Innovative Artists, the agency that represents the likes of Amanda Seyfried and Elsbeth star Carrie Preston, is bolstering its unscripted division.
The company has hired two former A3 agents; Marc Kamler and Derek Blum.
This comes after Gersh acquired the alternative and digital divisions of A3 Artists Agency, a move that saw 25 agents move over across both units.
Kamler joins as Head of Unscripted Packaging, a similar role that he had at A3. He reps the creative and business interests of a number of production companies, producers, and talent. He spent three years at A3 as a partner, having joined in 2020 from APA, where he was also a partner. He started his career at the Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency, which was later acquired by ICM.
Derek Blum joins the company as an Unscripted Agent, also coming from A3 where he spent the last 6 years. He began his career at UTA before moving to Paradigm,...
The company has hired two former A3 agents; Marc Kamler and Derek Blum.
This comes after Gersh acquired the alternative and digital divisions of A3 Artists Agency, a move that saw 25 agents move over across both units.
Kamler joins as Head of Unscripted Packaging, a similar role that he had at A3. He reps the creative and business interests of a number of production companies, producers, and talent. He spent three years at A3 as a partner, having joined in 2020 from APA, where he was also a partner. He started his career at the Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency, which was later acquired by ICM.
Derek Blum joins the company as an Unscripted Agent, also coming from A3 where he spent the last 6 years. He began his career at UTA before moving to Paradigm,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The NAACP Image Award-nominated film “Memory Builds the Monument” was acquired by Paramount for continuous airings on BET throughout Black History Month. The documentary short, which spotlights the vibrant community of Black artists in the Historic 5th Ward of Houston, Texas, will also be available for streaming on BET+ starting Feb. 1.
The 11-minute film centers around the Houston-based concert venue Club Matinee, which was founded in 1936 amid rampant segregation and racially-driven violence. The musical hotbed became known for hosting legends like Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Little Richard and B.B. King in the early stages of their careers. Simultaneously, director Isaac Yowman uses the short as a vehicle to explore the sociopolitical hardships faced by African Americans living in the South during the civil rights movement.
Yowman, who also doubles as a Grammy-nominated music producer, partnered with nonprofits like Fifth Ward Crc and...
The 11-minute film centers around the Houston-based concert venue Club Matinee, which was founded in 1936 amid rampant segregation and racially-driven violence. The musical hotbed became known for hosting legends like Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Little Richard and B.B. King in the early stages of their careers. Simultaneously, director Isaac Yowman uses the short as a vehicle to explore the sociopolitical hardships faced by African Americans living in the South during the civil rights movement.
Yowman, who also doubles as a Grammy-nominated music producer, partnered with nonprofits like Fifth Ward Crc and...
- 1/31/2023
- by Julia MacCary, Katie Reul and Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
The Television Academy named four new members to its board of directors on Monday.
The new members include “Access Hollywood” host Scott Evans, Village Roadshow Entertainment group executive vice president of television Alix Jaffe, Madison Media Management chariman and CEO Paula Williams Madison and Babette Perry, a partner at Innovative Artists’ Broadcast Division, to its board of directors.
Evans, Jaffe, Madison and Perry have been elected to serve three-year terms, effective immediately.
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Additionally, four officers have been re-elected to the board for two-year terms.
They include Foundation chair, Banijay chairman of the Americas and Endemol Shine Holdings president and CEO Cris Abrego; treasurer and A+E Networks executive vice president of global content sales Deborah Bradley; secretary and Billie Greer Consulting public policy advisor Billie Greer; and vice chair and Bunim/Murray co-founder and executive consultant Jonathan Murray.
The new members include “Access Hollywood” host Scott Evans, Village Roadshow Entertainment group executive vice president of television Alix Jaffe, Madison Media Management chariman and CEO Paula Williams Madison and Babette Perry, a partner at Innovative Artists’ Broadcast Division, to its board of directors.
Evans, Jaffe, Madison and Perry have been elected to serve three-year terms, effective immediately.
Also Read:
Television Academy Appoints Casey Bloys, Gloria Calderón Kellett to 2023 Executive Committee
Additionally, four officers have been re-elected to the board for two-year terms.
They include Foundation chair, Banijay chairman of the Americas and Endemol Shine Holdings president and CEO Cris Abrego; treasurer and A+E Networks executive vice president of global content sales Deborah Bradley; secretary and Billie Greer Consulting public policy advisor Billie Greer; and vice chair and Bunim/Murray co-founder and executive consultant Jonathan Murray.
- 1/30/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Former NBA player and producer Jarnell Stokes has signed with Zero Gravity Management, which will rep the 2-time Gold Medalist for both on-camera opportunities and production deals.
