ArtClass has signed filmmaker and photographer Nikki Ormerod for her first career commercial representation in the U.S. market.
With roots as a still photographer, Ormerod spread her creative wings into directing. Her innate ability to bring stylized worlds to life for commercial campaigns has earned her a Marketing Award for Heinz’s “Vintage Drip” and Andy Awards shortlist recognition for her work with KFC. Ormerod’s many photography award wins include the ADCCs, The One Show, Communication Arts, and Graphics, and a Cannes Lion for her work with SickKids.
Ormerod is a co-founding partner at the Canadian commercial production company Undivided alongside Scott Houghton. There, Ormerod helmed many films for the likes of Starbucks, H&M, Hyundai, Salvation Army, and Rupi Kaur’s appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Additionally, her robust portfolio includes spots for large Canadian brands like RBC, Villagio, Hudson North, Additionelle, Le Drew Models, and the Canadian Premier League. She has been tapped as a stills photographer for ad campaigns from Coca-Cola to Nike, Visa, Levi’s, and many more.
Ormerod said, “I was first introduced to ArtClass through Oren Kaplan, who we represent in Canada at Undivided. The producers at ArtClass and their incredible roster of talent all felt like a family who wanted to dig in and work together. I felt an immediate kinship in my first talks with Kirsten [managing director Arongino], Vincent [director/partner Peone], and Geno [managing partner Imbriale]; I knew it would be the perfect spot for me.”
“Nikki’s sensibilities as a storyteller are unmatched,” said Arongino. “Her work ranges from ethereal and fabulistic images to crafting these well-executed visual jokes, like what we see with her films for KFC. She has her spin on a story that always makes for a highly watchable, engaging film. We’re very excited to have her on board at ArtClass and honored to represent her in the U.S.”
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