Michael Green (agent)

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Michael Green is an American talent manager, entrepreneur and movie producer.

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Career

Green began his career as a personal appearance agent in the early 1990s at Irvin Arthur Associates representing stand up comedians. He then moved to talent management at Gallin-Morey Associates, where he eventually became a Senior Manager. [1] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 1997, he co-founded The Firm, a music and talent management agency, with Jeff Kwatinetz. [2] [ non-primary source needed ] The company grew rapidly, eventually managing Backstreet Boys, Korn, [3] Limp Bizkit, Pamela Anderson and others. Expanding beyond the representation business, The Firm also acquired and sold the shoe brand Pony, and controlled an equity position in Build-A-Bear Workshops. [4] In 2002, Green sold his interests in the company to spend time with his family. [1]

In 2005, he founded a new management company, The Collective. [5] The Collective continued to represent Green’s longtime clients like Martin Lawrence, and also signed Linkin Park, Counting Crows, Enrique Iglesias, Slash, Alanis Morissette, and Emile Hirsch, among others. [6] As CEO, Green expanded The Collective outside simple talent management, acquiring the horror movie site Bloody-Disgusting.com and popular YouTube accounts and personalities like Fred and Annoying Orange under Collective Digital Studio. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2000 Big Momma's House Producer
2001 Black Knight Producer
2003 National Security Producer
2006 Big Momma's House 2 Producer
2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle Executive Producer
2011 Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred Executive Producer
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Producer
2012 This Means War Executive Producer

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References

  1. 1 2 Partners: Michael Green Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine . The Collective.
  2. The Firm Company Profile Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine . Yahoo! Finance.
  3. Sandler, Adam (September 9, 1998). "Zomba packs Korn". Variety . Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  4. Lieberman, Allyson. Taking a Ride on Pony - Firm Aims to Bring Back Sneaker Brand. The New York Post. February 27, 2001.
  5. Donahue, Ann. 'Mad' Men. Billboard. June 14, 2008.
  6. Mitchell, Gail. Exclusive: Godsmack, Counting Crows Sign With the Collective Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine . Billboard. March 3, 2011.
  7. Graser, Marc. Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting. Variety. September 12, 2007.