Sacks and Co.

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Sacks & Co. is a publicity firm, based in Manhattan, New York, that specializes in musicians, authors, comedians, actors and filmmakers, as well as record labels, television & film producers, theater companies, and arts presenters. Founded in 1994, the company's roster of current and past musicians spans all genres from pop, rock, dance, jazz and classical to world, country and Latin, including Björk, Rufus Wainwright, Alison Krauss, Mark Knopfler, Herbie Hancock, Philip Glass, David Byrne, Lyle Lovett, Queen Latifah, John Mayer, Magnetic Fields, Edie Brickell, Natalie Merchant, Buena Vista Social Club, Emmylou Harris, Caetano Veloso, Glenn Gould, Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Damien Rice, David Gray, Cheikh Lô, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Oumou Sangare, Dolly Parton, Ry Cooder, Daniel Lanois, and John Hiatt.

Recent film projects include the 2006 Sundance entry and multiple award winner Old Joy, Andrew Bujalski’s Mutual Appreciation, the 2007 Sundance and Berlin Film Festival entry Strange Culture, the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival winner Gretchen, the 2007 Sundance entry Adrift in Manhattan, the 2006 SXSW Film Festival winner Live Free or Die, the 2006 Sundance entry Wild Tigers I Have Known, the 2007 Sundance entry We Are The Strange, the 2006 Slamdance entry Things To Do, as well as documentry film maker Albert Maysles.

Among the arts presenters and venues they represent are Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, New York City’s Symphony Space; Arts at St. Ann’s in Brooklyn, the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center for Performing Arts and NYU’s Jack H. Skirball Center.

Their television clients include PBS concert programs and Voom HD Networks (Cablevision) featuring the Rave Music Channel. Rave programs 24 hours of music television with several hours of original content.

Sacks & Co. manages a small roster of artists including Edie Brickell, Rob Burger and American Princes.