Bicoastal production company m ss ng p eces has added director Isaac Ravishankara to its talent roster for commercial representation in the U.S. Ravishankara is an Indian-American director of commercials, short films, and music videos, known for depicting emotion through movement in his work.
Ravishankara–who had previously been represented in the ad arena by division7–has directed national campaigns for brands including Adidas, Converse, Gatorade, Samsung, and Jockey. Millions have seen his acclaimed, Vimeo Staff Pick-honored music videos for artists like The Lumineers, Hozier, Kesha, NIKI, and Oscar/Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, among others. In addition to his professional work, Ravishankara is incredibly proud to be the co-founder of OMG Everywhere, a non-profit hosting free filmmaking workshops for underserved youth in Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, and London. As president, Isaac ran OMG for a decade before passing the torch to a new generation of leadership in 2021. He remains passionate about creating work that inspires and encourages positive change in our world.
Ravishankara said, “I feel a strong kinship in shared convictions with m ss ng p eces, and I couldn’t be more excited about joining with them as I begin this next chapter in my directing career. Creating highly visual and dynamic scenes in my filmmaking has always been such a joyous collaborative experience for me, and I’m looking forward to applying that same level of creative experimentation as we branch out into other avenues and explore new directions together.”
Founder and managing partner at m ss ng p eces, Ari Kuschnir, said, “I’ve known Isaac for over a decade and have always admired him as a lovely, humble and talented human being. His films are a reflection of who he is and I’m really happy we finally get to make them 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