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 got even better when the Deep Focus team (fans of the book) brought me on to co-lead this massive and short timeline 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, instead we made distillations of the tone and spirit representing each chapter of David Chase’s finely nuanced work. Plus, we had the fans to worry about because if we didn’t nail it they’d whack us.
