PRODUCTION DESIGNER SOPHIE BECHER TALKS TO MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION ABOUT HER DESIGNS ON "YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT"!
Production Designer Sophie Becher recently chatted to Motion Picture Association about her work on YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT and staying clear of the traditional “haunted house”. You can read the article here.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT" IS OUT TODAY!
David Koepp’s YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT is out today! Due to cinemas still being closed, you can rent/buy the film on all major VOD platforms. The film, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, is a creepy horror about a family who rent a property in the country…but the house is not what it seems. Make sure to look out for the amazing work of both Production Designer Sophie Becher and Costume Designer Susie Coulthard!
"A PRIVATE WAR" RELEASED IN THE UK TODAY!
Matthew Heinemann’s A PRIVATE WAR is out in the UK today! With production design by the fabulous Sophie Becher, the Golden Globe nominated movie stars Rosamund Pike, portraying real-life war correspondent Marie Colvin. Go check it out!
TBT: PRODUCTION DESIGNER SOPHIE BECHER’S INTERVIEW ON HER DESIGNS FOR "FLEMING"!
Our Throwback today is to echo’s Production Designer, BAFTA nominated Sophie Becher and her work on the 2014 mini-series FLEMING. Watch the video to hear her discuss her designs and her quiet nod to the Bond Films.
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations to echo clients Sophie Becher, Joe Anderson, Guy Speranza, Luke Dunkley, Tim Murrell, Dan Roberts and Sam Sneade whose projects (in corresponding order) A PRIVATE WAR, THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, STAN & OLLIE, PATRICK MELROSE and THE FAVOURITE are all nominated for various awards.
"A PRIVATE WAR" IS RELEASED IN US CINEMAS TODAY!
You can see our client Sophie Becher’s incredible production design on Academy Award nominee’s Matthew Heineman’s new film A PRIVATE WAR. Produced by Acacia Films, Thunder Road and The Fyzz, the movie stars Rosamund Pike, playing the fearless war correspondent Marie Colvin. After doing the festival rounds it has a limited release in the US today and then will be in cinemas worldwide from the 16th of November. Save the date UK!
SHOOTING HAS BEGUN ON “YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT”
Featuring Amanda Seyfried (pictured in FIRST REFORMED) and Kevin Bacon, YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT has started shooting this week. Produced by GET OUT’s Blumhouse Productions, Director David Koepp is collaborating with echo’s Production Designer Sophie Becher and Costume Designer Susie Coulthard.
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED!
We are extremely proud to congratulate the following clients whose projects are in the official competition at this year's London Film Festival. Director of Photography David Gallego, ADFC for BIRDS OF PASSAGE, directed by Cristana Gallego and Ciro Guerra; Costume Designer Emma Fryer and Hair + Make-up Designer Emma Scott for Ben Wheatley's HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD; Costume Designer Jo Thompson and again Hair + Make-Up Designer Emma Scott for IN FABRIC, directed by Peter Strickland; our new Director of Photography client Joe Anderson for THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN directed by David Lowery and Director of Photography Nadim Carlsen who shot Isabella's Eklöf's HOLIDAY which is in the First Feature Competition.
Congratulations also go to the following clients whose features will also be screened at the festival; Costume Designer Guy Speranza for Jon S Baird's STAN & OLLIE which will be screened as the Closing Night Gala; Sam Sneade, Additional Editor on THE FAVOURITE, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos; Director of Photography David Gallego, ADFC again for STICKS AND STONES (BRAKLAND) directed by Martin Skovbjerg; Costume Designer Jane Petrie and Hair + Make-Up Designer Kirstin Chalmers for David MacKenzie's OUTLAW KING; Production Designer Sophie Becher for A PRIVATE WAR directed by Matthew Heineman; Director of Photography Nadim Carlsen for Ali Abbasi's BORDER; new Production Designer client Bobbie Cousins, Editor Napoleon Stratogiannakis, Costume Designer Holly Rebecca and Hair + Make-Up Designer Bean Ellis for MARI directed by Georgia Parris; Costume Designer Susie Coulthard and Hair + Make-up Designer Loz Schiavo for Jonas Âkerlund's LORDS OF CHAOS.
Finally, congratulations to our clients who worked on the short films selected at this year's festival: Director of Photography Michael Paleodimos and Costume Designer Sharon Long for BLACK SHEEP directed by Ed Perkins; Hair + Make-Up Designer Loz Schiavo for JERK directed by Raine Allen-Miller; Edgar Dubrovskiy for Eros Vlahos's RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIM and Matteo Bini for NAPTHA, directed by Moin Hussain. The festival runs from 10th to 21st October.
Go team echo!
TELLURIDE FESTIVAL LINEUP!
Festival Season is in full swing and Telluride has now announced their lineup for this year's festival. Congratulations to Sam Sneade, Additional Editor on THE FAVOURITE directed by Yorgos Lanthimos; Director of Photography Nadim Carlsen for Ali Abbasi's BORDER; Director of Photography David Gallego, ADFC for BIRDS OF PASSAGE directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra; our new client, Director of Photography Joe Anderson for OLD MAN AND THE GUN directed by David Lowery and Editor Matteo Bini for documentary RETURN TO PODOR, directed by Kevin MacDonald. Huge congrats to you all!
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FULL LINE UP ANNOUNCED!
TIFF 2018 has been releasing their line up in stages over the last couple of weeks, with the final program announced last night. We are very pleased to congratulate the following echo clients whose projects are at the festival; Gala Presentations include the world premiere of David McKenzie's OUTLAW KING which will open the festival, with Costume Design by Jane Petrie and Hair + Make-Up Design by Kirstin Chalmers; the world premiere of Nicole Holofcener's THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS with Costume Design by Alex Bovaird and A PRIVATE WAR directed by Matthew Heineman with Production Design by Sophie Becher. Lensed by Sean Price Williams, Alex Ross Perry's HER SMELL will also have it's world premiere at the festival and will be shown in the Platform Presentations Program. In the Special Presentation Category we have more world premieres for TEEN SPIRIT, directed by Max Minghella with Production Design by Kave Quinn; and Jake Scott's AMERICAN WOMAN which again features Costume Design by Alex Bovaird. Costume Designer, Jo Thompson and Hair + Make-up Designer, Emma Scott worked on Peter Strickland's IN FABRIC, which is part of the Midnight Madness program. The Contemporary World Cinema category includes BORDER directed by Ali Abassi and shot by Nadim Carlsen; and BIRDS OF PASSAGE directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerro, lensed by DoP David Gallego, ADFC. Last but not least, GWEN directed by William McGregor and with Production Design by Laura Ellis Cricks will appear in the Discovery section. Congratulations to you all! TlFF takes place between 6th - 16th September.