Exclusive: Independent Artist Group’s Physical Production department has added two agents, bringing in veteran Allison Irvin from Zero Gravity Management and promoting Natalia González, who we’re told has been a vital contributor to the department for many years. Irvin will be based in Iag’s New York office, with González working out of Los Angeles.
“We are proud to continue to identify, hire and nurture diverse voices within the Iag Physical Production department,” said Iag’s Head of Physical Production, Julian Savodivker, “and in Allison and Natalia we have two excellent new additions that will allow us to continue to grow our business domestically and internationally across all production disciplines as well as expand into the world of Music Composers and Supervisors which is very exciting for us.”
Working in film and television for nearly 15 years, Irvin has now spent a decade representing Physical Production clients. During her two years at Zero Gravity,...
“We are proud to continue to identify, hire and nurture diverse voices within the Iag Physical Production department,” said Iag’s Head of Physical Production, Julian Savodivker, “and in Allison and Natalia we have two excellent new additions that will allow us to continue to grow our business domestically and internationally across all production disciplines as well as expand into the world of Music Composers and Supervisors which is very exciting for us.”
Working in film and television for nearly 15 years, Irvin has now spent a decade representing Physical Production clients. During her two years at Zero Gravity,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” is embracing the Motown sound — announcing key castings including Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Kat Graham as the legendary Diana Ross.
As the film chronicles Jackson’s rise to prominence — first as a member of the Jackson 5, then as a solo artist — the record label will factor in significantly. “Power” franchise star Tate (who coincidentally played “Thriller” producer Quincy Jones in 2004’s “Ray”) takes on the Motown impresario Gordy, who redefined American music by platforming such acts as the Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Diana Ross & the Supremes.
Graham portrays Ross, who, as lead singer of the chart-topping group, was asked to officially introduce the Jackson 5 to the world and remained a lifelong influence on Michael Jackson.
Other new cast members of the Lionsgate...
As the film chronicles Jackson’s rise to prominence — first as a member of the Jackson 5, then as a solo artist — the record label will factor in significantly. “Power” franchise star Tate (who coincidentally played “Thriller” producer Quincy Jones in 2004’s “Ray”) takes on the Motown impresario Gordy, who redefined American music by platforming such acts as the Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Diana Ross & the Supremes.
Graham portrays Ross, who, as lead singer of the chart-topping group, was asked to officially introduce the Jackson 5 to the world and remained a lifelong influence on Michael Jackson.
Other new cast members of the Lionsgate...
- 3/25/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Former A3 agents Katt Riley and Nick Beldoch have joined the Lit department at Independent Artist Group, Deadline has learned. Just two of over 25 agents Iag has recruited over the past 18 months, they’ll be reunited at the agency with former colleague Fatmata Kamara, who was hired as a talent agent earlier this month.
“In an ever-changing landscape, we are thrilled to welcome Katt and Nick as colleagues whose tireless advocacy for their clients immediately adds strength and depth to what we are building in the Lit department at Iag,” said Lindsay Howard Parker and Adam Kanter, to whom they respectively report. “We have long admired Katt’s tenacity and ability to nurture the careers of her talented writer & director clients while Nick will represent his own emerging clients and serve as an invaluable enhancement on multiple client teams.”
Over the last three years at A3, Riley was responsible...
“In an ever-changing landscape, we are thrilled to welcome Katt and Nick as colleagues whose tireless advocacy for their clients immediately adds strength and depth to what we are building in the Lit department at Iag,” said Lindsay Howard Parker and Adam Kanter, to whom they respectively report. “We have long admired Katt’s tenacity and ability to nurture the careers of her talented writer & director clients while Nick will represent his own emerging clients and serve as an invaluable enhancement on multiple client teams.”
Over the last three years at A3, Riley was responsible...
- 3/21/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Buchwald has hired Brian Sacripanti and Sam Yabrow, a pair of talent agents most recently working at the now-shuttered A3 Artists Agency. Both are expected to bring several clients to Buchwald, with Sacripanti to work out of the agency’s Los Angeles offices, and Yabrow to be based in New York.
“We are thrilled to have these two dynamic and passionate talent agents join our team,” Buchwald West Coast President Julia Buchwald and West Coast Co-Head Ryan Martin told Deadline. “With their arrival, we see not just the promise of tomorrow, but the vibrant pulse of our industry’s future. Their dedication to nurturing emerging talent and embracing new industry trends will undoubtedly propel us forward.”
Sacripanti spent the last three and a half years at A3, balancing a roster of emerging and established talent. He began his career at Grandview, where he started as an assistant before moving...
