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HOLLYWOOD’S<br />
N E W L E A D E R S<br />
continued expansion of<br />
TV choice is a bonus for<br />
viewers.”<br />
KYLE<br />
LOFTUS, 26<br />
LITERARY AGENT, APA<br />
Loftus has closed major<br />
deals for clients since<br />
his promotion to agent<br />
two years ago. Among<br />
them, Wesley Snipes’<br />
foray into TV, three<br />
deals for writer Alexis<br />
Jolly and the packaging<br />
of “In Cold Blood” at<br />
the Weinstein Co. .<br />
“ The biggest challenge<br />
ahead will be cutting<br />
through the clutter<br />
with fresh voices<br />
and original storytelling.<br />
Ensuring my<br />
clients embrace nontraditional<br />
platforms<br />
and business models<br />
as they evolve will be<br />
vital to their sustained<br />
success.”<br />
CRAIG<br />
MIZRAHI, 40<br />
PRODUCTION AGENT,<br />
INNOVATIVE ARTISTS<br />
In his years at IA,<br />
Mizrahi has kept<br />
adding different types<br />
of filmmakers to the<br />
roster, expanding the<br />
business to repping 10<br />
categories of clients.<br />
“We excel by using a<br />
proactive approach<br />
that crosses all agency<br />
departments to find<br />
and share the newest<br />
information, and to<br />
track and distinguish<br />
the next generation<br />
of writers and<br />
directors. This, along<br />
with creating and<br />
maintaining lasting<br />
relationships with<br />
potential buyers, yields<br />
the results needed<br />
to keep our clients at<br />
the forefront of their<br />
respective crafts.”<br />
DAN<br />
NORTON, 40<br />
TELEVISION LITERARY<br />
AGENT, ICM PARTNERS<br />
His agency career<br />
started at ICM and,<br />
after a stint at William<br />
Morris Agency, Norton<br />
re-upped in 2009<br />
following the WMA-<br />
Endeavor merger.<br />
He reps writers and<br />
showrunners of such<br />
properties as “Mr.<br />
Robot” and “Orange<br />
Is the New Black,” and<br />
made the deal for John<br />
Singleton’s upcoming<br />
“Snowfall.” “As the line<br />
between TV and film<br />
becomes less defined,<br />
and as we face new<br />
competition in a very<br />
cluttered marketplace,<br />
we must remember<br />
that great content<br />
will still rise to the top.<br />
When you believe in<br />
the content and trust<br />
your instincts, you<br />
should be able to sell<br />
anything.”<br />
AMANDA<br />
PECORA-<br />
SUTPHEN, 34<br />
AGENT, PRODUCTION,<br />
APA<br />
Pecora-Sutphen moved<br />
to APA in 2013 from<br />
Montana Artists, and<br />
helped jump-start the<br />
agency’s production<br />
division. She’s recently<br />
packaged four clients<br />
on “Black-ish” and<br />
closed high-profile<br />
deals for several<br />
costume designers,<br />
production designers<br />
and cinematographers.<br />
“With a growing<br />
number of media<br />
platforms, we’ve<br />
seen a trend where<br />
department heads<br />
of all backgrounds —<br />
television to features,<br />
high budgets to indie<br />
— seem to be fighting<br />
for the same content.<br />
Agents need to pitch<br />
smarter—and listen<br />
to their clients’ goals<br />
while matching their<br />
capabilities with<br />
opportunities.”<br />
AMBER<br />
THOMPSON, 28<br />
AGENT, FEATURES,<br />
WPA<br />
Beginning in 2012,<br />
Thompson played<br />
an integral role in<br />
expanding WPA’s<br />
TV department into<br />
a separate division.<br />
Recently, she’s<br />
focused on the global<br />
film marketplace,<br />
working with overseas<br />
production entities<br />
and clients . “We’re at<br />
a crossroads as more<br />
productions travel<br />
outside the U.S. and<br />
other countries have<br />
built infrastructure<br />
to attract large<br />
productions. The<br />
result will be stronger<br />
international<br />
communities that will<br />
create and develop<br />
content for their home<br />
markets. By embracing<br />
these new filmmakers,<br />
I believe we have the<br />
