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Hollywood Reps & Producers Offer The Next Generation Advice For Getting Ahead: “Curiosity, Relentlessness & Hard Work” — Zurich Summit


Hollywood execs discussed the representation business at a Zurich Summit panel.

The lineup consisted of former Netflix and Universal exec David Kosse, now an independent producer; Jason Sloane, Partner at blue chip law firm Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern; Theresa Peters, Partner UTA; Dawn Olmstead, former Anonymous Content CEO and current CEO at Secret Menu; and Marc Mounier, Manager and producer at Entertainment 360. Peters, who reps talent including Kirsten Dunst and James McAvoy, said: “We often ask whether we’d encourage someone to go into agency business today, because it’s very different than when I started. Peters also talked about the changing nature of representation and the need for agents to be more entrepreneurial and “producorial”, while not fulfilling the role of a traditional producer.

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