The Ultimate (and growing) List of What to Watch From Filmmaker U Guests!

Mar 16, 2022

Each week since the beginning of the pandemic, we have asked each of our guests one last question on our Filmmaker U weekly Chats.  Each of our guests are asked to tell us if there a show or movie they discovered during that time of lockdowns or what is their guilty pleasure shows to watch. Here are there suggestions and links to their interviews!

 

UPDATED March 22, 2022

 


 

EDITORS


 
"The Harder They Fall" and "JoJo Rabbit" Editor Tom Eagles, ACE
The Criterion Collection
"I Am no Longer Here" Mexican Film'
"Stalker"
"The Long Day's Journey Into The Night"

"The Velvet Underground" Editor Adam Kurnitz
"Small Acts" on Amazon

"The Velvet Underground" Editor Affonso Goncalves, ACE
Muvi website

"Narcos: Mexico" Editor Joaquin Elizondo
"The Queen's Gambit"
"Maid" on Netflix
"Insecure" on HBO Max
"Res Miguel"

"Dickinson" & "Mr Mayor" Editor Kyle Gilman
Rewatched "30 Rock"

"Euphoria" Editor Aaron I. Butler, ACE
"Schitt's Creek"

"tick, tick…BOOM!" Editor Myron Kerstein, ACE
"Get Back"
Getting back to see the movies at a movie theater or drive-in.

"tick, tick…BOOM!" Editor Andrew Weisblum, ACE
"Asphalt Jungle"
"Samurai Spy"
The Criterion Channel

"Arcane" Editor Lawrence Gan
"Demon's Lair"
"Attack on Titan"

"Arcane" Editor Ernesto Matamoros-Cox
"Impractical Jokers"

"1883" & "Yellowstone" Editor Chad Galster
"The White Lotus"

Academy Award-Nominated "Don't Look Up" Editor Hank Corwin, ACE
"Succession"
"The Crown"
Looking at various videos on Youtube

"King Richard" & "The Fighter" Editor Pamela Martin, ACE
"The Crown"

"Belfast" & "Death on the Nile" Editor Ùna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE
"Breaking Bad"
"Better Call Saul"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" Editor Tim Streeto, ACE
"The Expanse" Amazon Prime
"Mare of Eastown" HBO MAX
"Hacks"
The film "Thief"
The film "Straight Time"
The film "Pal Joey"

"Billions" Editor Marnee Meyer
"We Are Lady Parts"

"Snowpiercer" and "The Nevers" Editor Cheryl Potter
"Mare of Eastown"

"Pen15" and "Little Fires Everywhere" Editor Amelia Allwarden
"Madmen"
"Breaking Bad"

Academy Award-nominated Editor Christopher Tellefsen, ACE
The Film "The White Sheik"
The Film "The Fast Lane"
The Film "Joyous Laugher"

"Wandavision" Editor Nona Khodai, ACE
"Starstruck"
"Succession"
"Modern Love"

"Creed II" & "Warrior" Editor Sean Albertson, ACE
"The Queen's Gambit"
"Billions"
"Succession"
"The Crown"

"Yellowstone" & "Daredevil" Editor Michael Knue, ACE
"Midnight Diner"
"Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories"

"Only Murders in the Building" Editor JoAnne Yarrow, ACE
"The Pottery Showdown"
"I May Destroy You"

"Lost in Space" Editor Mark Hartzell, ACE
Comedies
"Parks and Recreation"
"Schitt's Creek"
"The Golden Girls"
"Pen15"
"Ted Lasso"
"Showgirls"

"A Black Lady Sketch Show" Editor Daysha Broadway, ACE
"Chernobyl"
"Murder Amongst Mormons"

"A Black Lady Sketch Show" Editor Jessica Hernández,,ACE
"The Great"

"A Black Lady Sketch Show" Editor Stephanie Filo, ACE
"The Third Day"
"Pretty Little Liars"
"Gossip Girls"

"Ted Lasso" Editor Melissa McCoy, ACE
"Mythic Quest"
"The Movies That Made Us"

"Ted Lasso" Editor A.J. Catoline, ACE
"The West Wing"
"The American President"
"Good Will Hunting"

Emmy-nominated "Hacks" Editor Jessica Brunetto
"I Hate Suzie"

