Production company m ss ng p eces has added Vietnamese-American director Thuan Tran to its roster for U.S. commercial representation.
Tran’s work reflects an innate skill for translating youth culture in a way that is relevant to broader audiences. Formerly repped by Partizan, he has worked with international clients including Adidas, Asics, Beats by Dre, NBA, Nordstrom, Chime, Nike, and Revlon, along with local charities and mutual aid groups fighting against food and housing insecurity. He began his directing career with music videos – which led to directing branded content for publications like Hypebeast, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Billboard. He also launched the creative content collective onlunchbreak (OLB), which elevates and showcases unseen talent in hard-to-reach, marginalized communities.
“I’m so inspired by Thuan and his ability to create such fun, authentic stories, as well as his creative collective that has supported a new community of creators for several years, ” said Brian Latt, managing partner, m ss ng p eces. “I’m excited to work together and can’t wait to see what’s next.”
Tran said, “My work is rooted in honesty and the kind of familiarity that often isn’t represented on screen. m ss ng p eces aligns with my values and with the ethos of OLB. I look forward to learning more and sharing everything with my community along the 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