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APA: Screenwriter
Barbara Curry is now repped by
Ryan Saul, Lindsay Howard and
Kyle Loftus. Her script
The Boy Next Door is currently in production and will star Jennifer Lopez, Kristin Chenoweth and John Corbett. The Rob Cohen-directed feature marks Curry’s first produced film and originally landed on the 2011 Blood List, a yearly compilation of the industry’s best-liked genre scripts. Prior to embarking on her screenwriting career, Curry spent nearly a decade working as an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, where she worked in the Major Violent Crimes unit and handled federal cases that included murder-for-hire, racketeering, bank robbery and conspiracy. Curry previously made waves for her script
Talk of the Town, which was featured in UCLA’s prestigious Screenwriters Showcase Event. Altogether, Curry has won three Screenwriting Showcase Awards, as well as the George Burns & Gracie Allen Fellowship in Comedy Screenwriting and the Diane Thomas Screenwriting Award.
CAA: British actor
Chris Geere is now repped by
Jason Heyman, John Sacks and
Sean Grumman. Geere just wrapped playing the lead in Stephen Falk’s FX pilot
You're The Worst, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. He also appeared earlier this year in M. Night Shyamalan’s sci-fi flick
After Earth opposite Will Smith and starred in the most recent season of the U.K. sitcom
Trollied, which was created by Ash Atalla. Geere began his career on stage in Royal Shakespeare Company’s
All's Well That Ends Well, appearing opposite Dame Judi Dench. He followed that with a small role in HBO’s
Band of Brothers. Geere’s feature credits include the lead in the third and fourth installment of the
Prince & Me film series, MGM’s werewolf thriller
Blood and Chocolate opposite Olivier Martinez, and Warner Bros.’
Cleanskin opposite Sean Bean. Geere has worked consistently in U.K. television in both drama and comedy, including three seasons on the BBC award-winning series
Waterloo Road. Additionally, he was a series regular on
Pete Vs. Life and appeared in the war drama
Bombshell and the 2013 sitcom
The Spa. Geere continues to be repped by Beth McIntosh of Creative Partners Group and Daphne Waring of Waring and McKenna in the U.K.
Equitable Stewardship for Artists (ESA): Emmy-winning director, producer and editor
Elodie Keene is now repped by
Paul Alan Smith. Keene most recently directed episodes of
The Mentalist, Glee, Necessary Roughness, The New Normal and
Hart of Dixie. She originally got her start in the early eighties, working as an editor on various television series including
St. Elsewhere, Tales of the Unexpected and
L.A. Law. Her work on
L.A. Law eventually landed her directing and producing gigs on that series as well and altogether Keene directed a total of 18 episodes of
L.A. Law. Keene has since led a prolific career as a television director, helming multiple episodes of such series as
ER, NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, Popular, Family Law, Judging Amy, Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Huge, Switched at Birth, Necessary Roughness and
The Mentalist. She has also directed single episodes of series as My
So Called Life, The Practice, Scrubs, House M.D., Lie to Me, Hawaii Five-O, Covert Affairs and
Animal Practice to name only a few. Keene won three Emmys for her work on
L.A. Law, including one for Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production, as well as two in her role as producer for Outstanding Drama Series. Keene continues to be co-repped by ICM Partners.
Gersh: Australian director and cinematographer
Kim Mordaunt has signed with
David Gersh and
Sandra Luchessi. Mordaunt recently made his fiction debut with the feature film
The Rocket, which will be this year’s Australian submission for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award. Mordaunt’s film has already become a major hit on the festival circuit, racking up numerous awards, including the World Cinema Award at AFI Fest, as well as prizes at the Tribeca and Berlin film festivals. Mordaunt started his career as an actor, before embarking on a prolific career in documentaries working as both a director and cinematographer. His first documentary was
45 Years is Enough, which explored the life of some of Bulgaria’s leading artists after the fall of the Iron Curtain. He followed that up with short form docs for SBS TV, ABC and Discovery, including the well-received
Copyrites,
Survival and
Speed City. In 2007, Mordaunt directed his first feature length documentary
Bomb Harvest, which explored the consequences of war in Laos. That film won numerous prizes, was screened at 20 international festivals and was shown on television in over 25 countries. Mordaunt is currently developing two features with
The Rocket producer Sylvia Wilczynski,
Zig Zag and
Pink Mist.
ICM Partners: Oscar-winning actor and director
Al Pacino is now repped by
John Burnham,
Carol Goll, Adam Schweitzer, Laren Sellars and
Chris Silverman. He was previously with CAA. Pacino currently has several projects in various stages of development including
Manglehorn, which is now in production, and the Dan Fogelman-helmed feature
Imagine, now in post. He also appeared earlier this year as Phil Spector in the HBO television movie
Phil Spector. Arguably the greatest actor of his generation, Pacino began his career as a stage actor, making his film debut in 1969’s
Me, Natalie. A riveting performance in 1971’s
The Panic in Needle Park caught the eye of Francis Ford Coppola who soon cast Pacino in the iconic role of Michael Corleone in his 1972 masterpiece
The Godfather. The role earned Pacino an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Going on to appear in cinematic classics that included
Serpico The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, …And Justice For All, Scarface and
Glengarry Glen Ross, Pacino finally won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 1992’s
Scent of a Woman. In addition to numerous nominations, Pacino has won one Oscar, two Emmys and two Tony Awards. He is next slated to appear in Brian DePalma-directed
Happy Valley, playing the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno.
UTA: Grammy-winning rapper, record producer and actor
Cliff “Method Man” Smith is now repped by
Blair Kohan, Ali Benmohamed and
Scott Schachter. He is currently filming Tom McCarthy’s next film
The Cobbler, which will star Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman. He will also appear in the feature
Lucky N#mber, which is currently in post-production. Starting off as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan and winning a Grammy in 1996 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Smith has led a prolific acting career in addition to his career in music. First appearing in roles in the late nineties that included the features
Copland, One Eight Seven, Big Daddy and
How High, Smith ventured into television as well with an appearance on HBO’s landmark series
The Wire, as well as a recurring role on HBO’s
OZ. Smith’s subsequent film and television roles have included appearances in
Garden State, Soul Plane, Scary Movie 3, Burn Notice, The Good Guys, The Sitter and multiple episodes of
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared last year in the George Lucas feature
Red Tails. Music-wise, Smith is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman and briefly appeared on the Fox sitcom
Method & Red. Smith is next slated to appear in a voice role on the FX animated comedy
Chozen, as well as the Ashley Greene feature
Staten Island Summer.
WME Entertainment: Television personality, actress and fashion designer
Nicole Richie is now a client. Richie currently appears on the AOL web series
#CandidlyNicole, based off her irreverent Twitter feed. Legally adopted by Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey when she was nine years old, Richie got her big break appearing on the hit Fox reality series
The Simple Life, alongside her childhood friend Paris Hilton. Lasting for five seasons, Richie soon became a prominent television and media personality, eventually making her feature film debut in 2005’s
Kids in America. She has since appeared in numerous television series including
Six Feet Under, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, The New Normal. She also played a recurring character on
Chuck. More recently, Richie appeared as a guest judge on
Fashion Police and appeared as a mentor on
Fashion Star. Richie also has her own apparel line and wrote
The Truth About Diamonds, a novel that was loosely based on her life.