Stokes has a slate of original projects in development—all related to his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee—his latest being the docuseries, Memphis and the Mountaintop, which showcases the intersection of iconic civil rights leaders, sports and music during the city’s struggle in the late ’60s as the epicenter of the social justice movement. Stokes is partnering on the project with 10-time Emmy-winning producer-director Daniel H. Forer, music and film producer Vassal Benford, and his brother, Isaiah Stokes, a former Memphis Tigers basketball star.
Also in the works from Stokes is the one-hour political drama series, Where It Counts, which follows a DC councilwoman and BLM leader on opposite sides of social justice as they navigate the minefield of Washington politics...
Stokes has a slate of original projects in development—all related to his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee—his latest being the docuseries, Memphis and the Mountaintop, which showcases the intersection of iconic civil rights leaders, sports and music during the city’s struggle in the late ’60s as the epicenter of the social justice movement. Stokes is partnering on the project with 10-time Emmy-winning producer-director Daniel H. Forer, music and film producer Vassal Benford, and his brother, Isaiah Stokes, a former Memphis Tigers basketball star.
Also in the works from Stokes is the one-hour political drama series, Where It Counts, which follows a DC councilwoman and BLM leader on opposite sides of social justice as they navigate the minefield of Washington politics...
- 4/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Professional basketball player and producer Jarnell Stokes has signed with Babette Perry at Innovative Artists, who will rep him for both on-camera and production deals.
Stokes is currently developing two drama series examining the ruthless intersection of sports, music and street culture in his hometown of Memphis.
The first, Break the Cycle, follows the struggles of twin 16-year-old orphan brothers as they each seek a piece of the American dream. Stokes is co-creating the series with writer-producer Taylor Materne (Hustle), with Chris Pavoni (Supergirl) on board to produce alongside Walk Like A Duck Entertainment. The second series, collegiate sports drama Rocky Top College, centers on an institution of the same name that harbors a dark secret. When the school’s newest recruit joins the team, full of promise and hope for a better life, they set him up on a regimen to dominate on the court. But as waves of anxiety and hallucinations surface,...
Stokes is currently developing two drama series examining the ruthless intersection of sports, music and street culture in his hometown of Memphis.
The first, Break the Cycle, follows the struggles of twin 16-year-old orphan brothers as they each seek a piece of the American dream. Stokes is co-creating the series with writer-producer Taylor Materne (Hustle), with Chris Pavoni (Supergirl) on board to produce alongside Walk Like A Duck Entertainment. The second series, collegiate sports drama Rocky Top College, centers on an institution of the same name that harbors a dark secret. When the school’s newest recruit joins the team, full of promise and hope for a better life, they set him up on a regimen to dominate on the court. But as waves of anxiety and hallucinations surface,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Innovative Artists is bolstering its ranks in alternative and unscripted with the hire of Rabih Gholam, who has worked at companies including 51 Minds, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Evolution Media.
Gholam will head up the new Alternative and Unscripted Department and will be based in LA. The division will complement the agency’s Broadcast and Hosting department, led by Babette Perry.
Gholam was most recently Executive Vice President of Development at Evolution Media, the company behind The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as well as the Vanderpump Rules and Botched franchises. He was also President of Unscripted Content at multi-platform content creator Studio 71, where he launched its unscripted division, and was EVP, Alternative Programming at 51 Minds and Ryan Seacrest Productions.
He has exec produced series including The Mole and the original version of The Hills.
“Rabih’s extensive experience and relationships across the spectrum of unscripted, late night, variety...
Gholam will head up the new Alternative and Unscripted Department and will be based in LA. The division will complement the agency’s Broadcast and Hosting department, led by Babette Perry.
Gholam was most recently Executive Vice President of Development at Evolution Media, the company behind The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as well as the Vanderpump Rules and Botched franchises. He was also President of Unscripted Content at multi-platform content creator Studio 71, where he launched its unscripted division, and was EVP, Alternative Programming at 51 Minds and Ryan Seacrest Productions.
He has exec produced series including The Mole and the original version of The Hills.
“Rabih’s extensive experience and relationships across the spectrum of unscripted, late night, variety...
- 12/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Elisabeth Hasselbeck has signed with Wme, where Jim Ornstein will handle The View co-host’s representation. Hasselback had been with Babette Perry at Img, but sources say the former Survivor contestant had become unhappy with the way negotiations with ABC were being handled and decided it was time for a change. Hasselbeck’s husband, former NFL quarterback and Espn analyst Tim Hasselbeck, is already signed with Ornstein. Hasseback has been on The View since 2003. Ornstein recently saw Live! With Kelly host Kelly Ripa leave Wme for CAA. Related: Obama Gives ‘The View’ Ratings Boost...
