Bill Desowitz is a Film Journo at IndieWire. He covers the creativity behind the tech of below-the-line crafts and animation, while also serving as an awards analyst and predictor. Bill's insights and expertise have been featured in prominent outlets including Yahoo News, The Hollywood Reporter, and Los Angeles Times.
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Bill Desowitz specializes in event coverage and expert commentary related to entertainment news, particularly animation, film, and the Oscars. If you have insights into upcoming events in the film industry or can provide expert commentary on trends in animation or costume design, these are likely to catch Bill's attention.
Given his focus on event coverage and predictions for awards such as the Oscars, pitching topics related to upcoming films, studio projects (especially Studio Ghibli), or emerging trends in the entertainment industry could be fruitful. Moreover, if you have expertise in analyzing animated films or predicting award winners within this domain then your input would align with his area of interest.
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“There were times when I would have to look away,” recalls Andy Jurgensen.
By: Bill Desowitz
The hair and makeup team of Frances Hannon Mark Coulier transformed Ethan Slater and Jonathan Bailey with a nod to the iconic Wizard of Oz characters.
By: Bill Desowitz
Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors' sweat patterns and using seven different kinds of adhesive.
By: Bill Desowitz
Director of photography Will Rexer shares stories from the production.
By: Bill Desowitz
Production designer Sam Bader explains how he re-created 18th century Shaker architecture in the middle of Budapest for the Mona Fastvold film.
By: Bill Desowitz
The filmmakers behind the French animated sci-fi epic discuss the creation of two distinct futures for the story, one beset by fire and the other after the flood.
By: Bill Desowitz
With the help of the VFX experts at Wēta FX, the filmmaker turned his focus to the physics of fire for 'Avatar 3' — and forged a villain alliance like no other.
The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing apart. However, after magically entering the lost island of Nakali (deeply rooted in Filipino folklore), filled with mythical plants and creatures, they realize that the cost of returning home is forgetting one another.
By: Bill Desowitz
Cinematographer Manu Dacosse, SBC conjures harsh, hot atmosphere for François Ozon's 'The Stranger,' a monochromatic vision of Albert Camus' classic novel.
By: Bill Desowitz
The Oscar-winning DP, behind the camera for two wildly different epics this year, explains why shooting on film is better than digital.
