Pulse Films has signed multidisciplinary Paris-based directing duo Julien & Quentin for representation in the U.S. and U.K. spanning commercials and music videos.
Julien & Quentin’s branded work includes such clients as Google, Dior, Puma, Citroen and McDonald’s. Pulse becomes the duo’s first career production company roost for representation in the U.S. and U.K.
Having met in art school and after serving several years as motion graphics designers, friends Julien & Quentin began directing films that melded rich pop culture references with a deep love for cinema. Their unique skill-set canvases a rainbow of creativity from animation, to music production, editing and art direction.
Julien & Quentin’s fresh, multifaceted approach is defined by a distinct rhythm and identity. In a joint statement, the helming duo shared, “We have watched and liked their (Pulse’s) work since our beginnings. We know that it’s the perfect place for us to make amazing and unique work.”
James Sorton, managing of commercials at Pulse, said, “Finding and backing young talent like Julien & Quentin is what motivates us the most at Pulse Films. Julien & Quentin have talent in spades and bring a fresh perspective to creativity.”
Julien & Quentin join Pulse Films following a memorable year for the studio’s commercials and music video divisions. The studio was nominated for 38 awards at last weeks 2020 British Arrows and won 19 including Production Company of the Year and Commercial of the Year (Apple AirPods’ “Bounce” directed by Oscar Hudson for TBWAMedia Arts Lab).
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