An Oscar winner to CAA, a comedian to UTA, and several new promotions and hires around town all this and more in todays edition of Notes from the Rep Biz!
At CAA:
Director and Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has signed with Hylda Queally. Recently Foster has been directing TV, helming episodes of Orange is the New Black (which earned her an Emmy nomination), House of Cards (where she was nominated for a DGA Award) and Black Mirror. Previously she was with ICM for acting and UTA for
directing.
Writer/director Jessica Thompson has signed with Angela Dallas. Thompsons directorial debut, the drama Light of the Moon, won Best Narrative Feature at SXSW in 2017. Thompson also served as apprentice director on season 2 of Hulus The Handmaids Tale. Next up shell be directing the pilot and six episodes of the
TV series The End. She is managed by Josh Goldenberg and Hannah Ozer at Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.
Nijla Mumin has signed with Jelani Johnson. Mumins debut feature, Jinn, won the special jury prize for screenwriting, also at 2017s SXSW festival. Recently she directed an episode of OWNs Queen Sugar. Her managers are Ava Jamshidi and Stephen
Crawford at Industry.
At UTA:
Mexican Comedian Franco Escamilla has signed with UTA. Escamilla is the founder of La Diablo Squad, a group of comedians who perform live on his YouTube show La Mesa Renona. He was the first stand up comedian to perform sold out shows at the National Auditorium in Mexico, and hes the first Spanish-language comedian to do a tour in Asia and Europe.
He continues to be repped by manager Bryan Andrade at ESCAN Management.
Other Notes:
Paradigm has promoted Kristin ONeil and Nate Sokolski to music agents. ONeil reps pop and electronic acts such as Quinn XCII, Chelsea Cutler, ayokay, Parson James and Chrome Sparks. Sokolski works with such acts as Diplo,
Major Lazer, A-Trak and Chromeo.
Nickelodeon executive Karen Kirkland has joined Abrams Artists Agency as a lit agent. Kirkland was the VP for talent development at Nick, and launched many careers for writers and artists.
Management Notes:
Eva Dickerman has joined Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment as a lit manager. Dickerman was previously an assistant in the TV Lit department at Verve.
Manager/producer Jeff Morrone has joined Atlas Artists. Morrone comes to Atlas from Primary Wave Entertainment. It is believed that most of Morrones clients will be following him to his new digs including Gabrielle Union, Stephan James, Dania Ramirez and Jim Rash.
Sources: Variety, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard
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