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March 10, 2025 Book Of Clarence Costume Designer Antoinette Messam
Costume designer Antoinette Messam discusses her work on The Book of Clarence, her career, and her love of fashion with Producer/Host Phillip Boutté Jr Antoinette is an immensely talented costume designer; able to take the script and interpret the characters collaboratively with the director. Antoinette's experience as a fashion designer and stylist brings her costume design work in film & television to the next level.Sponsored by Western Costume
1 hr 16 min
February 18, 2025 Elvis, Snow White Cinematographer Mandy Walker
Today we sit down with Mandy Walker, the seasoned cinematographer behind Elvis, Snow White, Mulan and more.
#elvis#snowwhite#cinematographer#mandywalker
1 hr 3 min
January 24, 2025 Wicked Costume Designer Paul Tazewell
Wicked Costume Designer Paul Tazewell & Producer Host Phillip Boutté Jr. In ‘Wicked,’ the Fashion Is a Big Piece of the Magic Costume designer Paul Tazewell spared no detail in bringing Elphaba and Glinda to life through their clothing. Although Tazewell has more than three decades of experience designing costumes for Broadway (he earned his first Tony nomination for Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk in 1996), “my love of detail is so much more apparent with film than it is necessarily with theater,” he says. (It’ll probably come as no surprise to learn that Tazewell is a Virgo.) For Tazewell, it wasn’t about recreation, nor was it about reinventing the wheel: Success lies in identifying those key looks, then being able to “digest how I experience them and see them through my lens and how I might reimagine what that same energy and life force looks like.”
Sponsored By: Universal Costume Department Editor Credit: Oliver Ricketts
Tags:
#wicked #paultazewell #costumedesign #filmmaking #movie #cynthiaerivo #arianagrande #designinghollywood #wickedmovie
1 hr 12 min
January 05, 2025 Netflix Griselda Costume Designer Safowa Bitzelberge & Set Designer Knut Loewe
In this episode Netflix Griselda two special guests starting with Safowa Bright Bitzelberger a TV and Film costume designer. Most recently, she earned an Emmy nomination for her work as a costume designer on Netflix’s Griselda, starring Sofia Vergara. As a multidisciplinary creative, and throughout her career in the industry, Safowa has worn several hats as a costume designer, wardrobe stylist, and costume supervisor. Beyond her work on Griselda, Safowa also worked on many acclaimed films, like Ava DuVernay’s Origin, and TV shows, including Ballers, starring Dwayne Johnson, and DMZ, starring Rosario Dawson.
Knut Loewe is a film and TV production designer and most recently, his outstanding work has been featured in Netflix’s hit miniseries Griselda, starring Sofia Vergara. He just completed another miniseries titled Murder on the Inca Trail and has worked on a biopic about one of the most successful German entertainers Hans Rosenthal. He previously worked on many critically acclaimed TV series, like Starz’s Counterpart, created by Justin Marks; Survive, starring Sophie Turner; and BAFTA TV Awards-nominated BBC drama Sinking of Laconia,starring Brian Cox. He won four German TV Awards with two additional nominations and was nominated twice at the German Television Academy Awards. Knut’s credits in film range across various genres, including comedy The Pharmacist, and period drama Cold Is the Breath of Evening.
Phillip Boutté Jr moderator/producer
Sponsored by Western Costume Company @westerncostumecompany
1 hr 34 min
December 10, 2024 Agatha All Along Costume Designers Maddison Carroll, Christine Casaus and Daniel Selon
Today we are joined by three costume designers from the Disney + series: Agatha all Along. Phillip is joined by Maddison Carroll, Christine Casaus and Daniel Selon.
1 hr 46 min
November 25, 2024 Gladiator II, Cinematographer John Mathieson, Costume Designers Janty Yates, David Crossman
Today we are joined by Gladiator II's John Mathieson (Cinematographer), and Costume Designers Janty Yates and David Crossman.
