Creative studio Los York has hired Tita Poe as executive producer. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Poe previously held the head of production role at Brand New School where she oversaw an array of design-driven creative strategy, production and post projects. Prior to that Poe was head of production at Visual Creatures, a studio focused on character-driven 2D and 3D animation projects, VFX-intensive jobs and editorial/finishing.
She joins LOS YORK as it accelerates and expands its position in the industry as a hybrid creative studio staffed with “creative nomads;” a collective of designers and creatives, producers, editors, animators and film directors, creating global advertising campaigns as partners to leading brands and agencies.
“We were immediately captivated by Tita’s enthusiasm and dedication to fostering world-class talent and creative,” said Los York managing director Melina Osornio-Andrade. “Her addition to the team continues our growth at Los York as we bolster our studio and continue delivering exceptional work”
“LOS YORK is in an exciting phase right now,” said Poe. “They’re building a 2.0 version of the studio, doing a big push to expand and push incredible work out there. It’s really inspiring. The culture is amazing. They’re my people. We’re creating an extraordinary future together.”
Poe brings to Los York a dozen plus years of experience partnering with brands including Apple, Netflix, Google, Toyota, Meta, AT&T and T-Mobile. Early in her career she worked with RadicalMedia as a sr. post producer supervising teams of editors and story producers, and managing all aspects of finishing. Her production and postproduction resume runs the gamut from commercials, branded content and music videos (which includes producing VFX for Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning “Humble” video), to premium television docu-series and animated shorts.
“I’ve worked both with agencies and direct to brand, which is what Los York does so well and is one of the reasons why we clicked,” said Poe. “My approach is to forge partnerships where everyone from the artists to the agencies and brands are happy and working smoothly. That’s what I’ll be doing with Los York, including helping foster an overall supportive and productive creative culture. I’m ready, and I’m psyched.”
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