"Jessica Jones" & "Raised by Wolves" Editor Jennifer Barbot, ACE
"Call My Agent"
"The Bureau"

"Peaky Blinders" Editor Mark Davis
"The Great"

"The Falcon & Winter Soldier" Editor Todd Desrosiers
"Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
"Escape to the Chateau"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Emmy Award-winning Editor Jon Philpot
"Too Old To Die Young"
"Girls5Eva"
"System Crasher"
"Lover's Rock"

"The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" & "Mr. Robot" Editor Rosanne Tan, ACE
ESPN Documentaries
"Seinfeld"

"Top Gun: Maverick" Editor Eddie Hamilton, ACE
"Palm Springs"
"Its a Sin"

Academy Award-winning "Star Wars" Editor Paul Hirsch, ACE
The film "Love and Anarchy"
The film "Germany Year Zero"
"The Bicycle Thieves"
"Rose, Open City"

"Russian Doll" Editor Todd Downing, ACE
"Underground Railroad"

"Avengers: Endgame" Editor Jeffrey Ford, ACE
"Hereditary"
"Midsommar"
"Tales from the Loop"
"The Lighthouse"

Editor & Filmmaker Gershon Hinkson
"Curmudgeons"

"Doctor Strange" Editor Wyatt Smith, ACE
"Watchmen" Series
"Devs"

"Breaking Bad" Editor Kelley Dixon, ACE
"Nadia Bakes"
"Mindhunter"

Acclaimed Editor of "There Will Be Blood," Dylan Tichenor, ACE
Old "Dr. Who"
"Wandavision"
"The Dark"
"Wickerman"

Marvel's "Runaways" Editor Jeff Granzow
"Daybreak"
"The Umbrella Academy"

"The Apprentice" Editor Jim Ruxin, ACE
The film "It's Complicated"
The film "Mickey Won" warren Beaty
The film "Parenthood"

"Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party" Assistant Editor Marco Gonzalez
Anime "Death Note" "Cowboy Bebop" Full Metal Alchemist" "Attack on Titan" "Hike You

Oscar-nominated Editor Kevin Tent, ACE
The film "Days of Heaven"
The film "Chinatown"

"Elf" Editor Dan Lebental, ACE
"Queen's Gambit" on Netflix
"El Chopo"

"Wonder Woman 1984" Assistant Editor Christopher Frith
The film "The Core"

"Succession" Editor Anne McCabe, ACE
"Daddy's Home"

"Ozark" Editor Cindy Mollo, ACE
The film "Galaxy Quest"

Award-winning Editor Maya Mumma, ACE
Any Christopher Guest Film
All the "John Wick" Movies

"Stranger Things" Editor Kevin Ross, ACE
The film "Stripes"
The film "Animal House"
Any Rob Reiner Film

Emmy-winner Director/Editor Kabir Akhtar ACE
"The Wire"

"Billy Madison" Editor Jeffrey Wolf, ACE
https://youtu.be/FvyfeeXo69c
The Criterion Channel
The film "Cleo Five to Seven"

"Sex and the City" Editor Michael Berenbaum, ACE
"Somebody Feed Phil"
"Bosch"
"Ozark"
"Money Heist"
"Babylon Berlin"
"The Valhalla Murders"
"Deadwind"

Sidney Wolinsky, ACE, Editor of "Sopranos" and "The Shape of Water"
"Ordinary People" on Hulu
"Dairy Girls" on Netflix
The film "Platoon"

Disney Editor Jesse Averna
80's Cinema
Monster movies
"Evil Dead 2"
Early Spielberg films

"The Crown" Assistant Editor Siân Fever
"Staying in with Emily and Kamelle"
"Dolly Parton's America"
Ronan Farrow's "Catch and Kill"

 

CINEMATOGRAPHERS 


 

Cinematographer Adam Beck
Every night someone in the family picked something to watch.
Reading American Cinematographer Magazine archives and then watching those films.  

