From pitch meetings to development and production, COVID19 is changing the way creatives and their representatives do business. But with great change comes great opportunity. And now is the time for directors, writers, actors, and other creators to adjust. On April 29th Diverse Representation is partnering with Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz to present a virtual open forum for creatives. The forum will allow creatives to present questions to African-American agents, attorneys and managers about the current state of the entertainment industry.
Ms. Cleary structures and negotiates entertainment transactions for
individual and corporate clients in the film, television, digital, and
book publishing industries. Her clients include actors, on-air
personalities, podcasters, writers, directors and authors.
Ms. Cleary has significant experience representing comedians, including major deals with high-profile comedians as well as representing up-and-coming comedians in connection with deals for
stand-up specials, television and digital series, motion pictures,
podcasts, and recorded albums.
Variety featured Marcie in the "Up Next" section of the magazine's
2018 Legal Impact Report.
Lisa E. Davis is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit representing businesses and celebrities in the film, television, publishing, music, theatre, and sports industries. She is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2020 (Entertainment), by City & State as one of New York’s “Responsible 100” (2019).
Ms. Davis advises on a full range of transactional matters - focusing on film (both feature and documentary), television, publishing, live stage and branded entertainment. Ms. Davis represents directors, writers and performers in film and television, as well as playwrights and bloggers. In her sports practice, she represents top athletes in their “off the field” activities, including endorsements and investments.
Rashidi Hendrix is a New York based talent manager and the founder of the talent management and television/film production company
Metallic Entertainment. As a management company, Metallic represents a roster of actors, comedians, TV & Film writers and directors, actors and comedians, that work on shows like The Ranch (Netflix), Criminal Minds (CBS), Bates Motel (A&E) and NCIS (CBS).
In 2019, Hendrix was appointed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to serve as a member of his FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment in Washington,DC to assist the chairman on creating diversity initiatives for the media and entertainment sectors.
Ava Greenfield is a Television Literary and Packaging agent at ICM Partners. She works with leading artists in entertainment including writers, directors, actors, comedians, authors and musicians. She began her career as an agent trainee at the prestigious William Morris Agency where she was the first African American female agent trainee promoted to Motion Picture Literary agent. Ava joined ICM Partners in 2014. She graduated from The Ohio State University. Though she moved to Los Angeles more than 10 years ago, she remains a lifelong Cleveland sports fan.
Her clients include: Academy Award and Emmy-winning actress Regina King; actress and producer Laverne Cox; writer/director Tina Gordon (Little, What Men Want, Drumline),Academy Award-winning director Matthew A. Cherry, Mark Perez (Game Night), and Karin Gist (Mixed-ish); Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play, Zola); television host Kelley Carter (The Undefeated); actor and comedian Marc Maron; writer/performer Quinta Brunson; tastemakers Luvvie Ajayi, Charlamagne Tha God, and Academy Award winning writer/director Spike Lee.
Diverse Representation is a new platform focused on increasing the exposure and hiring of African-American agents, attorneys, managers and publicists working in the sports and entertainment industries. In addition to providing the first ever comprehensive directory of African-American agents, attorneys, managers and publicists, we also host various events throughout the country.
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