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EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director-producer Jeff Byrd, who recently joined Fox’s new drama series Our Kind of People as co-executive producer, has signed with APA for representation in film and television. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's critically acclaimed book, Our Kind of People, from Lee Daniels and Karin Gist…

EXCLUSIVE: When Covid vaccines became widely available in the U.S. a few months ago, studios, talent agencies, management companies, law offices and publicity firms optimistically embraced the notion that the offices shuttered 16 months ago would be filled with employees again right after Labor Day. Now that the Delta…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Jeremy Swift, who portrays Higgins on Apple’s hit series Ted Lasso, has signed with APA for representation. Swift recently received a 2021 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his starring role as Higgins opposite Jason Sudeikis and Juno Temple on Ted L…

EXCLUSIVE: Darklight Studios, the independent multimedia studio founded in 2019 by writer Isaac Perry and publishing veteran Joy Triche, has signed with APA for representation. Darklight works with writers and artists to develop stories across multimedia. The Chicago-based studio is driven by Perry and Triche's mutual…

APA has promoted a trio of its executives to partner. Newly promoted are SVP Talent Sheva Cohen, VP Scripted Literary Jack Leighton and SVP Physical Production Julian Savodivker. "It is with great pride that we promote Sheva Cohen, Jack Leighton and Julian Savodivker to Partner," agency CEO Jim Gosnell and President…

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Bernard, known for her role as feisty publicist and social media guru Lauren Heller on Darren Star's hit Paramount+ series Younger, has signed with APA for representation. Bernard has starred as fan-favorite character Lauren since the beginning of the series, which is now wrapping up its seventh and…

EXCLUSIVE: The writing trio known as Murder Ink, which consists of Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana and Jana Savage, has inked with APA. Currently, Murder Ink’s feature film, Praise This, is in pre-production at Universal Studios, with Will Packer producing. On the film side, Broussard, Obayuwana and Savage are…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich and his Melbar Entertainment Group have signed with APA for representation. The renowned writer, director and producer’s feature credits include acclaimed 2020 doc Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, which tells the story of the largest art fraud in American history…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Downey, who’s best known as the co-creator and executive producer of TNT crime drama Leverage, has signed with APA for representation. Currently, Downey is serving as a consulting producer on Leverage: Redemption—IMDBtv’s revival of the series, which ran for five seasons—also serving as co-executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Executive producer and director Jon Cassar, best known for Fox’s 24, Reelz’s The Kennedys, and Netflix’s Medici: Masters of Florence, has signed with APA along with his Cassar Filmworks banner. Cassar currently serves as executive producer and director on Seth MacFarlane's The Orville. His Cassar Filmworks…

EXCLUSIVE: Author Adalyn Grace, whose first novel All the Stars And Teeth debuted at #2 on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list, has signed with APA for film and television. The novel, published by Macmillan in 2020, is set in a kingdom where danger lurks beneath the sea, mermaids seek vengeance…

EXCLUSIVE: Veep alum Sufe Bradshaw has signed with APA and 23 Management Group. Bradshaw is known for her role as the no-nonsense Sue Wilson opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky and Tony Hale on HBO’s hit comedy series Veep. She heavily recurred as the character over the show’s entire seven-season run. Bradshaw…