her work has been commissioned by the U.N. and Gates Foundation. She is the recipient of two Cannes Young Lions nominations. Working with artists such as Leon Bridges, H.E.R., Anderson Paak, Rae brings a distinct style and effervescent energy to music videos, commercials, and now her first feature documentary.

Angela Patton, CEO of Girls For A Change, is committed to advancing opportunities for Black girls. Her TEDWomen talk garnered over one million views and inspired the making of Daughters. As a speaker, author, and co-director, Patton is dedicated to celebrating and sharing the multifaceted experiences of Black girls.

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A moving portrait of empathy and forgiveness, Daughters traces an eight-year documentary journey by filmmaker Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton. The film intimately follows Aubrey, Santana, Raziah, and Ja’Ana as they prepare for a momentous Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers. Speaking openly about their aspirations, dreams, and the emotional toll of their fathers’ absence, compounded by the constraints of virtual visits, these girls reveal a profound wisdom and resilience beyond their years. As they navigate heartbreak, anger, and uncertainty, they seize a precious opportunity to forge connections. Daughters sheds light on the complexities of familial bonds strained by the unforgiving barriers of the criminal justice system and emphasizes that the foundation of community healing lies within the family unit.

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Lachlan Milne about his work on Lady in the Lake. 

Lachlan Milne is an award-winning director of photography, whose work ranges from Academy Award winning dramas to global smash TV series. Milne’s work on the acclaimed 2021 film Minari saw him nominated for a Critics Choice Award, Online Film & Television Association Award, and CinEuphoria Award among others. He has twice been awarded by the New Zealand Cinematographers Society for Minari and Love And Monsters. 

Milne’s other film credits include Hunt For The Wilderpeople and Next Goal Wins, both for Academy

Award winner Taika Waititi.
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When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman) is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as a journalist, and Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram) is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family. Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger. From visionary director Alma Har’el, Lady in the Lake emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams. 

On this episode, I spoke to Oscar and Emmy nominated costume designer Danny Glicker about his work on The Sympathizer. 

Glicker is an… 

-Oscar nominee for Milk in the Best Achievement in Costume Design category

-CDG Award winner for Transamerica in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category and a 2x nominee for Up in the Air and Milk

-Primetime Emmy nominee for Angelyne in the Outstanding Period Costumes category

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Patrick Howe and set decorator Rich Murray about their work on Only Murders in the Building. Howe is a 5x Daytime Emmy Award winner and an ADG nominee. Murray is a Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award winner and a 2x ADG nominee.

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Trayce Gigi Field about her work on Poker Face. Trayce Gigi Field is a CDG Award nominee for her work on Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Image Award nominee for her work on A League of Their Own.

On this episode, I spoke to composer Siddhartha Khosla about his work on Only Murders in the Building.  Khosla is a 6x Emmy nominee (4x for This Is Us, 2x for Only Murders in the Building), a SCL Award nominee, a 3x GMS Award nominee, and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Steve Yedlin about his work on Poker Face.  Yedlin has been the director of photography on Glass Onion, Knives Out, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Looper, and much more. Up next? Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts and Susana Fogel’s Winner.

On this episode, I spoke to set decorator Alison Harvey about her work on The Crown.  Harvey is an Emmy winner, a 5x ADG Award nominee, a SDSA Award winner, a 2x BAFTA Televison Craft Award nominee, a Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award nominee, and a British Film Designers Guild Award winner. 

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Judy Rhee about her work on Poker Face. Rhee is a 2x ADG nominee for her work on Better Call Saul and The Hours.

On this episode I spoke to editors A.J. Catoline and Melissa McCoy about their work on Ted Lasso. Catoline is a Primetime Emmy winner for “The Hope That Kills You”, a 2x ACE Eddie nominee, and a BFE Cut Above Award nominee.  McCoy is an ACE Eddie winner for “Make Rebecca Great Again”, a 2x Primetime Emmy nominee, and a BFE Cut Above Award nominee. 

On this episode, I spoke composer Christopher Willis about Schmigadoon! Willis is a 2x Primetime Emmy Award nominee, a Children’s & Family Emmy Award winner for Cat Burglar, and a Daytime Emmy Award nominee.  He is also a 4x Annie Award winner for Mickey Mouse, a Society of Composers and Lyricists Award nominee, a 4x Grammy Award winner, a British Independent Film Award nominee, and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to hair department head Kat Drazen and makeup department head Sarit Klein about their work on White House Plumbers.

On this episode, I spoke to composers Anna Waronker and Craig Wedren about their work on Yellowjackets.  Waronker and Wedren were HMMA Award winners for Best Main Title in a TV Show/Limited Series for Yellowjackets. They were also HMMA Award nominees for Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series for Yellowjackets. 

On this episode, I spoke to supervising sound editor and sound designer Dane A. Davis, dialogue editor and re-recording mixer Matt Vowles and sound effects editor and re-recording mixer Lisle Engle about their work on Expats.

