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Ryan Fleming
Crafts Editor, Awards
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Ryan joined Deadline in March 2021 as Assistant Editor for Awardsline, rising to Crafts Editor in 2022. He received his MFA in Studio Art at The City College of New York in 2019. He contributes to the awards coverage of animation and the craft side of film and television. In his role as Crafts Editor, Ryan also contributes to the editing of Deadline's AwardsLine magazines and interviews contenders above and below the line.
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In Deadline Apple TV+ Finale Celebration, ‘Masters Of The Air’ Sticks The Landing
Masters of the Air was a labor of love for executive producers Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The Apple TV+ series marks the third and final installment of the trio’s war drama miniseries, after Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
The series took three years to create and cost between…
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Sean Ono Lennon Wishes Mom Yoko Ono “Happy Mother’s Day!” In Speech For ‘War Is Over!’ Best Animated Short Film Oscar
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film tonight, marking the first Oscar win for filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker.
Set to the anti-war Christmas classic song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, the animated short follows…
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‘Robot Dreams’ Director Pablo Berger On Stepping Out Of His Comfort Zone To Create A “Dialogue-Free” Animated Film With A Touching Story With A Funky Beat
Director Pablo Berger never thought he'd earn his first Oscar nomination for an animated feature, mostly because he never thought he'd direct animation. That is, until one morning, when he was looking through his vast library of books and decided to read Sara Varon's 2007 graphic novel Robot Dreams, the…
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How Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran Brought A Nostalgic Flair To New Designs In ‘Barbie’
"There are some replications in things and specific references, where it's almost like Easter eggs for the fans, but they're not really the same," says costume designer Jacqueline Durran. Rather than creating large scale versions of existing outfits, Durran says she used them as inspiration for entirely…
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‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn On Oscar Nom, Honoring Parental Sacrifices & The Moment He Saw The “Magic Of What’s So Amazing About Animation”
Elemental director Peter Sohn received an Oscar nomination on Tuesday morning for Best Animated Feature. Even with a story that's very personal to him, Sohn's first thoughts go towards his entire crew. "I think about all the work and passion and love that they put into the film, and it fills me up in a…
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‘Nimona’ Directors Nick Bruno & Troy Quane On Oscar Nom, Telling Stories That “Prove You’re Not Alone” & The True Pinnacle Of Awards
After a whirlwind journey to even get made, Nimona received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature on Tuesday morning, much to the delight of directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane. "This movie was dead, it was not even going to exist, and now here it is, standing shoulder to shoulder with the top…
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Colman Domingo On ‘Rustin’ Oscar Nom, Pulling Bayard Rustin “Out Of The Shadows Of History” & What It Means For LGBTQ+ Representation
Colman Domingo received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday morning for Rustin, in the Best Actor for a Leading Role category. Anyone would be thrilled with a nomination, but Domingo says being recognized for this film in particular is special. “It’s very important for me, especially after a film like Ru…
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‘Memory’ Star Peter Sarsgaard On Finding The “Joy And Joviality” In A Character Facing A Debilitating Disease: “For Me, It Was The Only Way”
The prospect of working with Jessica Chastain under the direction of Michel Franco was enough to pique Peter Sarsgaard's interest in Memory, but what really sealed the deal was how Franco had written his character, Saul. Since Franco rarely defines the character on the page, Sarsgaard was given the…
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‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Chevalier’ & ‘Maestro’ Costume Designers On Honoring Historical Figures Through Design
When creating a biographical drama of a historic figure, there's a delicate balance between striving for historical accuracy and focusing on crafting a compelling, human story. This awards season has seen its fair share of biopics, testing their costume designers in different…
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‘The Boy And The Heron’ Supervising Animator Takeshi Honda On Creating Characters “Set In Reality” For A “Somber And Serious” Fantasy
Although he was planning on continuing work on the Evangelion series, supervising animator Takeshi Honda decided to join The Boy and the Heron after speaking with director Hayao Miyazaki. In working closely with the “renowned maestro”, Honda found ways to ground the characters in reality to match a more…
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‘Wish’ Producers Peter Del Vecho & Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones On Star Being An “Animator’s Dream” & Magnifico’s Villainous Turn
As the producers of Disney's Wish, Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones say that every aspect of the film was inspired by each Disney animated film for the past 100 years. This included the animation style, the character of Star, and especially the villainous turn of…
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‘Wish’ Directors Chris Buck And Fawn Veerasunthorn On The Journey To Create Star: “It’s That Simplicity And The Essence Of Animation”
As the directors of Disney’s Wish, Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn were in charge of creating a film to honor 100 years of Disney animated features. After looking at every film that came before it, they decided to use the theme of wishing upon a star and created a watercolor storybook style of animation…
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