This summer I was asked to direct some sketches for The Problem with Jon Stewart. The show (three episodes available NOW) is needed, imo: a fun channel for all your societal frustration and anxiety. Enlightening and maddening, but brilliant.
And, itâs put together by an incredible group of thoughtful, hard working folks I was lucky to get to collaborate with.
Now, hereâs a dump of photos followed by the fantastic crew!
1. The promo art for the show, silly!
2. LeVar Burton clip from: Masterclass: Disparity, written by
@thelifeofkay and
@tocarraelise
3. Space Dicks clip, written by Kris Acimovic
4. Jon Stewart excellently visualizing the abhorrent practice how our armed forces make Burn Pits (look it up, or better yet just watch the first episode âThe Problem with War) written by
@henrikontheweb
5. The approved âhuman remainsâ
6. A drawing for the spectacular Space Dicks VFX team:
@jason.a.dorris and
@richardlampasone
7. Mop Richard Branson, created by Kate Duffy and her incredible team.
All this led by Jon Stewart himself and masterful head writer:
@chelseadevantez ,
Show runner: Brinda Adhikari
Exec In Charge: Lorrie Baranek
Sr. Producers: Reniqua Allen-Lamphere and Reza Riazi
Producer:
@caitygray
Writing Staff: Chelsea Devantez, Kris Acimovic, Henrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Robby Slowik, Kasaun Wilson, Maria Randazzo
The field team for these sketches spearheaded by the soft-spoken force
@joncbenson , with massive talent and support from
@tatenova as AD on two of the sketches and supervisor on the others.
NY team:
Dir of Photography: Jason Vandermer (and incredible team)
ADs: Tate Nova and Gabe Blom
Art Director: Kate Duffy & Gregory Kenney
Costumes: Nina Sherlick
Makeup: Andrew Sotomayor
PropMaster: Jim Powers
Gaffer: Keith Devlin
Key Grip: Mort Kom
Sound: Ryan Scatenato
LA Field Unit:
Dir. of Photography: Keith Dunkerly
AD: Shauna Frontera
Art Director: Ayaka Ohwaki
Post Supervisor: Leni Herschman
GFX supervisor: Ken Lacey
Editors: Daniel Darragh, James Deluca, Christopher Dillon, Jackie Soriano
If youâre still reading, this is a fraction of the incredible crewâŚand Iâm grateful for all of them.