Pulse Films has added director Tom Emmerson to its talent roster for global representation spanning music videos and commercials.
This marks the first production company representation for Emmerson, an English and French director from North London. His most recent music video is for AntsLive’s single, “Number One Candidate.” The cinematic video features panoramic views, and quick-fire frantic edits of the Italian Dolomites. The video has been met with acclaim from critics and stirred a social media frenzy.
Emmerson’s directorial credits additionally include videos for Mimi Web, Col3trane and A$AP Nast. Also a skilled photographer, Emmerson started shooting stills as young as 14 and, by 18, had photographed global campaigns for the likes of Helmut Lang, Burberry, and Fila.
Enthused over joining Pulse, Emmerson said of his new colleagues at the company, “They continually produce some of the best work in the industry–I can’t wait to join forces. I’m confident we’re going to do some incredible work.”
Nnena Nwakodo, Pulse Films’ executive producer, said, “Tom’s ‘Number One Candidate’ video for AntsLive is what got my attention, a bold, playful and outrageous idea with an exceptionally tasteful execution. Can’t wait to see what we do together.”
James Sorton, Pulse’s managing director of commercials in the U.K., added, “I’ve already run out of superlatives to describe Tom. He’s a multi-hyphenate talent, with exceptional taste, a unique sensibility and point of view. His brilliant video for AntsLive is just a taster of what is to come.”
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