Talent Agent Amanda Glazer Joins Innovative Artists — SkimNews
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- Amanda Glazer has moved from The Kohner Agency to Innovative Artists Entertainment after 25+ years at Kohner, following the agency's recent layoffs of all three of its talent agents
- The Kohner Agency — in business for almost 90 years — is continuing to operate with its lit department under Owner and President Pearl Wexler, while the talent department remains open only to service existing contracts and collect commission
- Glazer is the daughter of Emmy-winning TV director Barry Glazer and began her career in the William Morris mailroom shortly after graduating from UCLA
- Innovative Artists is in an expansion phase in its talent department, having recently hired Rob Cassandro and Brian Sacripanti while promoting agents Isaac Finn, Madeline Petrovich, and Celine Biancardi
- Scott Harris, Innovative's Founder and CEO, called Glazer's taste "exceptional" and said her "360-degree lens" approach fits the agency's philosophy of representing clients across every corner of the industry
- Glazer will work out of Innovative's Santa Monica office, with her client list to be announced at a later date
Why it matters: The Kohner Agency's talent division has effectively been dismantled — all three agents cut, the unit kept alive only to service existing contracts — as the nearly 90-year-old firm retreats to its literary business under Pearl Wexler. For Innovative Artists, Glazer's arrival alongside the recent hires of Rob Cassandro and Brian Sacripanti and three internal promotions signals an aggressive push to rebuild its talent bench amid the industry's ongoing agency consolidation.
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