Global production studio RadicalMedia has signed international filmmaker Mollie Mills to its directorial roster for commercials. She will be represented in the U.S. by RadicalMedia and live in L.A.
Mills–who on the strength of her The Cowboy Prayer was selected for the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase at the 2017 Cannes International Festival of Creativity–has also been named “One to Watch” by MTV, placed second in Dazed & Confused ranking of U.K.’s top 10 new-gen visionaries, and at 18 years old earned the distinction of Nike’s Best Young Filmmaker in the U.K. She also won Best Online Content Creator at the 2014 Tribeca film festival. Mills has created an impressive body of work in a relatively short time–exhibiting shorts at the Tate Modern and has done commercial jobs for such brands as Adidas, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boiler Room, Converse, Dazed, Hugo Boss, i-D, Nike and Peugeot.
“Mollie brings a real and raw sensibility, and bold vision to her work. She speaks the language of today’s youth, which so many brands are looking to connect with these days,” said Frank Scherma, RadicalMedia president.
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