With many awards groups, whether it be the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or various technical guilds and societies preparing to vote for the best motion pictures of 2020 over the next two months, this seemed like a good time to collect all of Below the Line’s coverage and interviews with the very talented crafts people in the mix into one convenient location.
We’ve separated everything into categories, so if you’re only interested in one particular craft, you can go there and see what we have to offer. Below the Line’s amazing writing team has been working overtime over the past few months to offer a variety of feature interviews with how some of these movies were made. If you happen to like a feature and want to be more by the writer, then you can do so by clicking on their name below.
Go ahead and bookmark this page, because any further crafts features/interviews will be added leading up to the Oscars on April 25.
* Oscar nomination
CINEMATOGRAPHY
*Sean Bobbit on Judas and the Black Messiah by Edward Douglas
Bryce Fortner on I’m Your Woman by Daniel Eagan
Shelly Johnson on Greyhound by Sarah Musnicky
*Erik Messerschmidt on Mank by Edward Douglas
*Phedon Papamichael on The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Danielle Solzman
Rodrigo Prieto on The Glorias by Daniel Eagan
Tami Reiker on One Night in Miami by Edward Douglas
Marcell Rév on Malcolm and Marie by Danielle Solzman
Martin Ruhe on The Midnight Sky by Danielle Solzman
Tobias Schliessler on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Danielle Solzman
Newton Thomas Siegel on Cherry by Mun Kang
Thorsten Thielow on Boys State by J. Don Birnam
*Darius Wolski on News of the World by Daniel Eagan
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jim Bissell on The Midnight Sky by Daniel Eagan
*Donald Graham Burt on Mank by Edward Douglas
*David Crank on News of the World by Daniel Eagan
David Crank on Greyhound by Sarah Musnicky
Daniel Dorrance on The United States vs. Billie Holiday by J. Don Birnam
*Mark Ricker on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by J. Don Birnam
Helen Scott on Small Axe Anthology by Mun Kang
COSTUME DESIGN
*Massimo Cantini Parrini on Pinocchio by J. Don Birnam
Julian Day on Rebeca by Mun Kang
Deb Newhall on I Care a Lot by J. Don Birnam by J. Don Birnam
Nancy Steiner on Promising Young Woman by J. Don Birnam
*Trish Summerville on Mank by J. Don Birnam
HAIR AND MAKEUP
Denise Kum on Mulan by Edward Douglas
Donald Mowat on The Little Things by J. Don Birnam
Angie Wells on Promising Young Woman by Mun Kang
*The Make-Up Team from Hillbilly Elegy by J. Don Birnam
*The Make-Up and Hair Team from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by J. Don Birnam
*The Make-Up and Hair Team from Pinocchio by J. Don Birnam
FILM EDITING
Tariq Anwar on One Night in Miami by Daniel Eagan
*Alan Baumgarten on The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Daniel Eagan
Jeff Groth on Cherry by Daniel Eagan
*Mikkel E.G. Nielsen on Sound of Metal by J. Don Birnam
Gabriel Rhodes on Time by Daniel Eagan
Carolina Siraqyan on The Mole Agent by Daniel Eagan
Kristan Sprague on Judas and the Black Messiah by J. Don Birnam
James Wilcox on Hillbilly Elegy by Mun Kang
Sidney Wolinsky and Mark Czyzewski on Greyhound by Sarah Musnicky
Harry Yoon on Minari by Mun Kang
The Editors of The Fight by J. Don Birnam
The Editors of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm by J. Don Birnam
SOUND
*Nicolas Becker on Sound of Metal by Mun Kang
Rich Bologna and Skip Lievsay on Judas and the Black Messiah by Daniel Eagan
Skip Lievsay on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Daniel Eagan
Sound Designer Michael Minkler on Greyhound by Sarah Musnicky
The Sound Team for Greyhound by Robin Milling
The Sound Team for The Prom by Mun Kang
VISUAL FX
*Matt Kasmir on The Midnight Sky by Edward Douglas
*Anders Langlands on Mulan by Edward Douglas
Peter Mavormates on Mank by Edward Douglas
Dan Macarin and Stephen Clee on We Can Be Heroes by Edward Douglas
The VFX team for Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 by J. Don Birnam
The VFX team for Greyhound by Sarah Musnicky
*The VFX team of The One and Only Ivan by Daniel Eagan
MUSIC/SCORE
Nathan Halpern on Swallow by Edward Douglas
*James Newton Howard on News of the World by Edward Douglas
*Emile Mosseri on Minari by Edward Douglas
Adam Peters on The Dissident by Edward Douglas
DIRECTOR SERIES
Paul Greengrass on News of the World by Edward Douglas
Kevin Macdonald on The Mauriranian by Edward Douglas
Steve McQueen on Small Axe Anthology by Edward Douglas
Kornel Mundruzo on Pieces of a Woman by Edward Douglas
George C. Wolfe on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Edward Douglas
We’ll add more features and interviews to the above running list as they’re posted on Below the Line.
