Jeremy Zimmer

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Jeremy Zimmer
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Zimmer in 2023
Born (1958-04-17) April 17, 1958 (age 65)
Employer United Talent Agency
Title CEO of United Talent Agency
Spouses
  • First wife
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    (divorced)​
  • Marisa Lynn Miller
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    (m. 2004)​
Children4
Parents
Relatives Dore Schary (grandfather)

Jeremy Zimmer (born April 17, 1958) is an American entertainment industry executive who co-founded and serves as the chief executive officer of United Talent Agency (UTA).

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Early life and education

Zimmer is the son of novelist Jill Schary Robinson and stockbroker Jon Zimmer, [1] and the grandson of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio chief Dore Schary. [2] [3] His family was Jewish. [4] He was raised on the West Coast of the United States, but relocated during his senior year of high school so Robinson could focus on her career. [5] Zimmer attended, but did not graduate from, Boston University. [6]

Career

In 1979, at the age of 19, Zimmer left college to work in the William Morris Agency mailroom. [5] [2] [7] After transferring to Los Angeles, [5] he joined ICM Partners in 1984. [6] There, Zimmer became a talent agent, working on films such as Die Hard (1988), The Fisher King (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993). [5] He later ran the agency's Motion Picture Literary and Motion Picture Packaging divisions. [6] In 1989, Zimmer left ICM for Bauer/Benedek Agency, where he became a partner. [5] [6] In 1991, the firm combined with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency (UTA). [5] [6] [8]

Zimmer headed UTA's literary department from 1997–2006. [9] [10] [11] He has been credited with creating the agency's branding, licensing, and endorsements division, as well as UTA's agent training program. [6] Zimmer was named the agency's chief executive officer in 2012. [6] [12] Throughout his career as an agent, Zimmer has represented Mariah Carey, Bryan Cranston, DJ Khaled, Chelsea Handler, Kevin Hart, Anthony Hopkins, Marc Lawrence, Brian Robbins, [5] [13] M. Night Shyamalan, [14] [15] and YG. [6]

Schary and Zimmer ranked number eight in Vanity Fair 's 2017 list of the "25 Most Important Families in Hollywood History". [2] Zimmer, along with United Talent Agency Managing Directors David Kramer and Jay Sures, ranked number 33 on The Hollywood Reporter 's 2017 list of the 100 "most powerful people in entertainment". [16] [17]

Personal life

Zimmer has been married twice. In 2004, Zimmer married his second wife, Marisa Lynn Miller, in a civil ceremony in Brentwood, California. [18] Her father co-founded the Miller's Outpost retail chain of stores. [19] He has four children. [5]

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