“We are thrilled to have these two dynamic and passionate talent agents join our team,” Buchwald West Coast President Julia Buchwald and West Coast Co-Head Ryan Martin told Deadline. “With their arrival, we see not just the promise of tomorrow, but the vibrant pulse of our industry’s future. Their dedication to nurturing emerging talent and embracing new industry trends will undoubtedly propel us forward.”
Sacripanti spent the last three and a half years at A3, balancing a roster of emerging and established talent. He began his career at Grandview, where he started as an assistant before moving...
- 3/14/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran talent agent Fatmata Kamara has joined Independent Artist Group, the agency’s Head of Global Talent, Andrew Rogers, announced on Friday.
Kamara joins from the now-defunct A3 Artists Agency, where she represented an array of diverse talent including Will Catlett, Clark Backo, Larenz Tate (Power Book II: Ghost), Stephanie Arcila (Fire Country), Blu Hunt, Genneya Walton, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Kaci Walfall (Ava Duvernay’s Naomi), all of whom she is bringing with her to Iag.
Prior to A3, Kamara was a talent agent at CAA, where she represented such talents as Zazie Beetz, Gabrielle Union, H.E.R., Miles Brown, and Jesse Williams. Before CAA, she worked at the prior iteration of A3, Abrams Artists Agency. During her career, she has been known...
Kamara joins from the now-defunct A3 Artists Agency, where she represented an array of diverse talent including Will Catlett, Clark Backo, Larenz Tate (Power Book II: Ghost), Stephanie Arcila (Fire Country), Blu Hunt, Genneya Walton, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Kaci Walfall (Ava Duvernay’s Naomi), all of whom she is bringing with her to Iag.
Prior to A3, Kamara was a talent agent at CAA, where she represented such talents as Zazie Beetz, Gabrielle Union, H.E.R., Miles Brown, and Jesse Williams. Before CAA, she worked at the prior iteration of A3, Abrams Artists Agency. During her career, she has been known...
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Clark Backo, recently seen as the female lead opposite Lakeith Stanfield in Apple TV+’s The Changeling, has signed with Linden Entertainment for management.
For her role in The Changeling as the wife of Stanfield’s Apollo, a new mom who is suffering emotionally and vanishes without a trace, Backo earned a 2024 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance.
In TV, Backo is also known for her work in the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience, ABC/Netflix’s Designated Survivor, the CW’s Supernatural and the Canadian hit comedy Letterkenny. Additionally, she can be seen in Netflix’s 21 Thunder, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, CBC’s Shoot The Messenger, Netflix’s Hemlock Grove and National Geographic’s The Hot Zone.
Backo’s film credits include Jason Orley’s Amazon film I Want You Back, starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate, Blumhouse feature Seven in Heaven and indies No Running and Confessions.
For her role in The Changeling as the wife of Stanfield’s Apollo, a new mom who is suffering emotionally and vanishes without a trace, Backo earned a 2024 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance.
In TV, Backo is also known for her work in the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience, ABC/Netflix’s Designated Survivor, the CW’s Supernatural and the Canadian hit comedy Letterkenny. Additionally, she can be seen in Netflix’s 21 Thunder, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, CBC’s Shoot The Messenger, Netflix’s Hemlock Grove and National Geographic’s The Hot Zone.
Backo’s film credits include Jason Orley’s Amazon film I Want You Back, starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate, Blumhouse feature Seven in Heaven and indies No Running and Confessions.
- 2/20/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem, the Hulu series in the works that stars Mandy Patinkin, has cast Annie Q. Riegel in a major recurring role.
Riegel will play Winnie in the project written by Stumptown duo Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams and directed by Marc Webb. The series asks, how do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something, but is one of them a killer? That’s what the world’s once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth (Patinkin) and his protégée (Violett Beane) aim to discover.
2022 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
The series received a 10-episode order from Hulu this year. The series will go into production this month and continue through December. Other cast members include Lauren Patten, Hugo Diego Garcia, Angela Zhou and Rahul Kohli.
Riegel will play Winnie in the project written by Stumptown duo Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams and directed by Marc Webb. The series asks, how do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something, but is one of them a killer? That’s what the world’s once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth (Patinkin) and his protégée (Violett Beane) aim to discover.
2022 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
The series received a 10-episode order from Hulu this year. The series will go into production this month and continue through December. Other cast members include Lauren Patten, Hugo Diego Garcia, Angela Zhou and Rahul Kohli.
- 8/1/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Casting Society of America will host a virtual town hall on February 1 and a three-day online open call for for Black actors from Feb. 19-21. Both events are part of Csa’s Black Actors Initiative, which is designed to effect real change in how actors in historically underrepresented communities are afforded access to job opportunities.
