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Leading individual producers, publicists, managers, agents and casting/scouting heads; clients as publicly reported in the trade press.
134 entries
| Name | Role | Firm / Base | Country | Representative Clients | Known For | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ari Emanuel | Agent | WME Group — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Mark Wahlberg (historically reported) | Executive chairman of WME Group; co-founded Endeavor in 1995; the real-life model widely cited for Entourage's Ari Gold | Shifted from CEO to executive chairman when Silver Lake took Endeavor private in March 2025, per trade reports | |
| Patrick Whitesell | Agent | Independent (Silver Lake-backed platform) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Ben Affleck; Matt Damon; Christian Bale; Hugh Jackman (all historically reported) | Longtime Endeavor/WME executive chairman and one of Hollywood's top star agents | Left WME in March 2025 after the Silver Lake take-private to launch a new investment platform, per Variety/THR; client list reflects his WME tenure | |
| Richard Weitz | Agent | WME — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Tina Fey; Ricky Gervais; Dan Levy; Julianne Hough (as published by WME) | Co-chairman of WME since 2022; longtime head of the agency's TV packaging operation | Client list from WME's published co-chairman announcement | |
| Christian Muirhead | Agent | WME — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-chairman of WME since 2022; previously Endeavor's chief communications officer | Moved back to the agency side from Endeavor corporate in 2022 | |
| Bryan Lourd | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Brad Pitt; George Clooney | Co-chairman and CEO of CAA; among the most powerful agents in Hollywood | Named CEO when Artémis (Pinault family) acquired a majority stake in CAA in 2023 | |
| Kevin Huvane | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Jennifer Aniston; Meryl Streep | Co-chairman of CAA; top talent agent for three decades | Brother of publicist Stephen Huvane and late manager Chris Huvane | |
| Richard Lovett | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-chairman of CAA; rose from the CAA mailroom to lead the agency's post-Ovitz era | One of the trio (with Lourd and Huvane) that has run CAA since the mid-1990s | |
| Maha Dakhil | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Tom Cruise | CAA managing director and senior motion picture agent | Named a CAA managing director in the agency's April 2024 leadership announcement | |
| Hylda Queally | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Cate Blanchett; Kate Winslet; Jessica Chastain | Irish-born CAA agent long regarded as the leading representative of top actresses | Client relationships as reported over many years in Variety and THR | |
| Chris Silbermann | Agent | Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Former ICM Partners chairman/CEO who engineered ICM's 2022 sale to CAA; now a CAA managing director | Joined CAA leadership through the ICM acquisition | |
| David Kramer | Agent | United Talent Agency (UTA) — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | CEO of UTA from June 1, 2025, succeeding co-founder Jeremy Zimmer | Rose from the UTA mailroom; was agency president before becoming CEO | |
| Jeremy Zimmer | Agent | United Talent Agency (UTA) — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Kevin Hart; Anthony Hopkins; M. Night Shyamalan; Chelsea Handler | UTA co-founder; CEO from 2012 to 2025, then executive chairman/board member | Client list as published in biographical profiles of Zimmer | |
| Jay Sures | Agent | United Talent Agency (UTA) — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Vice chairman of UTA and a member of its board; longtime senior TV/talent agent | ||
| Jim Osborne | Agent | Independent Artist Group (IAG) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Gary Oldman; Mary J. Blige; Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson | CEO of IAG, formed in 2023 by merging APA with Artist Group International | independentartistgroup.com | Personal clients as reported by Pollstar at the IAG launch |
| Kyle Loftus | Agent | Independent Artist Group (IAG) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | President of IAG | independentartistgroup.com | |
| Leslie Siebert | Agent | Gersh — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | President of Gersh; reported as the first woman to lead a major talent agency | gersh.com | Named sole president of Gersh in February 2025 |
| Bob Gersh | Agent | Gersh — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-chairman of Gersh, the agency founded by his father Phil Gersh in 1949 | gersh.com | |