"Jockey" Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, ABC
"Ted Lasso"

Emmy-nominated Cinematographer & Director Arlene Nelson, ASC
"The Righteous Gemstones"

Emmy-nominated Cinematographer Tom Houghton, ASC
Turner Classic Movies - Film Noir Saturday Nights

"Annabelle"Cinematographer James Kniest
"Dexter: New Blood"
"Peaky Blinders"

The Tender Bar" Cinematographer Martin Ruhe, ASC, BVK
"The Green Knight"
"Leviathan" Russian film

"The Outsider" Cinematographer Zak Mulligan
The Film "Contagion"
"The White Lotus"

"The Power of the Dog" Cinematographer Ari Wegner, ACS
“80 Thousand Hours”

"tick tick... BOOM" Cinematographer Alice Brooks, ASC
"Soul"
The entire PIXAR collection

Cinematographer and Innovator Bill Bennett, ASC
"Squid Game"

"The Harder They Fall" Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr
Russian Cinema

"CODA" Cinematographer Paula Huidobro
Billy Wilder Movies
Films By Louis Bunuel

"Snowfall" Cinematographer Tommy Maddox-Upshaw, ASC
The Criterion Channel
The Film "Come and See"
The Film "As the Cranes Fly"

"Blue Bayou" Cinematographer Ante Cheng
"Pachinko"

"Blue Bayou" Cinematographer Matthew Chuang, ACS
"The Last Dance

"Mayday" Cinematographer Sam Levy
The Criterion Channel
The film "The Red Shoes"

"Donnie Darko" Cinematographer Steven Poster, ASC
"The French Village"
"Le Bureau"
"Call My Agent"
"Hard"

"Asking For It" Cinematographer Jendra Jarnagin
"Power"
"Power Book Two: Ghost"

"Old Henry" Cinematographer John Matyśiak
"Succession"
"The Morning Show"

Director & Cinematographer Elle Schneider
"Hannibal"
"Halt and Catch Fire"

Acclaimed Cinematographer Richard Crudo, ASC
"The Dig"

"Y: Last Man Standing" Cinematographer Kira Kelly, ASC
"Ted Lasso"
"Lupin"
"Reservation Dogs"

Director of Photography Scott Ressler
"Wild, Wild Planet"
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Director of Photography Dan Kneece
The Criterion Channel
"Spiral"
"Mindhunter"
"The End of the F..ing World"

"The Sound of Silence" Cinematographer Eric Lin
The Film "Polytechnic"

"Paradise Lost" Cinematographer Bob Richman
The book Isaacson's "Davinci" Biography

"Crazy Rich Asians" Cinematographer Vanja Černjul, ASC
Made a list of classical movies and books that he had never seen, but knew he should have. Whether it was a DP or author and watched and read.
The film "The Insider"

The Umbrella Academy" and "Be Kind Rewind" Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, ASC
"Rango"

Netflix's "Cheer"Cinematographer Melissa Langer
The film "Bring it On"
"Pose"

Netflix's "Cheer" Cinematographer Erynn Patrick
The film "Bring it On"
Anything from Nora Ephron

Cinematographer Bruce Logan, ASC
The Film "The Big Lebowski"

Cinematographer Quyen Tran, ASC
"Shawshank Redemption"
"Potrait of a Lady on Fire"

 

DIRECTORS


"Lily Topples The World" Director Jeremy Workman
Discovery +
"Gunda"
"Aqua Rela"
"Koyaanisqatsi" 

"Apollo 11" Director Todd Douglas Miller
"Underground Railroad"
"Enter the Void"
"Irreversible"
"Parasite"
"Tokyo Olympiad"
"The Nick"

"The Sound of Silence" Director Michael Tyburski
The Criterion Channel
Any Albert Brooks movie

"Some Kind of Heaven" Director Lance Oppenheim
"The Comeback"
"Dating Around"
"Couples Therapy"
"The Swan"

 

VISUAL EFFECTS



"In The Heights" VFX Supervisor Mark Russell
"Game of Thrones"
"Broadchurch" 
"Lupen" 

Army of the Dead" & "Bird Box" VFX Supervisor Marcus Taormina
"Tiger King"

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse" VFX Supervisor Michael Lasker
"Queen's Gambit"

HARBOR's Commercial Creative Director Q Choi
"Catch Me If You Can"

Visual Effects Artist Debra Khoo-Jeffrey
"The Boys"
"Lovecraft Country"
"Enola Holmes"

"The Irishman" VFX Artist Chris Mackenzie
"Pretend It's a City"
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

VFX Artist Chris Healer
"Res" on Hulu

 

