UTA has acquired publishing agency Fletcher & Company, which will be folded into the overall UTA Publishing division at the firm.
As part of the deal, the New York-based fiction and non-fiction publishing house’s founder and CEO Christy Fletcher will co-lead the growing UTA Publishing department alongside current head Byrd Leavell. Both Fletcher and Leavell will report to UTA president David Kramer.
The entire Fletcher & Company staff will join the UTA Publishing in UTA’s New York office, including veteran agents Rebecca Gradinger, Eric Lupfer, Grainne Fox, Lisa Gr ubka and Peter Steinberg.
Per UTA, the acquisition will not prevent the talent agency from continuing to collaborate with other publishing agencies and authors, or Fletcher & Company’s agents from working with partners around the industry on behalf of their clients.
UTA’s purchase of Fletcher marks its latest step into expanding its literary ranks following the June 2022 acquisition of...
As part of the deal, the New York-based fiction and non-fiction publishing house’s founder and CEO Christy Fletcher will co-lead the growing UTA Publishing department alongside current head Byrd Leavell. Both Fletcher and Leavell will report to UTA president David Kramer.
The entire Fletcher & Company staff will join the UTA Publishing in UTA’s New York office, including veteran agents Rebecca Gradinger, Eric Lupfer, Grainne Fox, Lisa Gr ubka and Peter Steinberg.
Per UTA, the acquisition will not prevent the talent agency from continuing to collaborate with other publishing agencies and authors, or Fletcher & Company’s agents from working with partners around the industry on behalf of their clients.
UTA’s purchase of Fletcher marks its latest step into expanding its literary ranks following the June 2022 acquisition of...
- 1/4/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
UTA has acquired Fletcher & Company, a 20-year-old literary agency with a roster of notable fiction and non-fiction authors.
As part of the deal, the full team at Fletcher & Company will join UTA in its New York office as the independent company is absorbed by its new parent. Founder and CEO Christy Fletcher will co-lead UTA’s publishing division, reporting along with current head Byrd Leavell to President David Kramer.
Founded in 2003, Fletcher & Company has made a name for itself as an independent literary agency. Its fiction list includes best-selling and award-winning authors like Maggie Shipstead, Daniel Mason, Ken Kalfus, Courtney Zoffness, Stephanie Clifford, Nina de Gramont and Robin Benway. The nonfiction stable features writers like Gretchen Rubin, John Carreyrou, Sonia Purnell, Melissa Urban, Eric Ries, Dr. Joy Bradford, Chip & Dan Heath and Kate Bowler.
The deal is of a piece with UTA’s acquisition last June of the UK-based Curtis Brown Group.
As part of the deal, the full team at Fletcher & Company will join UTA in its New York office as the independent company is absorbed by its new parent. Founder and CEO Christy Fletcher will co-lead UTA’s publishing division, reporting along with current head Byrd Leavell to President David Kramer.
Founded in 2003, Fletcher & Company has made a name for itself as an independent literary agency. Its fiction list includes best-selling and award-winning authors like Maggie Shipstead, Daniel Mason, Ken Kalfus, Courtney Zoffness, Stephanie Clifford, Nina de Gramont and Robin Benway. The nonfiction stable features writers like Gretchen Rubin, John Carreyrou, Sonia Purnell, Melissa Urban, Eric Ries, Dr. Joy Bradford, Chip & Dan Heath and Kate Bowler.
The deal is of a piece with UTA’s acquisition last June of the UK-based Curtis Brown Group.
- 1/4/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Margaret Keane, the artist whose paintings of wide-eyed children inspired the 2014 Tim Burton film “Big Eyes,” died Sunday at her home in Napa, California. She was 94.
Her daughter told The New York Times reported that she died of heart failure.
In “Big Eyes,” Amy Adams played Keane in her protracted fight with her second husband over credit for her life’s work. Though Walter Keane masterfully promoted his wife’s sad, saucer-eyed waifs, it would be revealed years later that his claims to have painted them himself were entirely fraudulent.