- 5/21/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Aloe Entertainment, along with Img and Schroeder-Ptacek Prods., are bringing the story of Barack Obama's mother to the screen, readying a feature-length doc to be directed by Charles Burnett.
"Stanley Ann Dunham: A Most Generous Spirit" will show how Dunham raised a young Obama in Indonesia and Hawaii as well as her pioneering work in the field of Third World microfinance, which assists small entrepreneurs, mostly women, in developing countries.
"She gave a lot of the backbone to our current president and his compassion to the people," said Mary Aloe, who is executive producing. "With these small-scale economies, she took a concept that was emerging just as women were getting their rights and got them to think outside the box. She is a fascinating woman, and she was ahead of her time."
Stanley Ann Dunham with a young Barack Obama The project will begin shooting early next year in Indonesia,...
"Stanley Ann Dunham: A Most Generous Spirit" will show how Dunham raised a young Obama in Indonesia and Hawaii as well as her pioneering work in the field of Third World microfinance, which assists small entrepreneurs, mostly women, in developing countries.
"She gave a lot of the backbone to our current president and his compassion to the people," said Mary Aloe, who is executive producing. "With these small-scale economies, she took a concept that was emerging just as women were getting their rights and got them to think outside the box. She is a fascinating woman, and she was ahead of her time."
Stanley Ann Dunham with a young Barack Obama The project will begin shooting early next year in Indonesia,...
- 9/7/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former ICM agent Babette Perry has joined IMG in the newly created position of vp broadcasting/West Coast. She is bringing several of her entertainment broadcasting-based clients to the sports, entertainment and media company which is expanding its client roster into other areas. Among Perry's clients are Tom Bergeron, host of ABC's Dancing With the Stars and America's Funniest Home Videos; Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC's The View; Phil Keoghan, host of CBS' The Amazing Race; Cristina Perez, host of Twentieth Television's syndicated Cristina's Court; Roger Lodge, host of NBC Universal's Blind Date; AJ Hammer, who hosts Showbiz Tonight on Headline News; Curtis Stone from TLC's Take Home Chef; Marysol Castro from ABC's Good Morning America; and Teresa Rodriguez from Univision.
- 9/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former ICM agent Babette Perry has joined IMG in the newly created position of vp broadcasting/West Coast. She is bringing several of her entertainment broadcasting-based clients to the sports, entertainment and media company as part of a strategy to expand its client roster into other areas. Among Perry's clients are Tom Bergeron, host of ABC's Dancing With the Stars and America's Funniest Home Videos; Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC's The View; Phil Keoghan, host of CBS' The Amazing Race; Cristina Perez, host of Twentieth Television's syndicated Cristina's Court; Roger Lodge, host of Blind Date; AJ Hammer, who hosts Showbiz Tonight on Headline News; Curtis Stone from TLC's Take Home Chef; Marysol Castro from ABC's Good Morning America; and Teresa Rodriguez from Univision.
- 9/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ICM let go of at least 10 agents in its television department on Friday on the heels of the announcement of ICM's purchase of the Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency. Sources said Friday that the agents were informed of their termination Thursday evening and Friday morning, as staffers at both agencies came to grips with the news that surprised the town when it broke late Thursday afternoon. BWCS is known for the strength of its television activities, so the shakeout on the ICM side was to be expected as the two agencies meld operations. In announcing the deal, ICM said that all 27 existing BWCS agents would make the move to ICM. The BWCS-related restructuring prompted the departure of agency stalwart and co-president Nancy Josephson (HR 7/28). Agents departing ICM included Scott Arnovitz, Patty Detroit, Nancy Etz, Jill Gillett, Tanya Lopez, Stacey Lubliner, Dan Norton, Babette Perry, Stacey Rosenfelt and Steve Simons. The status of the clients represented by those agents was unclear Friday.
- 7/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ICM let go of at least 10 agents in its television department on Friday on the heels of the announcement of ICM's purchase of the Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency. Sources said Friday that the agents were informed of their termination Thursday evening and Friday morning, as staffers at both agencies came to grips with the news that surprised the town when it broke late Thursday afternoon. BWCS is known for the strength of its television activities, so the shakeout on the ICM side was to be expected as the two agencies meld operations. In announcing the deal, ICM said that all 27 existing BWCS agents would make the move to ICM. The BWCS-related restructuring prompted the departure of agency stalwart and co-president Nancy Josephson (HR 7/28). Agents departing ICM included Scott Arnovitz, Patty Detroit, Nancy Etz, Jill Gillett, Tanya Lopez, Stacey Lubliner, Dan Norton, Babette Perry, Stacey Rosenfelt and Steve Simons. The status of the clients represented by those agents was unclear Friday.
- 7/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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