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Agencies
CAA: Composer, lyricist and playwright
Jason Robert Brown is now repped by
Joe Machota, Christopher Till and
George Lane. Brown was recently nominated for the 2014 Tony award for Best Score and Best Orchestration for his work on
The Bridges of Madison County. He’s also been nominated for the Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critic Circles Awards. Brown’s other major works have included S
ongs for a New World, The Last Five Years, Urban Cowboy, Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes, Chanukah Suite and
Parade, for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score. Next up, Brown will score the Broadway musical version of
Honeymoon in Vegas, set to star Tony Danza.
CAA: Emmy-winning actress and singer
Toni Collette is now repped by
Rick Kurtzman, Elan Ruspoli and
Jon Teiber. Collette currently can be seen on Broadway in Will Eno’s
The Realistic Joneses, alongside Michael C. Hall, Marisa Tomei and Tracy Letts. She also recently starred in the features
The Way Way Back and
Enough Said, as well as the CBS series
Hostages. Starting her career with memorable performances in
Spotswood and
Muriel’s Wedding, Collette’s prolific resume has seen such highlights as
The Sixth Sense, Dinner with Friends, Changing Lanes, About a Boy, The Hours, In Her Shoes, Little Miss Sunshine, Towelhead, Fright Night and
Hitchcock to name a few. She also starred for three seasons on the Showtime series
The United States of Tara, which earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Next up, Collette will appear in
Lucky Them, which premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, as well as the feature comedy
Tammy, opposite Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon. In addition to her acting career, Collette is also the lead singer of the band Toni Collette and The Finish.
CAA: Actress
Rosamund Pike is now repped by
Kevin Huvane, Carin Sage and
Franklin Latt. Pike will soon appear in the titular role in David Fincher’s adaptation of the Gillian Flynn best-selling novel
Gone Girl, opposite Ben Affleck. She also recently starred as the female lead in Simon Pegg’s sci-fi comedy
The World’s End. Landing her breakout role appearing opposite Pierce Brosnan in
Die Another Day, Pike has gone on to appear in such prestige fare as
The Libertine, Pride and Prejudice, An Education and
Barney’s Version. More recently, she has appeared in more commercial films, including the fantasy sequel
Wrath of the Titans, as well as starring opposite Tom Cruise in
Jack Reacher. Next up, Pike will appear in the features
Hector and Search for Happiness and
What We Did on Our Holiday.
CAA: Theatre director
Jack O’Brien is now repped by
Joe Machota. The three-time Tony Award winner most recently directed a staging of
Macbeth starring Ethan Hawke. O’Brien served as Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theater in San Diego from 1981 until 2007 and has led a prolific and varied career, directing such Broadway blockbusters as
The Full Monty and
Hairspray, in addition to contemporary dramas that include
The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and Tom Stoppard’s trilogy of plays
The Coast of Utopia. Over his career, O’Brien has been nominated for ten Tony Awards and won three for direction, for his work on
Hairspray, Henry IV and
The Coast of Utopia respectively.
CAA: Songwriting team
Marc Shaiman and
Scott Whittman are now repped by
Joe Machota. Their musical
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Venture, opened in London last year and is currently playing on The West End. However, the two are probably best known for writing the music and lyrics for the Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters’
Hairspray. They also penned the musical adaptation of
Catch Me If You Can and executive produced the NBC series
Smash. Separately, Shaiman has received an Emmy for co-writing Billy Crystal’s performances on The Academy Awards and he has racked up five Oscar nominations over his career for such films as
Sleepless in Seattle, The American President and
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Shaiman and Whittman received a Tony, a Grammy and an Olivier for their work on
Hairspray.
Paradigm: Actor and producer
Hayden Christensen is now repped by
Andrew Ruf, Nick LoPiccolo, Scott Melrose and
Shawn Scallon. After a four-year break from acting, Christensen will soon appear in the action feature
Outcast, opposite Nicolas Cage. He will also star in
American Heist, opposite Adrien Brody and Jordana Brewster. Starting his acting career at only seven years old, Christensen’s early appearances included the features
The Virgin Suicides and
Life as a House before he landed his breakthrough role as Anakin Skywalker in
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and its follow-up
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Christensen’s subsequent features have included a revelatory performance in the Billy Ray feature film
Shattered Glass, as well as the features
Factory Girl, Awake, Jumper, Takers and
The Vanishing on Seventh Street. In addition to acting Christensen is currently executive producing the features
Cooties, American Heist and
Lady of Csejte.
UTA: Writer and director
Lee Toland Krieger is now repped by
Jason Burns. He was previously with ICM Partners. Krieger is currently shooting
Age of Adaline, which will star Blake Lively, Harrison Ford and Michael Huisman. After making his directorial debut with the film
December Ends, a feature shot with only a $75,000 budget, Krieger’s next film
The Vicious Kind was a tremendous success, premiering at Sundance and earning Krieger an Independent Spirit nomination for his screenplay. Krieger has since gone on to direct
Celeste and Jesse Forever, starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg. He also recently helmed the pilot of the MTV comedy
Happyland, which was recently picked up to series.
WME Entertainment: Composer, singer-songwriter and pianist
Randy Newman is now repped in all areas except for touring. Newman most recently composed the score for 2013’s
Monsters University. Widely considered one of the best pop songwriters of the last half century, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer since the 1980s, scoring such memorable films
as Ragtime, The Natural, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc., Cars and the three
Toy Story films. Newman has won a total of two Academy Awards, three Emmys and six Grammys, as well as the Governor’s Award from the Recording Academy. Paradigm continues to rep Newman for the touring portion of his business.