COMPOSERS


 
Emmy-nominated Composer Nathan Halpern
The Criterion Collection
"Fossbender"

Emmy-Award Winning & Grammy-nominated Composer Jeff Russo
"The Queen's Gambit"
"Ted Lasso"

"The Lost Daughter" Composer Dickon Hinchliffe
"Reservation Dogs"

Composer of Netflix's "American Vandal" Darien Shulman
"For Heaven's Sake"
"Invincible"

 

COLORISTS


 
Dailies Colorist Kevin Krout
The film "Dune"
"Bluey"

Colorist Vincent Taylor
"Cobra Kai"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"

"Uncut Gems" Colorist Damien Vandercruyssen
"Some Kind of Heaven"
"Queen's Gambit"

Colorist Billy Hobson
"The Queen's Gambit"
"Promising Young Woman"

Colorist Roman Hankewycz
"Luxor"

"The Lighthouse" and "Midsommar" Colorist Joe Gawler
"The Queen's Gambit"
"Minari"

"Elysium" and "Chappie" Colorist Andrea Chlebak
"Schitt's Creek"
"Queen's Gambit"

Veteran Color Scientist Matthew Tomlinson
"The Bletchley Circle"
The Queen's Gambit"
"Glee"

Acclaimed Feature Film Colorist Stephen Nakamura
"Boiler Room"

Color Scientist Dado Valentic
The film "True Romance"
Any Documentaries about inspiring people.

  

 

SOUND


 
Emmy-nominated Supervising Sound Editor Ian Cymore
The film "Rounders"
The film "In The Heights"
The film "Tick Tick... Boom"
The film "Encanto"
"The Music Box" HBO documentary series

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Production Sound Mixer Mathew Price
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Britsh murder mysteries
"Only Murderers in the Building"
"Ghosts"

Supervising Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer Ryan Billia
"Dave"
"Hacks"
"Collective"
The Criterion Channel

Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer Woody Woodhall, CAS
"Atypical"
"Lost"
"Silicon Valley"
"Game of Thrones"

Emmy Award-winning Re-Recording Mixer Roberto Fernandez
"Greyhound"
"Stowaway"
"Ozark"
"Ted Lasso"

Award-winning ADR mixer Bobby Johanson
Reality Shows from Alaska

"Black Panther" Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Steve Boeddecker
"Soul"

Sound Designer & Editor Grant Elder
"The Sound of Metal"
"The Sound of Silence"

"Greyhound" Supervising Sound Editor Michael Minkler
"JFK"
"Mank"

Disney's "Hamilton" Re-Recording Mixer Tony Volante
"Peaky Blinders"
"I Know This Much Is True"

Acclaimed Sound Designer Glenfield Payne
The film "Leap"
Documentary called "Collective"

Academy Award-winning Sound Designer Eugene Gearty
https://youtu.be/SEZkpg5TOS0
"My Cousin Vinny"

 

 

PRODUCERS


 
"Mass" Producer JP Ouellette
“Yellowjackets”
“Handmaid’s Tale”
“Ozark”

"Mass" Producer Dylan Matlock
“The Great”
“Mass”

"What Drives Us" Executive Producer John Ramsay
"The Game of Thrones"

VP of Programming for Truly Original Julie 'Bob' Lombardi
"90 Day Fiance"

Emmy-nominated Producer/Editor Kathryn Robson
"Poltergeist"

 

 

ANIMATION


 
Alan Hawkins, Head of Character Animation at SONY Imageworks
"I Think You Should Leave" Netflix

 

 

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS


 
Oscar-winning Production Designer Grant Major
"Succession"

 

 

INDUSTRY TECH & GEAR PROS


Filmmaker & Tech Evangelist Cirina Catania
"Coda"
"Summer of Soul"

Digital Cinema Society Founder and DP James Mathers
"The Queen's Gambit"

Filmmaker & Entrepreneur Gabriel Cowan
https://youtu.be/mlWCeJjWrpA
"The Mandalorian" on Disney+
"Queen's Gambit" on Netflix
"The Crown" on Netflix
"New Girl"

Maxon & Red Giant Director of Training Simon Walker, CSI
The Mandalorian" on Disney+
The film "Sicario"

Chief Product Officer Ross Shain from Boris FX
"The Office"
"Dark" on Netflix


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