Exclusive: April Yuan, one of the founding partners of Vital Artists Agency, is joining Verve.
Non-fiction agent Yuan has joined Verve’s newly rebranded non-Fiction team, headed by Partner Andy Stabile.
The move comes after the partners at Vital, which was founded during the pandemic by Rebel Entertainment’s senior unscripted agents Cal Boyington, Phil Irven and Yuan following the retirement of their former boss Richard Lawrence, decided to split.
Yuan will continue to represent clients including Asabi Lee, exec producer of Max’s Project Greenlight revival, Lanee Griffin (Hart to Heart with Kevin Hart), Wendi Wan (Milf Manor) and Carolina Saavedra (Leguizamo Does America) and will work with Verve’s existing team of agents as it expands its non-fiction team.
She has been instrumental in growing representation for female and Bipoc voices in the non-scripted community. She previously said, “We’re just making reality TV. But we can do...
Non-fiction agent Yuan has joined Verve’s newly rebranded non-Fiction team, headed by Partner Andy Stabile.
The move comes after the partners at Vital, which was founded during the pandemic by Rebel Entertainment’s senior unscripted agents Cal Boyington, Phil Irven and Yuan following the retirement of their former boss Richard Lawrence, decided to split.
Yuan will continue to represent clients including Asabi Lee, exec producer of Max’s Project Greenlight revival, Lanee Griffin (Hart to Heart with Kevin Hart), Wendi Wan (Milf Manor) and Carolina Saavedra (Leguizamo Does America) and will work with Verve’s existing team of agents as it expands its non-fiction team.
She has been instrumental in growing representation for female and Bipoc voices in the non-scripted community. She previously said, “We’re just making reality TV. But we can do...
- 4/21/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The partners of Vital Artists Agency, the unscripted-focused talent agency formed during the pandemic, are going their separate ways.
Deadline understands that there are a number of changes involving the company, which was founded in late 2020 by Rebel Entertainment partners senior unscripted agents Cal Boyington, Phil Irven and April Yuan after the retirement of their former boss Richard Lawrence.
The company has represented the likes of Valerie Chow, exec producer of The Great American Recipe, Moira Noriega, series producer of Netflix’s Ultimate Beastmaster and Vivian Payton, who has worked on series such as Love & Hip Hop: Miami and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion as well as production companies Sunwise Media, Empty Quarter Studios and Dola Media.
Boyington, who previously worked at ICM Partners and Paradigm Talent Agency, will take sole ownership of the Vital name, trademark, and logo.
Irven will leave to form a new company...
Deadline understands that there are a number of changes involving the company, which was founded in late 2020 by Rebel Entertainment partners senior unscripted agents Cal Boyington, Phil Irven and April Yuan after the retirement of their former boss Richard Lawrence.
The company has represented the likes of Valerie Chow, exec producer of The Great American Recipe, Moira Noriega, series producer of Netflix’s Ultimate Beastmaster and Vivian Payton, who has worked on series such as Love & Hip Hop: Miami and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion as well as production companies Sunwise Media, Empty Quarter Studios and Dola Media.
Boyington, who previously worked at ICM Partners and Paradigm Talent Agency, will take sole ownership of the Vital name, trademark, and logo.
Irven will leave to form a new company...
- 4/19/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After four years at Verve, veteran unscripted television agent Bill Thompson has joined Vital Artists Agency, reuniting with former colleague Phil Irven.
At Verve, Thompson launched an unscripted division in 2018 and oversaw that area for the agency. His departure followed the July hire of former ICM agent Andy Stabile as Verve Partner and Head of Unscripted. Thompson met with a couple of companies and went with upstart Vital, which was launched in late 2020 by Rebel Entertainment Partners’ Irven, April Yuan and Cal Boyington. They were joined by veteran unscripted executive Nicole Zien earlier this year.
During his Verve tenure, Thompson built a department that packaged and sold over 100 hours of programming including Pants on Fire (Disney +) American Dreams (Discovery +) and the upcoming USA series Barmageddon with Blake Shelton. On the talent side, Thompson brokered Leah Remini’s seven-figure People Puzzler game show deal and the reboot of Kat Von D’s LA Ink.
At Verve, Thompson launched an unscripted division in 2018 and oversaw that area for the agency. His departure followed the July hire of former ICM agent Andy Stabile as Verve Partner and Head of Unscripted. Thompson met with a couple of companies and went with upstart Vital, which was launched in late 2020 by Rebel Entertainment Partners’ Irven, April Yuan and Cal Boyington. They were joined by veteran unscripted executive Nicole Zien earlier this year.
During his Verve tenure, Thompson built a department that packaged and sold over 100 hours of programming including Pants on Fire (Disney +) American Dreams (Discovery +) and the upcoming USA series Barmageddon with Blake Shelton. On the talent side, Thompson brokered Leah Remini’s seven-figure People Puzzler game show deal and the reboot of Kat Von D’s LA Ink.
- 9/16/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A talent agency that was born out of the demise of another boutique agency and the disruption of the pandemic is making a name for itself with a commitment to champion a diverse range of creative talent and a tight focus on unscripted content.
In late 2020, Rebel Entertainment Partners senior unscripted agents April Yuan, Cal Boyington and Phil Irven founded Vital Artists Agency, following the retirement of their former boss, longtime Rebel chief Richard Lawrence.
Per its four-agent team, Vaa is a company that doesn’t just preach its desire to be the home of diverse voices, but it’s an agency that strives to be run by them, too.
“We do want to grow, but we don’t want to be the same as the dinosaurs that have already been around forever,” Yuan told Variety. “We want it to look different from the top. That is very important to me,...
In late 2020, Rebel Entertainment Partners senior unscripted agents April Yuan, Cal Boyington and Phil Irven founded Vital Artists Agency, following the retirement of their former boss, longtime Rebel chief Richard Lawrence.
Per its four-agent team, Vaa is a company that doesn’t just preach its desire to be the home of diverse voices, but it’s an agency that strives to be run by them, too.
“We do want to grow, but we don’t want to be the same as the dinosaurs that have already been around forever,” Yuan told Variety. “We want it to look different from the top. That is very important to me,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
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