SPS017: Actress, Director, and Producer Juliet Landau
Release Date: 08/11/2016
SPS034: Joe's Office Edition ep1 "It's a Jungle Out There"
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to sit in the same room as the sound supervisors, sound designers, editors, re-recording mixers, and artists for your favorite tv shows and movies? President of and 8 time Emmy Winner, Joe Melody, sits with his fellow award-winning team as they hold a "round table" discussion following their careers, behind-the-scenes experiences, and artistic contributions through the post production business. In Episode 1 of 's - Joe's Office Edition series, the "round table" discussion opens up to Joe's question: "What advice would you give to a new...
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SPS033: Composer and Musician Jonathan Wolff
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
"A good TV theme, DOES have Pavlovian powers!" ~ Jonathan Wolff On this week's episode of the Smartcast we invite acclaimed musician and composer Jonathan Wolff. Jonathan is the man behind the iconic Seinfeld theme as well as having written the music for over 75 primetime series. Creating a sonic brand is this week's theme as Jonathan discusses the many intricacies of establishing oneself as not only a musician, but also a brand in the creative arts. The story about his musical journey is something of wonder. He's a masterful pianist that is both entertaining and informative. Listen this week...
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SPS032: Filmmaker Laurens Grant
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Bio excerpt from ~ Laurens Grant is a 3-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker. She recently directed the documentary Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement for BET. She also produced The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which premiered at Sundance; representing her third film to premiere at this prestigious film festival. The film opened worldwide in Fall 2015 and played a remarkable 8-week run at Film Forum in New York City. It aired on PBS’s Independent Lens series to record-breaking ratings on Feb. 16, 2016. Previously, Grant...
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SPS031: Loren Silber - Post production mixer and co-owner of Lime Studios Santa Monica
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Loren Silber is an audio post production mixer and co-owner of Lime Studios in Santa Monica, CA. Loren's experience began at the University of Miami where he started in the music engineering program. His ambitions then moved towards becoming a record producer and working on albums in Los Angeles where things fell short. After applying for several jobs around the country, Loren landed his first post production job in Chicago. With $300 in his pocket he moved to Chicago and took the job. Loren lived and worked in Chicago for 8 years before moving to Los Angeles....
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SPS030: Steve Cantos - Vice President of Operations & Client Services at Sony DADC
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Steve Cantos is Vice President of Operations and Client Services currently at Sony DADC. Steve's experience in Home Entertainment post production and international markets is discussed. Not many people understand what happens to the packaged product after it's been completed. Steve has held senior leadership roles overseeing staff of 100+ across numerous functional servicing areas, covering all facets of feature film and episodic content creation and distribution. He's been head of strategic initiatives and designed several systems to improve process,...
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SPS029: Matt Temple - Sound Editor, Supervisor, Re-Recording Mixer & Musician
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Matt Temple is an established post-production sound designer, editor, supervisor and mixer with his roots in the music industry. Classically trained as a violinist early on, Matt began playing guitar from the age of 12. Originally from New York, he spent 12 years in the Boston Area playing in bands and producing artists and songwriters. He eventually took a job teaching at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. After playing the club scene and doing tours through Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the UK, Matt decided to relocate to Los Angeles, California. In...
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SPS028: Re-recording Mixer and Musician Kevin Valentine
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Re-Recording Mixer and Musician Kevin Valentine has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His mixing credits include: Prison Break, Mercy Street, Killing Reagan, Better Call Saul, Bones, The Good Wife, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise, Chasing Life, Whitney, Tyrant, Enlisted, Gossip Girl, My Boys, Charmed and Seventh Heaven to name a few. As a drummer his credits include: Donnie Iris and The Cruisers, The Innocent (where Trent Reznor was a member before moving on to NIN), Godz, Rosie, Shadow King, Cinderella, The Lou Gramm Band (from Foreigner),...
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SPS027: Dialog Editor Paul Longstaffe
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
Paul Longstaffe has won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards and 3 Golden Reel awards. His technique and workflows have been honed throughout several years of telling stories through dialogue and production audio. Paul is a master of iZotope's RX and has a unique approach at cutting dialogue and making it flow smoothly with editorial and design. His credits include: Recovery Road, Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise, The Bastard Executioner, NCIS, Away and Back, The Bridge, Good Kill, Finding Joy, Memphis Beat, Drop Dead Diva, The Forgotten, Raising the Bar, The Glass House, Facing a New Age, Without a...
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SPS026: Composer, Musician, and Arranger David Buckley
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
David Buckley most recently created the score for the summer action blockbuster “Jason Bourne,” directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon. David has also scored the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy “The Brothers Grimsby,” for director Louis Leterrier, and “The Nice Guys” for Shane Black & Joel Silver. David's previous film credits include the Joel Schumacher-directed thrillers “Trespass” and “Blood Creek”, Ben Affleck’s crime drama “The Town”, action film “Parker” directed by Taylor Hackford, and Rob Minkoff’s...
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SPS025: Software Engineer and Lead Programmer at Respawn Entertainment Jon Shiring
Smart Post Sound's Smartcast: Interviews and discussions with creators in film, television, and gaming.
This week we talk with Jon Shiring - Software Engineer and Lead Engineer at Respawn Entertainment. Jon's credits include shipping the highly anticipated Titanfall 2 (out October 28, 2016), Titanfall, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty 2 and Savage. He has over 15 years experience in the game industry working on multiplayer titles. As a software engineer Jon has added splitscreen, sprinting, playlists, co-op (via non-blocking lockstep), and matchmaking to Call of Duty, and helped build the cloud server system and...
info_outlineJuliet Landau is a multifaceted actress, director, and producer.
Having co-starred in Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood” and opposite Whoopi Goldberg in “Theodore Rex” Juliet is a creative talent not only in her acting, but the characters she portrays and takes on.
She created and played the role of Drusilla with Joss Whedon on “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” over the course of six seasons discussing with us what it's like acting in television.
Juliet directed the documentary "Take Flight" about and for Gary Oldman covering his creative process and co-directed "Dream Out Loud", which features interviews from the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson.
Juliet is currently directing “A Place Among The Undead” - which we encourage you to contribute to at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-place-among-the-undead#/ The title is an anthology series on vampires, which includes interviews with Tim Burton, Joss Whedon, Gary Oldman, Willem Dafoe, Anne Rice, Ron Perlman, Robert Patrick and many more. Juliet is also additionally directing (in tandem) a feature length documentary, “A Place Among The Dead”, which looks at people taking the fantasy of vampirism a bit too far into reality. For more info on these titles please visit her site at http://www.julietlandau.com
Juliet has starred in over 20 films and on multiple television shows. She describes her unique approach in adopting a character's persona and what it's like performing for a diverse arena of television, theatre, gaming, and feature environments. Juliet has performed extensive voiceover work for multiple video game, animation, and audio book titles which she also discusses.
For theater, Juliet's favorite performances include starring in “Danny and The Deep Blue Sea”, “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Awake and Sing” among many, many more.
Listen this week as we delve into the performances that encompass Juliet Landau's career through past, present, and future.