In reality, Margaret Keane toiled in the basement for several hours a day while her husband claimed credit during his ambitious promotional efforts, including everything from Hollywood hobnobbing to TV appearances. All the while, the paintings stirred controversy and scorn in the art world as they gained widespread popularity.
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Her daughter told The New York Times reported that she died of heart failure.
In “Big Eyes,” Amy Adams played Keane in her protracted fight with her second husband over credit for her life’s work. Though Walter Keane masterfully promoted his wife’s sad, saucer-eyed waifs, it would be revealed years later that his claims to have painted them himself were entirely fraudulent.
In reality, Margaret Keane toiled in the basement for several hours a day while her husband claimed credit during his ambitious promotional efforts, including everything from Hollywood hobnobbing to TV appearances. All the while, the paintings stirred controversy and scorn in the art world as they gained widespread popularity.
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- 6/29/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Hilary Heath, the star opposite Vincent Price in a series of American International Pictures horror films, died last week of Covid-19 complications. She was 74 and her death was confirmed by a post from her godson, Alex Williams, on Facebook.
Heath, a British actress, appeared in the films Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee as a mistress, daughter and wife foil to Price.
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Her resume includes Ted Kotcheff’s Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), and in a 1970 adaptation of Wuthering Heights featuring Timothy Dalton, wherein she portrayed Isabella.
Heath became a producer after retiring from acting, producing Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure...
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Her resume includes Ted Kotcheff’s Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), and in a 1970 adaptation of Wuthering Heights featuring Timothy Dalton, wherein she portrayed Isabella.
Heath became a producer after retiring from acting, producing Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure...
- 4/11/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein and Oscar contender Amy Adams turned out along with the song's co-writer Daniel Heath. "Big Eyes" will be competing for best original song at the Golden Globes on Sunday, and has an excellent shot at an Oscar nom on Thursday. Del Rey told me that it wasn't hard coming up with inspiration for a summary song for a Tim Burton movie about Margaret Keane (Adams) reclaiming her art, and that it was an extra thrill having her song played during the surreal supermarket scene in which Keane imagines everyone with "big eyes." Del Rey's more upbeat, inspirational song,"I Can Fly, appears over the end credits. "I've always been attracted to women's rights stories, and I've become a big fan of Margaret's art, but her more recent paintings of animals are my favorite," Del Rey added. Meanwhile, Adams said it was great participating with Keane at an awards...
- 1/10/2015
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Off To the Races” singer Lana Del Rey is in to the races. And not just the Grammys, which are still a month away.
As events ramp up, Del Rey entered the mix in West Hollywood on Wednesday, palling around with “Big Eyes” lead Amy Adams. Both are nominated for Golden Globes this Sunday for their work on the Tim Burton film.
Del Rey may take the stage on Sunday, for writing the song “Big Eyes” with Daniel Heath, which could win again next week at the Critics Choice Awards. Del Rey also performed the song in the film.
Adams...
As events ramp up, Del Rey entered the mix in West Hollywood on Wednesday, palling around with “Big Eyes” lead Amy Adams. Both are nominated for Golden Globes this Sunday for their work on the Tim Burton film.
Del Rey may take the stage on Sunday, for writing the song “Big Eyes” with Daniel Heath, which could win again next week at the Critics Choice Awards. Del Rey also performed the song in the film.
Adams...
- 1/8/2015
- by Mikey Glazer
- The Wrap
Interscope Records and The Weinstein Company have announced the release of Big Eyes – Music From The Original Motion Picture available at all digital partners now.
Multi-platinum recording artist Lana Del Rey performs the title track “Big Eyes,” which she co-wrote with Daniel Heath and is nominated for a 2015 Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.
Check out the song Here. Lana also performs “I Can Fly,” which she co-wrote with Rick Nowels for acclaimed director Tim Burton’s latest motion picture.
Said Del Rey: “I’m so grateful to Tim for letting me into his wild world and to Harvey for encouraging me to continue to write for films. I’m honored that the Hollywood foreign press has nominated my song.”
