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The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Jessica Cohen

27 episodes

8 months ago

In part 2 of my interview with Jodi, we talked a lot about the struggles of balancing motherhood and family life while working in production: finding what works for your family, being present for your kids when you get the chance, but also how to take time for yourself without feeling guilty and knowing that it’s ok to just do nothing. Jodi also talks about what it’s like working on SNL and watching the cast members grow, her favorite Kristen Wiig story, and her thoughts on the world of socia...

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Film Interviews

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In part 2 of my interview with Jodi, we talked a lot about the struggles of balancing motherhood and family life while working in production: finding what works for your family, being present for your kids when you get the chance, but also how to take time for yourself without feeling guilty and knowing that it’s ok to just do nothing. Jodi also talks about what it’s like working on SNL and watching the cast members grow, her favorite Kristen Wiig story, and her thoughts on the world of socia...

Show more...

Film Interviews

Episodes (20/27)

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Jodi Mancuso - Hair Designer on SNL, Portlandia (PART 2)

In part 2 of my interview with Jodi, we talked a lot about the struggles of balancing motherhood and family life while working in production: finding what works for your family, being present for your kids when you get the chance, but also how to take time for yourself without feeling guilty and knowing that it’s ok to just do nothing. Jodi also talks about what it’s like working on SNL and watching the cast members grow, her favorite Kristen Wiig story, and her thoughts on the world of socia...

4 years ago

40 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Jodi Mancuso - Hair Designer on SNL, Portlandia (PART 1)

Jodi Mancuso is the Hair Designer on SNL, but you can also catch some of her work in Portlandia, among other things. Jodi grew up in the Bronx, and as a child, she was always watching her mother do hair. Jodi’s mom’s passion for hair was validated when her childhood friend (who was one of the top hair designers on Broadway) encouraged her to pursue hair, and so in her 40s, she went to hair school. Her mother then got started in production and worked her way up from the bottom. Jodi dropped ou...

4 years ago

57 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Lou Eyrich - Costume designer American Horror Story, Pose, Nip Tuck, Glee

Lou Eyrich works for Ryan Murphy Productions, and has been the Costume Designer on American Horror Story, Pose, Nip Tuck, Glee, and more! Lee grew up in Minnesota in a creative household. Her father was a painter, photographer, and musician, and she and her 7 brothers and sisters were required to take piano lessons and play in the band. Lou grew up loving music so much that she thought she’d grow up to be a musician. Her “family art nights” were a frequent occurrence in her household and fost...

4 years ago

1 hour 25 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Heba Thorisdottir - Makeup Artist on Suicide Squad, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Captain Marvel (PART 2)

Heba Thorisdottir grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. She grew up playing with her mother’s makeup and creating characters for herself. It wasn’t just about beauty for her, it was about creating and turning herself into a character with the use of makeup. She worked her way up from the bottom from craft service until she was hired for jobs as a makeup artist. In Part 2 of my interview with Heba, we talk about the challenges of working on set during Suicide Squad, her makeup bag must-have pro...

4 years ago

50 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Heba Thorisdottir - Makeup Artist on Suicide Squad, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Captain Marvel (PART 1)

Heba Thorisdottir grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. She grew up playing with her mother’s makeup and creating characters for herself. It wasn’t just about beauty for her, it was about creating and turning herself into a character with the use of makeup. She worked her way up from the bottom from craft service until she was hired for jobs as a makeup artist. In Part 1 of my interview with Heba, we talk about how she literally worked her way up from the very bottom, the difference between ...

4 years ago

55 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Mitchell Travers - Costume Designer of Hustlers, Late Night, In the Heights

My guest this week is Costume Designer, Mitchell Travers, who has worked on Hustlers, Late Night, In the Heights, and more!! As a child, Mitchell had an insatiable appetite for creativity. With the encouragement and support of his mother, he enrolled in as many arts programs as possible, created his own halloween costumes, and more. His mother took him to see theater performances and he would beg her to sit as close as possible so he could see all the details and soak in every aspect of the p...

4 years ago

1 hour 30 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Sherri Laurence - Makeup artist on Pose, Fosse/Verdon, the Politician (Part 2)

Sherri Laurence grew up loving makeup and hair and always wanted to be in front of the camera, but she realized in college while studying film and television that she actually liked to be behind the camera. As she fell more and more in love with production, she resisted doing hair and makeup because it was something she had always done, and she wanted something different, but after trying every department in production, she realized she wanted to be a makeup artist. She has worked on Pose, Fo...

4 years ago

49 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Sherri Laurence - Makeup artist on Pose, Fosse/Verdon, the Politician (PART 1)

Sherri Laurence grew up loving makeup and hair and always wanted to be in front of the camera, but she realized in college while studying film and television that she actually liked to be behind the camera. As she fell more and more in love with production, she resisted doing hair and makeup because it was something she had always done, and she wanted something different, but after trying every department in production, she realized she wanted to be a makeup artist. She has worked on Pose, Fo...

4 years ago

1 hour 27 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Regina Graves - Set Decorator on the Irishman, War of the Worlds

Regina Graves is an Oscar nominated New York-based set director whose credits include The Irishman, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Step Up 3D, and War of the Worlds! Growing up, Regina didn’t even know what a set decorator was. When she was working at Pier 1 in New Jersey, she made the acquaintance of a set decorator who came in to shop at the store, and that was the very first time she even heard about what it was. She was an aspiring architect and went to school for Interior Design, but s...

