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Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path with Manager Tracey Murray, Part 2

A series of interviews with hard-working writers – by another hard-working writer!
by Kelly Jo Brick

Tracey MurrayFinding the right representation can be a key component to growing and developing a writing career. TVWriter.com sat down with several managers to find out what they’re looking for in writers and what writers can be doing to help achieve success in the industry.

Manager Tracey Murray spent 11 years as an agent at CAA before stepping into the world of management and is now a Managing Partner at Industry Entertainment. Tracey shares advice from what she’s learned over the years working with writers as both an agent and a manger.

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Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path with Manager Tracey Murray, Part 1

A series of interviews with hard-working writers – by another hard-working writer!
by Kelly Jo Brick

Tracey MurrayFinding the right representation can be a key component to growing and developing a writing career. TVWriter.com sat down with several managers to find out what they’re looking for in writers and what writers can be doing to help achieve success in the industry.

Manager Tracey Murray didn’t always know she wanted to be involved in the entertainment industry. She started out working for a New York public relations company before moving to Los Angeles to explore a career in news broadcasting.   Realizing broadcasting wasn’t for her, she turned to the entertainment world, landing a job as an assistant to Lee Gabler who ran packaging at Creative Artists Agency. She spent 11 years as an agent at CAA before becoming a manager. Tracey now works with writers as a Managing Partner at Industry Entertainment.

YOU WERE AN AGENT BEFORE BECOMING A MANAGER. WHY THE CHANGE? read article

Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path with Manager Markus Goerg, Part 2

A series of interviews with hard-working writers – by another hard-working writer!
by Kelly Jo Brick

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Finding the right representation can be a key component to growing and developing a writing career. TVWriter.com sat down with several managers to find out what they’re looking for in writers and what writers can be doing to help achieve success in the industry.

Manager Markus Goerg shares advice and experiences from his years of working with writers as co-founder of the production and management company, Heroes and Villains Entertainment. read article

Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path with Manager Markus Goerg, Part 1

A series of interviews with hard-working writers – by another hard-working writer!
by Kelly Jo Brick

image1Finding the right representation can be a key component to growing and developing a writing career. TVWriter.com sat down with several managers to find out what they’re looking for in writers and what writers can be doing to help achieve success in the industry.

From starting as an assistant at ICM to pursuing endeavors as a writer/director and then becoming a development executive, manager Markus Goerg found that he really enjoyed working with writers and helping them to achieve their visions. This led Markus to co-found the production and management company, Heroes and Villains Entertainment.

HOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO BECOME A MANAGER? read article

Kelly Jo Brick: The Write Path With Manager Geoff Silverman

A series of interviews with hard-working writers – by another hard-working writer!
by Kelly Jo Brick

Geoff Silverman picFinding the right representation can be a key component to growing and developing a writing career. TVWriter.com sat down with several managers to find out what they’re looking for in writers and what writers can be doing to help achieve success in the industry.

As a young PA on the Suzanne Somers show SHE’S THE SHERIFF, Geoff Silverman got some career changing advice when the show’s EPs suggested he go where the real money is, the executive side. That set Silverman on a path working as an assistant at the William Morris Agency and Susan Smith and Associates before working in drama development with Robert Greenblatt, Brandon Tartikoff and Brett Ratner and then embarking on a career as a literary manager with The Cartel.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB? read article