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N E W L E A D E R S
DEY
LATT
TRACEY
THOMPSON
NORTON
TERUEL
FARRELL
FRONK
LOFTUS
PECORA
BARASH
MIZRAHI
A G E N T S
ALI
BARASH, 28
AGENT, DIGITAL
MEDIA, UTA
Since transitioning
from ICM’s television
lit unit to UTA’s digital
department in 2012,
Barash has proven
her golden touch for
digital media. Clients
include Andrew
Bachelor (known as
Vine’s King Bach) and
YouTube phenoms
JennXPenn and Toby
Turner. She’s packaged
several feature films
starring digital talent
for distribution on
digital platforms,
helped negotiate
deals for client Just
for Laughs to move its
billion-views YouTube
channel “Gags” to
Maker Studios, and
helped land the creator
of “Action Movie Kid”
a film deal at Fox
2000. “My goal is (to
get digital talent) to
stay in the ecosystem
where they built their
audience while still
being able to make the
type of money they
would in film or TV.”
BEN DEY, 33
TELEVISION TALENT
AGENT, CAA
Since his 2004 start
at CAA as an assistant,
Dey’s stature at the
agency has grown.
Within the past 16
months he brokered
a deal for Jane Fonda
in Netflix’s “Grace and
Frankie” and for Paolo
Sorrentino’s “Youth.”
Dey solidified his role
in TV by orchestrating
Felicity Huffman’s
return to ABC with
a starring role in
“American Crime” and
bringing talent to Fox,
including Tom Mison
(“Sleepy Hollow”)
and Tom Ellis
(“Lucifer”) . He also
signed Chloe Bennet
before she became the
star of ABC’s “Marvel’s
Agents of SHIELD.”
While his clients include
A-listers, his favorite
phone calls are to
newbie thesps. “ I love
sorting through the
material, identifying
what the best projects
are and then figuring
out how to put your
clients in the best
positions to get those
jobs.”
FRANKLIN
LATT, 31
TALENT AGENT, CAA
Latt began at CAA in
2008 assisting Jack
Whigham and Kevin
Huvane. In 2012 he
was promoted to
agent. Since then he’s
signed Rosamund Pike,
Boyd Holbrook, Peter
Dinklage and Omar
Sy. He also reps Meryl
Streep, Stanley Tucci,
Julia Roberts, Annette
Bening, Glenn Close
and Viola Davis. Latt
played a key role in
signing “The Fault in
Our Stars” star Ansel
Elgort. His client Alden
Ehrenreich is the lead
of Warren Beatty’s
upcoming film and
also stars in the Coen
brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”
Most recently, Latt
brokered a deal for
Haley Bennett as the
female lead in Antoine
Fuqua’s remake of “The
Magnificent Seven” and
added Sarah Wright
(“Mena”) to his list of
leading ladies. “The
goal for me is to stay
curious. It’s about
looking at anything
and everything in all
platforms.”
JAMES
FARRELL, 34
TALENT AGENT, WME
Farrell used to be an
investment banker. “It
was great preparation
for what I do,” he says.
Translation: Farrell
knows how to work
hard and hustle. In
less than four years
he helped clients land
coveted roles. Case
in point: “Impossible”
actor Tom Holland
recently wrapped
Ron Howard’s “In the
Heart of the Sea”
and is set to play the
superhero in the next
“Spider-Man.” Farrell
landed newcomer
Ben Hardy a key role
in 20th Century Fox’s
“X-Men Apocalypse”
and engineered
roles for Jack Reynor
(“Macbeth”), Riley
Keough (Starz’s “The
Girlfriend Experience”)
and Karl Glusman
(“Nocturnal Animals”).
ERIC
GARFINKEL, 34
FEATURE LITERARY
AGENT, GERSH
Since joining Gersh
in 2003 Garfinkel’s
roster has grown to
include rising stars as
well as industry vets.
Among his clients: “The
Equalizer” and “The
Lake” screenwriter
Richard Wenk; “The
Cola Wars” writerdirector
Robert B.
Weide; and Uli Edel,
director of History’s
“Houdini.” Additionally,
Garfinkel has brokered
deals for Ian Helfer
(“Year of the Pigskin”)
and playwright George
Brant, whose 2012 play
“Grounded” is being
adapted into a feature
with Anne Hathaway.
“Telling someone that
they got the job and
their life is about to
change — those are the
top moments of the
year.”
DOUG
FRONK, 40
TV LIT AGENT,
PARADIGM
Fronk is having a great
year, thanks to clients
Opus Moreschi, the
former head writer on
“The Colbert Report,”
now head writer on
“Late Night With
Stephen Colbert”; and
Paris Barclay, director/
exec producer of FX’s
“Bastard Executioner.”
He helped develop
ABC comedy “Blackish,”
now in its second
season. “When I began
as an assistant 10
years ago, it seemed
there were just four TV
buyers. Now we deal
with 40-plus. … The
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