1 hr 2 min
November 25, 2024 Goosebumps, The Last of Us, Costume Designer Cynthia Summers
Cynthia Summers is an Emmy-winning Costume Designer based in Los Angeles and Vancouver. She is best known for her brilliant and unique style-eye in world building and bringing characters to life, whether they are modern day and fashion-driven or fantastical creatures taken from the pages of a book. Cynthia is inspired by the spirit of character in creating cohesive looks that resonate for each individual within the world that they inhabit.
HBO’s adaptation of THE LAST OF US, created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, is Cynthia’s recent hit project. She also completed work on the newly released Apple Original film SWAN SONG, with Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Glenn Close, Naomie Harris, and Awkwafina. In 2021 she was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Costume Design for her work on Netflix’s first season of THE BABY-SITTER’S CLUB. Her stand out designs for the second and third seasons of Netflix’s Emmy-Nominated series LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, starring Neil Patrick Harris, have won five CAFTCAD awards and were nominated for 2019 & 2020 Costume Designer’s Guild Awards as well as two Primetime Emmys (2018 & 2019) in Outstanding Fantasy/Sci Fi Costumes. She was also nominated for a 2021 Costume Designer’s Guild award for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television for TNT’s SNOWPIERCER season 1, starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs.
Cynthia has also designed looks for NETFLIX’S cyberpunk-noir sci-fi series ALTERED CARBON starring Anthony Mackie and Simone Missick; five seasons of Bravo’s breakout hit and first scripted series GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE and all 6 groundbreaking seasons of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated series THE L WORD, for which she was the recipient of the Hollywood Style Award – Best Costumes. Cynthia is praised for the chic looks she develops for an array of characters. Her style choices move flawlessly from the screen to viewers’ closets as she presents versatile options, visually defining each character in a way that connects with consumers.
Cynthia’s outstanding and diverse resume of 60+ credits includes FOX’s Emmy-winning series BONES, her creations on the prequel cadet academy world of Halo for Microsoft’s series adaptation of HALO 4: FORWARD UNTO DAWN as well as her film work including BEAUTIFUL BOY, APOLLO 18, and THE SHOW starring Giancarlo Esposito, Josh Duhamel, James Franco, and Famke Janssen to name a few.
57 min
November 12, 2024 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Predator, Costume Designer Tish Monahan
Today's guest is a talented Costume Designer from Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada). She has worked on a wide range of projects including: INSOMNIA, HAPPY GILMORE, THE TERROR, TWILIGHT NEW MOON AND TWILIGHT ECLIPSE, SCHMIGADOON, HOT ROD, CATS & DOGS (where else can you make a HANNIBAL LECTOR costume for a cat??), AN UNFINISHED LIFE, HOT ROD, and many more. She is currently the Costume Designer for PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS on Disney+.
1 hr 4 min
October 19, 2024 The Bear Costume Designer Courtney Wheeler
Today we are joined by Courtney Wheeler, costume Designer for the FX Dramedy: The Bear. Her other credits include Queer as Folk, Betty, and many more.
55 min
October 15, 2024 Sing Sing Costume Designer Desira Pesta
Desire Pesta joins us on todays episode to talk about her work on A24's new film: "Sing Sing" starring Colman Domingo.
Desira Pesta is a Costume Designer & foremost a storyteller. A cinephile with a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University & Masters in Costume Design from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Desira is the offspring of hippie bikers & grew up in rural Pennsylvania driving tractors and a backhoe. She fled rural life for Brooklyn & for ten years, she ran her own ethically-produced fashion line. Desira accidentally entered the entertainment industry by way of body doubling and stunt work on such productions as Boardwalk Empire + Birdman. Desira's recent design work has screened at several International film festivals including TIFF, Berlinale, SXSW, and San Sebastián. Desira is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local USA 829.
In Sing Sing,
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art
1 hr 4 min