The Wild People Behind The Wild Things
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Over the course of the past five years, Spike Jonze has brought together his (un)usual crew of frequent collaborators, friends old and new, and a kid named Sonny in bringing the Wild Things to life. Meet some of them here from VBS.tv’s Art Talk series:
- Production designer and Spike’s right hand man, K.K. Barrett (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Lost in Translation).
- “Orphan Sonny of Los Angeles”, creature designer Sonny Gerasimowicz (read how Karen O turned Spike onto Sonny from the LA Times online here and see Sonny like you’ve never seen him before in the Spike Nieves zine here).
In his designs for “Wild Thing” creatures such as Carol, above, Sonny Gerasimonwicz was told to show personalities rather than copy Maurice Sendak’s style. (via the LA Times)
- Music video veteran and one of my editing heroes, film editor Eric Zumbrunnen (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation). Click photo below to view Eric’s segment on VBS.tv.
- And finally costume designer Casey Storm (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Zodiac). Click photo below to view Casey’s segment on VBS.tv.
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- Where the Wild Things (Titles) are Made by McFetridge
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