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The Gersh Agency
The Gersh Agency (also known as simply Gersh) is a talent and literary agency established in 1949 by Phil Gersh, based in Beverly Hills, California and New York City. The Gersh Agency is the fourth largest talent agency in the United States. History Gersh was founded in Beverly Hills in 1949 by Phil Gersh. He was considered one of the last links between Hollywood's Golden Age and today's corporate-owned movie business, and his clients included Humphrey Bogart, David Niven, William Holden, June Allyson, Richard Burton, Lee J. Cobb, Fredric March, Gloria Grahame, James Mason, Karl Malden, and Robert Wise. In 1965, Phil Gersh was able to pay for the agency's Beverly Hills office from the proceeds of having Robert Wise direct ''The Sound of Music''. Phil Gersh gradually handed over responsibility to his two sons but continued to play a role in the company's management until 10 weeks before his death in 2004. Richard Arlook was working at the agency from 1990 until 2008. In 2010, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of Music'' (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for ''Citizen Kane'' (1941) and directed and produced '' The Sand Pebbles'' (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture. Among his other films are ''The Body Snatcher'' (1945), ''Born to Kill'' (1947), '' The Set-Up'' (1949), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951), '' Destination Gobi'' (1953), '' This Could Be The Night'' (1957), ''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), '' I Want to Live!'' (1958), '' The Haunting'' (1963), '' The Andromeda Strain'' (1971), '' The Hindenburg'' (1975) and '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (1979). He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1985 thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Rodkey
Geoff Rodkey (born September 9, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author. His most recent novel is the suburban-apocalypse comedy ''Lights Out in Lincolnwood''. Previously, he co-wrote comedian Kevin Hart's 2021 debut middle grade novel ''Marcus Makes a Movie'' and the 2019 science fiction comedy ''We're Not From Here.'' In 2018, he collaborated with the Story Pirates arts education group on ''The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age,'' a novel bundled with a creative writing guide for middle graders. Prior to that, his four-book series ''The Tapper Twins'' began publication in 2015 with ''The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other)''. His first novel was ''Deadweather and Sunrise'', the first book in '' The Chronicles of Egg'' comedy/ adventure series for middle grade readers. His film work includes the first two '' Daddy Day Care'' films (2003-2007), ''RV'', and '' The Shaggy Dog'' (both 2006). He received an Emmy nomination for his contributions to the ''Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Scarpa
David Scarpa is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplays to ''The Last Castle'', the 2008 remake of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' and ''All the Money in the World'', about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping, which was released in December 2017. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Early life He was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and raised in Tennessee and Connecticut before attending New York University's film program. Career Scarpa began writing features. In 2005, he began developing a remake of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still''. Scarpa felt everything about the original film was still relevant, but changed the allegory from nuclear war to environmental damage because "the specifics of owwe now have the capability to destroy ourselves have changed." Scarpa noted the recent events of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 informed his mindset when writing the screenplay. He scrapped Klaatu's speech at the conclusion of the story because "audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ripley
Ben Ripley is an American screenwriter best known for writing the science-fiction thriller ''Source Code'' directed by Duncan Jones. Ripley is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Southern California's USC School of Cinema-Television. History Ripley sold his spec script for ''Source Code'' in 2007 to Universal Studios. It was ranked as one of the top unproduced screenplays in the annual Hollywood black list. In an interview with the Writers Guild of America, Ripley talked about his script and the uncertainty over its production: Yeah, it was agony. And I wrote it on spec. I wasn't certain it would ever see the light of day. One thing that kept me going though was that I had a suspicion that if I got this right, it could really open a new level for my writing career. At that point, I'd spent about four years doing studio rewrites on horror movies that were never getting made. I knew that if I showed up with another spec script, I'd have to show up with something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Harper
Sam Harper is an American filmmaker. Career Harper was born into an artistic family with a father who was a painter and a mother who was a writer. After college, he worked as a reporter and associate editor for the advertising industry trade publication ''Advertising Age'' in New York City before coming to California to work as a story analyst. Harper's primary role has been a screenwriter but he has been a director and producer as well. Many of Harper's films have received mixed to neutral reviews from film critics but have been highly profitable at the box office in terms of gross receipts. He is perhaps best known for the 2003 romantic comedy film ''Just Married'' starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy which achieved neutral to negative reviews but which had substantial profitability. Harper based the story, in part, on his own self-declared less-than-idyllic honeymoon in Italy with his wife. Harper worked with Jamie Foxx on ''Rio'', Martin Lawrence on ''Open Season'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hixon
