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Creative Spark – Academy Originals (Artist Profiles)

Discover the true creative process behind the industry’s leading artists. An original web series produced by the Academy of Motion Pictures.

Creative Spark: Mark Bridges

PRODUCER & EDITOR

Costume Designer Mark Bridges ("The Artist," "There Will Be Blood," "Magnolia") takes viewers inside his creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Ava DuVernay

EDITOR

Writer-director Ava Duvernay ("I Will Follow," "Selma") takes viewers inside her creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Christopher Young

PRODUCER & EDITOR

Composer Christopher Young ("Spider-Man 3", "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", "Drag Me To Hell") takes viewers inside his creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Dustin Lance Black

EDITOR

Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black ("Milk," "J. Edgar") takes viewers inside his creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Robert Yeoman

PRODUCER & EDITOR

Cinematographer Robert Yeoman ("The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Ghostbusters") takes viewers inside his creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Ruth E. Carter

EDITOR

Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter ("Black Panther," "Malcolm X," "Do The Right Thing") takes viewers inside her creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.

Creative Spark: Theodore Shapiro

PRODUCER & EDITOR

Composer Theodore Shapiro (’The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,’ ‘Tropic Thunder,’ ‘The Devil Wears Prada') takes viewers inside his creative process in an exploration of where ideas come from.