| David Gersh | Agent | Gersh — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-chairman of Gersh | gersh.com | |
| Alec Shankman | Agent | Gersh — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Gersh senior partner and head of alternative (unscripted) television | gersh.com | Joined Gersh in 2024 when it acquired A3 Artists Agency's alternative department |
| Jade Sherman | Agent | Gersh — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Gersh senior partner and head of digital | gersh.com | Joined Gersh in 2024 from A3 Artists Agency |
| Sam Gores | Agent | Paradigm Talent Agency — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Chairman of Paradigm, which he built into a leading independent agency | ||
| Andrew Ruf | Agent | Paradigm Talent Agency — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Managing partner of Paradigm | Quoted as Paradigm's managing partner in the agency's 2024 hiring announcements | |
| Bill Weinstein | Agent | Paradigm Talent Agency — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Co-founder of literary agency Verve (2010); joined Paradigm as a literary agent in October 2024 | Ousted as Verve CEO in February 2024; settled his suit against Verve and joined Paradigm, per Deadline/TheWrap | |
| Bryan Besser | Agent | Verve — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Co-founder and partner of Verve, the literary boutique launched in 2010 | Leads Verve with co-founder Adam Levine following Bill Weinstein's 2024 exit | |
| Adam Levine | Agent | Verve — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Co-founder and partner of Verve | Not the musician of the same name | |
| Rich Paul | Agent | Klutch Sports Group / UTA — Los Angeles, California | United States | LeBron James | Founder of Klutch Sports; UTA board member and head of its sports division; crossover sports-entertainment power broker | Sports representation; included for his UTA leadership role and entertainment crossover | |
| Jonny Geller | Agent | Curtis Brown Group — London | United Kingdom | Margaret Atwood (literary); agency clients include Robert Pattinson and Paul Mescal | CEO of Curtis Brown Group, the UK literary and talent agency founded in 1899 | Curtis Brown was acquired by UTA in June 2022 and continues under Geller's leadership | |
| Peter Bennett-Jones | Agent | United Agents — London | United Kingdom | Not individually publicized | Co-chairman of United Agents; founder of Tiger Aspect Productions | unitedagents.co.uk | Leadership as published in UK agency directories |
| St John Donald | Agent | United Agents — London | United Kingdom | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Managing director of United Agents, a leading UK literary and talent agency | unitedagents.co.uk | |
| Erwin Stoff | Manager | 3 Arts Entertainment — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Keanu Reeves (long-reported) | Founding partner of 3 Arts; manager-producer behind The Matrix and Edge of Tomorrow | 3arts.com | 3 Arts has been majority-owned by Lionsgate/Lionsgate Studios since 2018 |
| Michael Rotenberg | Manager | 3 Arts Entertainment — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Partner at 3 Arts; manager-producer (Everybody Hates Chris) | 3arts.com | |
| Howard Klein | Manager | 3 Arts Entertainment — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Founding partner of 3 Arts; producer of The Office (US) and Parks and Recreation | 3arts.com | |
| Dave Becky | Manager | 3 Arts Entertainment — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Louis C.K. (former client, as reported by THR in 2017) | Comedy manager at 3 Arts whose clients' specials and series defined 2010s stand-up TV | 3arts.com | Client relationship ended amid 2017 press coverage |
| David Miner | Manager | 3 Arts Entertainment — Beverly Hills, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Manager-producer at 3 Arts; executive producer of 30 Rock and Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 3arts.com | |
| Jon Liebman | Manager | Brillstein Entertainment Partners — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | CEO/partner of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, the management firm founded by Bernie Brillstein | Wasserman acquired Brillstein in September 2023 | |
| Cynthia Pett | Manager | Brillstein Entertainment Partners — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Partner and co-president of Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||
| Marc Gurvitz | Manager | Brillstein Entertainment Partners — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Partner and co-president of Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||
