Great Guns has added director Thibault Debaveye to its roster for representation in the U.K., EMEA, and Asia. Debaveye first established himself in the VFX arena, turning out Emmy and Clio-winning projects and working with directors such as Wong Kar Wai, Rupert Sanders, Olivier Gondry and Phil Joanou. Debaveye officially began his directing career after almost a decade at Psyop, and has since lent his talents to a host of top brand campaigns, including a Bronze Addy winner for Toyota Sienna, as well as work for BMW, Adidas and Verizon. Outside of advertising, Debaveye’s music video for Bob Sinclar’s “Someone Who Needs Me”–an electric portrayal of positivity and desire–has racked up over 28 million views on YouTube. Debaveye also pursues a passion for photography, and has even delved into the music industry as a producer…..
Norwegian filmmaker Henrik Rostrup has joined electriclime°, a production company with bases of operation in Singapore, Dubai and Sydney, for representation in the APAC and MENA regions. Now based in Sweden, Rostrup started out in the early 2000s in the heyday of action-sport videos, honing his craft as both a director and cinematographer working with outdoor brands and agencies on numerous campaigns. As his portfolio has grown over the past two decades, he has worked with high-end brands including Vodafone, Montblanc, Reebok and Visit Saudi. Rostrup’s work has also seen him link up with a-list celebrities as part of his commercials, including Hugh Jackman and soccer legend Lionel Messi….
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More