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The American’s Costume Designer Jenny Gering

If you haven’t seen FX’s hit series The Americans yet, you are missing out on the one of the most relentlessly entertaining, thoughtfully produced dramas on television. What’s more, for those of you who have any memory of the 1980s, The Americans is also one of the most gorgeously shot and costumed shows on TV, ...

By  |  March 2, 2015

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Costume Designer Hair/Makeup Props Sound Designer

Made in Maryland: Hanging With the Crew on the Set of Veep

It was a cold, blustery Tuesday in December when we were on the set of HBO’s Veep in downtown Baltimore. On the production front, however, It was a relatively calm day of filming by Veep standards, but a calm day on the set of this show still requires dozens of crew members to work their butts off. Whether it ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  February 9, 2015

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Actor Art Director Costume Designer Director Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Person

A Q&A with James Dever, Military Advisor on American Sniper

James Dever was just following orders. In 1986, Clint Eastwood arrived at Camp Pendleton, the Southern California Marine Corps base, to direct, and star in, Heartbreak Ridge. Dever, a gunnery sergeant with more than 13 years in the Corps under his belt at the time, was assigned by his Colonel to work with Eastwood — ...

By  |  January 14, 2015

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Actor Composer Costume Designer Director Hair/Makeup Production Designer

2014 in Review: Lensers, Designers, Makeup Artists & More – PART II

The end of the year brings a few reliable reactions; promises to do x, y and z more consistently in the new year, reflection on all that you accomplished (and failed at, and regretted) this past year, and 'Year in Review' lists. Yesterday we published Part I of our look back at some of the ...

By  |  December 31, 2014

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Costume Designer

Costume Designer Mark Bridges Makes Inherent Vice Look Nice

“She came along the alley and up the back steps the way she always used to. Doc hadn’t seen her for over a year. Nobody had. Back then it was always sandals, bottom half of a flower-print bikini, faded Country Joe & the Fish T-shirt. Tonight she was all in flatland gear, hair a lot ...

By  |  December 12, 2014

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Costume Designer Director

Ridley Scott’s 10 Commandments Making Exodus: Gods and Kings Part II

Yesterday we published part I of "Ridley Scott's 10 Commandments Making Exodus: Gods and Kings," looking at how the director and his team of hundreds of talented filmmakers managed to film God's wrath realistically, on location, and without losing the very human story at the Biblical epic's core. Here, then, is Part II, beginning with Scott's ...

By  |  November 25, 2014

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Harsh Conditions Bring out the Best in The Homesman‘s Crew

When we interviewed Marco Beltrami, he was particularly jazzed up about the work he did for Tommy Lee Jones’ upcoming film The Homesman. Beltrami is the type of composer who seeks out directors (as he did with Joon-ho Bong for Snowpiercer) and he was excited about Jones’ second directorial effort. The film’s set in the ...

By  |  November 6, 2014

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Costume Designer

Three-time Academy Award Winning Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Talks Shop

Colleen Atwood is one of the most prolific costume designers of her generation. She has never gone more than four years without a Oscar nomination, beginning with her work on Little Women in 1994 and leading up to her nomination for Snow White and the Huntsman in 2012. Atwood is responsible for one of the ...

By  |  November 4, 2014

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Composer Costume Designer

The Middleburg Film Festival to Honor Two Below-the-Line Giants

The Middleburg Film Festival, at just two years old, offers a strong program of films and an appreciation for the many talented craftsmen and women who make them. This year, the festival is honoring two below-the-line filmmakers, our raison d'être, who are both giants in their field. The Credits is heading down to Virginia today to get ...

By  |  October 30, 2014

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Costume Designer Props

Win Your Halloween Costume Contest With Duds From Actual Films

Not only can you do as the title suggests, you can also help save the planet. All you have to do is live in New York. Here's how. Head to an 11,000 foot warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on 540 President Street, and sample from a gargantuan collection of costumes, props, and more. The bonus? All of these ...

By  |  October 28, 2014

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Piecing Together The Imitation Game

The only thing more astonishing than Alan Turing’s efforts during World War II was the way his own government treated him after. Turing was, by all measures, a war hero, and his and his team's efforts were partly responsible for saving, by some estimates, 14 million lives. One of the fathers of computing, he led a group of ...

By  |  October 27, 2014

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Costume Designer

Final Tour of Hollywood Costume Exhibit a Must-see

"Nearly every costume designed for a film has a story behind its creation…Martin Scorsese once gave me an entire film to watch just to see the stripe on a collar." -Costume designer Sandy Powell. When David Fincher was shooting The Social Network, a momentous scene had it that Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) had to sprint back to his ...

By  |  October 24, 2014

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Costume Designer

Drawing Katniss, Magneto & More: Costume Illustrator Phillip Boutte Jr.

Phillip Boutte Jr. has been involved in film since he was three years old, when he began acting. He acted until he was around 16-years old, when he was growing tired of the roles he was being offered. “I didn’t like the way they were portraying young black men on TV,” he said, “every audition ...

By  |  September 10, 2014

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Costume Designer

Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne on Gearing Up the Guardians

Oscar-winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne is a major reason why Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't look like your average space epic. Part of the film's appeal is its visual splendor and wit—along with all of the eye-popping special effects there is an undeniable charm and style on display that bring to mind Han Solo's timeless black vest and buttonless collared ...

By  |  August 11, 2014

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Space Creators: Building the Guardians of the Galaxy

James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy opens on Earth, where a young Peter Quill sits alone in a hospital corridor, listening to his walkman. Prop master Barry Gibbs lead the search for the perfect cassette player, which took four months of internet searching and yielded only 16 cassette players in various states of disrepair that would be suitable ...

By  |  July 30, 2014

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Costume Designer Director

Building Edge of Tomorrow’s Armored ExoSuits

How might a soldier be able to fight giant, sophisticated, and fantastically violent aliens with sundry razor-sharp tentacles and a taste for carnage? Simple: just create an articulated armored suit capable of protecting a soldier’s body while delivering a massive amount of firepower from weapons mounted to the carapace. This was the challenge the filmmakers ...

By  |  June 3, 2014

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In Their Words: Some of This Year’s Oscar Nominees on Their Craft, Part I

One of the strongest years in recent cinema history will officially come to a close this Sunday at the 86th annual Academy Awards. What just about everyone agrees on is that, with a few exceptions (most people seem fairly convinced Cate Blanchett has Best Actress locked up, for example), it’s anyone’s guess (including our social ...

By  |  February 25, 2014

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Looking Back on Some of our Favorite Stories of 2013

When we launched The Credits a little more than a year ago, we aimed to shed a light on the many talented filmmakers who often don’t get much press for their work. While we’ve occasionally spoken to folks who need no introduction (John Waters, for example), most of the filmmakers we’ve focused on have a ...

By  |  December 31, 2013

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Costume Designer

Playing Dress Up with American Hustle Costume Designer Michael Wilkinson

He was the man who dressed Leonidas and his well-toned warriors in 300, made a graphic novel come to life in Watchmen and outfitted Krypton’s favorite son in Man of Steel. Sure, costume designer Michael Wilkinson had worked on smaller projects before—Garden State and American Splendor, to name a few—but he was still an unlikely ...

By  |  December 16, 2013

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Actor Costume Designer

Fashion Lessons From 10 Golden Globe Nominated Actors & Actresses

When we looked at the Golden Globes list of acting nominees, we were struck by how these characters would make really compelling fashion icons. Seriously. Aside from being a spectacular year for film, it's been a spectacular year for costume design. American Hustle alone is like a hair and wardrobe fever dream—you know you're enjoying everything about ...

By  |  December 13, 2013