| Matt Vioral | Manager | Brillstein Entertainment Partners — Los Angeles, California | United States | Jacob Elordi | Longtime Gersh talent agent who moved into management at Brillstein in 2026 | Move and Elordi's joining him reported by Deadline (October 2026) | |
| Jason Weinberg | Manager | Untitled Entertainment — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Not individually publicized | Founding partner of Untitled Entertainment, a leading talent and literary management firm | Firm-level clients are publicized; personal roster not itemized here | |
| Peter Micelli | Manager | Range Media Partners — Los Angeles, California | United States | Firm clients as reported include Emilia Clarke; Bradley Cooper; Tom Hardy; Michael Bay | Co-founder and CEO of Range Media Partners, the management firm launched in 2020 by ex-agency partners | Client list as reported by TheWrap at Range's A+E Networks partnership | |
| Rick Yorn | Manager | LBI Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Leonardo DiCaprio; Jennifer Lawrence; Martin Scorsese | One of Hollywood's most influential star managers; leads LBI Entertainment | Client relationships widely reported, including in Vanity Fair's coverage of the manager era | |
| Aleen Keshishian | Manager | Lighthouse Management & Media — Los Angeles, California | United States | Selena Gomez; Paul Rudd; Jason Bateman; Gwyneth Paltrow; Mark Ruffalo; Jennifer Aniston | Founder of Lighthouse Management & Media; among the most sought-after star managers | Roster as reported in trade and firm coverage of Lighthouse | |
| Jimmy Miller | Manager | Mosaic Media Group — Los Angeles, California | United States | Will Ferrell; Adam McKay (long-reported) | Founder of Mosaic (formerly Industry Entertainment/Jimmy Miller Co.); architect of the Ferrell-McKay comedy era | ||
| Michael Sugar | Manager | Sugar23 — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Founder of Sugar23; former Anonymous Content partner; Oscar-winning producer of Spotlight | Role spans management and production | |
| Guymon Casady | Manager | Entertainment 360 — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Managing partner of Entertainment 360 (formerly Management 360); also a producer (The Fall Guy) | ||
| Benny Medina | Manager | The Medina Company — Los Angeles, California | United States | Jennifer Lopez | Longtime manager of Jennifer Lopez; his early career inspired The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | ||
| Guy Oseary | Manager | Maverick — Los Angeles, California | United States | Madonna; U2 | Manager of Madonna and U2; founder of Maverick | Music-led roster with major film/TV crossover | |
| Irving Azoff | Manager | The Azoff Company — Los Angeles, California | United States | The Eagles (long-reported) | Legendary music manager and executive; former Ticketmaster/Live Nation chairman | Music-led; included as a leading entertainment manager | |
| Charles D. King | Manager | MACRO / M88 — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not individually publicized | Founder of MACRO and its management arm M88; first Black partner in WME's history before founding MACRO | Also a producer (Judas and the Black Messiah, as MACRO founder) | |
| Josh Varney | Manager | 42 — London / Los Angeles | United Kingdom | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | CEO and managing partner of 42, the management and production company founded in London in 2013 | 42mp.com | |
| Ben Pugh | Producer | 42 — London / Los Angeles | United Kingdom | Not applicable — see Known For | Partner at 42; producer of Outside the Wire and The Weekend Away | 42mp.com | |
| Stephen Huvane | Publicist | Apex Public Relations — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Jennifer Aniston (longtime); firm roster as published includes Anne Hathaway; Kirsten Dunst; Liv Tyler; Helen Hunt | Co-founder of Apex Public Relations; one of Hollywood's most powerful personal publicists | Co-founded Slate PR in 2010; in April 2025 the Slate partners dissolved it and launched Apex, taking most staff and clients | |
| Simon Halls | Publicist | Apex Public Relations — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Firm roster as published includes George Clooney; Emily Blunt; Channing Tatum; Harrison Ford; Jude Law; Ridley Scott | Co-founder of Apex Public Relations (and previously of Slate PR and PMK) | Apex launched April 2025 with partners Huvane, Halls, Robin Baum and Andy Gelb | |
| Robin Baum | Publicist | Apex Public Relations — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Firm roster as published includes Ryan Murphy; Frances McDormand; Annette Bening; Nathan Lane | Partner at Apex Public Relations; longtime Slate PR partner | ||
