Paradigm Talent Agency

Paradigm Talent Agency
Type Private
Industry Talent and Literary Agencies
Founded Beverly Hills, California, USA (1992)
Headquarters Beverly Hills, California
New York City, New York
Monterey, California
Nashville, Tennessee
Key people Sam Gores, Chairman and CEO
Norman Aladjem, Chairman of the Management Committee
Debbee Klein, Co-Head TV Lit Department
Andrew Ruf, Head of Motion Picture Finance Dept
Chip Hooper, Head of Music Department
Marty Diamond Head of East Coast Music
Steve Small Co-Head of Talent Department
Sarah Fargo Head of NY Management Committee
Jeffrey Benson Co-Head TV Lit Department
Valarie Phillips Head of Motion Picture Lit Department
Website Paradigm Agency.com

Paradigm is a full service entertainment agency based in Beverly Hills, with offices in New York, Monterey and Nashville, and is considered be one of the "Big Five" US talent agencies[1]. Paradigm representation for clients in motion pictures, television, music, artist marketing, motion picture financing, book publishing, literary rights, theatre, physical production, interactive media, stand-up comedy, commercials, personal appearances and corporate events.

Background

Paradigm formed in 1992 after the Gores/Fields Agency merged with STE Representations, Robinson, Weintraub, Gross & Associates, and Shorr, Stille & Associates. The agency's Beverly Hills office is located on the old MCA Inc. campus built in 1932[2] where conference rooms honor the legendary entertainment moguls Jules Stein and Lew Wasserman who occupied the space.

In 2004, Paradigm acquired the literary firm Genesis and the Writers & Artists Agency.[3]

Paradigm is now a full service agency with offices in New York, Monterey and Nashville representating clients in areas such as motion pictures, television, music, artist marketing, motion picture financing, book publishing, literary rights, theatre, physical production, interactive media, stand-up comedy, commercials, personal appearances and corporate events.

Paradigm's clients include Academy Award winning actors; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrien Brody and Chris Cooper as well as Katherine Heigl, Gary Oldman, Mariska Hargitay, Mark Harmon and Amanda Righetti. Musical artists include; Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Toby Keith, Aerosmith, Phish, Will.I.Am, The Dead, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.[4]

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