The Sopranos 25th Anniversary
I was brought on as Creative Director and resident Sopranos expert by Deep Focus to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos on Max (formerly HBO Max) with a 25-second TikTok edit of every single episode. Marone, what a lift!
Writing a critical compendium to The Sopranos for Simon & Schuster was a career highlight for me. It also turned out to be the gift that keeps on giving, as the Deep Focus team were fans of the book and brought me on to co-lead this short timeline massive endeavor. Our small team rewatched all 86 episodes and worked with a suite of top-notch editors to capture the spirit of every episode; these weren’t recaps, but distillations of the tone and spirit of each of David Chase’s finely nuanced work. And we had the fans to worry about, because if we didn’t nail it, they’d whack us.