| Andy Gelb | Publicist | Apex Public Relations — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Not individually publicized | Partner at Apex Public Relations; veteran film awards and premiere publicist | ||
| Kelly Bush Novak | Publicist | ID — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Patrick Stewart; Pamela Adlon; Javier Bardem; Alfonso Cuarón; John Legend; Janelle Monáe; Seth Rogen; Serena Williams | Founder and CEO of ID (founded 1993), described in firm bios as the largest independently owned entertainment PR firm | id-pr.com | Personal client list from ID's published biography; she also manages Elliot Page through VIE Entertainment |
| Mara Buxbaum | Publicist | ID — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | President of ID | id-pr.com | |
| Amanda Silverman | Publicist | The Lede Company — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Rihanna; firm roster as published includes Lady Gaga; Pharrell Williams; Ariana Grande | Co-founder and co-CEO of The Lede Company (founded 2018) | Client relationship with Rihanna profiled by The New York Times | |
| Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson | Publicist | The Lede Company — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Will Smith (longtime); firm roster as published includes Charlize Theron; Emma Stone; Penélope Cruz | Co-founder and co-CEO of The Lede Company | Smith's publicist at the time of the March 2022 Oscars incident, per NYT and trade coverage | |
| Sarah Rothman | Publicist | The Lede Company — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Firm roster as published includes Halle Berry; Jennifer Garner; Amy Schumer | Co-founder and co-CEO of The Lede Company | Credited as Sarah Levinson Rothman in founding coverage | |
| Christine Su | Publicist | The Lede Company — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-founder and co-CEO of The Lede Company; former Converse global communications VP | ||
| Leslee Dart | Publicist | 42West — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Martin Scorsese (longtime, as reported) | Co-founder and co-CEO of 42West, a dominant entertainment PR firm | ||
| Allan Mayer | Publicist | 42West — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Co-founder of 42West; veteran crisis and corporate communications strategist | ||
| Cindi Berger | Publicist | Rogers & Cowan PMK — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Mariah Carey (longtime, as reported) | Co-chairman of Rogers & Cowan PMK; one of the most experienced personal publicists in the business | ||
| Mark Owens | Publicist | Rogers & Cowan PMK — Los Angeles / New York | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | CEO of Rogers & Cowan PMK | ||
| Ken Sunshine | Publicist | Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Leonardo DiCaprio (longtime, as reported) | Co-founder of Sunshine Sachs; adviser to stars, executives and causes | ||
| Shawn Sachs | Publicist | Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis — New York / Los Angeles | United States | Not individually publicized — executive leadership role | Partner and co-founder of Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis | ||
| Marcel Pariseau | Publicist | True Public Relations — Los Angeles, California | United States | Scarlett Johansson (longtime, as reported) | Co-founder of True Public Relations, a boutique personal publicity firm | ||
| Lewis Kay | Publicist | Kovert Creative — Los Angeles, California | United States | Jimmy Kimmel (as reported) | Founder of Kovert Creative, a publicity and brand strategy firm | ||
| Melissa Nathan | Publicist | The Agency Group PR — Los Angeles, California | United States | Johnny Depp (crisis engagement, widely reported during the 2022 trial period) | Crisis communications specialist; founded The Agency Group PR in 2024 after Hinshaw & Culbertson | Firm name is unrelated to the talent agency of a similar name | |
| Matthew Hiltzik | Publicist | Hiltzik Strategies — New York, New York | United States | Not itemized — crisis practice | Founder of Hiltzik Strategies; go-to crisis adviser for entertainment and media figures | Clients are typically confidential; firm is widely profiled as a crisis practice | |
| Lisa Taback | Publicist | LTLA Communications — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not itemized — awards practice | Awards-season strategist behind numerous Oscar campaigns for streamers and studios | ||
| Tony Angellotti | Publicist | The Angellotti Company — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not itemized — awards practice | Veteran awards consultant, long associated with Disney/Pixar Oscar campaigns | ||
| Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer | Jerry Bruckheimer Films — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Producer of the Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure and CSI franchises | ||
| Brian Grazer | Producer | Imagine Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Co-founder (with Ron Howard) of Imagine Entertainment; producer of A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 | ||
| Ron Howard | Producer | Imagine Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Co-founder of Imagine Entertainment; Oscar-winning director-producer | Also a client-level filmmaker; listed here as an independent producer principal | |
| Jason Blum | Producer | Blumhouse — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Blumhouse; producer of Get Out, Whiplash and the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises | ||
| Kevin Feige | Producer | Marvel Studios — Burbank, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | President of Marvel Studios and producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films | Studio-based producer | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Producer | Lucasfilm — San Francisco, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | President of Lucasfilm and producer of the Star Wars sequel era; career includes E.T. and Jurassic Park | Studio-based producer | |
| Emma Thomas | Producer | Syncopy — Los Angeles / London | United States | Not applicable — producer | Producer of Christopher Nolan's films including Oppenheimer, Dunkirk and Inception | ||
| Charles Roven | Producer | Atlas Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Producer of Oppenheimer, The Dark Knight trilogy and DC films including Wonder Woman | ||
| Amy Pascal | Producer | Pascal Pictures — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Former Sony Pictures chief turned producer of the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man films, Little Women and Challengers | ||
| Dede Gardner | Producer | Plan B Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Co-president of Plan B; producer of Moonlight, 12 Years a Slave and F1 | ||
| Jeremy Kleiner | Producer | Plan B Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Co-president of Plan B; producer of Moonlight, Selma and The Big Short | ||
| Megan Ellison | Producer | Annapurna — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Annapurna Pictures; producer of Her, Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle | ||
| Basil Iwanyk | Producer | Thunder Road — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Thunder Road; producer of the John Wick franchise and Sicario | ||
| Lorenzo di Bonaventura | Producer | di Bonaventura Pictures — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Former Warner Bros. production chief; producer of the Transformers franchise | ||
| Nina Jacobson | Producer | Color Force — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Color Force; producer of The Hunger Games franchise and Crazy Rich Asians | ||
| Roy Lee | Producer | Vertigo Entertainment — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Vertigo Entertainment; producer of It, Barbarian and The Lego Movie; pioneer of Korean format remakes | ||
| Teddy Schwarzman | Producer | Black Bear — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Black Bear Pictures; producer of The Imitation Game and Mudbound | ||
| Ryan Murphy | Producer | Ryan Murphy Productions — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Creator-producer of Glee, American Horror Story, American Crime Story and Monster | Also appears on Apex PR's published client roster as a publicity client | |
| Shonda Rhimes | Producer | Shondaland — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Shondaland; creator-producer of Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and Bridgerton | ||
| Greg Berlanti | Producer | Berlanti Productions — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Prolific TV producer behind the Arrowverse, Riverdale and You | ||
| David Ellison | Producer | Paramount / Skydance — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Skydance; became chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance in 2025 | Producer credits include Top Gun: Maverick and the Mission: Impossible franchise | |
| Peter Chernin | Producer | Chernin Entertainment / The North Road Company — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Former News Corp/FOX executive; producer of Ford v Ferrari and the Planet of the Apes franchise | ||
| Scott Stuber | Producer | United Artists (Amazon MGM) — Los Angeles, California | United States | Not applicable — producer | Former Netflix film chairman; in 2024 took over the revived United Artists label at Amazon MGM | ||
| Barbara Broccoli | Producer | EON Productions — London | United Kingdom | Not applicable — producer | Longtime producer of the James Bond franchise with Michael G. Wilson | In February 2025 EON's owners ceded creative control of Bond to Amazon MGM while retaining co-ownership, per trade reports | |
| David Heyman | Producer | Heyday Films — London | United Kingdom | Not applicable — producer | Producer of the Harry Potter franchise, Barbie, Paddington and Wonka | ||
| Tim Bevan | Producer | Working Title Films — London | United Kingdom | Not applicable — producer | Co-chairman of Working Title; producer of Les Misérables, Darkest Hour and Baby Driver | ||
| Eric Fellner | Producer | Working Title Films — London | United Kingdom | Not applicable — producer | Co-chairman of Working Title, the UK's leading film production company | ||
| Luc Besson | Producer | EuropaCorp — Paris | France | Not applicable — producer | Founder of EuropaCorp; writer-producer of Taken, Lucy and The Fifth Element | Primarily a filmmaker; included as an independent producer principal | |
| Karan Johar | Producer | Dharma Productions — Mumbai | India | Not applicable — producer | Head of Dharma Productions; leading Bollywood producer-director | ||
| Toshio Suzuki | Producer | Studio Ghibli — Tokyo | Japan | Not applicable — producer | Co-founder and longtime lead producer of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro) | ||
| Sarah Halley Finn | Talent Scout-Casting | Finn Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Marvel Studios (casting director for the MCU) | Casting director of the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man onward; among the most powerful casting directors working | Casting directors are credited on productions rather than holding clients; the client column names their flagship studio relationship | |
| Francine Maisler | Talent Scout-Casting | Francine Maisler Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include Dune, Knives Out and Sicario | Casting director of Dune, Arrival and The Revenant | ||
| Allison Jones | Talent Scout-Casting | Allison Jones Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Series include Veep, The Office (US) and Arrested Development | Emmy-winning comedy casting director | ||
| Debra Zane | Talent Scout-Casting | Debra Zane Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include The Hunger Games, American Beauty and Ocean's Eleven | Veteran feature-film casting director | ||
| Ellen Lewis | Talent Scout-Casting | New York, New York | United States | Martin Scorsese films (casting director) | Longtime casting director for Martin Scorsese, from Goodfellas to Killers of the Flower Moon | ||
| John Papsidera | Talent Scout-Casting | Automatic Sweat — Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include Oppenheimer, Inception and The Dark Knight | Casting director for Christopher Nolan and the Yellowstone franchise | ||
| Avy Kaufman | Talent Scout-Casting | Avy Kaufman Casting — New York, New York | United States | Films include Brokeback Mountain, Lincoln and Dances with Wolves | Emmy- and Artios-winning casting director known for discovering young talent | ||
| Margery Simkin | Talent Scout-Casting | Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include Avatar, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop | Veteran casting director of the Avatar franchise | ||
| Victoria Thomas | Talent Scout-Casting | Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Hidden Figures | Casting director and former CSA president | ||
| Laray Mayfield | Talent Scout-Casting | Los Angeles, California | United States | David Fincher films and series (Fight Club, Gone Girl, Mindhunter) | Casting director long associated with David Fincher | ||
| Carmen Cuba | Talent Scout-Casting | Los Angeles, California | United States | Stranger Things; films include The Whale | Emmy-winning casting director of Stranger Things, known for its young ensemble discoveries | ||
| David Rapaport | Talent Scout-Casting | Rapaport Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Series include Gossip Girl, Riverdale and The Flash | Leading youth- and CW-skewing television casting director | ||
| Rich Delia | Talent Scout-Casting | Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include It and Dallas Buyers Club | Feature casting director | ||
| Bernie Telsey | Talent Scout-Casting | The Telsey Office — New York, New York | United States | Films include Wicked and The Greatest Showman; Broadway's Hamilton | Founder of The Telsey Office, spanning Broadway and film casting | ||
| Deborah Aquila | Talent Scout-Casting | Aquila Wood Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Series include Yellowstone; films include La La Land and Shawshank Redemption (as casting director) | Veteran casting director | ||
