Superprime Films has signed award-winning creative and commercial filmmaker Jamie Rafn for U.S. representation spanning spots and branded content.
Born in Spain and presently based in London, Rafn studied law at Oxford and qualified as a barrister before devoting himself to his lifelong passion–filmmaking. He has since amassed a lauded body of work in film, television, and advertising. His first feature film Soho Square–which he wrote, directed, and self-produced–premiered on the Sundance Channel to much acclaim.
Rafn’s commercial work–for brands such as American Family Insurance, Toyota, Volvo, and Vorwerk–has garnered awards including the Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Clios, and Kinsale Sharks. His six-minute, single-take Johnnie Walker brand film, The Man Who Walked Around the World, received a Cannes Lion for Internet Film, among other honors. Starring veteran Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, the film is a testament to Rafn’s ability to deftly weave compelling storytelling and promotion. Prior to joining Superprime, Rafn was most recently repped in the U.S. advertising market by production house SMUGGLER.
In addition to short films and advertising, Rafn has directed BAFTA-nominated TV series and live comedy specials, including Alfred Molina and Dawn French in Roger and Val Have Just Got In and Rob Newman’s six-part TV series, The History of the World Backwards.
“Jamie is such an intimate and engaging storyteller,” said Superprime executive producer Michelle Ross. “His work blends humor and sincerity; it’s as entertaining as it is touching.”
Rafn said, “For me directing is all about empathy. Feeling what the characters would be feeling at any given moment, and then making sure the audience is fully tapped into that. Superprime and I share a devotion to compassionate storytelling, and I’m very excited to be working alongside their amazing roster of directors.”
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