Although the future of television has never been more uncertain, the need for fresh, creative voices has never been stronger. Even with threats of artificial intelligence and the aftershocks of industry-wide strikes looming overhead, 2024 has been a knockout year for TV thanks to the work of so many talented artisans behind the scenes. At the Creative Collaborators panel during this year’s Variety’s A Night With Artisans , hosted by Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay, the industry’s most revered casting directors, editors, composers and production designers came together to discuss how they brought some of the biggest shows of 2024 to life.
Panel guests included casting director of “Masters of the Air” Lucy Bevan; supervising sound editor of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Ben Cook; set decorator of “Palm Royale” Ellen Reede; production designer of “3 Body Problem” Deborah Riley; composer of the “Tattooist of Auschwitz” Kara Talve; production designer of “Hacks” Rob Tokarz’ and lead visual effects supervisor of “Star Trek Discovery” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Jason Zimmerman. Bevan was lucky enough to land two of the hottest stars in Hollywood in Barry Keoghan and Austin Butler for “Masters of the Air”. In the case of Butler, Bevan managed to cast him as Maj.
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