| Mary Vernieu | Talent Scout-Casting | Betty Mae Casting — Los Angeles, California | United States | Films include Knives Out and Silver Linings Playbook | Prolific feature casting director | ||
| Nina Gold | Talent Scout-Casting | Nina Gold Casting — London | United Kingdom | Game of Thrones; The Crown; Star Wars: The Force Awakens | The UK's most prominent casting director | ||
| Lucy Bevan | Talent Scout-Casting | London | United Kingdom | Films include Barbie, The Batman and Belfast | Leading UK feature-film casting director | ||
| Theo Park | Talent Scout-Casting | London | United Kingdom | Ted Lasso; films include Barbie (associate) | Casting director known for Ted Lasso's ensemble | ||
| Shaheen Baig | Talent Scout-Casting | Shaheen Baig Casting — London | United Kingdom | Peaky Blinders; films include How to Have Sex | UK casting director noted for discovering new screen talent | ||
| Fiona Weir | Talent Scout-Casting | London | United Kingdom | Harry Potter franchise (casting director) | Casting director of the Harry Potter films | ||
| Dominique Besnehard | Agent | Mon Voisin Productions — Paris | France | Juliette Binoche; Sophie Marceau (historically reported, at Artmédia) | France's most famous talent agent; two decades at Artmédia representing the leading French stars of his era | Left agency work to produce through Mon Voisin Productions; Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent) was inspired by his years at Artmédia. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass for non-English-language industries. | |
| Katrina Bayonas | Agent | Kuranda — Madrid | Spain | Publicly reported: Penélope Cruz; Javier Bardem (early careers) | Founder of Madrid agency Kuranda; discovered and long represented Penélope Cruz | Among Spain's most influential agents, credited with launching Cruz's career as a teenager. Spain's first entry in this list. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Kwak Sin-ae | Producer | Barunson E&A — Seoul | South Korea | Not applicable — producer | CEO of Barunson E&A; producer of Parasite | First Asian female producer to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (Parasite, 2020); CEO of Barunson E&A since 2015. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Bill Kong | Producer | Edko Films — Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Not applicable — producer | Chairman of Edko Films; producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero | Hong Kong's leading independent producer and exhibitor, profiled by Variety since the Crouching Tiger era. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Genki Kawamura | Producer | STORY inc. — Tokyo | Japan | Not applicable — producer | Producer of your name., Weathering with You and Suzume | Toho-trained producer who founded STORY inc.; among Japan's most internationally visible film producers, and also a novelist. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Mohamed Hefzy | Producer | Film Clinic — Cairo | Egypt | Not applicable — producer | Founder of Film Clinic; producer of Clash and Sheikh Jackson; leading figure of independent Arab cinema | Egyptian producer and screenwriter, extensively profiled by Screen Daily and Variety. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Rodrigo Teixeira | Producer | RT Features — São Paulo | Brazil | Not applicable — producer | Founder of RT Features; producer of Call Me by Your Name and Ad Astra; co-producer of The Lighthouse | Brazil's most internationally connected producer, per Variety and THR reporting. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Mo Abudu | Producer | EbonyLife Group — Lagos | Nigeria | Not applicable — producer | Founder and CEO of EbonyLife; producer of The Wedding Party, among Nigeria's highest-grossing films | Nollywood's leading producer-executive; EbonyLife also appears as a company in the companion studios list. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. | |
| Ekta Kapoor | Producer | Balaji Telefilms — Mumbai | India | Not applicable — producer | Joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms; dominant producer of Indian television drama and a major film producer | Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass for non-English-language industries. | |
| Anirban Das Blah | Manager | Collective Artists Network — Mumbai | India | Roster not public | Founder of KWAN (2009), the talent management company that became Collective Artists Network; pioneer of organised talent management in India | Profiled by Forbes India and the Indian trade press; individual client roster not published, per the discipline of this list. Added on the 2026-10-22 deepening pass. |
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