EXCLUSIVE: Former Gersh talent agent Ana Bedayo has joined Grandview as a talent manager.
Before Gersh, Bedayo was at Management 360. She transitioned to entertainment from politics, where she was at consulting firm Dewey Square Group. It is unclear at this time which actors she will bring with her.
Bedayo said, “I…
EXCLUSIVE: The Crow, I, Robot and Gods Of Egypt director Alex Proyas has signed with Gersh.
Sydney-based Proyas, also well known for movies Dark City, Garage Days and Knowing, started out as a music video director working with artists including Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, James Reyne and INXS.
The Australian…
UPDATED with details, full text of agreement: A major development in the standoff between the WGA and the agencies: Gersh has become the first major full-service talent agency to sign a franchise agreement with the WGA. It will immediately resume representation of writers.
The agreement comes after months of…
EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed Canadian-American actress Lauren Glazier, a series regular in season two of Netflix’s crime drama Mindhunter.
Glazier plays the character of Kay Manz in the hit series from creator Joe Penhall and director David Fincher. She also has a recurring arc on See, the new Apple TV+ show, and she…
EXCLUSIVE: Ballers star Troy Garity has signed with Gersh.
Garity recently wrapped the fifth and final season of HBO’s hit series Ballers, in which he plays NFL agent Jason Antolotti, opposite Dwayne Johnson.
His breakout film performance came when he starred opposite Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett and Billy Bob…
The talent agencies had a greatly reduced presence at the May upfronts. Amid stalled negotiations between the WGA and the Association of Talent Agents, which broke off in April with no deal, triggering the firing of agents by more than 7,000 writers, most agency parties were canceled or dramatically scaled back.
As…
2ND UPDATE:Queen of the South writer-producer Jorge Reyes said Wednesday that his former Gersh agents have apologized for canceling a planned network meeting, and that he's accepted their apology and is moving on.
He also is deleting his angry Twitter thread that surfaced yesterday about the subject because "it's…
Director Marco Kreuzpaintner has signed with Gersh for representation.
One of the leading young directors in his native Germany, Kreuzpaintner’s latest project is the feature The Collini Case, starring Franco Nero. The film was released April 18 on over 600 screens in Germany, opening No. 1 in the region and is…
For a second time in three years, the talent agencies find themselves in an awkward situation heading into the May upfronts. And this time, it may result in the cancellation of most agency parties.
The same time in 2017, the major agencies were planning their soirees under the threat of a WGA strike as the guild was…
EXCLUSIVE:Debra Eisenstadt, the writer, co-producer, co-editor and director of Imaginary Order, the drama that just premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, has signed with Gersh. Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods and Max Burkholder star in the pic, which bowed Saturday at the…
EXCLUSIVE: Bestselling writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer, whose 1996 book Into the Wild became the two-time Oscar-nominated film directed by Sean Penn, has signed for representation at Gersh. He currently has his 2003 book Under the Banner of Heaven, an investigation of polygamy and religious fundamentalism in the…
Fiona Xie (Crazy Rich Asians) has inked with the Gersh Agency. The Singaporean actress plays gold-digging social climber Kitty Pong in the summer hit Crazy Rich Asians. She was with Singapore media conglomerate Mediacorp from 2001-09 and won Best Newcomer at the 2001 Star Awards. Her credits also include miniseries Ser…
