Jeremy Zimmer | |
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| Born | April 17, 1958 |
| Employer | United Talent Agency |
| Title | CEO of United Talent Agency |
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| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Dore Schary (grandfather) |
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Jeremy Zimmer (born April 17, 1958) [1] is an American entertainment industry executive who co-founded and is the chief executive officer of United Talent Agency (UTA).
Zimmer is the son of novelist Jill Schary Robinson and stockbroker Jon Zimmer, [2] and the grandson of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio chief Dore Schary. [3] [4] His family was Jewish. [5] 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. [6] Zimmer attended, but did not graduate from, Boston University. [7]
In 1979, at the age of 19, Zimmer left college to work in the William Morris Agency mailroom. [6] [3] [8] After transferring to Los Angeles, [6] he joined ICM Partners in 1984. [7] 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). [6] He later ran the agency's Motion Picture Literary and Motion Picture Packaging divisions. [7] In 1989, Zimmer left ICM for Bauer/Benedek Agency, where he became a partner. [6] [7] In 1991, the firm combined with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency (UTA). [6] [7] [9]
Zimmer headed UTA's literary department from 1997–2006. [10] [11] [12] He has been credited with creating the agency's branding, licensing, and endorsements division, as well as UTA's agent training program. [7] Zimmer was named the agency's chief executive officer in 2012. [7] [13] 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, [6] [14] M. Night Shyamalan, [15] [16] and YG. [7]
Schary and Zimmer ranked number eight in Vanity Fair 's 2017 list of the "25 Most Important Families in Hollywood History". [3] 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". [17] [18]
Zimmer has been married twice. In 2004, Zimmer married his second wife, Marisa Lynn Miller, in a civil ceremony in Brentwood, California. [19] Her father co-founded the Miller's Outpost retail chain of stores. [20] He has four children. [6]