Dolby Creator Talks

Getting a project made in the entertainment industry can be a mystifying process. But one thing is for sure: nothing would happen without the Hollywood assistants who help champion them and assist (and, yes, sometimes cajole) the executives into getting a green light. To help shed some light on all this, filmmaker Carlos López Estrada hosts another insightful Satellite Session, featuring a panel of top executives, producers, agents, and assistants, to explain how Hollywood assistants work, and why they are so essential to the entertainment industry. As well as how it could be a pathway “in,” for those of you aspiring to build a career here yourselves.
Joining the discussion:
- Abhijay Prakash – President of Blumhouse
- Keenen Kunsh – Assistant to Abhijay Prakash, Blumhouse
- Christina Chou – Motion Picture Literary Agent, CAA
- Brendan Kim – Assistant to Christina Chou, CAA
- Mindy Ramaker – Creative Producer and Former Assistant to David Lynch
- Caroline Tsai – Assistant to Jenn Han (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”)
This is another installment of our ongoing “Satellite Sessions” series, which we’re bringing to you in partnership with Antigravity Academy and the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment.
Follow @antigravityacademy and @capeusa for more information on even more upcoming panels.
Antigravity Academy
CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)
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Check out our playlist of exclusive interviews with the 2026 Academy Award® nominees via the link above. Categories and nominees include:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Frankenstein, with Dan Laustsen and Director Guillermo del Toro
- Marty Supreme, with Darius Khondji
- Sinners, with Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Train Dreams, with Adolpho Veloso

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Bugonia with Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein with Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet, with Max Richter
- Sinners, with Ludwig and Serena Göransson

BEST SOUND
- F1: The Movie
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirât

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Join us for a behind-the-scenes conversation with Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw about her work on “Sinners” — and the creative choices that shaped the film’s look from the very early stages of conception. Autumn breaks down how she and director Ryan Coogler developed the visual language together, from camera and lens selection to lighting strategies designed to support performances, tone, and mood, especially in those challenging night scenes. Along the way, she reflects on collaboration, preparation, and the real on-set problem-solving that is always involved in filmmaking.
“How our team collaborates: It’s the authority [director Ryan Coogler] gives each department to pour themselves into it… everyone has a say, your opinion matters. Any great filmmaker knows that it’s never about one department… When we approach stuff, we want the lighting to be a character, but we also want it to feel of the space — and so that requires us to collaborate very closely with production design… When you give people that respect and you consider them and you give them that authority, they work very hard for you and they care.”
—Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC, Director of Photography, “Sinners”
Be sure to check out “Sinners,” now streaming on HBO Max, in Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®.
Check out our playlist of exclusive interviews with the 2026 Academy Award® nominees.
Please subscribe to Dolby Creator Talks wherever you get your podcasts.
You can also check out the video for this episode on YouTube.
Learn more about the Dolby Creator Lab and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Join us for a behind-the-scenes conversation with the Oscar-nominated sound team behind “One Battle After Another,” as they share how they shaped the film’s world through sound—from intimate character moments to large-scale action. They discuss what it takes to capture great audio on set, build powerful sequences in post, and blending dialogue, effects, and music into a mix that plays on the biggest screens — plus how their collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson guided the sonic identity of the movie from start to finish.
“Knowing Paul [Thomas Anderson] — and knowing any director — something happens on set, sound-wise and [in] production, and [if] you don’t have a reference for it… it could potentially be a problem. You have the cars — the actual cars — you have the drivers, you have the road, you have the permits. Can we just spend a little time and try and get some good recordings of these vehicles? Because they’re going to be really useful. It’s such an iconic sequence. People are like, ‘oh man, that chase at the end of the movie is amazing.’ And we worked and worked and worked on that sequence trying to find what that was supposed to be.”
—Chris Scarabosio, Re-recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Designer, “One Battle After Another”
Joining today’s conversation:
- José Antonio García - Production Sound Mixer
- Tony Villaflor - Re-recording Mixer
- Chris Scarabosio - Re-recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Designer
Be sure to check out “One Battle After Another,” now streaming on HBO Max, in Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®.
Check out our playlist of exclusive interviews with the 2026 Academy Award® nominees.
Please subscribe to Dolby Creator Talks wherever you get your podcasts.
You can also check out the video for this episode on YouTube.
Learn more about the Dolby Creator Lab and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji joins us to discuss his stunning work on “Marty Supreme.” In this episode, Khondji unpacks his bold visual approach with director Josh Safdie, from shooting on film with classic anamorphic lenses and expressive close-ups to building a richly textured 1950s world through production design, lighting, and color. He also shares how collaboration across every department shaped the film’s emotional power.
“Anamorphic can be very minimal… The important thing is the way it renders closeups; it makes people bigger than life, like black and white does… The real old classic anamorphic of the fifties—I wanted to go back to this feeling… Anamorphic is like a magnifier. And Marty is seen through the film like that.”
—Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC, Director of Photography, “Marty Supreme”
Be sure to check out “Marty Supreme,” now available for at-home purchase or rental, as well as in select theaters, in Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®.
Check out our playlist of exclusive interviews with the 2026 Academy Award® nominees.
Please subscribe to Dolby Creator Talks wherever you get your podcasts.
You can also check out the video for this episode on YouTube.
Learn more about the Dolby Creator Lab and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.