Mike Gillespie has been staffing up his Brave Artists Management, which he launched in January. Eric Kind, formerly of Kind Management, was brought in as Executive Partner in late April, while Eric Skinner has joined as Partner, reuniting with Gillespie. Additionally, Bam has added managers Tom Bixby, Karli Doumanis and Kimberly Kottwitz.
Kind has 20 years of industry experience and has worked in studio business and legal affairs, casting, agency and management at Lionsgate Television, Sovereign Talent Group, and Casting House La and NY. Most recently, he was the owner/manager of Kind Management.
Kind’s clients include Amanda Clayton Lou Ferrigno Jr., Conor Husting and Shayan Sobhian...
Kind has 20 years of industry experience and has worked in studio business and legal affairs, casting, agency and management at Lionsgate Television, Sovereign Talent Group, and Casting House La and NY. Most recently, he was the owner/manager of Kind Management.
Kind’s clients include Amanda Clayton Lou Ferrigno Jr., Conor Husting and Shayan Sobhian...
- 8/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Finn Cole, Anna Sawai and Vinnie Bennett have joined the cast of the ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious saga. Character descriptions for the latest installment are being kept under the hood.
Franchise mainstay Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) returns to direct and franchise forefather Vin Diesel stars as Dominic Toretto alongside new cast members and returning favorites. Dan Casey wrote the screenplay from a story by Lin and Alfredo Botello. The pic goes into production this month and for a May 22 release.
Diesel produces for his One Race Films alongside Samantha Vincent, and Lin produces for his Perfect Storm Entertainment. Jeffrey Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth also will produce for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. Diesel has produced the five highest-grossing films in the Fast & Furious franchise: The Fate of the Furious, Furious 7, Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five as well as Fast & Furious.
Cole, who stars...
Franchise mainstay Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) returns to direct and franchise forefather Vin Diesel stars as Dominic Toretto alongside new cast members and returning favorites. Dan Casey wrote the screenplay from a story by Lin and Alfredo Botello. The pic goes into production this month and for a May 22 release.
Diesel produces for his One Race Films alongside Samantha Vincent, and Lin produces for his Perfect Storm Entertainment. Jeffrey Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth also will produce for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. Diesel has produced the five highest-grossing films in the Fast & Furious franchise: The Fate of the Furious, Furious 7, Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five as well as Fast & Furious.
Cole, who stars...
- 7/2/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Less than four years after Primary Wave, known at the time mostly for its music business, made a big push in talent management with the back-to-back acquisitions of Mark Burg’s Evolution Management and David Guillod’s Intellectual Artists Management, the company is scaling back on Hollywood representation to focus on its core music management business as well as film and TV development and production via Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment.
Of the three principals of the merged Primary Wave Entertainment talent management division, Primary Wave co-CEOs Larry Mestel, Guillod and Burg, only Mestel is still there, running the company as CEO. Guillod resigned in November in the wake of sexual assault allegations. I hear Burg, who had managed Charlie Sheen for 20 years, left soon after to return to producing. A large number of the remaining Pwe managers have left in the past seven months or are in the process of leaving.
Of the three principals of the merged Primary Wave Entertainment talent management division, Primary Wave co-CEOs Larry Mestel, Guillod and Burg, only Mestel is still there, running the company as CEO. Guillod resigned in November in the wake of sexual assault allegations. I hear Burg, who had managed Charlie Sheen for 20 years, left soon after to return to producing. A large number of the remaining Pwe managers have left in the past seven months or are in the process of leaving.
- 8/16/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Mosaic has hired veteran manager Tiffany Kuzon. She is coming from Primary Wave Entertainment where she was one of the company’s top talent managers.
“Historically, Mosaic has been built within but every once in awhile someone from outside gets our attention,” Mosaic principal Jimmy Miller said. “Tiffany is one of those people, and we are very excited for her to join us.”
Kuzon started her career as an agent at UTA before becoming a manager at Evolution Entertainment two decades ago. She transitioned to Primary Wave following the company’s 2014 acquisition of Evolution.
Kuzon’s clients include Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory), Madelaine Petsch (RIiverdale), Marisol Nichols (Riverdale), Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet), Michaela Conlin (Yellowstone), Ryan Mcpartlin (La’s Finest), Jonathan Bennett (Cake Wars), Davi Santos (Tell Me a Story), Shaun Sipos (Krypton), Noah Harpster (One Mississippi), Sarah Desjardin (Impulse), Jesse Garcia (From Dusk Till Dawn), Alexis Denisof,...
“Historically, Mosaic has been built within but every once in awhile someone from outside gets our attention,” Mosaic principal Jimmy Miller said. “Tiffany is one of those people, and we are very excited for her to join us.”
Kuzon started her career as an agent at UTA before becoming a manager at Evolution Entertainment two decades ago. She transitioned to Primary Wave following the company’s 2014 acquisition of Evolution.
