Adam Stockhausen Creates the Setting for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson's new film The Grand Budapest Hotel tells the story of an eccentric and charming world famous concierge, Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) and his adventure filled friendship with Zero Moustafa,...
View ArticleThe Sound of Interstellar
In this exclusive profile, SoundWorks Collection talks with supervising sound editor and sound designer Richard King about the sound team’s extensive work on director Christopher Nolan's immersive...
View ArticleContender – Editor Sandra Adair, Boyhood
Collaborating for 22 years and 18 films, editor Sandra Adair and director Richard Linklater have developed a communications shorthand when working together. Both have laid back personalities and are...
View ArticleContender – Editor John Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler explores the world of L.A. crime journalism, as an amoral man, Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), driven to get headliner stories for a ratings-obsessed news director, Nina Romina (Renee Russo),...
View ArticleContender – Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, The Homesman
Creating beauty out of bleakness was the challenge for Rodrigo Prieto, the director of photography for The Homesman. The movie – a variation on the traditional Western in that its main character is a...
View ArticleContender – Production Designer Suzie Davis, Mr. Turner
Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner explores the life of eccentric painter J.M.W. Turner. Working without a script, Leigh crafted the story from rehearsals with the actors. The process of working without a script...
View ArticleContender – Production Designer Rodney Becker, Boyhood
Director Richard Linklater’s epic-yet-quiet coming-of-age tale, Boyhood, has increasingly become an awards season contender on the strength of a “best picture” nod from the New York Critics Circle (in...
View ArticleContender – Visual Effects Supervisor Paul Franklin, Interstellar
Visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin assumed he was setting out to make a science fiction film with his long-time collaborator, director Christopher Nolan. As it turns out, they made a science film,...
View ArticleBennett Miller’s Immersion into the Depths of Character in Foxcatcher
Drawing viewers into its psychological nadir, Foxcatcher explores the darkly fascinating relationships between eccentric multimillionaire John du Pont (Steve Carell) and two champion wrestlers – Mark...
View ArticleContender – Editor Spencer Averick, Selma
Chronicling the powerful true story of Dr. Martin Luther King’s historic civil rights marches that culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Selma is a particularly timely...
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