Bill Desowitz
Bill Desowitz, the Awards Editor, Craft & Animation at IndieWire, specializes in below-the-line, tech, and animation coverage, with a special emphasis on Oscar and Emmy Awards season predictions and analysis. Aside from in-depth making of features and influential state of the race perspectives, have additionally contributed to the site's "Influencers" and "25th anniversary" series. These include profiles of "Wolfwalkers" co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, and VFX guru Rob Legato on the future of the industry. Additionally oversaw the launch of the site's "Sketch to Screen" behind-the-scenes animation series with "The Mitchells vs. the Machines” . Honors include sharing third-place prize with IndieWire colleagues for the Influencers TV series Multimedia Package, awarded by the Los Angeles Press Club at the 63rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards in 2021.Prior to joining IndieWire, the Los Angeles native was founder of the "Immersed in Movies" blog devoted to crafts and animation coverage. Career highlights include serving as editor of Animation World Network (www.AWN.com) and sister site VFXWorld (www.VFXWorld.com), assignment editor at Below the Line (www.btlnews.com), and staff reporter for The Hollywood Reporter. Have contributed film features to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and Premiere Magazine. Author of "James Bond Unmasked" (Spies LLC), chronicling the 50-year evolution of the franchise's superspy, and featuring exclusive interviews with all six Bond actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. Have moderated numerous craft and tech-oriented Q&A discussions, including the ADG Previs Summit and several at the RealTime and FMX Stuttgart conferences. Received a BA in Journalism from California State University, Northridge, and an MA in Film and TV Studies from UCLA.Can be found on Twitter (@BillDesowitz) and Facebook.
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Production designer Beth Mickle tells IndieWire how the Bowie's design is a tribute to Rocket, built as a series of interconnected sets.
With "I Am Your Mother," director Magdalena Osinska takes Aardman into the "Star Wars" universe with British wit, stop-motion prowess, and girl power.
Cartoon Saloon co-founder Paul Young turns director with "Screecher's Reach" and embraces "Star Wars" with an Irish twist.
Aardman, Cartoon Saloon, and a host of other international animation powerhouses join the Disney+ anthology.
Roll Camera!
From "Amélie" to "Zodiac," IndieWire ranks the 60 films with the best cinematography of the last two decades.
Costume designer Donna Zakowska goes for her third Emmy with the fifth and final season, in which Midge dresses for stardom throughout the decades.
Tartakovsky discusses his pivot to action comedy, taking "Primal" in a new direction," and tackling an R-rated comedy with "Fixed."
Director Aster and animation producer Jorge Cañada Escorihuela explain how they pulled off the handmade look of the pivotal stop-motion.
"Andor" has a lot going for it in the upcoming Emmys craft races as the best "Star Wars" since "Rogue One."
Christopher Nolan and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema reunite for "Oppenheimer." Plus Martin Scorsese and costume designer Jacqueline West team up for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
The massive 2011 earthquake in Japan inspired Shinkai to make this coming-of-age drama, suffused with surprising humor.