Dane A Davis is an… 

-Oscar winner for The Matrix

-BAFTA Film Award winner for The Matrix

-2x Emmy Award nominee

-Motion Picture Sound Editors Career Achievement Award winner

-4x Golden Reel Award winner for Gotti, The Matrix, Treasure Planet and Return to House on Haunted Hill

Matt Vowles is a… 

-Golden Reel Award nominee for War Pigs

Lisle Engle is an… 

-Emmy Award nominee for Live from Baghdad

-2x Golden Reel Award winner for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Young Hercules

On this episode, I spoke to composer Jeff Russo about his work on Love & Death and Mrs. Davis.  Russo is 5x Emmy nominee (1x winner for Fargo), a BAFTA Games Award nominee, a 2x Grammy Award nominee, and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to hair & makeup designer Cate Hall about her work on The Crown.  Hall is a 2x Emmy nominee, a BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee, and a 2x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee. 

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Dana Covarrubias about her work on Only Murders in the Building. Covarrubias is a past Emmy nominee for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes in Only Murders in the Building.

On this episode, I spoke to director and producer Davis Guggenheim and editor Michael Harte about their work on Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. Guggenheim is an Oscar winner for An Inconvenient Truth, an Emmy winner for Boys State, a BAFTA Award nominee for He Named Me Malala, a DGA nominee for Waiting for Superman, a Grammy Award nominee for U2’s From the Sky Down in the Best Long Form Music Video category, and much more. Harte is an Emmy nominee for Three Identical Strangers, a BAFTA Television Craft Award winner for Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, an ACE Eddie nominee for Three Identical Strangers, and a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nominee for Three Identical Strangers.

On this episode, I spoke to casting director Robert Sterne about his work on The Crown. Sterne is a 5x Emmy winner for The Crown (2018, 2021) and Game of Thrones (2015, 2016, 2019). He is also a BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee for Chernobyl and a 2x Artios Award winner for The Crown and Game of Thrones.

On this episode, I spoke to editors Shelly Westerman and Payton Koch about their work on Only Murders in the Building. Westerman is an Emmy nominee (American Crime Story) and an ACE Eddie nominee (Only Murders in the Building). Koch is an ACE Eddie nominee (Only Murders in the Building).

On this episode, I spoke to composer Gavin Brivik about his work on How to Blow Up a Pipeline. 

On this episode, I spoke to composer Bobby Krlic about his work on Beef and Beau Is Afraid. Krlic is a BAFTA Award winner. His past work includes: Midsommar, Snowpiercer, and The Alienist. Up next: Blue Beetle.

On this episode, I spoke to composer Joel J. Richard about his work on John Wick: Chapter 4. Richard has composed all four of the John Wick films.

On this episode, I spoke to costumer designer Helen Huang about her work on Beef. Huang is an Emmy winner and CDG Award winner for her work on American Horror Story. Up next for Helen? The Penguin.

On this episode, I spoke to supervising sound editor Jack Whittaker, re-recording mixer Michael Minkler and re-recording mixer Duncan McRae about their work on “Masters of the Air”

Jack Whittaker is an…

-Emmy winner for “Generation Kill”

-11x Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award nominee (Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film for “Coco”) 

Michael Minkler is a… 

-3x Oscar winner for “Dreamgirls,” “Chicago” and “Black Hawk Down”

-3x BAFTA winner for “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope,” “JFK” and “Chicago”

-3x Cinema Audio Society Award winner for “John Adams,” “Dreamgirls” and a Career Achievement Award winner

-Emmy winner for “The Pacific” 

-MPSE Golden Reel Award winner for “Born on the Fourth of July” 

Duncan McRae is an… 

-Australian Screen Sound Guild Award winner for The Great Gatsby

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Charlese Antoinette about her work on Air. Antoinette is a CDG Award nominee for her work on Judas and the Black Messiah. Air stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker and Viola Davis.

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Dominique Dawson about her work on Swarm. Up next? Ava DuVernay’s film adaptation of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Ryan Warren Smith about his past work on Lean on Pete and his upcoming work on Alexander Payne's film The Holdovers.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Maya Sigel about her work on Hello Tomorrow!

On this episode, I spoke to composer Tom Howe about his work on Daisy Jones & The Six, Shrinking, and Ted Lasso. Howe was an Emmy nominee for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for Ted Lasso. His upcoming work includes: Polite Society, Book Club: The Next Chapter and season 5 of Fargo.

