Cut+Run has appointed Amburr Farls to serve as managing director on the West Coast. She remains a partner in the company, promoted from West Coast executive producer.
“In the world of postproduction, there are few individuals whose expertise and passion shine as brightly as Amburr Farls,” stated Steve Gandolfi, partner/editor at the global post house. “She has an innate understanding of the power of storytelling and an unwavering passion for her editors and their unique talent. We’ve been working together for over ten years and she never lets up.”
Cut+Run’s East Coast managing partner said, “From the moment I met Amburr, I knew I found a creative collaborator and kindred spirit. She is an absolute powerhouse and I feel so lucky I get to work so closely with her on the big picture as well as the day to day. I’m proud of all she has accomplished and I’m excited to see what comes next.”
Farls has worked on a diverse array of projects, ranging from commercials to music videos, long and short-form films over the last two decades.
“Combining an instinct for talent and a drive to innovate, along with her many years at this progressive company, Amburr is aptly poised to bring Cut+Run into the new era,” commented partner/editor Jay Nelson.
“Accepting this role is truly an honor and I could not be more excited and proud. Cut+Run is family to me. I’ve grown my roots here over the last decade; from producer, to HOP, to EP,” said Farls. “This place is special and I will work hard to make sure it stays that way.”
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