2017 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Agents & Managers

We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2017. Today: Agents and Managers.

Note: A majority of projects were repped by both an agency and a manager / management company, so the total numbers of reps listed will be significantly higher than the number of scripts sold.

First the agencies. The numbers in parentheses mark 2016 totals.

Agencies

Paradigm — 11 (10) 
CAA — 7 (14) 
Gersh — 7 (1) 
UTA — 7 (10) 
ICM Partners — 6 (5) 
WME — 6 (16) 
APA — 4 (4) 
Verve — 4 (5) 
ESA — 1 (1)

Management

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment — 4 (2)
Good Fear Film + Management — 3 (N/A)
Gotham Group — 3 (N/A)
Grandview — 3 (2)
Industry Entertainment — 3 (N/A) 
Zero Gravity Management — 3 (1)
Anonymous Content — 2 (3) 
Bellevue Productions — 2 (1)
Echo Lake Entertainment — 2 (3) 
Alan Gasmer — 2 (1) 
Hands In The Middle Management & Productions — 2 (N/A)
Writ Large — 2 (2) 
Affirmative Entertainment — 1 (N/A)
Circle of Confusion — 1 (3) 
Energy Entertainment — 1 (1) 
Epicenter — 1 (N/A)
Exile Entertainment — 1 (N/A)
Ken Gross Management — 1 (N/A)
Heller Highwater — 1 (N/A)
Heroes and Villains Entertainment — 1 (1) 
LINK — 1 (N/A) 
Madhouse Entertainment — 1 (8)
Management 360 — 1 (2)
MGMT — 1 (N/A) 
Pacific View Management — 1 (N/A)
Pannon Entertainment — 1 (N/A) 
Pulse Films — 1 (N/A) 
Realm Management — 1 (1)
ROAR — 1 (N/A)
Rosa Entertainment — 1 (N/A)
Source Artists Management — 1 (N/A) 
Lee Stobby — 1 (1)
Truhett/Garcia Management — 1 (N/A)
Jim Wedaa — 1 (N/A)

You should familiarize yourself with these players, study the type of projects they sell. This can help when targeting inquiries for management representation.

Tomorrow: The big money spec script sales of 2016.

2017 Spec Script Deal List
2017 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres
2017 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers