Q&A Panel with production designer Jack Fisk, cinematographer Darius Khondji, sound editor/designer Skip Lievsay, and make-up artist Kyra Panchenko

Monday, Dec. 15 2025, 7:00

• Jack Fisk is an Academy Award–nominated production designer whose work has defined some of the most acclaimed films of the past five decades. Known for his meticulous attention to historical detail and his ability to create immersive, character-driven worlds, Fisk has collaborated with visionary directors including Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese, and Josh Safdie. His credits include There Will Be Blood, The Revenant, The Tree of Life, Mulholland Drive, Killers of the Flower Moon, and most recently, Marty Supreme.
• Darius Khondji is a Paris-based cinematographer renowned for his distinct visual style and his collaborations with some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers. With a career spanning over four decades, Khondji has earned widespread recognition for his work across a variety of genres, from psychological thrillers to epic dramas, and has become a defining voice in modern cinema. Khondji’s work has garnered two Academy Award nominations, three César Award nominations, and a BAFTA nomination, further cementing his legacy as one of the leading cinematographers in the industry. His iconic credits include Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children for Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Se7ven for David Fincher, The Ninth Gate for Roman Polanski, The Immigrant  and The Lost City of Z for James Gray, Midnight in Paris and Magic in the Moonlight for Woody Allen, Amour for Michael Haneke (which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Zidane: A First 21st-Century Portrait, a documentary film for Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, and Evita for Alan Parker, which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Khondji has worked on some of the most celebrated films of the past decade. He shot Uncut Gems and Marty Supreme for Josh Safdie, and Okja and Mickey 17 for Bong Joon Ho. His collaboration with Ari Aster on Eddington premiered in the Main Competition section at the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival. His work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths earned him an Oscar nomination, an ASC nomination, and a Silver Frog award at Camerimage.
• Skip Lievsay is a New York-based Academy award winning supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer and sound designer for film and television. Lievsay has worked with filmmakers and directors, including the Coen brothers, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Jonathan Demme and Robert Altman. In January 2007, he received two Academy Award nominations—for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing—for his work on Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men. In 2011, he was nominated in the same categories for the film True Grit. His most recent film credits include The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Inside Llewyn Davis and Gravity. Lievsay won the 2014 Academy Award in Best Sound Mixing for Gravity and was nominated in the same category for Inside Llewyn Davis and Roma.
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