Former Gersh agent Emma Clarke is joining talent management company Currents Management.
Clarke, who represents talent including Selling Sunset star Chelsea Lazkani, left Gersh last month, after moving over following the agency’s acquisition of A3 Artists Agency.
She is the latest talent agent to move into management.
Clarke spent four years at A3 including nearly three of them as an agent in the alternative division.
In addition to Lazkani, she is also bringing over married YouTubers Joshua and Savannah Alexander, creator of San Francisco-based style blog For the Love and online personality Shannon Willardson and interior stylist, and DIYer and founder of Avante Garde Julia Sousa.
Currents Management was founded five years ago by Nilou and Cameron Ajdari and has centered on digital stars such as Kaylee and Taylor Dudley, Sidney Raz, Reza and Puja Khan, FitDadCEO Dave Ogleton and Clayton Farris.
“I am thrilled and honored to join the team at Currents,...
Clarke, who represents talent including Selling Sunset star Chelsea Lazkani, left Gersh last month, after moving over following the agency’s acquisition of A3 Artists Agency.
She is the latest talent agent to move into management.
Clarke spent four years at A3 including nearly three of them as an agent in the alternative division.
In addition to Lazkani, she is also bringing over married YouTubers Joshua and Savannah Alexander, creator of San Francisco-based style blog For the Love and online personality Shannon Willardson and interior stylist, and DIYer and founder of Avante Garde Julia Sousa.
Currents Management was founded five years ago by Nilou and Cameron Ajdari and has centered on digital stars such as Kaylee and Taylor Dudley, Sidney Raz, Reza and Puja Khan, FitDadCEO Dave Ogleton and Clayton Farris.
“I am thrilled and honored to join the team at Currents,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: There’s a lot of movement from agents that used to work at A3 Artists Agency.
A pair of agents – Marienor Madrilejo and Emma Clarke – who joined Gersh from A3 after the former acquired the latter in a deal in January are now leaving the Phil Gersh-founded agency.
Madrilejo was VP, Digital and Clarke was an agent in its digital and alternative programming division.
Madrilejo was previously a senior agent in A3’s alternative programming, digital media, licensing and branding division, having spent over eight years at the company. She is understood to be leaving the representation business.
Clarke spent four years at A3 including nearly three of them as an agent in the alternative division. Clarke is believed to be moving into the management side of the business at a boutique agency specializing in digital representation.
This comes after A3 sold its digital and alternative departments to Gersh,...
A pair of agents – Marienor Madrilejo and Emma Clarke – who joined Gersh from A3 after the former acquired the latter in a deal in January are now leaving the Phil Gersh-founded agency.
Madrilejo was VP, Digital and Clarke was an agent in its digital and alternative programming division.
Madrilejo was previously a senior agent in A3’s alternative programming, digital media, licensing and branding division, having spent over eight years at the company. She is understood to be leaving the representation business.
Clarke spent four years at A3 including nearly three of them as an agent in the alternative division. Clarke is believed to be moving into the management side of the business at a boutique agency specializing in digital representation.
This comes after A3 sold its digital and alternative departments to Gersh,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A3 Artists Agency has upped Sloane Fitzgerald (Talent Division), Micah Klatzker (Motion Picture Literary Division), and Emma Clarke to agent.
“Sloane, Micah, and Emma have been essential to the growth of their respective divisions and have asserted themselves as leaders,” said A3 President Brian Cho. “They each have shown to be fierce advocates for our clients, reflecting the core mission of the agency.”
Fitzgerald joined A3 in fall 2015 as an assistant in the Talent Division. After a brief hiatus from the agency, she returned as a coordinator in the talent division in 2018. Since then, she has been an integral part of the talent team and has assisted in navigating the careers of some of the agency’s high-profile clients. She has a keen eye for development and has been responsible for scouting some of the division’s most successful clients. Prior...
“Sloane, Micah, and Emma have been essential to the growth of their respective divisions and have asserted themselves as leaders,” said A3 President Brian Cho. “They each have shown to be fierce advocates for our clients, reflecting the core mission of the agency.”
