The directorial duo of Haein Kim and Paul Rhodes, aka Haein & Paul, has joined Nexus Studios for worldwide representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos.
This is believed to be the first time that the directing team has signed with a production house. However, they have collaborated in the past with Nexus sister shop/Sydney branch, Mighty Nice. Kim and Rhodes are based in Sydney.
Haein & Paul’s short film, Peepin’, a delicately crafted, humorous take on playground politics, was featured at several festivals including Pictoplasma, KLIK and the prestigious AACTAs (The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards) and placed Kim on It’s Nice That’s list of “Ones to Watch.” Beyond its laugh-out-loud comedy, Peepin’ also reflects the race-related issues that overshadowed both of the artists’ experiences growing up in Australia, a common thread running through most of their work.
Each bringing their own perspective but united in their passion for depicting very real, human stories, the two are able to tackle big topics with heart and humor. Taking inspiration from the likes of Japanese artist Misaki Kawai and the risograph style of Indie comic books, their work mixes hand drawn, abstract character design with dynamic 2D animation, which has attracted the attention of brands such as Nike, MTV and Uniqlo.
Nexus Studios co-founder and executive creative director Christopher O’Reilly said, “Haein & Paul have a unique take on animated storytelling with their kinetic, bold approach making their work unmistakably recognizable. They are exciting new voices in animation, telling stories with humor, warmth and graphic verve.”
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