William Morris Agency, founded in 1898 as a vaudeville booking broker, is a Hollywood talent agency that represents many well-known performers and filmmakers. With annual revenues estimated to be between $275 and $300 million, WMA has four offices in North America (Beverly Hills, California, New York City, New York, Nashville, Tennessee and Miami Beach, Florida), as well as in London, England, and Shanghai, China. (more)
Type: company
Genres: entertainment, business, movies
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Abe Lastfogel:
Abraham Isaac "Abe" Lastfogel (May 17, 1898 - August 27, 1984) was one of the first employees and a long-time President of the William Morris Agency, a large diverisified talent agency. Abe was the seventh son of "a Yiddish-speaking animal skinner wh
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Jennifer Rudolph Walsh:
Jennifer Rudolph Walsh is an American literary agent. She's an executive Vice President and Co-Head of the William Morris Agency Literary Department. She began her career as an intern in what was formerly the Virginia Barber Literary Agency (and beca
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Michael Ovitz:
Michael S. Ovitz (b. December 14 1946, Los Angeles, California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in theater, film and t
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Helen Gurley Brown:
Helen Gurley Brown (b. February 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas), is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. Brown's father died in an elevator accident when she was young, and her si
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Ben Silverman:
Benjamin Silverman (b. August 15 1970, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Malone, Michael. Silverman Searches Globe for Next Trend, Broadcasting & Cable, Nov. 14, 2005. is the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio. Silverman is
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Bernie Brillstein:
Bernie Brillstein (b. April 26, 1931, in New York City, New York) is a film and television producer and executive producer. A nephew of the pioneering radio comic Jack Pearl, Brillstein had an early start in show business in the mailroom at the Willi
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Cassian Elwes:
Cassian Elwes (born in 1959) is a son of Dominick Elwes and Tessa Kennedy. He is the brother of actor Cary Elwes. He is the stepson of Elliott Kastner, an American film producer. He began his career in the film industry in the early 1980s, as a produ
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George Shapiro:
George Shapiro is an American talent manager and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning television producer. He represented the late Andy Kaufman and is among the most successful managers in showbusiness. He currently represents Jerry Seinfeld. Shapi
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Anne Carey:
Anne Carey is an independent film producer based in New York City. Carey began her career working as the head of development for William Morris Agency, serving their top film and television clients. In the early 1990s she began working as both a prod
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Al Brodax:
Al Brodax (born ca. 1926) is an American film and television producer. He was sometimes credited as "Al Broadax." At the age of eighteen Brodax enlisted in the US Army and served in World War II. He was wounded in action, and was subsequently awarded
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Ronald Meyer:
Ron Meyer is an American entertainment executive and former talent agent. Presently, he serves as the President & COO of Universal Studios (formerly MCA) and has held this position since 1995 when Seagram (then led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.) acquired th
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