4 years ago

1 hour 20 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Nicki Ledermann - Makeup Artist on The Joker

Nicki Ledermann is a German-born makeup artist who has spent the last 30 years living in the United States doing makeup for television and film. She has worked on 80 projects, and her credits include Sex & the City, Vinyl, Boardwalk Empire, the Devil Wears Prada, Enchanted, the Greatest Showman, and the Joker. What a career! Nicki was always fascinated by film, and after watching the Exorcist as an adolescent, she became transfixed. She knew one day she would end up in New York. She...

4 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer on Bridgerton, Fatal Attraction, the Greatest Showman

My guest this week is the amazing Ellen Mirojnick! Ellen is a costume designer whose credits include Bridgerton, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, the Greatest Showman, Maleficent 2, and so so so much more! Ellen’s resume truly blows me away. She’s even worked on the pilot of How to Get Away with Murder, Speed, and Showgirl! Ellen never actually studied costume design and found her way in the industry by complete accident. She studied art and found out that she loved designing clothing and had...

4 years ago

1 hour 28 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Keri Lederman - Set Decorator on The Undoing, Marry Me

Keri Lederman is a NYC-based set decorator whose credits include The Undoing, Marry Me, The Night Of, Sneaky Pete and The Looming Tower. Her mother was an antique dealer, so Keri grew up in her mother’s store seeing decorators and collectors come in. She ended up majoring in English and through a few internships, she found herself on low-budget film sets and working as a PA in production offices. She then became a prop person before she transitioned to set decorator. What is a set decor...

4 years ago

1 hour 33 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Meghan Kasperlik - Costume Designer on Watchmen

Meghan Kasperlik’s credits include Watchmen, 99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451, Noah, and many more, but she didn’t always want to be in production. In fact, she originally wanted to go into the medical field, but when she was in high school, she started to broaden her horizons and develop an interest in fashion. A retail job developed into a fashion magazine internship, which then led to a job offer in the fashion PR field. After that, she worked under Patty Field as a PA and worked her way up, and t...

4 years ago

1 hour 37 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Pam Chilton - Costume Designer of Modern Family

Pam Chilton has been the costume designer for the last 6 seasons of Modern Family, but she did not always want to be a costume designer. Originally from the small town of Galveston, Texas, she struggled when she was in college as a film major with finding her niche and knowing who she was. While she was taking a semester off from school to figure herself out, a movie film crew came into town, and she volunteered to intern in the costume department. They liked her so much, they invited h...

4 years ago

1 hour

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Julia Caston - Costume Designer of Bad Moms, the Middle

My guest this week is Julia Caston, who has been a costume designer for movies and television for almost 25 years. Her credits include Bad Moms, the Middle, Celeste & Jesse Forever, and Great News. Julia’s career started when she studied theater, and learned costume design as part of her theater study. Costume design was never really her intended path until she realized that she had an aptitude for it. She began as a PA for another designer who gave her a lot of challenging and thankles...

5 years ago

52 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Karen Patch - Costume Designer of The Royal Tenenbaums, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Team America

Karen Patch’s illustrious career as a costume designer includes the Royal Tenenbaums, Team America: World Police, School of Rock, and many, many more classic works. When Karen moved to Malibu with her family, she quickly realized that all her new neighbors worked in the film industry. With her background as an art student and family members who hand made clothes, modeled, and knew the fashion industry, Karen naturally gravitated toward fashion and art. Now living in Malibu, the film &a...

5 years ago

46 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Meredith Markworth-Pollack - Costume Designer on Dynasty, Reign, Hart of Dixie

My guest is costume designer Meredith Markworth-Pollack. Meredith’s credits include Dynasty, Reign, and Hart of Dixie. Meredith didn’t even know what costume design was until she was studying film at UC Santa Barbara, and had a revelation about how characters in television and film are dressed. Even though she was passionate about fashion, it wasn’t something she wanted to have a career in necessarily, but costume design was a way she could incorporate her passions for both fashion and film, ...

5 years ago

45 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Diana Oh - Department Head of Makeup at the Late Late Show

My guest this week is the wonderful Diana Oh, Department Head of Makeup at the Late Late Show with James Corden. Diana has been with the show since day 1, and is now in the fifth season. Diana was inspired to do makeup after visiting a makeup counter at Macy’s to have her makeup done for her homecoming dance in high school. From then on, she knew she wanted to do makeup. While in makeup school, she was able to work on AFI student films and that’s where she learned set etiquette, and where s...

5 years ago

49 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Eugenia Weston - Celebrity Makeup Artist & Founder of Senna Cosmetics

My guest this week is Eugenia Weston, celebrity makeup artist, and founder & creative director of Senna Cosmetics. Her clients include Bette Midler and Paula Abdul. Eugenia was raised in a family of creatives and artists. She soon developed an obsession with faces and studying them, and she started doing makeup at age 11. In those days, there weren’t any classes or makeup schools, so she taught herself everything. As she got older and developed into a bona fide makeup artist, there weren’...

5 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Product Agent: Hurry Up and Wait

Tinisha Meeks - Department Head of Hair on Grownish, #BlackAF

My guest this week is Tinisha Meeks, Department Head of Hair on Grownish. Tinisha’s credits also include Scandal and Blackish. As a kid, Tinisha had Cabbage Patch dolls, and she used to braid their hair. In fact, a local doll maker even paid her to braid doll hair! From then on, Tinisha decided that she wanted to do hair. She went to cosmetology school while going to high school, and she graduated from both at the same time! She trained at a couple popular salons before transitioning to film ...

5 years ago

56 minutes