Tool of North America has added award-winning director, artist, and author Stefan Hunt to its expanding content roster. This marks his first career U.S. representation. Tool will handle him for commercials, branded content and music videos in North America.
Known for his unique sense of comedy and visual punch, Hunt has directed spots for Nike, Google, Ray Ban, Hurley, and Bonds. Hunt’s major creative drive is to “fear less and live more,” a theme he explores in his book, festival and film: “We’re All Going to Die.” Hunt’s work is often framed through the eyes of a child, which gives his films a poignant style of emotional honesty and clarity.
Hunt began his American directing career after borrowing an old ice cream truck, stocking it with surfboards, and filming his epic journey as he rolled across all 50 states. Since then, he has gone on to collaborate with the biggest global brands, directed music videos, documentaries, and TV shows with the hope of inspiring change through creativity.
“I’m currently on a walkabout telling everyone I know about Stefan,” said Nancy Hacohen, managing director of Tool’s Content division. “There aren’t many people who could say ‘We’re all going to die’ and make me laugh out loud in the process. Stefan brings an infectious joy to every project and he works hard to spread that enthusiasm. Like a blend of Wes Anderson with a dash of Monty Python, Stefan’s creations are nothing short of amazing.”
“Tool’s body of work is mind blowing and I’m stoked to combine that production value with my imagination,” said Hunt. “We share the same desire to push creative boundaries and I’m confident we’ll make some magic together.”
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