SBIFF: Variety Artisans Awards Celebrates Everyone from Barbie Songwriter Billie Eilish to Oppenheimer Editor

Fans gathered on a sunny Sunday morning to honor the eleven artists chosen by Variety and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) to receive Artisan awards. The awards honor the best work behind the camera, and this year’s Artisans were essential to bringing the biggest movies to life. Spanning visual effects to costume design to music, the majority of the recipients are also Oscar nominees.

The most recognizable of the honorees were Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. The pair came to receive their award for writing and performing the song “What Was I Made For?” in BARBIE.

CHECK OUT OUR INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTISANS BELOW

Billie Eilish & Finneas, BARBIE Songwriters

The sibling songwriting team called their Oscar nomination for BARBIE “a dream” and revealed that writer/director Greta Gerwig called them about a year ago about writing a song for the film. They were so inspired by the film that they wrote “What Was I Made For?” the day after they saw BARBIE, and without a contract signed.

Video Courtesy of YTS Films – SBIFF House Crew

Michael Semanick, ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE Re-recording Mixer

Semanick shared in the fans’ pain regarding where SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE ended and eluded to what’s coming in the third installment of the series.

Ludwig Göransson, OPPENHEIMER Composer

Göransson shared with Temple of Geek how he picks the wide variety of projects he works on, and what it’s like working with OPPENHEIMER director/writer Christopher Nolan.

Rodrigo Prieto, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON & BARBIE Cinematographer

One of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood, Prieto weighed in on how he works on such different projects, and teased his directorial debut.

Holly Waddington, POOR THINGS Costumer Designer

Waddington revealed how she balanced fantasy and historical references in POOR THINGS, as well as whose costume fittings made her laugh!

Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer, BARBIE Production Design

Collaborators for twenty-five years, Spencer and Greenwood told Temple of Geek how they made Barbieland come to life, and which classic movies they drew inspiration from for BARBIE.

Kazu Hiro, MAESTRO Prosthetic Makeup Designer

Five-time Oscar nominee Hiro praises Bradley Cooper and discusses how they collaborated to turn him into Leonard Bernstein MAESTRO.

Video Courtesy of YTS Films – SBIFF House Crew

Stephane Ceretti, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3 VFX Supervisor

Ceretti tells us what it was like to return for the third GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, and doing visual effects for a Marvel movie is an international endeavor.

Jennifer Lam.e, OPPENHEIMER Editor

Lam.e reveals why she wanted to work with Christopher Nolan again after collaborating with him on TENET, and what her favorite part of OPPENHEIMER is.