Roger Christian, Set Decorator of Star Wars: A New Hope and More

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Roger Christian is an oscar nominated set designer and academy award winner, most recognised for his work on Star Wars: A New Hope and Alien. With more than twenty years of experience in the industry he has built a successful career for himself covering many areas including set designing, directing and production designing. Interview By […]

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Brad Ricker, supervising Art Director for Inception, Spider-Man: Homecoming and More…

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A two-time recipient of the Art Directors Guild award for “Excellence in Production Design,” Brad Ricker has brought to life a large number of outstanding movies in his 30 year long career, including 2004’s The Terminal, 2010’s Inception, and 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. He graciously allowed Lift-Off some of his time to talk about his passion for his job, working on Inception […]

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Alan Edward Bell, editor for Red Sparrow, (500) Days of Summer, The Hunger Games and More…

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If the length of the title wasn’t enough of a giveaway, Alan Edward Bell has a truly huge (and impressive) credits list under his belt. Starting off as an assistant editor in the 80’s where he worked on projects such as Heathers, Alan’s been the lead editor on many of his own projects now. Most recently you […]

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Tim Ives, Cinematographer of Stranger Things and More

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From ‘Stranger Things’ to “Mr. Robot’, Tim Ives has accumulated an impressive collection of work as a successful cinematographer. Lift-Off looked to him to find out his inspirations, hurdles he has faced and his advice for aspiring cinematographers. Interview by Lauren Macaree When did you decide that you wanted to pursue a career in cinematography and how […]

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Edward “Chips” Hardy, writer and co-creator of BBC’s Taboo and more…

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As far as writing goes, Chips Hardy has done it all. Advertising, novels, comedy, stage, film, and TV. There isn’t really a medium left that Chips has yet to use to present his complex characters and darkly comedic themes. As such, it felt only necessary that we tap him for as much information as we […]

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