Alisa Kudria

She runs the day so Sam can listen. Logistics, families, languages, the unglamorous work that keeps a destination wedding from becoming a shoot.

Series, not films. Euphoria, Yellowstone, Big Little Lies — stories built around complicated people and characters who change, grow, fall apart or sometimes learn nothing at all.

She has to enjoy the edit. If she is not having fun with it, something is wrong. The film is finished when what she saw in the material is there on the screen - and someone else can see it too. When does she know the job is done? “When they say, ‘I now pronounce you husband and wife,’ and they kiss.”

The balance between humour and sentiment. Alisa makes sure the films can make you laugh without losing their emotional weight - and feel deeply without taking themselves too seriously.