Exclusive: Rain has brought in talent/lit manager and producer Barney Slobodin. He will start in July. Slobodin joins Rain from Cavalry Media, where he helped launch a management division.
On the lit side, he represents Mitchell Lafortune (Kandahar), Benjamin Klein (Winning Time), David Schickler (Banshee), directors Miguel Ortega/Tran Ma (The Ningyo), Tiffanie Hsu (Waterschool) and second unit director, Tim Connolly (Old Man). His acting clients include Ryder McLaughlin (North Hollywood), Mikayla Bartholomew (King Richard), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and Nadiv Molcho (Transatlantic).
Slobodin produced New York Emmy-winning documentary 62,000:1 Three Teams, One City, One Year, about the historic stretch in 1969 when the New York Mets, Jets and Knicks all won championships, for Basil Iwanyk’s sports division, Game1 and SportsNet New York.
Prior to expanding into management, Slobodin worked at Iwanyk’s Thunder Road. He started as an assistant and rose over six years to become VP of Production & Development.
On the lit side, he represents Mitchell Lafortune (Kandahar), Benjamin Klein (Winning Time), David Schickler (Banshee), directors Miguel Ortega/Tran Ma (The Ningyo), Tiffanie Hsu (Waterschool) and second unit director, Tim Connolly (Old Man). His acting clients include Ryder McLaughlin (North Hollywood), Mikayla Bartholomew (King Richard), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and Nadiv Molcho (Transatlantic).
Slobodin produced New York Emmy-winning documentary 62,000:1 Three Teams, One City, One Year, about the historic stretch in 1969 when the New York Mets, Jets and Knicks all won championships, for Basil Iwanyk’s sports division, Game1 and SportsNet New York.
Prior to expanding into management, Slobodin worked at Iwanyk’s Thunder Road. He started as an assistant and rose over six years to become VP of Production & Development.
- 6/21/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Barney Slobodin, who has spent the past six years at Thunder Road Pictures most recently as VP Production and Development, is joining Cavalry Media as a talent manager. He will add his client list to the Dana Brunetti- and Keegan Rosenberger-run company’s talent and literary division which launched in February.
That list includes Gomorrah: The Series actress Cristiana Dell’Anna and Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, whose most recent film Clash opened the Cannes 2016 Un Certain Regard section.
“We are very excited to have Barney join the Cavalry team,” said Cavalry Media partner Matt DelPiano, to whom Slobodin will report. “His experience, talent relationships, taste and work ethic all make him an excellent addition as we expand our management business.”
At Thunder Road, Slobodin was involved in the production of Hotel Mumbai and the upcoming crime thriller The Informer starring Rosamund Pike and Joel Kinnaman. He also...
That list includes Gomorrah: The Series actress Cristiana Dell’Anna and Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, whose most recent film Clash opened the Cannes 2016 Un Certain Regard section.
“We are very excited to have Barney join the Cavalry team,” said Cavalry Media partner Matt DelPiano, to whom Slobodin will report. “His experience, talent relationships, taste and work ethic all make him an excellent addition as we expand our management business.”
At Thunder Road, Slobodin was involved in the production of Hotel Mumbai and the upcoming crime thriller The Informer starring Rosamund Pike and Joel Kinnaman. He also...
- 8/21/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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