Kuzon’s clients include Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory), Madelaine Petsch (RIiverdale), Marisol Nichols (Riverdale), Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet), Michaela Conlin (Yellowstone), Ryan Mcpartlin (La’s Finest), Jonathan Bennett (Cake Wars), Davi Santos (Tell Me a Story), Shaun Sipos (Krypton), Noah Harpster (One Mississippi), Sarah Desjardin (Impulse), Jesse Garcia (From Dusk Till Dawn), Alexis Denisof,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Rapper, actor and producer Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joiner has launched production and management divisions at his music label Open Bar Entertainment and has signed with ICM Partners across the board.
Joining OBE is manager-producer Eric Skinner, who most recently was at Primary Wave Entertainment where he represented Xzibit. Skinner will head up film and television development as well as the company’s new management division with music industry veteran and company COO, Dontay Kidd.
Skinner, a former agent at ICM Partners, began his career at UTA. He transitioned to management in 2012 when he joined Intellectual Artist Management and segued to Primary Wave Entertainment in 2015, following Primary Wave’s acquisition of Iam. I hear there were conversations about launching Open Bar’s production/management operations as a joint venture with Pwe’s backing though they did not result in a deal. The new division is being financed by Xzibit and Skinner who...
Joining OBE is manager-producer Eric Skinner, who most recently was at Primary Wave Entertainment where he represented Xzibit. Skinner will head up film and television development as well as the company’s new management division with music industry veteran and company COO, Dontay Kidd.
Skinner, a former agent at ICM Partners, began his career at UTA. He transitioned to management in 2012 when he joined Intellectual Artist Management and segued to Primary Wave Entertainment in 2015, following Primary Wave’s acquisition of Iam. I hear there were conversations about launching Open Bar’s production/management operations as a joint venture with Pwe’s backing though they did not result in a deal. The new division is being financed by Xzibit and Skinner who...
- 8/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
David Arquette and Sean Patrick Flanery have joined “Outlander” star Sam Heughan and newcomer Arabella Oz in the indie movie “When the Starlight Ends,” TheWrap has learned. First-time filmmaker Adam Sigal is writing and directing the film, which recently started production in Los Angeles. Patrick Hughes, Bryan O’Connell, Mike Gillespie and Eric Skinner are producing for Intellectual Films (a Primary Wave Company) alongside Christopher Lemole and Armory Films. Also Read: ‘Outlander’ Teases End of #Droughtlander With Homage to Series’ Original Poster (Photos) “Starlight” is a surreal dark comedy that follows a struggling writer (Heughan) who, in a deep depression after losing the love.
- 3/4/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) is set to star opposite newcomer Arabella Oz in the indie movie “When the Starlight Ends,” which hails from first-time writer-director Adam Sigal, TheWrap has learned.
Patrick Hughes, Bryan O’Connell, Mike Gillespie and Eric Skinner are producing for Intellectual Films (a Primary Wave Company) alongside Christopher Lemole and Armory Films. Production starts next month in Los Angeles.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
“Starlight” is a surreal dark comedy that follows a struggling writer who, in a deep depression after losing the love of his life,...
Patrick Hughes, Bryan O’Connell, Mike Gillespie and Eric Skinner are producing for Intellectual Films (a Primary Wave Company) alongside Christopher Lemole and Armory Films. Production starts next month in Los Angeles.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
“Starlight” is a surreal dark comedy that follows a struggling writer who, in a deep depression after losing the love of his life,...
- 1/30/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Former ICM Partners agent Eric Skinner has become the latest to join David Guillod’s literary management company which operates under the Intellectual Property Group’s banner, Backstage has confirmed. The two men worked together at UTA when Guillod headed Motion Picture Talent and was a partner there, according to Deadline. Skinner became an ICM agent eight months ago after coming through the firm’s agent-trainee program. Guillod’s division of Ipg, called Intellectual Artist Management, has been operational for about a year. He brought over manager Jeff Morrone, who became a partner, and former UTA agent Mike Carr, among others, when he launched the endeavor in October 2011. In addition to Morrone, Carr, Guillod, and Skinner, Iam’s eight-person staff includes managers Brad Pence, Mike Gillespie, and Brad Carlson.
- 10/24/2012
- backstage.com
It has been a good two weeks for the Pfister clan. Shortly after renowned cinematographer Wally Pfister was set to make his feature directing debut on an untitled film for Alcon Entertainment, his daughter Claire Julien was set by Sofia Coppola to join the ensemble of her new film The Bling Ring, which stars Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga and Leslie Mann. Shooting starts next week in La. Julien joins fellow newcomers Israel Broussard, Katie Chang and Georgia Rock in the project based on real events surrounding a group of celebrity-obsessed teens who looted nearly $3 million in personal property from the homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom between 2008-2009. Coppola is directing her script, and producing alongside brother Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. Julien will next be seen playing a small role in The Dark Knight Rises. Pfister has been cinematographer on all of Chris Nolan’s Batfilms,...
- 3/16/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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