Fitzgerald joined A3 in fall 2015 as an assistant in the Talent Division. After a brief hiatus from the agency, she returned as a coordinator in the talent division in 2018. Since then, she has been an integral part of the talent team and has assisted in navigating the careers of some of the agency’s high-profile clients. She has a keen eye for development and has been responsible for scouting some of the division’s most successful clients. Prior...
- 6/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sacha Baron Cohen’s production company Spelthorne Community Television is making a comedy travelogue for Comedy Central UK.
The indie, which the Who Is America? creator and star runs alongside former Objective boss Andrew Newman, is producing The Comedy Bus, which will feature six British comedians on a road trip. Comedians include Joel Dommett, Iain Stirling, Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell, Darren Harriott and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean.
The six-part show will be filmed later this month and will air on the Viacom-owned channel later in the year. The comedians will each travel to their hometowns in search of what life is like there now, acting as a tour guide.
The Comedy Bus was commissioned by Louise Holmes, Vice President, General Manager, Comedy Central UK and was developed by Emma Clarke, Executive Producer, Comedy Central UK. It is exec produced for Spelthorne by Tim Allsop and Matt Edmonds, series produced by Ben Jessop...
The indie, which the Who Is America? creator and star runs alongside former Objective boss Andrew Newman, is producing The Comedy Bus, which will feature six British comedians on a road trip. Comedians include Joel Dommett, Iain Stirling, Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell, Darren Harriott and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean.
The six-part show will be filmed later this month and will air on the Viacom-owned channel later in the year. The comedians will each travel to their hometowns in search of what life is like there now, acting as a tour guide.
The Comedy Bus was commissioned by Louise Holmes, Vice President, General Manager, Comedy Central UK and was developed by Emma Clarke, Executive Producer, Comedy Central UK. It is exec produced for Spelthorne by Tim Allsop and Matt Edmonds, series produced by Ben Jessop...
- 1/14/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello Ladies star and The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant is teaming up with People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry in a cross-country comedy for BBC One. The pair are to star in Click & Collect, featuring them as two mismatched neighbors driving across the UK to pick up the one toy that will make a little girl’s Christmas dreams come true.
The 60-minute special is written by Witless’ Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf and directed by The Inbetweeners’ Ben Palmer. It is produced by BBC Studios and Mondo Deluxe. Merchant said, “Every year, my family watch the big Christmas TV specials and my dad falls asleep half way through. This year, I’m very excited to be starring in a big Christmas TV special that my dad can fall asleep half way through.” Chaudhry added, “I’ve been a huge fan of Stephen’s work for many years so...
The 60-minute special is written by Witless’ Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf and directed by The Inbetweeners’ Ben Palmer. It is produced by BBC Studios and Mondo Deluxe. Merchant said, “Every year, my family watch the big Christmas TV specials and my dad falls asleep half way through. This year, I’m very excited to be starring in a big Christmas TV special that my dad can fall asleep half way through.” Chaudhry added, “I’ve been a huge fan of Stephen’s work for many years so...
- 11/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Graduation Showcase held at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The 2018 National Film and Television School (Nfts) has revealed the winners of its 2018 prizes for graduating students.
The Graduation Showcase, which took place at Picturehouse Central between February 27-28, celebrated the last 12 months of graduate productions from Nfts students.
Key industry partners - Amd Studios, Avid, Christie, Iosh, Panalux and Sargent Disc – each presented individual awards to students who have demonstrated high levels of achievement for production.
Mdhamiri Nkemi, an Nfts graduating Editor, was awarded the Christie prize for ‘Most Promising Nfts student’ by Christie Partnership Manager Cindy Symons.
Nfts Head of...
The 2018 National Film and Television School (Nfts) has revealed the winners of its 2018 prizes for graduating students.
The Graduation Showcase, which took place at Picturehouse Central between February 27-28, celebrated the last 12 months of graduate productions from Nfts students.
Key industry partners - Amd Studios, Avid, Christie, Iosh, Panalux and Sargent Disc – each presented individual awards to students who have demonstrated high levels of achievement for production.
Mdhamiri Nkemi, an Nfts graduating Editor, was awarded the Christie prize for ‘Most Promising Nfts student’ by Christie Partnership Manager Cindy Symons.
Nfts Head of...
- 3/1/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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