Nexus Studios has added director Alex Grigg to its commercial roster. He has worked with such clients as The New York Times, BBC, Cartoon Network, Coca-Cola and Mailchimp. Grigg has made a name for himself through his refined and painterly 2D aesthetic, knowing humor and ability to tap into key cultural moments. Grigg’s ability to tap into the positive cultural conversation guides him to projects with meaning–a prime example being his visualization of comedian Trevor Noah’s fascination with the weaponization of words, particularly in relation to safe spaces in his thought-provoking short for WeTransfer. Grigg directed two episodes of Headspace’s animated stress management series on Netflix, while his multi-award winning short film Phantom Limb was lauded for its poignant depiction of life and love after amputation, filled with metaphor and unspoken meaning. Grigg’s work has earned him Official Selections at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Pictoplasma, also picking up Best Animation Awards at Cannes Lions and Sydney Film Festival. Other accolades include Webby Awards, Hiroshima International Animation Festival Special Jury Prize and an Honorable Mention at Ottawa International Animation Festival. He was part of the animation collective, Late Night Work Club. Grigg joins a growing number of Australia-based directors on the Nexus roster, including Robertino Zambrano, Haein & Paul and Mighty Nice. Grigg has also established an educational program which reflects his commitment to enriching the industry by arming the next generation of animators with accessible skills….
New York-based director Anthony Pellino, who’s represented by ArtClass for commercials and branded content in the U.S. market, has joined the roster of electriclime° for exclusive representation in the APAC and Middle East regions. Pellino has helmed campaigns both domestically and internationally for brands including Guinness, Reebok, Peloton and Michelob Ultra. He has also worked on previous projects with electriclime°, including for the Singapore Tourism Board and Uber. Pellino is an alum of SHOOT’s 2019 New Directors Showcase. Production company electriclime° maintains bases of operation in Singapore, Dubai and Sydney….
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