Production company m ss ng p eces, a part of the Tribeca Enterprises family, has added Richie Shazam to its directorial roster. This marks Shazam’s first representation as a director in the advertising and branded content space.
Shazam caught m ss ng p eces’ attention when Tribeca Studios produced their directorial debut, the documentary short film “Savitree” for Converse. Premiering during the Tribeca Festival at a standing-room-only event, the first-person narrative is inspired by Shazam’s personal history, the loss of their mother, and their found family who is the inspiration to live a life full of creativity.
Shazam is a visionary artist, photographer, and filmmaker who uses their artistic platform to rewrite fashion and beauty standards and to raise awareness on queer issues. Their artistic approach investigates subversive radical queer ideologies by deconstructing antiquated notions of gender identity through photography and video–harmoniously working between fashion and art to dismantle preconceived notions of beauty through the act of storytelling. As a model, Shazam is signed with IMG Models and has walked runways in cities across the world. Their photography has been featured in major publications including Interview and Vogue. Their book “Shazam” was released in 2023, with a foreword by Julia Fox.
“Directing my first film with the team at m ss ng p eces and Tribeca was truly eye opening for me as an artist,” said Shazam. “Creating advertising and branded stories is such an opportunity to bring my point of view to a huge audience and collaborate with other incredible creatives. I can’t wait to get started.”
Kate Oppenheim, managing partner at m ss ng p eces, said, “Richie is the vanguard of image making – from their own personal presentation, to their photography and creative direction, their work is intimate, fearless, and emotionally resonant. We loved collaborating with Richie on the Converse project and have stayed in touch ever since. We’re thrilled to have them officially join our roster and look forward to seeing the impact their bold vision will have in advertising and culture for years 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