Big Eyes opens in theaters December 25, 2014. Read Tom Stockman’s review Here.
From the whimsical mind of director Burton, Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story...
Multi-platinum recording artist Lana Del Rey performs the title track “Big Eyes,” which she co-wrote with Daniel Heath and is nominated for a 2015 Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.
Check out the song Here. Lana also performs “I Can Fly,” which she co-wrote with Rick Nowels for acclaimed director Tim Burton’s latest motion picture.
Said Del Rey: “I’m so grateful to Tim for letting me into his wild world and to Harvey for encouraging me to continue to write for films. I’m honored that the Hollywood foreign press has nominated my song.”
Big Eyes opens in theaters December 25, 2014. Read Tom Stockman’s review Here.
From the whimsical mind of director Burton, Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story...
- 12/24/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In case you missed it, pop sensation Lana Del Rey co-wrote and performed two original songs for director Tim Burton's upcoming film “Big Eyes.” Grammy-nominated Del Rey is evidently a big fan of Burton’s. “I've admired Tim Burton's work for many years and I'm honored to work with him on such a poignant project," she said in a statement. Del Rey sings "Big Eyes" in the movie, a song she co-wrote with Daniel Heath — and which is featured front and center in the film — and "I Can Fly," which she co-wrote with Rick Nowels and which plays out in the credits. Here's the full synopsis for the movie: From the whimsical mind of director Tim Burton, Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic art frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) had reached success beyond belief,...
- 12/2/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Lana Del Rey may be in Oscar contention with the title track from Tim Burton's film "Big Eyes," and she gets some help from five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams and two-time winner Christoph Waltz in the song's new lyric video. With its big percussion, trumpet flourishes and soaring vocals, the atmospheric ballad wouldn't sound out of place in a James Bond film. Instead, it provides a melancholic soundtrack to the tale of painter Margaret Keane (Adams) and her spotlight-stealing husband Walter (Waltz). Composed of dramatic and eye-popping "Big Eyes" clips, the new video basically serves as another trailer for the film, only with Del Rey's on-the-nose lyrics painted onto the images. We also see co-stars Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston and Terence Stamp. Watch the video here: The song was co-written by Daniel Heath, who also co-wrote Del Rey's 2012 single "Blue Jeans," and could end up with an...
- 12/2/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
Lana Del Rey will release two new songs for Tim Burton's upcoming period drama “Big Eyes.” The songs were kept a secret until the film started screening for critics and insiders a few days ago, and now have now been officially announced by The Weinstein Company. Burton's drama centers around the life of Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), the artist who caused a sensation in the 1950s with her paintings of big-eyed children. But it was her then husband Walter (Christoph Waltz) who took credit for her work. It wasn’t until years later Margaret revealed to the world that the paintings were her work. It’s the kind of material that seems perfect for Del Rey, whose songs often depict women in situations of powerlessness. The songs are "I Can Fly" (co-written by Rick Nowels) which plays during the end credits, and "Big Eyes" (co-written with Daniel Heath) which...
- 11/19/2014
- by Anthony Nicholas
- The Playlist
Lana Del Rey has come a long way from her debut “Born to Die.” New “Ultraviolence” is legions more cohesive, conceptually stronger and packaged better than her scarlet starlets of 2011. The improvements are still in want. Del Rey is wearing, again, the troubled, beautiful and bored persona for this experiential album, which upfront demands a certain suspension of reality. From psyche-lilting opener “Cruel World” to dead-eyed cover “The Other Woman,” “Ultraviolence” doesn’t so much get exhausted as it exhausts you on this lethargic fantasy. She and producer Auerbach need for you to go there, even as you side-eye the payoff. Del Rey battles some of the tiresome tropes of fame (“Money Power Glory”) or the bitter backbiting (“Fucked My Way To The Top”) that have nipped at her heels during the last couple of years, during her rise to pop prominence, co-writing every song. But she does it in...
- 6/17/2014
- Hitfix
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