Former Brillstein Entertainment Partners Manager, Brian Stern Joins AGI Entertainment Media & Management As Senior VP
Stern is a veteran manager and producer in scripted content, representing Actors, Comedians, Writers and Hosts
NEW YORK – JANUARY 30, 2015 AGI Entertainment Media & Management CEO, Ken Slotnick, announced industry veteran Brian Stern has joined the company as Senior Vice President. Brian was most recently a Gotham based manager and producer at Brillstein Entertainment Partners and before that, was a senior talent rep for more than ten years at the William Morris Agency.
Brian is an Executive Producer of the upcoming Ben Stiller/Brillstein produced Comedy Central series, “BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD FL” and EP with Funny or Die on Fusion’s “The Chris Gethard Show” and brings with him a diverse list of clients that includes Amy Landecker (Amazon’s “TRANSPARENT”), Samantha Bee (“THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART”), Colin Quinn, Bryan Tucker (head writer at SNL), comedians Chris Gethard, Dan Soder, Omid Djalili, playwright Bob Martin (Broadway’s upcoming “THE STING”), Ben Lyons (YAHOO! LIVE and ESPN Radio), Connor Hines (creator of webseries, “LOCAL ATTRACTION” being developed by ABC Studios) and writers Travon Free (“THE DAILY SHOW”) and Jesse Joyce (COMEDY CENTRAL’S “@MIDNIGHT”) among others.
Ken Slotnick commented, “…with almost 20 years of experience working with high level actors, writers, comedians and hosts for all media platforms, Brian brings great depth of experience to our team. I worked with Brian for a decade at WMA and know he has a great eye for both talent and material. We are excited to have him on board”.
Brian Stern said, “I’m thrilled to join AGI Entertainment Media & Management and to be part of the Y Entertainment Group family of companies. This star focused ecosystem is a powerful platform that opens the door for me to offer clients and projects high levels of connectivity, knowledge and experience. I had a great run at Brillstein and look forward to finding projects to produce with them”.
AGI Entertainment Media & Management was formed in January 2014 as AGI Lifestyle Entertainment to represent tv presenters and other high-level personalities, producers and projects in the non-scripted television, culinary, fashion, style, home and health & wellness categories. CEO, Ken Slotnick clarified the company name change, “With the arrival of Brian and his clients in the talent, comedy, writing and producing spaces, we now manage a broader spectrum of clients… so we changed the company name to reflect this expansion into more diverse areas of representation going forward”. In addition to Brian’s client roster, the company manages some of the biggest stars and producers in the tv and lifestyle space such as The Talk/Big Brother host Julie Chen, Fashion icon Heidi Klum, Food Network chef/host Curtis Stone, Cosmopolitan Editor in Chief and Project Runway mentor, Joanna Coles and many others.
AGI Entertainment Media & Management is part of the Y Entertainment Group family of agency and management companies which include leading live music booking agency, Artist Group International, and the preeminent boutique literary agency, AGI Vigliano Literary. All of Y Entertainment’s agency & management group companies are now united under one roof at the company’s new, expanded New York group headquarters space at 150 E 58th Street in Manhattan.
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