potential for a richer<br />
cinematic culture.”<br />
TIARA<br />
CAMILLE<br />
TERUEL, 29<br />
MANAGING PARTNER,<br />
TWM TALENT AGENCY<br />
Teruel began as an<br />
executive assistant at<br />
NTA in New York and<br />
was quickly promoted<br />
during a five-year<br />
tenure . In July, she<br />
co-founded TWM in<br />
Los Angeles, where<br />
she books talent on<br />
various commercial,<br />
music video, print and<br />
film projects. “Even<br />
though this industry<br />
can sometime be very<br />
ungrateful and so many<br />
are only looking to<br />
what’s next, I believe<br />
it’s just as important<br />
to look at who’s right<br />
next to you and the<br />
relationships that are<br />
keeping you going.<br />
I’m a big believer that<br />
anything is possible .”<br />
RYAN<br />
TRACEY, 35<br />
HEAD OF TV<br />
PRODUCTION, UTA<br />
In 2003 Tracey<br />
launched his career<br />
in the UTA mailroom,<br />
became an assistant to<br />
agent Pete Franciosa,<br />
then left for Paramount<br />
Vantage, only to return<br />
to UTA in 2007. He<br />
made up for lost time<br />
by swiftly establishing<br />
a TV production<br />
division. Tracey’s<br />
pairings include Victor<br />
Hsu with Jill Soloway<br />
to co-executive<br />
produce Amazon’s<br />
“Transparent” and<br />
d.p. Adam Arkapaw<br />
with helmer Cary Joji<br />
Fukunaga to shoot the<br />
first season of HBO’s<br />
“True Detective.” “I<br />
love coming up with<br />
strategies for clients<br />
and seeing it all<br />
through to the end.”<br />
HOLMES<br />
CRYSTAL<br />
BOURBEAU, 33<br />
EXEC VP, SALES<br />
AND DISTRIBUTION,<br />
LIONSGATE MOTION<br />
PICTURE GROUP<br />
Bourbeau joined<br />
Lionsgate in 2007<br />
as director of<br />
international sales,<br />
moved up the ranks,<br />
and is now a key exec<br />
leading Lionsgate’s<br />
emergence as a<br />
major international<br />
player (the company<br />
generated an average<br />
B.O. of $2 billion<br />
worldwide each of<br />
the past three years).<br />
Instrumental in the<br />
foreign sales of over<br />
100 films, she helped<br />
launch “The Hunger<br />
Games” franchise<br />
(over $2.5 billion<br />
worldwide), the<br />
“Divergent” franchise,<br />
and shepherded<br />
the international<br />
success of “The<br />
Twilight Saga:<br />
Breaking Dawn —<br />
Part 2” (over $800<br />
million worldwide).<br />
Bourbeau also helps<br />
manage third-party<br />
international sales<br />
like “12 Years a Slave.”<br />
“We moved our<br />
international sales<br />
headquarters to<br />
London, positioning<br />
us closer to key<br />
markets … (and)<br />
continue to grow our<br />
global distribution<br />
infrastructure.”<br />
MONE<br />
F I L M<br />
CHANG<br />
JEFF<br />
DEUTCHMAN,<br />
32<br />
SENIOR VP,<br />
ACQUISITIONS AND<br />
PRODUCTIONS,<br />
ALCHEMY<br />
Deutchman’s<br />
acquisitions ranged<br />
from “Boyhood”<br />
to “The Human<br />
Centipede” while<br />
working at IFC films<br />
and Paramount . Since<br />
joining Alchemy<br />
in 2014, the selfproclaimed<br />
movie<br />
buff led acquisitions<br />
of the Cannes-prized<br />
“The Lobster” and<br />
“Mia Madre.” “I’ve been<br />
fortunate enough<br />
to find myself in a<br />
position where I get to<br />
WINDERBAUM<br />
watch lots of movies.<br />
Bringing movies that<br />
I love and finding<br />
the largest possible<br />
audience for them is a<br />
challenge that I really<br />
cherish.”<br />
TARA ERER,<br />
30<br />
SENIOR VP,<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
SALES,<br />
PEED<br />
MONTEIRO<br />
FILMNATION<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
The Istanbul native<br />
rose quickly through<br />
the ranks from<br />
assistant at the<br />
Weinstein Co. to her<br />
current position, in<br />
which she’s played<br />
a significant role<br />
in the company’s<br />
GROOMING: DEBORAH LARSEN/THE CRITERION GROUP<br />
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