Episode 11 - Carla Joi Farmer
Film Crew Love
English - July 18, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBTV & Film Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
You want to talk Hair.
In Hollywood.
Talk to Carla "Joi" Farmer.
Fresh off the filming of Coming to America 2, and in the middle of production on Will Smith's "King Richard project" detailing the father of the tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, Carla Joi knows the culture of hair.
A veteran hair stylist with over 20 + years in the industry, Carla Joi joins the Film Crew Love podcast to discuss:
The collaborative pride of leading the Hair Department on Coming to America 2.
The inspirational work and story of Richard Williams, and how she seeks to make it authentic.
Her work on the Netflix project Dolemite, and how she prepares for period work.
The collaborative process with talent,
What she seeks in staffing her department,
The joys and adjustments to working in different locales,
and her future aspirations.