The town hall will include an in-depth discussion “to forge actionable changes in the representation of these actors,” Csa said. Actors who identify as Black are invited to attend, as are all casting professionals — casting directors, associates and assistants — talent agents and talent managers. The event will be moderated by casting director Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd and actor Carla Renata. Panelists will include:
• Josiah Akinyele (talent agent)
• Charlton Blackburne (manager)
• Yvette Nicole Brown (actor)
• Kim Coleman (casting director)
• Keith David (actor)
• Leah Daniels-Butler (casting director)
• Fatmata Kamara (talent agent)
• Anthony LeBlanc (producer/director)
• Harold Lewter...
The town hall will include an in-depth discussion “to forge actionable changes in the representation of these actors,” Csa said. Actors who identify as Black are invited to attend, as are all casting professionals — casting directors, associates and assistants — talent agents and talent managers. The event will be moderated by casting director Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd and actor Carla Renata. Panelists will include:
• Josiah Akinyele (talent agent)
• Charlton Blackburne (manager)
• Yvette Nicole Brown (actor)
• Kim Coleman (casting director)
• Keith David (actor)
• Leah Daniels-Butler (casting director)
• Fatmata Kamara (talent agent)
• Anthony LeBlanc (producer/director)
• Harold Lewter...
- 1/25/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Fatmata Kamara is returning to A3 Artists Agency as a talent agent after a two-year stint at CAA.
During her time at CAA, she represented such talent as Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Gabrielle Union, Taylour Paige, Rhenzy Feliz, Anna Diop, Kendrick Sampson, H.E.R., Will Catlett, Miles Brown, and Jesse Williams. Kamara spent six and a half years at Abrams Artists Agency before it rebranded as A3. The announcement was made today by Robert Attermann (CEO), Brian Cho (President) and Adam Bold (Chairman).
“We are thrilled to welcome Fatmata back to the family, said Attermann. She has an incredible eye for talent, and will be an asset to our growing agency.”
“I am so incredibly grateful for the time I spent at CAA,” said Kamara. I cultivated strong relationships with my colleagues during my time there and know I can count on them moving forward.
Her position is effective immediately.
During her time at CAA, she represented such talent as Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Gabrielle Union, Taylour Paige, Rhenzy Feliz, Anna Diop, Kendrick Sampson, H.E.R., Will Catlett, Miles Brown, and Jesse Williams. Kamara spent six and a half years at Abrams Artists Agency before it rebranded as A3. The announcement was made today by Robert Attermann (CEO), Brian Cho (President) and Adam Bold (Chairman).
“We are thrilled to welcome Fatmata back to the family, said Attermann. She has an incredible eye for talent, and will be an asset to our growing agency.”
“I am so incredibly grateful for the time I spent at CAA,” said Kamara. I cultivated strong relationships with my colleagues during my time there and know I can count on them moving forward.
Her position is effective immediately.
- 5/11/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CAA has brought on talent agent Fatmata Kamara, who was previously with Abrams Artists Agency. Clients who are joining Kamara at CAA include Black Panther actor Winston Duke, Anna Diop (Titans), Kendrick Sampson (How To Get Away With Murder), Rhenzy Feliz (Marvel’s Runaways), Libe Barer (Sneaky Pete), Kyanna Simpson (The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks), and Lily Donoghue (The Goldbergs).
In addition to Abrams Artists Agency, Kamara has held positions at Buchwald Talent Group and TalentWorks. She’ll be based in the agency’s Los Angeles office.
In addition to Abrams Artists Agency, Kamara has held positions at Buchwald Talent Group and TalentWorks. She’ll be based in the agency’s Los Angeles office.
- 5/22/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Abrams Artists Agency has hired Keith Bielory in its alternative programming and digital media group in New York and promoted Fatmata Kamara to agent in the Los Angeles-based theatrical youth and young adult division. Bielory joins from Pmg Sports and CelebExperts working in business development and account management and he also worked at NBC Sports, Olympics, and Universal Ad Sales. He will report to Mark Turner, VP of the alternative programming and digital media…...
- 11/5/2015
- Deadline TV
Abrams Artists Agency has hired Keith Bielory in its alternative programming and digital media group in New York and promoted Fatmata Kamara to agent in the Los Angeles-based theatrical youth and young adult division. Bielory joins from Pmg Sports and CelebExperts working in business development and account management and he also worked at NBC Sports, Olympics, and Universal Ad Sales. He will report to Mark Turner, VP of the alternative programming and digital media…...
- 11/5/2015
- Deadline
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