AwardsWatch - Interviews

Interview: Bleeding Fingers’ Russell Emanuel and Andrew Christie, the musical minds behind ‘The Simpsons’

Amanda Spears June 10, 2019

Bleeding Fingers Music, was founded in 2013 by Russell Emanuel, Steve Kofsky and Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. Bleeding Fingers has scored everything from Planet Earth... Read More

Interview: Brett ‘Leland’ McLaughlin, songwriter for ‘The Other Two’

Erik Anderson June 3, 2019

Comedy Central’s The Other Two centers on an aspiring actor (Drew Tarver) and his sister Brooke (Heléne Yorke), a former professional dancer, who try to... Read More

Interview: Cannes winner Ladj Ly, director of ‘Les Misérables’

Jack King May 30, 2019

“We have the impression that the politicians don’t care. […] If you really want to make a revolution, you have to be in the streets... Read More

Interview: ‘Barry’ actor Anthony Carrigan, TV’s nicest mobster

Erik Anderson May 23, 2019

“You can put that on the record!” was Anthony Carrigan’s response to me telling him what a huge fan I am of HBO’s Emmy-winning comedy... Read More

Interview: Mary Zophres, Oscar-nominated costume designer of ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’

Erik Anderson February 15, 2019

Costume designer Mary Zophres had created some of the most iconic looks in modern movie history. From The Dude’s robe and sweater in The Big... Read More

Interview: ‘Destroyer’ screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi

Erik Anderson January 7, 2019

Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi have hit the spectrum in their Hollywood screenwriting career, ranging from the smallest of indies like The Invitation to huge... Read More

Interview: Barry Jenkins – From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and that living room scene

Erik Anderson December 12, 2018

I first interviewed Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins before he was an Oscar winner at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October of 2016. We met... Read More

Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on why SHOPLIFTERS is a unique examination of family ties

Mina Takla December 6, 2018

With SHOPLIFTERS, Hirokazu Kore-eda has created one of, if not the most, significant film of his career. What sounded like a social critique turned out... Read More