Molly Manners has joined Biscuit Filmworks’ directorial roster in the U.K. Manners is a versatile director and writer whose natural comedic instincts and arresting art direction mark her commercial, TV, branded content, and short film projects. Born and raised in London, Manners began her career at Channel 4’s in-house agency 4Creative where she created award-winning TV promo campaigns including “Funny Fortnight” and “Short Shorts,” and the viral satirical short form hit Mini in Chelsea. Her work has earned awards from D&AD, The British Arrows, and the Creative Circle. In addition to her experience as a creative and director in the commercial world, Manners also directs longer form narrative projects. Her short film Here Boy, which received funding through Creative England + BFI’s Funny Girls/iShorts program, went on to be picked up by Amazon, and she recently directed an episode of Sky Arts’ comedy series Urban Myths focusing on a 1984 encounter between Andy Warhol and Donald Trump….
Toronto production company Someplace Nice has added director Bo Platt to its roster for Canadian representation. Platt’s body of work spans such brands as Nissan, Acura, YouTube Music, Ducati, Dempsters, Sleeman, Bell and Manulife. Platt started his career in documentary filmmaking at age 19, working on projects in regions as far afield as Africa and India–including a documentary on Tibetan refugees and the Dalai Lama. He began directing as an early member of the Motion Theory collective. Later he moved to Paris, where he established his name as an in-demand international director. Now living in Los Angeles, he is focusing primarily on North American work…..
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