On this episode, I spoke to director, writer and producer A.V. Rockwell about her work on A Thousand and One. A Thousand and One won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

On this episode, I spoke to cinematographer Dan Laustsen about his work on John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Color Purple. Laustsen is a 2x Academy Award nominee, a 2x BAFTA nominee, a 2x ASC Award nominee, a BSC Award nominee, and a 2x Critics Choice Award nominee.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Yan Miles about his work on Sharper.  Miles is a 2x Emmy winner for The Crown and Sherlock, an ACE Eddie winner for Sherlock, and a BAFTA Television Craft Award winner for Sherlock.  Sharper stars Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, and John Lithgow.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Jon Philpot about his work on Theater Camp. Philpot is an Emmy winner for his work on The Mind of a Chef. His past credits include Broad City, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, Search Party, Girls5eva and Hacks. Theater Camp stars Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Patti Harrison, Ayo Edebiri, Amy Sedaris and many more. The film was directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.

On this episode, I spoke to Emmy-nominated composer Joseph Shirley about his work on Creed III and The Mandalorian. 

On this episode, I spoke to composer Jeff Toyne about his work on Palm Royale. 

Palm Royale stars Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Laura Dern, Allison Janney and Carol Burnett.

On this episode, I spoke to editors Adam Epstein and Joanna Naugle about their work on The Bear.  Epstein is a 2x Emmy nominee for Saturday Night Live.  Naugle is an ACE Eddie nominee for her work on The Bear. 

On this episode, I spoke to production visual effects supervisor Frank Petzold about his work on All Quiet on the Western Front. Petzold is an Oscar nominee, a BAFTA nominee, and a European Film Award winner for European Visual Effects for All Quiet on the Western Front.

On this episode, I spoke to sound designer Markus Stemler about his work on All Quiet on the Western Front.  Stemler is an Oscar nominee (All Quiet on the Western Front), a BAFTA award winner as of yesterday for Best Sound for All Quiet on the Western Front, an AMPS winner for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film for All Quiet on the Western Front, a 3x MPSE nominee (All Quiet on the Western Front, The Matrix Resurrections, Citizenfour), and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to composer Volker Bertelmann about his work on All Quiet on the Western Front.  Bertelmann is a 2x Oscar nominee (Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front), a 2x BAFTA nominee (Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front), a BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee (Patrick Melrose), a Critics Choice Award nominee (Lion), a Golden Globes nominee (Lion), and much more. 

On this episode, I spoke to production designer John Paino about his work on The Last of Us.  Paino is a 3x Emmy nominee (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) and a 3x ADG nominee (Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects). 

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Deborah Scott about her work on Avatar: The Way of Water. Scott is an Academy Award winner for Titanic, a BAFTA nominee for Titanic and a 2x CDG Award nominee for Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water. This year, Scott will be honored with the Career Achievement Award at the CDG Awards.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Stephanie Filo about her work on Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and A Black Lady Sketch Show. Filo is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning editor. She was just nominated this week for her first ACE Eddie.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Timothy Good about his work on The Last of Us. The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Jonah Markowitz about his work on George & Tammy. The series stars Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon. 

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Karen Murphy about her work on Elvis. Murphy is a 5x ADG nominee (1x winner for The Great Gatsby), a Critics Choice Award nominee for Elvis, and a 3x Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award winner for Elvis, True History of the Kelly Gang and The Great Gatsby. Elvis was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film stars Austin Butler.

On this episode, I spoke to composer Martin Phipps about his work on The Crown. 

Phipps is a 7x Emmy nominee, a 2x Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award winner, a 3x BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee and a 2x Society of Composers and Lyricists Award nominee and an Ivor Novello Award winner for his work on The Honorable Woman. 

On this episode, I spoke to editor Tom Cross about his work on Babylon. Cross is a 2x Oscar nominee for La La Land and Whiplash, where he won for the latter. He is also a 4x BAFTA nominee (2x winner for No Time to Die and Whiplash), a 5x ACE Eddie nominee (1x winner for La La Land), a 4x Critics Choice Award nominee (2x winner for First Man and La La Land), an Independent Spirit Award winner for Whiplash, and so much more. Babylon was directed by Damien Chazelle. The film stars Margot Robbie and Diego Calva.

On this episode, I spoke to sound supervisor Scott Gershin, re-recording mixer Frank Montaño, and re-recording mixer Jon Taylor about Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Gershin is an Emmy nominee, a BAFTA nominee, and a 7x MPSE Award winner. Montaño is a 9x Oscar nominee, a 4x BAFTA nominee (2x winner for The Revenant and The Fugitive), and a 3x CAS Award winner. Taylor is a 4x Oscar nominee, an Emmy nominee, a 4x BAFTA nominee (1x winner for The Revenant), and a 2x CAS Award winner.

On this episode, I spoke to makeup and hair designer Heike Merker about her work on All Quiet on the Western Front. Merker is a 2x Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee for Crazy Rich Asians, where she is also a winner for Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature-Length Motion Picture for the project. With All Quiet on the Western Front, Merker was a winner at the European Film Awards for European Makeup and Hair. Merker’s work has also been shortlisted at the Oscars and longlisted at the BAFTAs. All Quiet on the Western Front was directed by Edward Berger.