Ken Hixon is an American screenwriter, best known for films including ''Welcome to the Rileys'', ''City by the Sea'' and ''Inventing the Abbotts''. He is married to Melanie Otey and has two children: Lillian and Samuel Hixon. His son, Sam, is a filmmaker. Early life Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Hixon studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. His classmates included Anna Deavere Smith, Gregory Itzin, M. C. Gainey and Harry Hamlin. Career Hixon was a stage actor who worked in regional theatre prior to his move to Los Angeles, where his roles in film and television included appearances in George A. Romero's ''Knightriders'' (1981), ''Bitter Harvest'' (1981), and ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980). He later gained work as a screenwriter. Other films included ''Incident at Deception Ridge'' (1994), ''Morgan Stewart's Coming Home'' (1987), and ''Grandview, U.S.A.'' (1984). Two of his television films, ''Secret Sins of the Father'' (1994) and ''Caught in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Reynolds (screenwriter)
David Reynolds is an American screenwriter for television and film. His credits include the Disney animated films ''The Emperor's New Groove'' and ''Finding Nemo''. Biography In the early 1990s, he became a television writer. He made his writing debut on the late-night television series, ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien.'' Afterwards, he started to trend into film with his theatrical debut as additional story material on ''Mulan''. After the success of ''Mulan'', Disney gave Reynolds a 'six-year contract' deal to work for both Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Animation Studios. Some later works with the "Mouse-House" included additional writing on the story for ''A Bug's Life'', writer of the host segments on ''Fantasia 2000'', and got his official writing debut with ''The Emperor's New Groove.'' He went on to write with other writers on films like on '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' with Tab Murphy, ''The Jungle Book 2'' with Karl Geurs and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Fugate
Katherine Fugate (born July 14, 1965) is an American film and television writer and producer. Biography She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and a minor in Journalism from University of California, Riverside. Fugate and her aunt, the actress Barbara Eden, are direct descendants of Benjamin Franklin. Her cousin was the late Matthew Ansara, son of Barbara Eden. Career Fugate will make her feature directorial debut on the movie ''Christy Martin'' based on her script. Fugate is the creator and executive producer of the TV series, ''Army Wives''. Fugate is a frequent guest on ''The Stephanie Miller Show'' on Sirius XM: Progress, often speaking out on racism, domestic violence and bigotry. She is the leader of "First They Came," an activist group and member of the Action Group Network standing up for equality and fairness for all. She appears on the show alone and also with her daughter, Madeleine, who is referred to as the Official Child Pundit of ''The Stephanie Miller Show' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rodat
Robert Rodat (born c. 1960) is an American film and television writer and television producer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Steven Spielberg's war epic ''Saving Private Ryan''. Career Rodat wrote ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), ''The Comrades of Summer'' (1992), ''Tall Tale'' (1995), ''Fly Away Home'' with Vince McKewin (1996), and '' The Patriot'' (2000). He worked on the revision of the script for the 2008 film ''10,000 BC'' and helped with the story of 2013 film '' Thor: The Dark World''. Rodat also contributed to a screenplay for a film adaptation of ''Warcraft'', work that was ultimately rebooted with the exit of the film's then-attached director, Sam Raimi. In 2009, Rodat created the TNT science-fiction series ''Falling Skies'', produced by Steven Spielberg. The series did not premiere until summer 2011. Its fifth and final season was broadcast in the summer of 2015. The show is about human survivors of a semi-post apocalyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charitybuzz
Charitybuzz is an internet company which raises funds for nonprofit organizations through online charity auctions with celebrities and brands. Auction experiences include music, entertainment, business, politics, sports, art, fashion and other industries. Charitybuzz keeps 20 percent of the proceeds of each auction. The company was founded in 2005. As of December 2019, the company has raised more than $400 million for charity. History Coppy Holzman founded Charitybuzz out of his Westport, Connecticut, home in April 2005 with partners Serena Chew and Brad Reisner. After a conversation with Chevy Chase and President Bill Clinton at a reception to benefit the Clinton Library in late 2004. They launched Charitybuzz a few months later with one employee and a directive from Chase to raise funds for The Center for Environmental Education. Holzman and his team persuaded 70 celebrities and luxury brands into donating meet-and-greets, VIP tickets, vacations and other gifts for the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Arlook
Richard Arlook is an American talent manager and film producer. Arlook was a senior partner and head of the Motion Picture Literary department at The Gersh Agency. In 2008, he formed The Arlook Group production company. Early life and education Arlook was born in New York City, the son of Elinor (née Kreiger), a teacher, and Martin Arlook, an attorney and executive at the National Labor Relations Board and a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Arlook's family moved to Puerto Rico when he was six. There, his father Martin was a senior U.S. government official. Richard graduated from the Antilles High School in Fort Buchanan; and afterward attended Emerson College. After completing his major, Arlook interned for the "20/20" news magazine in Atlanta. Career Following college, Arlook moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry. His first job in the industry was as a contestant coordinator for the game show '' Tic-Tac-Dough''. In the early and mid-80s, he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
