Gravy Films has expanded its U.S. commercial roster with directorial duo Big Red Button and comedic director Laura Murphy.
Big Red Button consists of Johnny Burns and Pier van Tijn. Their commercial and short film productions have been recognized with gold at the BTAAs, a Staff Pick from Vimeo, Best Film at Kinsale and Funniest Moment at the Portland Comedy Film Festival. The duo has directed commercials for brands that include Ribena, Fanta, Domino’s, Carlsberg and Snickers. Big Red Button recently signed with Feels Like Home for commercial representation in Canada. The directorial team had earlier been repped by Moxie Pictures in the U.S. ad market.
Murphy has extensive experience working with seasoned improv actors and stand-up comedians. Her career began at MTV writing and directing celebrity-packed campaigns and evolved into commercials for brands that include Geico, Truth and McDonald’s, and sketch and scripted comedy for series that include Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for HBO, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show for Netflix, Now We’re Talking for the CW and an updated version of Weekend at Bernie’s for MGM.
Murphy had previously been repped by Sanctuary Content. She is currently with CAA for TV and film.
“Big Red Button, Johnny and Pier, are incredible directors that combine a visually rich production style with a quirky sensibility and will play really well in the US market,” said Brent Stoller, owner and EP of Gravy Films. “Laura Murphy is a huge up-and-coming talent who has been killing it in longer form sketch comedy, and we’re excited to work with her on commercial projects.”
Big Red Button and Murphy join a Gravy directorial lineup which includes Cameron Harris, Trent Jaklitsch, Crobin Leo and Michael Sugrue.
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